King Derrick glared at her for some seconds before ordering her to leave which she did.
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Immediately pinky was out, she took a long breath out as her heart pounded loudly in her chest, she sighed for the unkeept time as she walked to her room.
"My princess, lest I forget, today is a very important festival that everyone must attend, even the king is going too, let me get you prepared"Nina rushed her words and brought a large box towards the bed and placed it carefully on top of the bed with a smile.
"My princess, this is the dress you will be wearing tomorrow and the shoes are also in there"Nina smiled as she opened the box then she brought out a very very gorgeous long gown with rubies designed around its hem, pinky stared at the gown with wide eyes.
"Wow....is so beautiful, how did you buy it and where?"Pinky asked taking the gown from her and hugging it tightly.
"I didn't buy it but prince athanasia gave it to me to give you as a present for showing her who princess Manda truly is"Nina said and pinky smiled still hugging the gown.
"Am sure you will outshine everyone in the festival even dignitaries "Nina said.
"Stop flattering me"Pinky said and took off her white gown before putting on this one, damn...she looked so damn gorgeous that Nina's mouth was left hanging open in shock.
"Wow, my princess, your so damn beautiful"Nina muttered bringing out the high heels for her to put on which she did.
"Can't wait to outshine everyone just like you said"Pinky muttered with a wink.
"Just a little touch up"Nina smiled and pinky sat on the makeup stool and Nina started working magic on her face.
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Manda came down the stairs with her usual fake wide smile making some guys at the festival to drool over her secretly but they dare not show it in public since she is king Derrick's wife, if they dared to show it, king Derrick will surely have their head in a tray, not just any tray, a wooden tray so that he could mock their dead body.
At the thought of that, they felt cold shivers run down their spine.
"Queen mother greetings, we've seen everyone here today but queen ayria is missing today"One of the guests said with a smile as he twirled the glass of red wine in his hands making the red liquid content to dance around the cup but none slipped and fell to the floor though.
"Why are you waiting for queen ayria, we all know that she always come late to an important meeting like this"Another said, king Derrick wasn't there at the actual moment that was why they could have the audacity to talk about the queen in a bad manner.
Soon, king Derrick walked in and everyone bowed, no one dared to say a word after greeting him but Soon everyone's attention was sent to the stairs immediately they began to hear noises, more like the sound of high heels clicking and making contact with the glass stairs.
"Wowwwwww"Everyone stared at pinky who was descending down the long stairs, even king Derrick was speechless but he was fast enough to mask his expression, the queen mother felt like she saw an angel in human clothing, princess athanasia smiled while Manda burned in pure rage and jealousy, after all the time she took for make up and selection of dress, she started her make up section before pinky could even know about the festival then how come.
Manda felt that all her thunder was stolen by pinky, everyone's attention was on her like they just saw an angel or a fairy.
Pinky felt nervous because of the hundreds of eyes that were scanning her from head to toe, it even reached a point that when she reached the last stair and was about to place her leg on the floor but instead she ended up slipping, pinky closed her eyes waiting for pain, the pain of hitting her head on the tiled floor but she didn't feel anything like that making her to open her eyes.
Wait...it must be her imagination,
Yes, it might be her illusions because there is no way, king Derrick will be so close to her, he was actually the one that saved her from bumping her head on the hard floor and worst, that his strong arms were wrapped securely around her lean waist.
Everyone stared at them in shock and admiration.
Who could have thought that their king was so romantic with their queen....it was such a lovable sight.
King Derrick placed her on her feets, when pinky turned to leave, king Derrick noticed she was leaping, this was not a joke this time, she actually sprained her ankle for real.
Pinky's whole face was flushed just by looking at king Derrick's God like face so close, he was so so....she didn't know how to put it in words but so extraordinary.
Before pinky could process her environment, her leg was swept off the floor by a familiar strong arms, Pinky's eyes widened as she struggled, she found it so embarrassing that king Derrick is carrying her in front of a crowd like that.
"Stay put, your ankle is bleeding"King Derrick muttered as he walked towards a nearby chair and made her sit down, then he grabbed his handkerchief and wrapped it around her wounded ankle, then he blew air into her wounds shocking pinky, is that really king Derrick?
He was unexpectedly gentle and soft.
Pinky knew immediately that king Derrick wasn't as bad as he seems.