To Love The Lawyer {Be My Princess Fanfiction}

Chapter 7

Halle was so shocked at the sight of Prince Joshua in his pajamas lying sprawled across the floor, but she soon came to her senses and drew closer to him. "Are you alright!?"

She had rushed into the study up on seeing him down on the floor and reached out to him, completely worried sick. Was he ill!?

"Your Highness!?" Halle leaned over him worriedly as she stared down at his face, calling out to him once more. She shook him gently, and his eyelids fluttered.

"Mm...mnn..." Prince Joshua stirred slightly, and his eyes twitched open.

"Oh, Your Highness!" Halle sighed deeply in relief as she removed her hand from his face, placing it over her heart. "God, I was so worried! Are you okay!?"

Prince Joshua sat up with an angry look on his face. "Shut up." He bitterly cut off her rambling, causing Halle's eyes to widen sharply.

She stared at Prince Joshua intently as he yawned, rubbing his eyes. "E-excuse me!"

"I was just sleeping..." Prince Joshua stood up as he spoke, paying her no mind.

He was just asleep? Thank goodness...

Wait.

"You were sleeping on the floor?" Halle quirked an eyebrow as she rose back up to her feet, staring at Prince Joshua quizzically.

His face was expressionless as he turned to his desk. "I didn't go to sleep there... I fell." He slumped down into his chair, seemingly unconcerned with the troublesome woman in his office.

"You...fell?" Halle's eyebrows disappeared into her hairline as she only grew more confused. She looked back at the place where he had been lying down and caught sight of the sofa. Her expression softened as she whispered, "oh... I guess even Your Highness falls asleep on the sofa, then..."

Prince Joshua seemed unperturbed as he addressed the annoying girl. "I was just taking a nap. I ended up working until late last night..."

Halle understood, but she clutched her arms gently as she frowned worriedly at him. "But you'll catch a cold if you sleep like that..."

He glanced up at her, feeling as if she was quite the hypocrite at the moment. "You're one to talk. You're the one who fell asleep at their desk..."

Halle's face flushed red in embarrassment, but she quickly calmed back down when she had processed what he had just said. "Wait... What?"

A strange, saddened look came over his face before he turned away from her, and his shoulders relaxed. "Nothing..."

Her heartbeat quickened at his expression. Last night...did he...?

"Umm..." Halle tripped over her words, unsure how to ask this. "Were you the one who covered me in that blanket last night?"

Prince Joshua jumped as she spoke to him, and he looked up at her. "What blanket?"

She felt a little disappointed at his words. It would have been nice if he was the one to give her that blanket... "I'm sorry. Last night, someone covered me with a blanket while I was asleep. I had thought it was Your Highness who did it..."

His face resumed its typical serious expression as he looked back down at his paperwork he had been filling out. "Why would I do something like that?"

That is a good point, but...

"I'm sorry." Halle sheepishly apologized with a cute smile on her face, tucking a stray strand of brown hair behind her ear.

Prince Joshua cleared his throat roughly. "You don't need to apologize." He kept his eyes focused on his paperwork as he asked, "did the blanket help at all...?"