Chapter 390 - Three Hundred And Ninety: The Queen Was Kneeling (2/2)

”A guest is looking for you?”

”A guest?” she repeated, her brows furrowing contemplatively.

”Yeah”

Who could be looking for her? Aside from the royal family, her own family and friends had no idea what was going on in her life. She had lied to them claiming that she was in Lincolnshire having the best time of her life. Could it be Judy?

Oh my God! She stood up from her seat with lightning speed, feeling angry yet flustered at the same time. He was the only one who could do this, was he still angry about the lions?

But then, she had told him to give her space yet he broke that promise. How petty of him! Well, it was not like she would be leaving with him - unless he forced her home. Though furious with him, Emily still had a teeny hope he was here to drag her ass home. That way, she would hate his guts yet be with him. God, she was so stupid! The woman facepalmed mentally.

Emily was suddenly conscious of the way she looked. Not that she hadn't taken her bath in twenty years or something, but she hadn't put much thought into dressing up - and she couldn't tell whether Judy would be impressed by it. Oh please, just shut up! She shunned off her inner mind.

But still, her heart was giddy and she was contemplating what to say to him as soon as they arrived at the lobby. However, just as she was about to open her mouth and ask him what he was doing here, Emily's face was drained of all blood upon seeing who was in front of her.

The current antagonist in her life aka the one and only queen dowager of the kingdom of Lincolnshire. What the hell?! She was speechless.

”What are you doing here?” Emily asked when she finally found her voice. She didn't make the usual courtesy bow since her mind was currently wild at the moment, plus the fact this woman was the most hated person in her life right now and this wasn't her kingdom. In one word, she no longer had respect for her.

”Can we go to a more private place?” the queen added, ”Preferably your room,”

Emily wanted to add that she had no right to make choices here but bite back her words, no matter, this human was a queen - she should show that politeness at the least.

”Fine, follow me,” She said tautly and led the way.

The journey to her hotel room was a very tense one. Even while they entered the elevator, none of them talked to each other till they reached their destination.

”What do you want from me? I've left your son as you wanted and you don't have to worry about me interfering in his private life in the future. About Akim, we'd discuss his upbringing when I'm back. So if you're here for this, then I'm more than happy to tell you that you made an unnecessary journey…. ”

The rest of her words faltered when the queen suddenly plop down to her knees. It all happened so quickly that Emily had to use five minutes to process what was going on. The Queen was kneeling?!

”W-what are you doing?” she stammered. This was unbelievable. Never in history has it been written about a queen getting on her knees in front of a commoner.

”Get back with Judy,” The queen said to her astonishment.

Emily was so astounded her jaw simply flew open - it was too good to be true. The queen was a very proud person and didn't even bow to the enemy when her kingdom had been invaded, instead, she sent the prince away and fought tooth and nail to reclaim the throne.

But then, this queen was the one who was currently on her knees begging her to return to her son - the son she had warned her to stay clear of. Because of this unnecessary controversy, she had lost a child.

”Why now?” Emily asked, fighting against the tears threatening to spill, ”Why accept me now?!” She yelled out of frustration.

”I'm so sorry, Emily,” the queen began to cry to her horror. The woman had been so prim all the time she saw her it didn't occur to Emily that she was human too.

”I was blinded by my belief and our tradition that I didn't see how much I was hurting both my son and you. But don't worry, I've realized my mistakes now -”

”Yeah, exactly,” Emily said with sarcasm, ”You realized your mistake at the expense of my child. So please return to wherever you came from - I'm afraid you might poison me this time,”