Ralph didn’t smile at her words. He was supposed to feel happy with her confession but he could see the literal conflict in her eyes. His lips pressed together to say sothing but nothing ca out. Jasmine took a step forward, her voice cracking as she said,
" But...I won’t be there to see that unfortunately.."
She laughed between her tears, letting it fall down. This ti, the stone cold hearted demon king had so reaction. His shoulders beca stiff, his chest beca stuffy as if the weight of the whole world had been dropped on his shoulders. He was too silent, silent for the whole world.
Ralph rembered the proud voice of his grandfather. Once, he told that if he beca the demon king, he could get anything from all the realms. Then why couldn’t he get the woman that he loved? Was really power weak against love?
He could have abducted her to this world or forced her to stay but he was scared of her hate more than her love. Ralph didn’t say anything. His silence was killing Jasmine in each mont. Maybe everyone was right on the words that silence could kill anyone. Today, she was feeling the sa.
Holding her tears, Jasmine dragged her feet weakly towards Ralph. Using her feet, she hugged him gently to bury her head into his neck. Her tears couldn’t stop for a second. It was falling relentlessly on his broad shoulders. Jasmine muttered in her choked voice,
" You are great, Demon King..but..we have t..each others ín wrong ti..If there is another life..I want you to et first before anyone... else..I want you to do favours for the last ti..Tell , you will keep your promise?"
Ralph clenched his fists together on both sides. Sothing was battling inside his heart. It was cracking in pain to the point that his own voice trembled when he replied to her,
" Say...it..."
This ti, Jasmine squeezed her eyes shut to cry harder. Even on their last eting, he was putting on her needs first before anything else. Jasmine muttered into his neck, fighting with her tears,
" This is our last.. eting..You will never co in my life...You won’t ask for my son ever..My son will never know that he has anything to do with the Demon realm...Can you do this for ? I just.. want everything well for my son...Also please close the portal to co into your relam for forever. I don’t want to be greedy."
Ralph didn’t say anything. His stiff body stood there as if the eternity had stopped for him. However, his silence was the other answer to his promise. Jasmine let out a choked breath and leant her head on his shoulders to shed a few more tears. After a dead silence, she raised her feet to match his height. Without exchanging another word, her cold lips left a peck on his lips. Jasmine muttered before letting him go,
" This is our goodbye kiss! You aren’t wrong, Demon King. We just t each other at the wrong ti."
Jasmine didn’t wait another second. She turned before running into the portal to go back. That was the last ti that the demon king saw light in his room. As soon as she was gone, closing all the relationships that they had, he fell on the ground on his knees. For the first ti, he felt defeated as a king as a father and now as a lover. No one knew what happened between them but after a while, the scream of the demon king had echoed in the whole castle.
anwhile, Jasmine was back in her own castle. As soon as she ca out of the portal, she couldn’t stop crying. She blad herself for everything. Whenever she thought that she wouldn’t get the chance to see Ralph again, her heart was getting suffocated. The pain was too unbearable. But surprisingly, she didn’t feel guilty for having feelings for Ralph.
Didn’t she always say that she loved only Oscar? Why did she feel so bad for breaking Ralph?
She kept weeping on her bed until the sound of glass breaking caught her attention. She brought her eyes to see the portal that was getting destroyed slowly. It was a door made of glass. For outsiders, it was a full view mirror but for her, it was her way of happiness which she destroyed today.
Jasmine burst into more tears when she saw it breaking. It ant that Ralph had accepted her decision. He wouldn’t co to her again in her lifeti. Even if she begged or faced danger, he wouldn’t co like before. He must be hating her now for using his kindness for her own selfish desires.
Right at that mont, Jasmine heard footsteps, coming in the way of her room. She was montarily panicked as the portal wasn’t fully destroyed yet. She got up to walk to the doorway to see a maid standing there. The maid gave a long bow before telling,
" My lady! His highness has asked you to pick up clothes for the baby shower. I was coming to call you for that."
Jasmine asked, hiding the tears,
" Is he back in the castle already? Why didn’t anyone tell ?"
The maid smiled nervously. She couldn’t understand why Jasmine was so anxious to et Oscar all of sudden. The maid still responded politely,
" His highness is having private discussion with the people that ca from the king’s land. I guess he is busy that’s why."
However, Jasmine didn’t care for that. She thought that eting Oscar would lessen her pain. Ignoring the maid’s warning, she continued to walk to the room where they were having secret discussions. Jasmine didn’t think that anything could be more important to Oscar than her. Besides, the couple never had any secrets between them except the last incidents. So, Jasmine continued to proceed to the study room and unexpectedly heard the conversation between Oscar and the officials of the king who worked for Oscar secretly...
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