To Love The Lawyer {Be My Princess Fanfiction}

Chapter 11

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What...happened?

Halle's grip on reality had slipped, and she remembered feeling herself begin to sway at the party. She had been drinking wine with Prince Joshua, and amidst her clouded memories, Halle had recalled someone picking her up in their arms. That person's hold on her was gentle as they carried her somewhere.

Who...?

Halle stirred slightly in her half-conscious state, and she snapped open her eyes in sudden alarm. Why was she lying in her bed back in her room!? When did she even...? Agh...

Halle abruptly sat up in bed, and she noticed she was still wearing the dress from the night before. Or perhaps it was now just later that same night? It was pitch black outside, and the clock showed it was around eleven at night. Halle had been lying on top of her bed with the same blanket from before placed on top of her, and that immediately had her curiosity piqued.

This was the blanket that Prince Joshua used to...

She didn't even bother to finish that thought, and Halle instantly got up from her bed and checked herself in the mirror once before leaving the room with the blanket in her hand.

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Halle started off down the corridor when she heard dance music being played somewhere nearby. Huh... That was odd. Perhaps the party was still going? She guessed Prince Joshua would still be there entertaining his guests then, and she kept walking in that direction when suddenly a dull thud reached her ears.

Halle froze in her tracks and looked to her right at the door she stood in front of: Prince Joshua's office.

"No way..." Halle shot the door a scrutinizing look as she cautiously approached the door, and she gently knocked on it. When there came no answer, she lightly pushed it open and invited herself in, just as she had done last time. "Excuse me, Your Highness, are you in here...?"

As she predicted, Prince Joshua was lying on the floor in the same position as before, still sound asleep after rolling off the couch.

Halle scoffed a little as she looked at him, and she shook her head a little. "I just don't get you, Prince Joshua..." She knelt down on the floor beside him, and she carefully draped the blanket she was holding over him as she stared at his oddly peaceful-looking face.

Despite her attempts to not wake him up, Prince Joshua's eyes slowly fluttered open when he felt the blanket cover him, and he instantly looked at Halle as his vision began to adjust. "Mm... Oh, you're awake..."

Halle just chuckled adorably at his very tired observation. "So are you, it seems. And you will catch a cold if you sleep on the floor like that..."

Prince Joshua's eyebrows knitted together at he shot her a wry smile. "You're one to talk." He slowly sat up from the floor and moved himself back up to the sofa. "I drank a bit too much tonight... Are you all right, Halle?"

"Honestly, I overdid it too..." Halle rubbed at her forehead tiredly. "I'm much more like myself now though after having lied down for a bit."

Prince Joshua just smiled after hearing that. "That's good. Back at the party, I thought you were just going to sit down in a chair when you suddenly just started to fall asleep."

"What!?" Halle almost yelped a little in surprise, and she slapped a hand over her mouth in embarrassment. "I fell asleep at the party!?"