A Royal Kiss

A Royal Kiss ♡ Bonus Chapter

max irons as charlie schreave (cuz wow hello)

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Charlie paced back and forth, running his slim fingers through his soft brown hair. He looked through the window, his frown hiding more than a thousand thoughts. He saw paparazzi making their way to the front door, but guards pushed them back. Even though the paparazzi was quite amusing to watch, he walked back to the sofa. His small cup of tea was neatly placed on the edge of the side table. He picked it up, took a small sip and put it back a little too fast. The cup fell down to the ground and shattered into a few pieces.

Chloe sighed from where she was sitting on the couch, flicking through a magazine with her on the cover. "Can you please stop? You are distracting me from my magazine", she said fed-up with him. She didn't dare to look at her brother for one minute, she wasn't that interested in what he was saying or thinking. The only thing she was interested in was her interview with a (hot) British guy.

"I can't stop. Do you not understand? Ashley is arriving at the palace in less than an hour. She just had a long flight and on top of that she's going to be mad at me! That's a bad mix, Chloe." He raised his voice at the last sentence. He ran a hand through his hair again and felt tiny beads of sweat underneath his already sweaty palms.

He walked back to the window. His heart was beating fastly. All he wanted was to lie in bed and sleep until the sun rose again, but his heart chose to stay right where he was. He remembered the first time Ashley arrived. His dad told him a girl, the princess of France to be exact, would be arriving soon. He didn't think 'soon' really meant soon. As in 15 minutes later — though he didn't blame his dad for telling him too late, he was always busy and had a lot other, more important, things to think about. His palms were sweating when three impending cars drove before the long red stairs and stopped midmost. Immediately four guards with dark tinted sunglasses jumped out of the first car and walked towards the second car. Charlie noticed they all had an earring and one was smaller than the others. They all looked around. Charlie could still hear them mumble 'clear' to one another. The smallest opened up the door and a tall, blond-haired girl stepped out. He immediately noticed her hair floating on the calm breeze and her Rudolph the Reindeer-like nose. With her pink dress, Charlie found her the cutest and most beautiful girl he had ever seen.

Chloe rolled her eyes — something she seemed to do a lot when she was around Charlie. "Oh please, you're just paranoid. Ashley is not mad at you. Mad at our father? Maybe. Now can you please stop," she said sternly. She flipped to the twenty-fourth page of the magazine; her favorite page that wasn't about her. It showed the newest trends and offered the most beautiful make-up. And on the next page, she met her new favorite pair of heels.

Charlie rolled his eyes — he probably learned that from Chloe and his little sister Lily, who did it on a regular base. "Fine", he said. His heart was still beating fast, but he knew what was going to happen. And with that, he sat down and waited for Ashley to arrive.