Warning! Mature content ahead!

-William-

Jade fell asleep in his arms and he would never ask for something else of life if they could just stay here. Her dark brown hair was spread over her neck, shoulder and some strands partly covered her faced.

William couldn't fathom that he was finally with her again and that he was in this moment sharing her bed with her. An image of their recent activities flashed before him and it almost got the best of him.

Suddenly he heard a soft knock on the door. His gaze flickered to Jade. Was her family already home?

Shit! Her father will skin me alive if he catches us like this!

"It's just me..." He heard Loren's voice through the door. It sounded calm. It did not seem like Jade's parents were home, so there was no need to panic.

"Are you alone?" William asked him back but was careful not to wake Jade with the volume of his voice.

"Yes, but her family is on their way home. I thought you would like a heads up." Loren chuckled and William pressed the bridge of his nose with his index finger and thumb. There was no chance that Loren couldn't guess what they had just done... but he didn't really sound like he cared...

"Thank you." William answered him. "We will be out in a minute."

Loren mumbled something that William couldn't hear but he sounded a bit amused.

"I really don't want to wake you..." William whispered as his eyes returned to Jade's tranquil face. He brushed the strands of hair out Jade's face and kissed her between her eyebrows to wake her carefully from her slumber. She slowly opened her eyes and stole a kiss which he unfortunately had to cut short.

"Your family is on their way home." He whispered and saw the tiredness in her eyes being ripped away by panic.

"What? Already?" She exclaimed in a gasp and sat up straight. "Oh no..." She whispered and got out of bed. William was left completely naked when she managed to rip the blankets off him when she almost fell out of bed. She held it close to her body as her hands skimmed the floor for her clothes.

William couldn't resist to chuckle at her as he admired her backside when she quickly put her black shirt on.

"What are you chuckling at?" She snapped at him with a hint of humor playing in her voice. She glanced at him over her shoulder and whipped her hair out of the shirt with both of her hands.

"Nothing." William answered and laid down in her bed again and relaxed.

Jade turned around after she had put her braies on. William could stare at her for days like this...

"Liar..." she teased and squinted her eyes at him. He noticed how her eyes glided down his body and she turned her gaze away when they reached his cock. Without a word he got up and pulled her close and devoured her lips with his in a hungry kiss.

"You are blushing..." he stated against her lips before stealing another very deep kiss. Jade kissed him back and her hands grabbed his neck.

He could already feel himself get hard again as the kiss grew more intense. However, Jade was too stressed about her family's upcoming arrival so there was not going to be another time.

"Why are you blushing?" He whispered in a sigh and placed his hand on her cheek.

"Because... you are naked... in my bed." Jade answered airily. "Your grace..."

William smirked and did not mind her calling him that right now. It only made him harder. He wanted her again...

There is no way I can have her before her family comes back... he thought while he pushed her against him.

Jade noticed where his mind was as he licked her lower lip while their bodies met. A quiet chuckle erupted against his lips and he groaned.

"I want you." He moaned into her slightly separated lips. Jade sighed lightly and her hands grabbed hold of his neck. "Now."

"William..." she moaned as he kissed her again. "We can't... They will be here any minute.." She whispered and interrupted their kiss. William angled her face up towards his and finished the kiss. "My father will kill you. I do not doubt that for a second."

William nodded and let his hands disappear into her hair.

"Then I will die a happy man." He moaned and closed his eyes when his hard cock reminded him of just how much he wanted her. Jade laughed sweetly but slowly pushed his naked body away from hers.

"Tempting..." Jade giggled and winked at him with one eye. "Here. Get dressed." She said and threw his underwear at him. William caught it and bit his chin.

She is so irresistible... He thought and looked at her while she put the rest of her clothes on.

-Jade-

She avoided William's gaze while they got dressed. His gaze followed her every move and it made her blush.

When she reached for the door a hand grabbed her left wrist and William quickly spun her around. In a swift movement he had her up in his hands and placed her legs around his waist. The dark blue eyes met hers as he pushed her up against the door and pressed her heat against him.

The air went out of her and before she could say anything he was tasting her lips in the most arousing way she could ever imagine. She could still smell him on herself and it went straight to her head.

"William please... don't make this harder than it already is." She whispered when she could hear the door to the house open. The sound of her siblings' happy babbling filled the house.

"Speaking of..." William groaned quietly against her lips and pressed them together. His erection pressed hard against her and she closed her eyes and wished for her family to go away.

"Stop it." She begged and caressed William's cheekbones with her thumbs. A quiet groan entered her as he pressed them together one last time before he finally let her down.

"I will be down in a minute..." William whispered.

Jade's brows furrowed in confusion. It obviously amused him that she did not understand why because a flirty smile danced on his lips.

"...since you won't have me now... I have to wait here for a moment." William said quietly and lowered his gaze very quickly and then met hers again. Jade lowered hers without tilting her head down.

The bulge in his trousers told her what she couldn't understand from his words. An unstoppable grin appeared on her lips and she nodded in agreement.

"Yes... maybe you should stay here for a moment." Chuckled Jade and left him to calm down in her room.

-William-

Jade's family displayed mixed emotions and a variety of reactions as William had come down the stairs. Her mother had smiled from ear to ear while her father had narrowed his eyes slightly.

I guess I still haven't proven myself to the old man... William thought as he greeted them both.

Jade's mother positively beamed from the sight of him and her daughter standing together, not acting like strangers. Her husband on the other hand, kept a watchful eye on William's hands when Jade had walked into his embrace after their informal, but very kind, welcoming. William made sure to keep his hands at Jade's waist when he noticed how her father was frowning from their touching of each other.

To see Jade with her family was something out of a dream. The way she acted and almost constantly smiled was what he had wanted from the beginning. He would now gladly admit his mistake in not coming to her first and only speaking to her father. If he had made sure to give her the chance to get to know him first, he would have spared her so much unhappiness and tears.

He was almost obsessed with watching her while she played with her youngest sibling. A little boy named Pete. She lifted him up whenever he craved it and always met him with a smile or a kiss.

"You almost look like you are in love." Loren suddenly muttered to him, but only so William could hear it.

"Shut up." William mumbled back and fought off a smile that almost surfaced. Loren gave William a push in his side with his elbow and caused William to smile even though he tried not to.

They hadn't been able to act so leisurely around each other since William had started to join his father in preparations for his inheritance of the throne.

"Well, are there going to be a third young man entering my home shortly?" Jades father grunted and nodded at William and Loren. Jade laughed as she glanced over in their direction. Her eyes glistened and William couldn't wait until he would have her as his wife. To have her as his Queen.

"Don't worry, father... I just brought two..." Jade laughed as her father took his place at the table.

He studied William up and down. He had forgotten how stiff and tense the old man could make him feel by just looking at him. It still surprised William that he had succeeded in getting Jade's father to give him Jade's hand.

From nowhere, it seemed, Jade appeared in front of him and blocked her father's view. William's eyes settled on her like it was their home. Her face was his favorite thing to watch... those icy blue eyes. How he had missed her during their time apart!

"You look... nervous." She whispered teasingly.

"I'm fine." William chuckled and grabbed her chin and tilted her face upwards a bit.

A loud sound of her father clearing his throat caused him to twitch a bit. Jade laughed quietly.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you..." she leaned in and whispered in his ear. William pressed his lips together and wished that they had been alone.

William sent a quick look over her shoulder at her father. He was now busy with the scolding look his wife was giving him. Her eyes were almost burning and they told him to not disturb Jade and William. It even looked like she was capable of threatening him without even uttering a single word.

"Are you happy here?" William asked Jade calmly when her father didn't seem to listen or look at them. She tilted her head to the side in confusion.

"What do you mean?" She asked quietly and looked over her shoulder at her family. When she looked at him again she had a warm smile that filled him with a soothing sensation.

"I can see how calm and relaxed you are here..." William began. "I would hate to drag you away from your family again." He whispered and caressed her cheek tenderly.

Jade smiled and leaned her face into the palm of his hand.

"I think it would be better, and safer, if we left..." William kept his voice very low so that Jade's parents wouldn't hear him. He didn't want them to think that he only came to rip her out of their arms again. "... but I truly do not want to make you as miserable as I did last time I took you with me."

Jade moistened her lips and placed a soft kiss in his palm.

"Well, this time you won't have to drag me..." Jade answered him and gave him a look of affection and he think he saw... love in her eyes.

She doesn't know how much that means to me... He thought and smiled at her. She answered it and then looked over her shoulder again.

When no one was looking, he kissed her deeply and he longed for another but this wasn't the time.

"Marry me." He whispered against her lips and held her face in his hands.

"What?" Jade chuckled in surprise.

"Marry me." William repeated his words and met her eyes.

"I... thought that was already-"

"I won't force you to marry me, Jade." William interrupted her and stole another kiss. "I want nothing else than to be your husband... but I need you to say yes first." He whispered.

Jade's father cleared his throat and signaled how displeased he was with their very public display of affection.

"You already asked my father for my hand..." she stated and still seemed very puzzled by William's words.

"And now I am asking you, for your hand." William answered her and locked eyes with the woman he wanted to spend the rest of his life with. He wanted her to be at his side at all times.

Jade was quiet for a long while and she lowered her head. William inhaled and didn't let the air out. For some reason he turned the most nervous he had ever felt.

What if she says no? I have given her the chance to choose and now... she is home, with her father to put his life at risk just to give his daughter what she wants...

When Jade finally looked up at him again she had glossy eyes. William could feel his brows knit and he prepared himself for a rejection. Even though it felt quite unlikely that she would reject him, the fear was burning inside of him.

"Are you sure about this?" Jade asked and William was taken aback by her question.

What? Is she asking me if I am sure if I want to marry her? Which sane person would not want her? Only a lunatic-

"Loren told me that if you... marry me... you risk being exiled..." she whispered, and her gaze flickered from side to side.

William felt her father's gaze trying to turn him into a pile of ashes.

"Let us talk about this outside." William whispered and caressed Jade's cheek softly. He offered her his coat and then walked out after her.

-Jade-

William closed the door behind them. Jade watched as his breath turned into a white cloud when he exhaled.

"Why are you thinking about what will happen to me?" He suddenly asked and pulled her close. Jade immediately felt a bit more relaxed, but the knot in her stomach didn't disappear.

Ever since Loren had uttered his worry about William's eventual fate out loud, she hadn't been able to stop thinking about it. As soon as she had time to relax her mind, the anxiousness came crawling in her body and filled her with unease.

"How can I not?" She asked in return.

"I don't care, Jade." William muttered and placed a tender kiss between her eyebrows.

It caused her to close her eyes and relax momentarily.

"I don't care what happens to my title if I marry you... I just want you. The life I have lived haven't been much of a life, until I saw you that night at the inn." William whispered softly.

"If?" Jade asked.

The dark brown eyebrows rose slightly in reaction to her words.

"Well, yes... You haven't answered me yet, remember?" William stated and towered over her.

She wanted to scream her answer at him but it felt quite inappropriate.

"I will happily ask you a third time." William chuckled and grazed his lips against hers. Jade smiled wide. "Will you marry me, Jade?" William asked. This time his voice wasn't lowered. He had asked her out loud.

"I will marry you, your grace." Jade answered him while meeting his longing eyes.

The strong hands didn't seem to be able to contain themselves as they quickly grabbed Jade by the back of her neck. William drew her close and into the most intense and wonderful kiss they had ever shared.

"Don't call me that." He murmured against her lips when the kiss ended. Afterwards he fused his lips to hers again.

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I hope you liked this chapter, I know it was a lot shorter than the others but I feel like you need some time to breathe LOL.

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