The Dragon Prince's Forbidden Affair novel Chapter 28

Lunch Break

"I'm glad you enjoyed your classes so much," Lexus replied after I went on and on telling him about how much I loved them and everything I learned today. "You were really focused on our piano lesson."

"Yeah, I was hyper focused..." I mumbled. "It was exciting. I haven't learned a new instrument for a while."

He looked concerned. "Hyper focused? Did you take your meds this morning?"

I looked away nervously. "No... I was so excited for the day I forgot to but it's fine. Hyper focusing isn't the worst thing."

"It was hard to get you to want to leave, the lesson went on for another twenty minutes. You must be hungry right?" It wasn't like he was my boyfriend so it was hard seeing him care so much when he would only be my boss or something like that.

"That's because time went too fast." I sighed. "Yeah, I am hungry... I've been hungry for a while. I'm supposed to be the one looking after you, it's my job."

Lexus rolled his eyes. "That doesn't mean anything Aqua. If I have to remind you every morning to take your meds, then I will."

I looked at Arma who was staring at us as she slowly walked. "Arma, hey are you hungry?" I asked.

Arma stopped and walked in our direction. "Yeah, and I just got off, why?"

I looked at Lexus. "I'm going to get a bite to eat with Arma. Is that okay or are you going to need me?"

Lexus stuffed his hands in his pocket. "You can go, I don't have much to do today so I'll be fine on my own until you're done with your lunch break."

I walked off with Arma. "You too are getting pretty close right?"

"As close as we need to be. Cade was close to Lexus when he was his full-time aid, they still are close. Plus, Konn is close with the king, isn't he?" I didn't want to give her any reason to be suspicious of us.

Arma nodded. "Of course, they're close, when you spend that much time together it's gonna happen. Prince Lexus and Cade grew up together and so did the king and Konn. I didn't expect you to be getting close with the prince so soon, that's all. What's it like being close with him anyway?"

We walked into the public cafeteria that was for workers. The great hall was for the royal family, whoever was with them or had permission by them. "I'm not sure if I'd say we were all that close. There's a lot that I don't know about him but we're comfortable with each other. It's almost like he's just another co-worker." A co-worker I was sexually active with. One who I opened up to and who opened up to me back. I wasn't being nearly as truthful as I could have been. I think me and Lexus are close, and it's only been a few weeks.

We stood in a short line. "That makes sense, I couldn't imagine feeling like the Prince or the Princess were co-workers." She made it seem like she thought I was lucky. "That's pretty cool when you think about it."

"What's pretty cool?" Vella asked after getting in line right behind us.

Arma looked annoyed. "We were talking about how it's like for her to be Prince Lexus' full-time aid."

Vella looked at me with wide eyes. "You're his full-time aid now? Cade didn't mention that at all." Her expression softened. "So, what is that like Aqua?"

I shrugged. "It just feels like he's another co-worker," I repeated myself. "One I work under," I clarified.