Your POV
We all sat in silence as we played with our cups. My father just sat there and glared at Harry as Harry sat their fiddling with his full tea cup. I finally met my fathers eyes and glared back at him for his childish ways. Why couldn't he leave Harry alone, I know what he did was wrong but it was my decision on whether to forgive him or not. Finally my mom had decided to break the silence and bless her heart for doing so.
"Elijah honey, that treaty isn't going to sign itself. Let's go into the study and read it", my mom tried to tug on his arm to lead him away from the table.
"I'm not leaving that bastard alone with my daughter", he spat at Harry.
"Dad please, I'm an adult and I have to make my own decisions. I didn't forgive him and he deserves one last chance to prove to me he deserves another chance", I demanded to my father.
"Fine, but if I hear her raise her voice I'm coming down here and throwing your ass out of here", my father threatened.
Once my mother and father walked off into my fathers office and shut the door, I turned back to Harry and smiled at him.
"You didn't have to defend me, I deserved those words", Harry said.
"Look I know you e screwed up in the pat, but that's no reason to treat you poorly. We are all adults and we can act like it", I said.
"Soooo......Tamara and I used to have relations. Sexually. When I had a long talk with my mom I decided that I needed to grow up. When I had tried to end it with her, but then we got carried aww and that's when you....", he continued to ramble until I stopped him.
"Harry, you don't have to explain yourself", I clarified with him.
"I don't", he looked at me confused.
"No you don't. You are an adult and are allowed to do whatever you please. We are no longer betrothed, you no longer owe anything to me", I said as kindly as I could before taking a sip of my tea.
"That's the thing though princess,
I want you to be by my side once again and now that I have a second chance to be king", he explained.
"You what?!", I breathed shocked by his statement.
"I want you to be my queen", he held his hand out to me.
"I don't think I can say yes", I said honestly.
"Why not", he looked hurt.
"Because Harry, too much damage had been done and my parents would never agree to this", I listed plenty of reason why this is just wouldn't work out.
"My parents can convince them", he said matter of factly.
"I don't know about that", I shook my head.
"Here my mom wants to invite you to a party", he slipped me an invite next to me.
"Oh", I said as flashbacks came back to me.
"Not that kind of party", he chuckled.
"It's a dinner party, my mom likes to invite our family and our closest friends", he explained
"I'll have to convince my parents to go, so I can't say yes at the moment", I said honestly.
"I understand, I really hope you can make it. I would really like you to meet my family, I think they would love you",
Harry smiled.
"I'll see what I can do", I offered him a smile.
Harry gave me one back before we got up from my dinning table. I walked him back outside to where he tied up his horse. I smiled again at him as he mounted his horse and got it to gallop to where his castle was. I stood outside till I couldn't see his horse nor couldn't I see him anymore. Then I just turned on my heels and went back inside my home to deal with my parents which wasn't going to be fun.
"How could you?", my father immediately spat at me.
"What did I do?", I questioned as I wracked my brain trying to think of what I did that was so wrong.
"You let him into our home and gave him tea. You let him contemplate the fact you will be betrothed to him once again", my father continued to rant.
"I did no such thing, all I did was invite him in for tea. He said he wanted to apologize for what happened at the the Mid-Summer party. I never agreed to anything, I even told him to his fave that I couldn't agree to being his side because is his actions. Please do not presume I did something when I didn't", I glared at my father and began to walk to the stairs so I could go to my room.
"Well I forbids you from saying yes if he proposes to you", my father had tried to have the last day.
"Sorry father, I can't agree with your request", I turned to face him.
"And why not", he said darkly almost making a shiver run up my spine.
"Because you said so yourself, this is important for this kingdom. I would would be an idiot to not try and make this work", I replied his words back to him verbatim leaving him speechless.
I took that as a question to turn back into my room and shut My door. Leaving my parents both speechless and stewing in my words. No matter what though they had to be supportive of my decision, it's my life and future.
