Marriage Of Benefits - Chapter 367

Rachel was completely embarrassed by herself and she had no idea how to react just then Rafel entered the room and bowed his head to her while she was still sitting on the bed covered in sheets. Rachel looked at him and said after composing herself “I will be out in a while, give me some time.”

He understood and went out after nodding his head. Rachel took in a deep breath to calm herself down and then she stood up to stand in front of the mirror. She looked at her disheveled reflection and her heart started pounding loudly as if all it’s restrains were broken.

She did not know why but she was reminded of the kiss they had shared just before Jessica had barged into the room, just thinking about it, her body grew hot, she felt as if she could not breathe anymore. The effect of the drug had completely worn off her body but what was happening now was far beyond her imagination. She placed a hand on the mirror to support herself and let out a low growl as she said to herself “Get a hold of yourself, you are THE QUEEN”

While saying this she applied a little extra force with her hand and the glass in front of her shattered. She stood there and closed her eyes finally letting go of her thoughts then she looked at the shattered glass. She turned around and while moving, she clicked her fingers to fix the glass, the mirror was back in its original position as if nothing had happened earlier. She took in a deep breath and with another click changed her clothes.

She finally had returned to her majestic self when she went out and as expected Rafel was already waiting for her. She looked around and gestured for him to follow, he did as he was told without any questions. She moved to an empty corridor and went to sit on the floor in a corner, seeing this Rafel let out a surprised roar seeing her sit on the floor.

She smiled at him and gestured him to come and sit next to her and then she looked into the distance not at anything in particular as she spoke “Rafel since the time I have come here I have been treating you as a friend and I hope you do not just see me as your queen like it was for all the others.”

He looked at her and she felt his gaze but did not turn her head as she waited for him to speak. He looked at her with a smile “My Queen, I don’t know why I have never felt this kind respect for any other queen but towards you I feel that even if I give my life, it is not enough. As for being considered your friend, it is a great honour for me but I could never have the audacity to consider that because you never said it, I can not cross my limits.”

Rachel finally turned around to look into his eyes, her eyes filled with softness and then she placed her hands on his neck gently as said “Doesn’t it feel lonely to serve so many queens and have no one to listen to what you feel, I know that you are not a human but as a majestic tiger from this world off course you are different and have feelings. I just don’t want you to be lonely and I want to be there for you so now as your queen I command you to call me Rachel and be my friend. I just want to listen to you and as a friend I want some advice too.”

Rafel wanted to say something but he could not, his eyes glistened with tears and he finally managed to say through his choked voice “Why?”

“Last night when I was here and you helped me, I noticed how lonely you felt, I noticed how lonely it is to be a commander on the top. You may be someone that all the people here fear but I know how it feels and I don’t want you to be that way.”

Rafel felt so good after listening to her words and before he could react Rachel hugging saying “I will always be there for you.”

He nodded and finally got over his emotions but he finally accepted Rachel as his friend and was ready to share everything with her. He moved away from her to look at her face, his eyes showed a completely touched emotion different from the usual majestic one as he looked into Rachel’s eyes “Thank you, my queen”

Rachel smiled “Call me Rachel and tell me what is bothering you.”

He looked at Rachel and said for the first time showing his weakness and a completely tired expression “I am an immortal as you know and I have been serving the queens since the beginning of this land, I have been through thick and thin but always stood strong protecting the land and the queen as I had sworn, the problem is that I began feeling like a robot. In the beginning I felt a little bad that no one was concerned about my feelings but I got used to it slowly, I kept telling myself that it was fine. In the end I still felt bad and sad in my heart no matter how much I tried to stay strong, it was the worst when this land had no queen for the time being. I protected the land but when I saw no one was much affected as they still had their families who looked them and were loved by them, I was completely heart broken. I had done so much and in the end I am still alone.”

Rachel pulled him into his embrace one again and said softly ” Don’t ever say that again because from now on you are my elder brother and I promise these are not just words.”

Rafel nodded his head as a few tears rolled down his eyes ” I know”

Rachel pulled away and said “You have had worked so hard and for so long that you have worn yourself out so now I want you to take some rest for a while, I will take care of everything.”

Rafel looked at her in surprise and immediately rejected the offer “No that is possible, I have to protect you, I can’t leave you alone.”

Rachel smiled “I know it’s your duty but don’t you trust me that I can protect myself well enough.”

He looked at her apologetically ” No , I didn’t mean that at all, please don’t misunderstand me, it’s just that I want to protect you and no matter what now I don’t need any rest and I am enthusiastic to do my job.”

Rachel smiled ” I knew that you won’t agree so now I have to tell you Rafel that it is not am option but an order so you have to follow it.”

His eyes widened with surprise but in the end he nodded his head and agreed because he had no other choice as it was an order. Rachel smiled as she looked at his retracting figure and when she was sure that he was gone the smile on her lips dropped. Earlier when she came out of her room, she had decided she could not let anyone know about what had happened until she herself figured it out because she knew that it was impossible for a queen to loose herself until she was ready to do that, she knew she could have maintained her consciousness and come to her place but she was willingly doing something else. She decided to talk to Rafel because she had noticed that he was getting into his worse form since the time she had come so she wanted to be there for him, hence she talked to him.

Now that this part was done, she had to back home and face her real problem as she was sure Jessica would have told her mother everything and at home she was no queen, she was just the daughter of Jamie Cullen. She took in a deep breath and went back to her house, as it was still early in the morning, she had decided to go back to her room first and prepare for everything that was coming next but what she did not expect was that her parents already waiting for her in her room as she entered through the window.

Jamie looked at her with her arms crossed against her ċhėst as she said “What were you thinking?”

Rachel looked at her innocently “Mom, I was drugged.”

Jamie frowned “Are we really going there, I know that a queen can control herself and she has the control over such kind of drugs, don’t tell me that what I am saying is wrong.”

Rachel lowered her head as she knew her mother was not wrong but she herself was unable to figure out what had happened to her but before she could reply Charles said “I am really disappointed in you, Rachel.”