The Unwanted Prince

Chapter 3 : A Resentful Betrayal

Xander did not visit for another two months. Not that it was unexpected but Diane felt lonely. Besides the silence, she could always feel a pair of eyes on her even when no one was around.

By now Diane's morning sickness had intensified and a small bump has formed on her torso. She had decided to remove her corset and encourage the growth of her child whilst enjoying her day to day activities.

As she was about to head into town, a familiar head of silver appeared shimmering in the distance. Oh! Xander... Diane sighed internally as she smiled, straightening her hair and patting the dust off her dress.

As Xander approached, he smiled at her before gently caressing her hair. "It took me longer than expected... but I snuck out to see you..." he said, taking a lock of Diane's hair into his hands before kissing it. "... Oh, Xander... That is fine. I'm just so glad you came." Diane smiled as she embraced him, breathing in his scent.

"... ... You smell a little different today." Diane said as she pulled herself off of her lover. "Huh? Oh. I was in a rush so I couldn't get ready before visiting you, my love." Xander responded as he turned Diane around, leading her in the direction of her house. My love...? He must be getting more affectionate. Diane giggled to herself as she thought this making Xander flinch.

As the two entered Diane's home, Diane headed to grab the cup of water when Xander intercepted her. "I'll do it! You just rest. I know you may think you're fine but having a child is surely tiring... Our child..." Xander insisted as he smiled at Diane. "O.. oh... of course." Diane replied, face flushing red as she thought of how considerate Xander was being.

Xander sweated nervously as his hand shook. Pouring the powder into the water shouldn't be this hard and yet... The powder was barely mixing in the water and with his shaky hands, the powder was pouring everywhere except the cup.

Xander jumped as he felt Diane pressing her body against his back. He nervously swatted the powder off the table before accidentally tipping the cup of water. "Oh dear. Xander... are you alright?" Diane asked as she peeked at his face which seemed coated in sweat.

"I'm... a bit fidgety today... There was a lot of... things going on... Oh! Don't touch that! I'll pick it up!" Xander exclaimed as he fidgeted about. He sat Diane on the bed as he cleared the spilled water and picked up the cup.

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After talking about their days and how was Diane feeling, Xander fell asleep as he laid in bed. Diane got up feeling thirsty and went to grab a cup of water. She felt around for the cup before noticing the table had a different texture than usual. She shook herself awake as she noticed a glittery substance on the table. It was fine, almost like salt and hard to notice unless you touched it.

Diane took a piece of scrapped paper and dusted the substance onto it, folding the paper before tucking it away so that Xander wouldn't find it. She glanced at Xander's sleeping figure as she felt herself doubting him for a minute. She then rinsed her cup before pouring fresh water into it, downing the water hoping to soothe her parched throat.

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Xander awoke the next day to find Diane reading a book before noticing that he was up. "Xander! Good morning." Diane said as she shut her book and smiled. Xander smiled as well before realising it was in fact morning. "Gasp! Its... morning! I need to go! Why didn't you wake me?" Xander asked in a panic as he threw on his shirt before putting on a cloak.

"I just... thought it'd be nice to spend a little more time together... and... you looked tired as well." Diane replied as she looked up at Xander sadly. "... Don't worry. I'll find you again as soon as I can." Xander replied before kissing Diane on the forehead as he threw on the hood of his cloak and left the house; leaving Diane alone once again.