Checkmate R.S.L

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"You are the guy I'm talking about,"

Ross's POV

I felt my stomach do flips and get butterflies while my heart fluttered and I stopped breathing. I looked at her in shock after she said those words and she blushed with a small smile. "What?" I asked, trying to make sure that my ears was not playing tricks on me. She walked closer to me and placed both her hands on my chest as she stared into my eyes with a loving look in hers. "You're the guy, Ross. You're the man who I want as my husband. You're the man that made my stomach do flips when I first saw you. You're the man I want to have my children with. You're the man I want by my side for life. You're that man," she said and I felt a warm feeling spread throughout my body. My heart was beating erratically against my chest and my stomach was doing summersaults.

I gently grabbed her cheek with my right hand before passionately placing my lips against hers and she quickly responded to the kiss. I grabbed her petite waist and pulled her closer to me and she wrapped her arms around my neck. I gently nibbled on her bottom lip and she opened her mouth, my tongue snaking in. I explored every inch of her perfect mouth that tasted like strawberry and my body was tingling all over as sparks ran through my body.

A soft moan escaped her mouth causing my insides to stir and I felt myself become aroused. I pulled her even closer to me and felt her chest press against mine as I kissed her with more passion. Because breathing was becoming a necessity, we slowly pulled away and I opened my eyes to look at her. "Wow," I breathed out and she nodded her head. "Wow," she said and I placed my head on hers, with our arms still wrapped around each other as we tried to catch our breaths. "Ross?" she asked softly and I hummed gently as I looked into her beautiful eyes. "Would you do me the honour of becoming the next King and Queen of Europe with me?" she asked softly and my breath caught in my throat. "I would never dream of saying no. Not because of the crown, but because that means I get to marry the woman of my dreams," I said and she blushed. "Who's that?" she teased me and I chuckled softly. "I think you know who she is. You know her very well. You look a lot like her and you have her eyes," "My mother?" she asked causing me to laugh loudly at her joke. "No it's definitely not your mother," I said still chuckling and she grinned. "Well that's a relief," she giggled before I gently placed my lips on hers again.

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As we silently walked into Rochè's castle hand in hand, we heard laughing coming from the castle causing me to frown in confusion. "Maybe your family's here," Rochè suggested and I shrugged. There was definitely a lot of voices and it couldn't just be the Karstens. "I think so. I recognised some of the laughs, but they didn't mention anything," I said and she nodded. "If they're here, should we tell them? About the engagement and me choosing you as King?" she asked and I noticed the guard looking at us closely. I rose an eyebrow at him and he quickly stared in front of him again. "Come here," I said as I gently grabbed her elbow and pulled her into the dining room where it was clear of guards. "What do you want to do? I mean I would really like to propose to you in front of our families. I want to do this the traditional way," I said and she smiled at me. "Then let's do that. But we're gonna have to tell my parents so that they can inform the lawyers, government and stuff that I've chosen a husband," Rochè said and I smiled at her.

"Of course. We'll tell them together. Let's keep this as a surprise for the others," I suggested and she nodded before her face fell. "What's wrong?" I asked as I leaned against the dining table and grabbed her waist, moving her to stand between my legs and she sighed. "Please don't take this the wrong way, but I'm worried about your brothers. I know that there's already some tension because of this whole thing and I don't want to make it worse," she said guilty and I gently kissed her cheek. "Love, I don't care about that, okay? We're both happy together and we all knew that only one of us was going to end up with you. Maybe not even one of us. I don't want you to feel guilty about this, okay? We have to think about what makes us happy and you're what makes me happy," I said causing her to blush. "You make me happy, too," she said softly and I felt myself smile. "Then what does the other stuff matter?" I asked as I laced my arms around her petite waist and she smiled at me before gently kissing me. "I love you, Ross," she said suddenly causing a warm feeling to spread throughout my body and my heart to beat hysterically against my chest. A huge grin made its way onto my face. "I love you too, Rochè," I said and placed my lips on hers again.

After a while of kissing passionately and lovingly, we pulled away again and she smiled down at me. "C'mon let's go see who's here," she said as she intertwined our fingers and we walked out of the room. We walked up the stairs and into the living room to see my family and the Karstens sitting around the living room laughing. They all had a glass of wine in their hands and King James was in the middle of telling a story. A funny one apparently. His head suddenly snapped towards us and his smile widened. "Ah look who's here! How was your evening?" James asked and everyone turned to look at us. "It was amazing thank you, Father," Rochè smiled and he grinned at us. "Well come sit down. We'll get you two some wine," Clarisse said as she pointed to the empty couch and we walked closer before sitting down on it. A maid gave us each a glass of wine and we thanked her before she walked off.

"I didn't know you guys were coming here," I said before taking a sip of the sweet wine. "James was nice enough to invite us for dinner," my mom smiled at me and I returned it. "So what were you guys doing?" Rocky asked as he eyed my hand that was placed on Rochè's smooth thigh. I didn't even notice I placed it there. "We had some dinner and went walking on the castle grounds," I replied and he nodded before James spoke up again.

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