After talking to the maid, which didn't seem that long there was a knock at the door and Eric popped his head in.
"Maria, you know you have more than just her to keep company right? I know you are her maid but there's other stuff to do," Eric whispered, as Maria got up flustered. Watching as her eyes went to the clock that was right next to your bed.
"He's right. I've been here way too long. And you've ate all your dinner. I'll pass the news along to his highness about your eating progress," Maria said, collecting your bowl and glass back onto the tray to take back with her.
"If anyone says anything, you can bring them to me personally. Because if they have a problem with you talking to me, I can talk to them and explain the situation," you said, noticing that her eyes were going back to the door to your room where Eric had popped his head in from just a few minutes ago.
"If I know him, he's waiting until I leave. I'm just a ring away though if you need anything," she said nodding towards the nightstand next to your bed where there was also a little bell.
"Seriously?" you questioned rhetorically, as you looked back, seeing Maria already walking in the direction of the door, knocking on it as she was trying to juggle the tray and trying to open the door. As if flew open, making her stumble back, as a hand grabbed her.
"Sorry about that Miss, she's..." Eric said as you heard laughter behind Eric, and it sounded like Maria's as his face started to turn pink, looking at you as you smiled at him as if you didn't suspect anything.
"Yes?" you questioned, as he sputtered and stuttered before closing the door behind him and all you heard was Maria's laughter.
"Hey, I'm saving your ass he's supposed to be done in the throne room. Didn't want him to catch you in there still talking to her. We don't know how he'll react as of yet since he just came back down here. Especially with her in her condition. We don't know what time away has done," you heard from Eric behind the door and as heard the sound of feet shuffling quickly away. Before there was a knock on the door and it was Paul who was walking through it.
"I take it you just finished dinner?" he questioned as you noted the dark suit that he was still wearing, at what you could assume from the context of what Eric just said was sitting in the throne room dealing with things since coming back.
And he looked exhausted from what you could see, as he went to sit in the same plush chair that was next to your bed. His hands going to his hair which you already knew was a sign that he was stressed.
"Not exactly. We just got to talking. She's nice. Maria, the maid she's nice," you commented as he looked up at you with a slight twinge of a smile on his face.
" Told her that it would be nice for someone to come down and make you feel more welcomed,"
"I'm guessing because from when I met Eric? You didn't like my reaction?"
"No, i was expecting it. Eric he came without me asking to check on you. Knew that I would want to know how you were fairing. If I could've stayed until you woke up the first time I would have. But I had work to do. People to talk to. Updates to get. With not being around here for however long that has been. There's been many developments. Alliances made and broken. Thank goddess my people here held down things while I was indisposed," he said which seemed more like him talking out his thoughts than anything else.
You smiled, moving over in the bed and pulled the covers to expose the spot that was open next to you, patting the bedding.
"Come on, take off your shoes and come lay down with me. You look like you need to rest for a bit," you said as Paul got up without hesitation and toed off his shoes and climbed into the bed next to you. As you were enveloped in the smell of his cologne. That was a welcoming scent, and warm and familiar to you. Until it wasn't. And nausea started to build as you pulled the covers from over you and you ran for the bathroom just as Paul was behind you holding your hair back as you puked up all the soup that you had taken the time to eat while listening to Maria talk about how it was like living down here under his rule before he disappeared.
All that time wasted eating slowly so you wouldn't puke it up in the first place and you did just that from smelling a smell.
"You alright?"
"Baby doesn't like your cologne. I do but it doesn't," you mumbled feeling his hand rubbing circles along your back as you slumped against the toilet putting your head against the cool porcelain.
"You know, you realize where your face is at right?" you heard him question. You could practically hear the smile on his face as he asked that question.
"Oh shut up. I doubt that anyone was in here from what Maria was going on about. I don't think anyone has been in these rooms for decades. Which means my face is a-okay to be touching this porcelain right now. And I'm sure if I gave enough care about it from my sudden status boost that it would be gone and replaced with a new one," you mumbled, as you pressed your forehead against it. Feeling the nausea start to minimize.
"Come on, you need to get up," he said, wrapping his arms around your waist and hauling you up to your feet, spinning you around to face the sink.
He turned on the faucet, running the water over his hands and then rubbing vigorously against his neck. Leaving you watching the action before cupping your hands under the running water and rinsing out your mouth and spitting out the water.
He watched you through the reflection on the mirror as he leaned his neck closer to you.
"Better?" he questioned, as you sniffed at his neck, waiting for the nausea to rise back up again.
"Yes, except you did smell good. I mean you do already it's just..." you said realizing that you were rambling on about his smell when you spotted the smirk on his face as he turned to face you.
"So I've always smelled good to you?" he rhetorically said you noted the still running water and quickly took some in your hand and splashed him with a laugh.
Until you realized who you just splashed as he rubbed the water away from his face. Your mind going back to the time in the bath with him with the bubbles. That was just Paul then. This was not just Paul the demon that you had just splashed with water. This was Paul the devil that you just splashed with water, as you waited for his reaction as he flicked the water off his hand and looked at you.
With not a note of anger at all. Just that same smirk on his face as he was quick to move his hand under the faucet and splashed you in the face with water. Making you sputter, as you tried to laugh along with him, as he grabbed you and hugged you tight.
"I didn't know I needed that but thank you y/n," he whispered in your ear as he pulled away and grabbed a towel and rubbing the rest of the water off his face as he passed it to you to do the same.
"Good because for a second there..."
"I'm still the same man that you knew from before. Now you just know more about me y/n. And I have my past filled in. I would never hurt you, know that," he said as he squeezed your arm before exiting the bathroom as you looked at your reflection still feeling unsure about that. Despite how Maria had talked him up as you ate earlier. You still were waiting for the other shoe to drop. Except he was right. He hadn't hurt you when it was his choice. So why the hell were you still doubting him? Because you now know that he's the devil?
You shook your head, knowing it was still going to take time to come around to that thought process. Of trust him. It was just going to take some time to get to know this part of him as well you decided as you exited the bathroom.
You looked around and saw that he wasn't in your room but the door to your room was open, as you peered out and saw him pressing a woman up against a wall, a look of ecstasy over the woman's face as his face was buried in the neck of the woman.
You gasped and on instinct slammed the door shut, seeing the look of shock cross the woman's face as you were closing the door and seeing Paul pull away from the woman's neck, as the door was closing and you locked it.
So much for your waiting to see more about him and his way of life here.
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Sleeping With The Devil (sequel to Two Faced Love)
FanficThe last thing you remember is being in your house and Paul revealing to you his true identity after having his memory back. That he is the devil. You wake up in a place that you don't know with someone you thought you knew before but now don't know...