The Queen of the Dark Lands

Chp. 18

John Worthington

Bellflower stared long and hard at the page. She was shocked that someone actually had the name she made up on the fly, but no matter, she had more pressing things on her mind. All the short descriptions had of him was his birthday, where he was born, and where he currently lives.  He's lives alone and has no children. She decided that she was going to pay him a visit first thing in the morning. It's was already too late into the night to go to anyone's house and start demanding them to get into some plan.

She wrote down the address and name on a peace of parchment paper she found nearby. The large book closed with a thud and she walked away from the desk were she found it. Bellflower exited the room and closed the door as quietly as she could so she didn't alert anyone of her presence. She wasn't in the mood to get asked any more questions.

She crept quietly through the castle as the dim candles and the moon light that peered in through the windows lit her way.  Once she finally got to her private room, she entered and closed the door behind her. Bellflower changed, got into bed and dreamt of what tomorrow will bring.

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After waking up, taking a quick shower, getting ready and eating breakfast, Bellflower was already on her was to meet this 'John Worthington'. She held the note with his address in her hand as she navigates her way with her map in the other hand. She passed many of the Kingdoms citizens and waves at them occasionally. They smiled and waved back, instantly recognizing her as the Kingdom's Royal Adviser.

Once she finally reached John's home, she put her map and note away in her side bag. She rapped her knuckles against the blue door and waited patiently for an answer. Bellflower took this as an opportunity to check out his house. It was a nice beige colored house with greenery surrounding it. It's had stone and gravel pathway leading to the front door with bushes against the house. A comfy, simple home.

When a man opened the door, the first thing she noticed was that this man had brown hair. He also had brown eyes. And brown pants. Brown. His eyebrows raised in confusion and shock, winding why the Kingdom's Royal Adviser was at his front door step, alone. Usually, she is accompanied with her brothers, guards or friends, so seeing her alone is   not something you see everyday.

"Madame Bellflower!? What brings you by?" The man asked, flustered and confused.

"I'm looking for 'John Worthington'. Do you know him?" Bellflower asked.

"That'll be me, Madame,"

"Nice to meet you, Mr. Worthington. Do you have time to talk?"

"Please, call me John. I was just on my way to work, but we can talk on my walk there?" John offered. Bellflower nodded as John quickly got an apron and a bag off his coat hanger and stepped outside. He fumbled with his keys as locked the door and turned to Bellflower. It was clear he was nervous from being around a person with high power and he didn't want to make a bad impression.

"This way, Madame," John pointed and began his walk with Bellflower besides him. "So, what did you want to talk about?"

"Firstly, you don't need to address me as Madame, just call me Bellflower. Secondly, I need to ask you of a favor," Bellflower stated as she glanced over at him.

"You need a favor? From me?"

"Yes. I need you to reject me," Bellflower stated calmly.

"What?! What do you mean?" John asked, completely shocked.

"You see, I told my brothers that I had feelings for a guy in order to hide my feelings I had for someone else. I told them the guy's name was John Worthington. Who had brown hair. And worked in a bakery," she informed him, as she looked over to see how he was taking all this in. John seemed to be clinging on to her every word.

"So all I'm asking from you is to reject my offer to be in a relationship in front of my brothers in order to quickly but this whole ordeal behind us. Will you do it?" Bellflower asked him as they came to a stop. On the outside, she seemed totally calm and in control, but on the inside, she was greatly hoping that he'll agree to her bizarre plan.

He seemed to be thinking it over as his eye brows were still raised from startled from all this new information being dumped on him. Bellflower anxiously awaiting for his answer and ever leg even started to bounce.

"Yeah, I'll do it," John answered after what felt like an hour of waiting. Bellflower nearly collapsed of relief as she felt bless for having one less thing to worry about. She took John for surprised as she wrapped her arms around him.

"Thank you so much! You don't know how relieving this is for me," she thanked as she pulled away.

"Y-Yeah, no problem. Anything for you...," John said.

"Huh?"

"...I mean, you do help the Kingdom out a lot. It's the least I can do," John corrected.

"We'll, I don't want you to feel obligated, so if you wanna tap out of the plan, just tell me okay? Anyway, do you know of any bakery we can actually execute the plan at? It'll make it more believable," Bellflower asked, feeling more comfortable talking to him now.

"Yeah, actually, I do. I work at Sunrise Bakery and Cafe,"

Of course John Worthington with brown hair does.