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Harlyn

"Good morning my beautiful Luna."

I smiled when I heard the familiar voice. For the first time in a long time, I woke up to my mate in bed with me. His morning voice was the first thing I heard in the morning and I can't remember the last time it happened. It made me emotional.

"You are still here."

I whispered and blinked to make sure I wasn't dreaming. Usually, he would be out of bed before I woke up and out doing his kingly duties.

"Yes, I am still here. I have a lot to do today but I don't feel like leaving our bed yet. There's no need to rush. Did you sleep well?"

He asked and kissed me on the forehead and that also made me emotional. Morning kisses. I get forehead kisses in the morning again. It felt refreshing in a lot of ways.

"I slept better than I have in a while and it feels extra good to have you here with me. I can't remember the last time I woke up to you in bed. One of the many cons of fucking the king."

He frowned at my choice of words.

"Fucking?"

He asked in a voice that made me laugh and made me want to tease him even more.

"Yes, we did a lot of it last night,"

I said with a lifted eyebrow.

"We did? As far as I know, we made love."

I laughed. Really laughed because he sounded so funny. Even the stressed look from last night wasn't there anymore. Which can only mean that he was well-rested. I looked at him really well and marveled at the beauty of him. Goddess, I love him so much.

"What? Why are you looking at me like that?"

He asked. I reached and caressed his face.

"You are a beauty to behold, Bernardo. I am the luckiest girl in the whole world."

He smiled and then frowned again.

"You are not trying to get me to forget what you said about our mating, are you?"

I wasn't but now I want to. I leaned towards him and pecked him on the lips.

"What if I am?"

I asked and laughed when he tickled me.

"Don't do that. Kings don't tickle people."

I let out between laughter. He didn't let up and just kept on tickling me. I gave up trying to get away from him and just let him do his thing until he gave up.

"I love you."

I told him when he stopped. He smiled and kissed my hair.

"I love you more, we should have breakfast with the family."

He said and got out of bed. I didn't move. I lay there and watched him move around in his glorious naked state. I licked my lips and got even more comfy but the sneaky man decided to end my gracious view by throwing on a robe. I frowned and grumbled in disapproval.

"I was having a good time."

I complained. He looked at me and flashed his naked body before closing his robe again.

"Get out of bed, we have to eat with the family. We have thirty minutes to shower and be ready."

I pouted but stretched my hands for him. he understood and came to me. He helped me out of bed and together, we walked to the restroom. We brushed our teeth and talked about silly and fun stuff. We bathed together too which ended up taking longer than he intended because I didn't mind.

We missed breakfast with the family. Which wasn't totally because of me and my needs for my mate. We

"This is on you."

Bernardo accused me when we arrived at the dining room about two hours later and found it empty. I smiled guiltily.

"We can still eat. Also, when do you need to leave?"

I asked him. It was all fun having him with me but I know he has things that he needs to get done.

"You must be very fun at parties, love. I am trying to enjoy my free time, can't you just support me without reminding me of the things that I need to do? I used to be a fun and carefree king, you know. Parties, even orgies."

I made a face at him. he was teasing me again about the orgy thing I told him about a while back. I shot myself with that one so I gracefully accept it.

"I love you."

I said instead of arguing with him.

"Yeah, and I am hungry!"

Grumpy. He deliberately picked a seat far away from me and I played along with his silly games by sitting on the chair nearest to me. The cooking staff members came in with breakfast for us and I watched my mate eat greedily.

Okay, I may have drained him more than I intended. Also, I remembered that I didn't get any morning sickness today which was a good thing. I pray it stays that way. Watching my mate eat made me hungry so I ate too.

"So, what do you want to do for the rest of the morning?"

Bernardo asked me when we were done eating.

"Nothing,"

I told him.

"Hmm, that sounds like fun."

"For me, yes but you have to go be king, don't you?"

He nodded.

"Yeah, sadly. I have to go be a king. I want to stay with you and do nothing."

He complained.

"Oh, baby. My love. Don't be sad."

I said and hugged him. One of the staff coughed which reminded us that we weren't alone.

"Dude, they just heard me call you baby. Not just that, they heard you complaining about your kingly duties."

I thought alerting Bernardo who coughed awkwardly and that made everything funnier than it already was.

"They are going to gossip to the others and soon, everyone will know that you are a whining king."

I teased him further. I know damn well that they are going to tell because I used to work within the palace and know just how fast juicy gossip spreads.