To Love The Lawyer {Be My Princess Fanfiction}

Chapter 16

"Oh, I'm sorry, guys... I totally ruined our lunch plans for this afternoon..." Halle frowned as Princes Joshua and Roberto walked on either side of her, helping the staggering lawyer get up to her apartment safely with that bruise on the back of her skull that left her feeling a little dizzy.

"Whaaaat? Who cares about that!" Prince Roberto chuckled as he wrapped an arm around her, guiding her over to her apartment on the third floor of her complex. "It's fine, Halle. We can just have lunch with you back here!"

Halle stopped at her door with her keys in her hand, turning to Prince Joshua. "Now, I know Robbie doesn't mind my simple home cooking, but are you okay with that, Prince Joshua...?" She awkwardly looked away from his piercing gaze as she fumbled to find the right key. "I know it's definitely nothing as fancy as what you're used to, but I am pretty decent in the kitchen..."

Prince Joshua just had an awe-struck look on his face as she asked him that adorable question, and his mind couldn't help but wander to the rice ball she had gifted him with at the Nobel Michel party they had parted ways at last week. "I don't particularly care."

Halle just shrugged and turned her back to him, proceeding to unlock her deadbolt. "Alright, I'll have to see what I've got to whip up for us really fast..."

"But first," Prince Roberto scooped Halle up in his arms without warning, proceeding to carry her through the now open door as Halle yelped in surprise at suddenly being picked up. "Let's get that bruise on your head tended to!"

"Robbie!" Halle let out a laugh and lightly smacked his arm as Prince Roberto carried her into her apartment in his arms, and Prince Joshua followed behind them with a strange look on his face. "Put me down!"

Prince Roberto laughed along with her as he carefully set her down on the edge of her kitchen counter, instantly going over to the fridge to find an ice pack. Prince Joshua couldn't help but notice that Prince Roberto seemed to be very familiar with Halle's apartment, which made him feel...strange. And not in a good way.

Halle's apartment was a small, humble, one bedroom apartment with pastel pink walls and modern furniture. She had a large leather couch with a glass coffee table in the middle of it, and mounted on the wall opposite of the couch was a large, flat-screen TV she used for video conferences. She had a small table in her dining room with two matching chairs, and her kitchen was connected to it. It was a very small space, and Prince Joshua just couldn't understand how Halle's whole apartment was roughly the same size as the room she stayed in at his manor back in Dres Van. How did commoners live like this?

Halle gently held the ice pack Prince Roberto had fetched for her against the spot on her head she had bumped on that concrete wall earlier. She then opened her mouth and called out suddenly, appearing to be talking to no one in particular. "Sergio, I'm home!"

"Sergio...?" Prince Joshua screwed up his whole face in confusion.

Did Halle live with...a man!?

Halle saw the look on Prince Joshua's face and just immediately cracked up laughing, instantly knowing where his mind just went. "Oh, don't worry, Prince Joshua. Other than you guys, Sergio is the only man in my life, and he's a---"

"Meow!" A slender black cat suddenly jumped up onto the kitchen counter at the sound of his name being spoken, and he gently purred as he crawled into Halle's lap.