Close to the Crown (On hold until 2021)

Chapter Nineteen

The meal with Cody was divine, as always, and it helped me take my mind off of things. Considering as it was only quarter past nine once we had finished our meal, we decided to head to a classy bar, one which was popular with ‘celebrities’ around London.

“What can I get you, Lils?” The barman asked, with a cocky wink.

Then, much to my humiliation, a slight red appeared on my cheeks, “The usual please, Sam...”

He nodded with a smile, “Of course, Lils; what about you Codes?”

Cody slung his arm over my shoulders and grinned at the man, “I’ll have whatever’s going Sam...”

Sam chuckled, handing me my drink and mixing up Cody’s as he spoke, “So, how have things been going? How’s the wedding planning going, Lils?”

I sipped my drink, then placed it on the bar top, “Good I suppose, I haven’t had to input too much, only my dress, really...”

“Not the flowers?” He asked, winking, “Don’t girls like those kinds of things?”

I slapped his arm hard, “You’re such a stereotypical dick sometimes, Samuel...”

“Now, you know how I hate my full name... Sam is just fine the way it is, three letters and very simple...”

Cody snatched his drink from the barman’s hand and shook his head, “Don’t you have customers to be serving?”

“Someone needs to entertaining the future queen here...” Again, I blushed.

Cody wrapped his arm around me tighter, “I’ve got her, get back to work before I have a word with your uncle, will you?”

“Oh fudge off...” Sam shook his head.

“Fudge, Really Sam; Fudge?” I questioned, “Since when did you say that?”

“Since I promised not to swear in front of the ladies, by that I mean Cody, of Course...” He grinned, “Now if you don’t mind me, I must be getting back to work, but I’ll be back to give you some proper company on my break...”

“He such a...” Cody began.

“...honest man...” Someone came up behind us.

And there they were, in all of their glory; my brother and the Lithuanian Prince, who I had yet to speak to.  Aaron was the one who spoke, with his arms crossed, smirking evilly at the pair of us, shaking his head. Then his smirk turned into a glare.

“That is not an appropriate way to be touching my sister, Williams. She is engaged to your future King, you are below her...”

Cody didn’t remove his arm, only pulled me slightly closer to him, “Then so are you, Aaron. She will be your queen; you must treat her with respect...”

“I am her brother; there is a difference between you and me. I will be brother to the Queen, practically King myself. You however, a mere son of a lord, am I not correct?”

Cody snarled but slowly removed his arm but kept me close. He picked up both of our drinks and turned back to the two men.

“Then if you are so mighty, we shall leave you in peace, follow me Lily...” He ordered me softly.

I took my drink from him, and took his arm, linking it with mine, grinning up at me. Although it didn’t seem it, he just won a show down against my dear brother. Cody grinned back and with one last sneer at my brother, he began to pull me away.

“Does William know you are here?”

“Yes...” I turned around and responded to Sebastian immediately.