The Crown's Entrapment

“Is that a warning, Lord Gideon?” Freya asked him with raised eyebrows, letting out a chuckle as she turned to him.

Gideon had a serious look on his face as he answered, “Not a warning, sweety. But consider it as me giving you a heads up on my future actions… I might end up hugging and kissing you soon, milady.”

“How soon?” Freya feistily asked.

Hearing her words, Gideon took it as another sign that she was alright with what he was doing. A wide smile stretched itself across his lips as he hastily pulled Freya close to him. With his one arm instantly wrapping around her waist, his other hand held her by the chin as he looked at her intently.

With their position secure, he leaned in closer to Freya as if he was about to kiss her. Seeing this, Freya closed her eyes, so much so that her face crumpled up into a frown. She was tense and trembling in his arms.

Gideon stopped at that instant. Freya looked so naive and submissive at that moment, and he knew he should not let this opportunity slide. However, he didn’t know what came over him as he stopped himself from giving her a breathless kiss right then and there. At the back of his head, a more devious plan formed, one where he wanted Freya to get even more anxious and frustrated, making her long and crave for more of his intimate gestures.

Gideon had a wicked smile as he leaned closer to her till his cheek brushed against hers.

“Soon, my sweety, but not today,” he seductively whispered into Freya’s ear. “I want you to feel the same longing that I do. And when it’s time, I will hug and kiss you so passionately that you will end up aching for more…”

He wasn’t sure how Freya would take it, but his intuition was telling him that it would be worth it. Somehow, along the lines of his courtship, he wanted Freya to be seduced and be madly in love with him. To the point that she would wholly give her attention to no other man except for him.

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Meanwhile, it has been two days since Freya last saw Lord Gideon. Honestly, she was relieved at that fact since she was still embarrassed that she initiated a kiss with him back on their previous ice skating date. She would still blush whenever that scene crossed her mind, so she kept herself occupied by helping her mother with the preparations for her brother’s upcoming royal wedding.

Despite this, however, she felt weird at not seeing Lord Gideon around. It was as if something was missing, and she wondered if it was merely because she was already used to his presence or if she was actually missing the man.

Riding in their carriage, today was yet another busy day of constant work. But all of her exhaustion seemed to disappear the moment she saw Lord Gideon outside their carriage, extending his hand out to help her get down.

After that, she let him hold her hand as they walked towards the castle garden. And even now, even as she closed her eyes in anticipation of a kiss from him when he leaned closer. To her disappointment however, Lord Gideon only brushed his cheek against hers to whisper out his teasing words!

With a hard blush, Freya couldn’t believe how she fell for his antics. To think that she almost lost herself in trance because of the way he made her knees weak!

“Tease!” she grunted, placing her palms against his chest to push him away in annoyance. She couldn’t believe that Gideon would tease her when she was already this vulnerable.

To her displeasure, however, Lord Gideon didn’t budge, instead securing her in his arms even further.

“Let go of me…” she chided with a frown, avoiding his intense gaze out of too much embarrassment.

After what seemed like forever, Gideon finally let her go, but he still firmly grabbed onto her hand. “You’re cold,” he whispered.

“Werewolves don’t feel cold! And so what if my skin feels cold?!” she snorted. She was very annoyed at him, and she didn’t bother holding back in showing him how irritated she was irritated.

She was about to pull away when she suddenly stiffened. She felt his warm breath and the graze of his soft lips against her knuckle. Turning around, her eyes widened, seeing how he was softly kissing her hand.

“What are you doing?” she tersely asked. ‘Did he prefer to kiss my hand rather than my lips?! Is he kidding me right now!’ she inwardly retorted. How she wanted to voice it out loud, but she had to keep her pride intact after how ridiculous she looked a while ago from anticipating that kiss from him.

“Keeping your hand warm, sweety,” Gideon replied with a smile.

‘His lips feel good on my hand,’ she thoughtlessly mused. ‘So it’ll probably feel better on my lips, right?’

Right now, Gideon was introducing a flurry of foreign feelings inside of her body, ones that she wasn’t aware even existed before. She bit her inner cheek, trying her best to keep her nerves from burning right at that moment.

Even now, Freya could tell that her mate could feel her trembling… of how much she was getting affected by him. Hah! It was obvious. He was probably purposely doing these things to seduce her and make her submit to his advances.

‘This is so annoying!’ she inwardly fumed. She shouldn’t let him win her over like this. It’s only been days since Lord Gideon started courting her, and she should be playing harder to get than this. She had a few plans in her head, and she thought that a few months of getting to know each other first would be a great idea.

However, as much as she hated to admit it… Freya knew that she would soon give in to her mate.

‘I can’t believe I’m this weak…’ Freya helplessly thought. ‘Should I give in already? Or should I hold back some more?’

What a dilemma this was…

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ANL: Any advice for Freya? Haha