The Tale of Opposite Souls

20) ℐ𝓉'𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒮𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝒯𝒽𝒾𝓃𝑔𝓈

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𝓑𝓮𝓽𝓽𝔂𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥

After Jugheads bath I was in his now cleaned room mending to his wounds and cuts. He didn't speak at all he just sat there and some tears would leave his eyes every now and than.

As I finished cleaning his wounds I sat beside him and told him "I don't want anymore women here."

He sniffled and I said "I don't know if you feel the same but I want to try and make this marriage work, we have a child coming and...I want to ensure they have the best life they can. We can continue to sleep in separate rooms but no more women, we will make time for us to spend, we will...we will work together and try our best to create at least a friendship for our child most importantly."

I sighed and suddenly her a soft "okay..."

I looked at him and he turned his to look at me and he said again "okay..."

I smiled and leaned closer and kissed his cheek telling him "get some rest okay?"

As I stood on my feet and was heading to the door I felt his hand grab my wrist and I turned around and he said "stay with me..."

I looked at him and he frowned "stay...please"

I looked at him and sat back down as he rubbed my stomach and cried. I frowned and hugged him as he held my waist and cried and I held him shutting my eyes as I kissed his head.

"It's okay...you're okay."

Jughead had fallen asleep in bed and I had changed.

I had seen a servant and asked them "is it true what the Lady Donna said? Has Jughead slept with his maids?"

She laughed at me and said "oh please, none of us are stupid to do that. We respect the man but he neither comes near us nor we do to him. Your majesty you can trust us."

I smiled and nodded telling her "May you fetch some herbal tea before I sleep?"

She nodded "of course my Queen."

She left and I sighed in relief as I heard voices and I went into the room seeing Jughead tossing and turning and his voice wasn't easy to make out.

I ran over to his side and grabbed his head as he held me and stopped moving and I said "Jughead?"

He began moving his head and I smiled and held him carefully and I whispered to him "I know I hate you once...but I am...trying to learn to love you...my mother said being able to love is a journey and sometimes hard. But it can happen. Even if you have your flaws...everyone does. But do not worry, you can become a better person. I know you can."

I kissed his head and held him as I slowly drifted off into sleep.

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𝓙𝓾𝓰𝓱𝓮𝓪𝓭𝓼 𝓟𝓞𝓥

I had woken up the next day in someone's arms. I wan confused as to who it could be and when I looked up I saw Betty sleeping perfectly as she held me.

I gulped and moved her arms carefully and she turned and kept sleeping. I began putting on my clothes quickly as I stepped out and sighed and told my servants.

"Elizabeth is asleep. And I know what occurred yesterday wasn't normal. I need everyone to do as I say."

They all looked at me and I told them "go into town and fetch the finest emeralds. Make the sweetest pastries one could want. Prepare a bath for the Queen. Fetch her a new dress."

They all nodded and I sighed and told them "stop letting in the women. I'm...I need to learn to be with my wife."

They all smiled at my request and left quicker and I looked at my room and smiled walking over to Betty as I nudged her "Betty?"

She groaned and rubbed her eyes and saw me.

I smiled and she looked at me asking "is something wrong?"

I shook my head "come on, you are to start the day with a nice warm bath you and our child."

She was confused and said "a bath? Why?"

I smiled and told her "just follow me."

She nodded and I took her to the washroom as we saw the servants had drawn a fresh bath still steaming.

"Oh what is this?"

I smiled and told her "just...take your time."

She smiled and nodded and I had left.

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I waited for her to come for lunch and she appeared in her new dress as she asked "okay I have a new dress..."

She looked at the table and I smiled "the freshest sweets the cookies made."

She laughed and asked "what is going on?"

She sat down and I pushed her seat in "just a small thank you for yesterday..."

She looked at me and quickly began grabbing the pastries quickly shoving them into her mouth.

"These are so delicious!"

I laughed and watched her eat as I told her "the fun is not done. Come on I have one final thing."

She was confused and I took her out of the dining hall.