QT: I Bent The Male Lead - Chapter 44

Sashina and Jason picked up the rings from the queens hands. The ballroom went quite as the guests watched them with anticipation of the ring ceremony.

“They won,” Davion sighed.

Amaru turned his attention away from the couple to his friend. He didn’t like to see him in such a state. From the looks of things the engagement was going to take place.

“Who won?” He asked to him.

Davion narrated to him what had happened, his encounter with Sashina in the corridors and what she had said. The challenge that she made and the things she said about Jason. He didn’t leave out a single detail in the story.

“I cant believe this, how dare they,” he barked in a hushed voice.

“It is fine, they deserve each other,” Davion said. It hurt but he wasn’t going to keep holding on to someone who lied and cheated him.

“No! It is not fine,” Amaru said standing up. Davion glanced at him stunned by his reaction. “The only game I like to play is one where I make the rules and win. Not one where my friend loses and is made fun of,” he spoke out pulling Davion to stand up from his seat.

The King was looking at them and so were the guests, so Davion had no choice but to get up as not to create a scene.

“What are you doing?” He asked the ice prince.

“Changing the way the story goes,” Amaru said with a sadonic smile embracing his beautiful lips. “They like games so much. Let’s give them one they won’t ever forget,” he added.

Davion gave a weak smile to his father as his friend pulled him towards the couple at the centre of the room. He lowered his head in embarrassment, he regretted telling the man about what happened.

Being away from Amaru for a long time made him forget how short tempered the male can be when he was angered.

“Amaru, you are a prince. Control yourself,” he let out in a whisper.

“It’s my game now,” Amaru uttered and stopped right before Jason and Sashina shocking them together with the queen.

“What is goi…” The queen of Xeris tried to ask but was cut off when all the lights in the room went off.

“Who did that,” the king roared from his seat. His voice reverberated in the room sending chills to the guests.

The maids rushed with matchsticks and lit the candles to eliminate the darkness in the room. Everyone was relieved when the lights were back up.

“Just in time, we have exchanged the rings,” Sashina announced.

“Yes, indeed we have,” Amaru’s chilling voice sounded.

Sashina looked up, in place where Jason stood was the ice prince. And in his finger was the ring of fire that she was meant to put on Jason finger.

“What in the…” The queen was shocked. Because Jason and Davion stood opposite each other with rings in their hands, matching couple rings of the royal family of Aphidia.

The guests gasped in shock, they had come to witness prince Nedryn and Sashina get engaged but they witnessed two engagements instead. The prince of Xeris with The crown prince of Aphidia and Sashina with prince Amaru.

Amaru looked at Davion and winked at him. When he blew out the candles in the room, he switched places with Jason and exchanged rings with Sashina and had Jason and Davion exchange their rings too.

It was easy since Davion already had the rings in his pocket. “My game, my rules and for the cheating couple. I will never wish a happy ending,” he noted.

Davion glanced at Jason, he thought that the moment that he would put the ring on Jason he would feel happy but that was not so. By going back on his word and keeping to what he said, he proved that he didn’t care for him at all.

Without realising it, he had proved Sashina’s words to be true. The fact that the girl knew what she knew could only mean that the man was the one who told her.

“What is going on here,” the king shouted in confusion. The sight before him didn’t make any sense at all.

“I will explain,” Amaru volunteered to give an explanation. Everyone turned to him to hear what it was that he had to say.

“Proceed,” the king of Xeris ordered. He too wanted an explanation as to what was going on. It was a matter than not just concerned his son but his kingdom.

“Your highness, the fact is that Sashina and I are in love with each other,” he claimed.

Sashina’s jaw dropped hearing the words that Amaru dared to utter. It was preposterous for him to even say that.

“That is no…”

“Not the whole truth, I know baby,” Amaru said cutting her off before she finished her statement. He strode close to her and took her hands in his. “Sitting there quietly and watch you get engaged to another was hard. That is why I had to do this, the whole world deserves to know that you are spoken for,” he let out softly.

“Owww,” the ladies in the ballroom awed at his confession.

“The fact is that, you are the beautiful melody of the song that keeps on ringing in my heart and I cant let you go,” he proffesed.

“How romantic,” the ladies let out after witnessing hus confession of love.

“I know that you feel the same so please dont turn from me,” he pleaded and embraced Sashina. The kind and sweet look vanished while he hugged her. His eyes glowed with untold schemes of destruction to the girl who had the nerve to pick ok his friend.

“What are you doing?” Sashina asked him.

“Uprooting the weeds in the garden,” he replied her. “Enjoy the moment, it is the beginning of your punishment,” he let out and broke the hug.

His eyes softened once more as he looked into her eyes. All the ladies watched on with curiosity to see what happens next.

“Will you marry me beloved?” He asked her.