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abuttoncalledsmalls · 4 years

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Take A Giant Step - Chapter 1

Warnings: Alcohol, Drunken Shenanigans, Language.

Pairings: Frankie Morales x f!O/C

Word Count: 1,982

Updated A/N: I have done some re-editing of this fic. So yes, you have read this. It’s just now mo’ better. <3 As always - please let me know if you want to be tagged (or untagged) in further installments.

A/N: I’m gonna try and give writing a series a shot. A quick note - I did use an actual event in my life as inspiration for this chapter. With that being said - please, please, please, please, please do not take someone home in your car that you just met a few hours ago if you feel uncomfortable. Even if your drunk idiot friend offers your chauffeur services to them.

“That’s your third beer in an hour. Don’t you think you should slow down?” My best friend (and boss) turned on his bar stool to glare at me. His blue eyes were glassy, giving away his state of inebriation.

“I think you should let me celebrate tonight’s performance the way I want to. It’s not like I’m the one driving home anyway,” he scoffed. Jeff didn’t intend to come off as a jerk. He was usually the nicest guy in the room, but his less polished side would tend to show itself after a few drinks.

We were celebrating our first sold out performance for our run of The Bald Soprano. That night was nothing short of magical - all of the lights and sound were perfectly called, no lines were dropped, and pacing was on point. The audience loved what they saw so much that they gave us a standing ovation. It was a wonderful feeling to finally see that people were enjoying what we worked so hard on.

After the show, an ecstatic Jeff came over to me in the tech booth and informed me that this grand occasion needed to be observed. That essentially translated to we (mostly him) were going to consume alcohol. As I was his ride for the evening, I knew that it would just be easier to cave into this desire than to fight it. I adored the man, but it was usually so much simpler to entertain these fancies than hear him monologue about my penchant for the unexciting. That is how I found myself at a semi-rundown Applebee’s at 11:30 on a Saturday night.

The bar was quiet at the moment. The bartender was drying pint glasses with a raggedy dishrag while watching the MMA on the television in the corner. There was only one other person at the bar. He was sitting across from us with his head buried in an old, beat up spiral notebook. The only time he would look up was to signal that he was ready for another bottle of Bud Light.

He was donning a navy baseball cap with the logo for the Standard Oil Company plastered on the front. The grey shirt he was wearing looked well worn and a pair of aviators hung in front on his collar. From what I could see he had a strong, prominent nose and large chocolate colored eyes. His beard was a little patchy, particularly on two small areas on either side of his chin.

“You know what would be lovely right now, Maggie? A shot of Jameson. It helps keep the beer company.” Jeff called over the bartender and asked her for three shots of the whiskey. One for him, one for me, and one for “that guy over there”.

The bartender pulled three shot glasses down and poured the shots. She handed us ours and then walked across to the man. When she put the shot down, the capped man looked up and began to open his mouth.

“I didn’t -”

“Courtesy of the gentleman over there.” The bartender pointed towards Jeff and went back to her spot to continue watching the fight. Jeff drunkenly grinned and raised his shot glass. The other man raised his glass as well and said thank you. All three of us quickly downed the whiskey.

“Thanks, man. It’s been a rough day.”

“You looked like you needed it. My name is Jeff Rogers. This is Maggie Lawrence.” I waved to our new drinking partner.

“I’m Frankie.”

“It’s nice to meet you, Frankie,” slurred Jeff. “We’re celebrating our play tonight. I’m the director and she’s the production manager. We make theatre. What do you do?”

A quiet wave of embarrassment washed over Frankie’s face. I gave my friend a dirty look. His question clearly upset the man. My production management instincts kicked into gear and I began to start my damage control spiel.

“I am so sorry. He’s -”

“It’s okay,” Frankie said. “Um, I was a private pilot, but, I, uh, recently lost my job due to some stupid shit.”

“Oh my gosh, I’m so sorry.”

“It happens.” He tried to shrug it off and make it look like it was no big deal. His body language clearly indicated that it was a much larger concern than he was letting on. His eyes swept the room. It looked like he wanted to change the subject to anything else. Thankfully my friend, the eternal extrovert, was able to introduce a new topic.

“You think those fighters get paid well,” Jeff asked looking at the television. The MMA match was in full swing and commanded his attention.

“I don’t think they do too bad. My army buddy Benny is a fighter. He’s not as popular as those guys, but he does pretty well for himself.”

Frankie and Jeff fell into a conversation about different fighters and several upcoming matches. I smiled politely and sipped on my Blue Moon. I had no idea what they were talking about. All I could understand about the sport was that two very muscular individuals were beating the living shit out of each other. However, I will admit that I did enjoy seeing how both of my drinking companions perked up during the conversation. It wasn’t very clear if their camaraderie was inspired by the amount of alcohol assumed or the phenomenon of “male bonding”. I eventually chalked it up to a little bit of both.

Time quickly flew by. I looked down at my phone and was surprised to see that it was 2:00 in the morning. It was late and I wanted to get home. I nudged Jeff.

“Hey buddy. I think we should settle up and head on out. I am sure this poor woman wants to go home and get to bed.” I nodded toward the clearly exhausted young woman behind the bar. She looked at me and mouthed “Thank you”.

“Indeed,” Jeff declared as he slapped his credit card down on the table. The bartender came over to take up the card and run it through the POS machine. By the time she returned, Frankie had already pulled out some bills to pay his tab.

“You can keep the change.” She nodded in gratitude as he adjusted his baseball cap. The three of us walked out into the Applebee’s parking lot.

“Where’d you park, Frankie,” Jeff inquired.

“I actually walked here.”

“The fuck? It’s 2:00 in the morning and you’ve been drinking. We can’t let you walk home. Maggie is my ride. She can take you home!”

I stopped cold in my tracks. What the damn hell? We had only known this man for three hours. Practically the length of a Lord of the Rings movie. Frankie seemed nice, but I had no idea who he was or what was his story. I did feel bad for him - losing his job and having to possibly walk home - but this was a little out of my comfort zone.

“Thank you. That would be great. I only live about ten minutes away”. The parking lot lamp post reflected a small amount of lighting onto his face. I could see tears begin to well up in his big brown eyes.

Goddamnit. I couldn’t say no now. He looked so sad and helpless at that moment. I gave a small sigh and looked down at the cracked cement. I kicked a small pebble to the side in defeat.

“I’m in the white Mustang. I’d be happy to take you home.”

Jeff was already at the passenger’s side and asking if we could go home already. I rolled my eyes and gave a slight chuckle. Frankie smiled and we walked over to my car. We got in and Frankie started giving directions on how to get to his apartment. I was surprised at how clear and thorough he was, but then I remembered that he was in the military. Precision had to have been in his DNA at this point.

My intoxicated friend began to attempt to make conversation as we drove off into the night.

“You know, Frankie - this car we are riding in now is a piece of shit. I tell Mags that she needs to get a new one. This thing doesn’t have A/C and the stereo doesn’t work -”

“Hey! This is my piece of shit car, thank you very much. I don’t see you complaining about it when I have to drive you around.”

“As long as it gets you from Point A to Point B, it’s good. An ‘87 Ford Mustang isn’t the worst out there. It’s a classic.” I looked in my rear view window to see Frankie grin. I quickly looked back at the road ahead and tried to hide a pleased smile.

We arrived at his apartment complex in exactly ten minutes, like he said we would. He took out his wallet and tried to offer me some gas money, but Jeff shut him down.

“We can’t accept that. You’re a cool dude, you know? I like you. We may not be able to get you another job, but I want to do something. I want you to see our play. I would be honored if you showed up.” Jeff took out one of his business cards and a pen. He scribbled what looked to be my name and telephone number on the back of it. Turning to face the back seat, Jeff handed the card to Frankie.

“This is my business card. My number is here. Maggie’s number is on the back. If you call either one of us, we will hook you up with a free ticket. Actually, just call Maggie. She’s better at setting these things up. Also I don’t know if you have noticed, but I am a little tipsy. So I may not remember this.” I shook my head at his honesty. What life choices had I made to end up here?

“Thank you. I may take you up on that offer. Thanks again for the shot and the ride home.” Then Frankie got out of the car, waved at us, and headed into his apartment.

As I was turning out of the complex and onto the main road, I noticed Jeff smiling. He was clearly pleased with himself and reveling in the feeling.

“We’ve done the Lord’s work, Mags.”

“I’m not sure that giving a stranger a ride home and tickets to see Absurdist theatre is what the church means when they ask what would Jesus do.”

“We have changed that man’s life forever!”

“Sure Jeff. Let’s get your drunk self home.”

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THE NEXT MORNING:

“D’oh! D’oh! D’oh!”

I had just walked out of the shower when I heard my phone ring. Who in the world would be calling me at 10 in the morning? It sure as hell wasn’t Jeff - he was probably still passed out from the night before. I quickly wrapped a towel around my body and ran to the phone. The number flashing on my screen was unfamiliar to me. I still picked it up, thinking that it could be one of my new assistants for my next show.

“Good morning, this is Maggie.”

There was a small pause.

“Hello?”

“Hi. Yeah, this is Frankie Morales. We met last night at Applebee’s and you gave me a ride home.”

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captain-kingliamsqueen · 5 years

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Hey, Mom - Liam x MC

Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary: …In this turn of events, Riley tells Liam about Tariq straight after it happens, how will Liam deal with the problem, what will happen when it comes to choosing his bride and the incident is used against her? Will he choose to sacrifice the crown to be with the woman he loves, or will he let his future be decided for him?

Word Count: 3,632

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Some parts at the beginning are taken from the royal romance book 1 chapter 14.

The breeze blew through the leaves of the apple trees. It was the morning of the country jamboree at Applewood Manor. Liam and Riley were walking through the hedge maze, hand in hand. Liam lead Riley through the maze of pink peony covered arches.

“I feel so much more at peace when I’m with you” Liam let out a peaceful sigh as he squeezed her hand

“you seem awfully happy today” she smirked

“oh, I’m always happy when I’m spending time with you Riley.”

“This place is beautiful Liam, it’s just so peace”

“I always make it a point to come here when I’m visiting, my mother used to bring me here all the time”

“I can see why she loved it so much, its beautiful out here.”

“I thought, maybe we could get lost in here…” he smirked with a chuckle

“oh, I see, so this is your plan spend eternity with me?”

“Exactly, that’s Exactly the plan!”

“Eternity with you Liam, I can’t say I would mind”

“you know, I’ve bene thinking about the future a lot lately…after the coronation…I’ve been trying to imagine what sort of Queen you would be, if you and I were to get married…I asked you before what you thought my moniker would be as king…what do you think yours might be as Queen…Queen Riley the Fierce, Queen Riley the whimsical?”

“I’d be Queen Riley the Wise, people would look back on all of the causes I championed and thing…Queen Riley…she knew exactly what she was doing” Liam grinned

“so what causes are we talking about here? What Would Queen Riley the Wise champion in Cordonia?”

“I would champion excellent and affordable education for all”

“that’s a big cause, you think you can do it?” he asked seriously

“Who? Queen Riley the wise…Of course she can, she can do anything” she chuckled.

After a few moments of silence Riley spoke, “Hey, Liam”

“Hey, Riley”

“Will you push me on the swing?” she grinned like a Cheshire cat

“of course,” he replied as he gestured for Riley to sit down, he gently pusher her on the swing, as she laughed away.

Liam smiled as he watched her laugh, the way her eyes crinkled at the corners, she had the most beautiful smile lines. He loved the way her eyes lit up when her smile practically reached her eyes. The way her blonde wavy hair blew in the breeze. He never thought he would get the chance to feel like that about anyone and he wasn’t going to let her go without a fight. Liam slowed the swing to a stop and leaned over, wrapping his arms around Riley's waist. Riley leaned back into Liam's chest, leaning her head on his shoulder, as Liam tightened his hold, Riley gently cupped his cheek in her hand, gently pulling him down to place a kiss on his lips. As Liam pulled back, he chuckled.

“what are you laughing at mister?”

“I’m just so happy…”

“you seem different today, calmer, more peaceful plus you don’t usually talk about spending eternity with me or even what’s going to happen after the social season…you know just in case you don’t choose me.” Riley mumbled the last part

“…I know…it’s just that I’ve been thinking a lot about that decision…and”

“and?” Riley urged him to carry on with a grin on her face as she turned on the swing to face him

“and…I shouldn’t say anything yet, not until I have the approval of my parents and the people of the court…which won’t be for a few days…but I want you to know that I cannot wait for the coronation” he whispered as he gently cupped her cheek in his hand

“really? Your gonna play me like that” she giggled “for the record, I can’t wait either”

“I really wish I could tell you what I want to say riley”

“I know” she smiled understandingly just a moment later, the two heard the chimes of bells, signalling the end of the games and for everyone to gather for the dinner.

“we should really head back” Liam took Riley's hand as she stood from the swing. “allow me to escort you to dinner” the two slowly made their way back towards the gathering. The sun was just setting when they reached the party.

“we should blend back in” Liam smiled

“think of me” she whispered as the two parted ways.

Riley made her way towards Maxwell and Drake, as she passed one of the tables, a couple of the ladies were talking in hushed voices. As Riley rounded one of the tables, she nearly walked right into Tariq.

“oh, I’m so sorry Tariq!” she apologised

“oh, it’s nothing Lady Riley, it’s always a pleasure to see you.” He smiled, the kind of smile that made Riley uncomfortable.

“how are you Tariq?” she asked

“as splendid as you look, my dear” he gently lifted her hand and placed a kiss on the back of it.

“woah” Riley subtly pulled her hand away “where did that come from?” she asked taken back a little

“it came from the recesses of my being; this whole event can hardly bear a star as bright as yours”

“umm…thanks?”

“it fills me with such joy to hear you say that, you know I have to tell you, after speaking with the other ladies here, I find myself having such an…appreciation for you.”

“really?” she asked confused

“yes, you are a breath of fresh New York air.”

“I don’t think anyone says that.”

“the others are absolutely boring, one only talks about her dogs, another merely sulks and don’t even get me started on Olivia”

“Excuse you Tariq, those Ladies, each have their charm.”

“hah! If they do, ive yet to find them! I mean, they have good breeding, wealth and manners but they’re dull, how disappointing. Whereas you Lady Riley, you grow more interesting every time we speak.”

“thank…you?”

“I must however take my leave; may you have a fantastic evening”

As Tariq leaves Maxwell approached Riley, with a concerned look on his face.

“was that Tariq you were talking to?”

“yeah” she mumbled a little confused by the whole conversation.

“is everything okay, Riley?” he asked

“yeah, I think so…it was just a bit of a strange conversation”

“oh, okay, well Bertrand and I just got a table if you wanna come and sit?”

“of course,” Riley replied as she followed Maxwell to the table. Just as Riley sat down, she heard the clinking of glasses, she turned to see Liam, The King and Queen standing waiting to make their speeches.

“if I may have everyone’s attention please, I’d like to say a few words before we close this evening…”

After the speeches, everyone sat down to eat, it was hitting 11pm that everyone started to retire to their rooms. Once Riley reached her room, she headed for the bathroom, where she turned the shower on, she changed out of her clothes then climbed into the shower. It was about thirty minutes later she was just climbing out of the nice hot shower, she dried off with her towel then pulled her clean underwear on then headed into the bedroom. Just as she was drying her hair with the towel, she heard her door click open…

“Ahhh!!!” she squealed trying to cover herself with the wet towel

“good lord!!!” Tariq exclaimed “Riley! disrobing in my room…what a forward gesture!”

“your room? but…”

“oh, I’m not upset Riley…I’m just surprised, I mean…I suspected” he took a step closer to her “but I never thought this would happen so soon” he smirked

“Tariq…what are you talking about?” she replied confused as she went to take a step back. Tariq took Riley's hand, stopping her from moving. “I must say this…your feelings are most ardently returned” he stepped closer. As Riley went to take another step backwards, she ended up, pressed against the wall.

“you have thoroughly enchanted me, just as you enchant anyone you come across, and now I know you feel the same way about me.”

“Tari-” Before Riley could finish, Tariq, nudged her hand to make her drop the towel, then moved in to press his lips against hers. With her hands against his chest she pushed him away with force.

“HOW DARE YOU!” She roared, her whole body shaking as she wrapped the towel around her. Tariq was taken back by her shout. “THAT IS NOT OKAY!”

“GET OUT! GET OUT NOW!” She yelled as the tears fell down her face. Tariq quickly scurried from the room, Riley’s back slid down the wall, as the tears cascaded down her cheeks, she repeatedly wiped at her eyes and face, but the tears just wouldn’t stop, her hands were shaking and everything . Once she eventually managed to stop crying, she moved over to the dresser where her robe was and pulled it on along with her nightwear, she slipped her feet into her slippers then made her way out of the o. she couldn’t stay in there, she couldn’t stay in that room, not after what had just happened, did she forget to lock the door she thought to herself, but the more she thought about it, the more she questioned whether there was a lock on the door in the first place…how did she not notice there was no lock. Maybe if she had noticed this wouldn’t have happened…but then why wasn’t there a lock on the door, there was a lock on every other door in the manor, something wasn’t right. Riley headed down towards the main entrance heading for the garden maze. The cold hair stung against her previously wet cheeks, her hair was still partly wet, due to being interrupted when she was drying it. she made her way, through the maze, trying to remember the path Liam had taken her down earlier that day. she eventually found herself in the centre of the maze. She carefully sat herself down on the swing, pulling her robe around her tighter to keep her warm on the breezy summer night. The summer nights in Cordonia were a lot colder than she was used to back home, she was really started to feel the chill in the air. She leaned her head on the rope of the swing as the tears slowly started to fall down her cheeks.

“I must attract them, huh mom?” she spoke to the one woman who she knew would be listening, she may not be here, but Riley knew she was watching over her. “I must have a tattoo or something somewhere that says… “help yourself” why can’t they just leave me be?”

On the other side of the manor, Liam was just leaving a stressful meeting with the king and queen. He headed to his quarters, where he pulled his jacket on and headed outside. every night he spent in Applewood manor, we would take a walk down to the hedge maze before heading to bed, it helped him calm himself down after stressful days, as he made his way through the flower filled hedges, he came to the first of many archways, he smiled at the memory of his mother and brother, all running through the maze, just being together. One of the things Liam loved most about Riley, was that she reminded him a lot of his mother, her love for adventure and fun. He knew she would be an amazing Queen, the amazing Queen his mother would have been had she still been here today. Liam gently picked one of the brightest peonies, running his fingertips over the petals. He closed his eyes in content as he thought about her, it was then that he felt a gentle breeze blow through his gently tussled hair.

“hey mom” he whispered with a smile.

Another gust of wind blew, sending the flower flying from Liam's hand. “hey!” he chuckled as he went over to where it landed, he looked at either side of him, to his left, the path he would normally take at night, to his right, the path he took with Riley, he smiled at the thought of their little getaway earlier in the day. As Liam bent down to pick the flower up, the gentlest breeze sent the flower rolling to the right. He huffed with a chuckle as he went to lift it again, but the same thing happened, every time he went to pick it up, it was blown further down the path. As he got to the end of the path, it was then that the wind calmed right down, he smirks as he bent down again “your mine now” he laughed to himself. He lifted the flower, finally able to get it in his grasp. As he rounded the corner to the centre of the maze, he stopped dead in his tracks when he seen her…Riley. There she was sitting on the swing, with her back to him, her head leaning on the rope.

Riley sniffled as she wiped at her cheeks. “so, what do you think about Liam?” she asked with a smile. As the wind blew through her hair she smirked. “yeah, me too, I like him a lot…oh, who am I kidding, I’m head over heels for him, mom, the possibility of not being with him, kills me, He’s nothing like anyone else, he’s kind, he’s caring, he has never made me feel like I’m not safe when I’m with him, plus…he’s extremely good looking” she giggled to herself. “oh mom, I love him more than I’ve ever loved anyone” she sniffled

Liam quietly cleared his throat, careful not to scare her, but loud enough to catch her attention. Riley sat up straight, quickly wiping at her eyes. She slowly turned to face him. Liam's heart sank when he seen her eyes all puffy and red.

“Hey, hey…what’s wrong?” he quickly moved in front of her, dropping to his knees, his hands gently placed on her cheeks. “Jesus, Riley, your freezing!” Liam pulled his jacket off, and wrapped it around her shoulders “talk to me, Riley, why are you crying?”

“can you answer something for me?” she sniffled

“I can try”

“does every room in this manor have a lock on the door?”

“yes…” he replied confused “why?”

“every room but mine…”

“what do you mean?”

“I don’t have a lock on my door...”

“are you sure? every room should have a lock…”

“I’m sure…so is Tariq”

“Tariq?”

“Tariq…walked into my room”

“I don’t understand riley”

“Tariq walked into my room, Liam, I was in nothing but my underwear, I had just gotten out of the shower.”

“Maybe he made a mistake and thought it was his room…” he stated

“I don’t know…I mean, when he walked in, he thought I was getting undressed in his room…but that’s not the issue here…the issue is…he didn’t leave Liam, when he walked in, I grabbed my towel and tried to cover myself up…he…” she looked away as the tears started falling again, “he kept saying all of these things, he thought I had feelings for him or something but…I was pressed against the wall, he…Liam, he made me drop my towel…” her hands flew to her face as she cried “he forced his mouth onto mine…”

Liam froze in his spot, not knowing what to say. he quickly stood, gently pulling Riley to her feet with him, he pulled her into his chest, wrapping his arms around her tightly as she cried into his chest. “I’m so sorry” he whispered “look at you, your shaking and everything, c’mon why don’t we get you inside, warm you up a little bit, we can talk” he whispered, Riley nodded, with his closest arm wrapped around her, Liam guided her back inside, towards the sitting room. Once they reached the sitting room, Liam sat Riley down on the sofa, pulling the blanket from the back of the sofa, and wrapping it around her. She got herself comfortable, pulling her feet up under the blanket to keep her warm.

“I’ll be back in two seconds” he told her, before headed out of the sitting room. As he closed the door, he seen Bastian standing outside.

“Bastian…am I right in saying every room in the manor has a lock?”

“yes, prince Liam, may I ask why?”

“Riley's room didn’t have a lock on the door” Liam informed him, Bastian frowned as he heard what he said “I need you to look into it”

“of course!”

“also, Tariq doesn’t leave this manor…I don’t care what anyone says…he doesn’t leave until ive spoken to him!”

“of course. I’ve not long seen him heading down to his room, he looked at little shaken up, I’ll look into the lock then I’ll go and check on him” Bastian took his leave, to go and look into the missing lock, then check on Tariq. Once Bastian left, Liam headed for the kitchen where he made himself and Riley some tea. Once they were done, he carried the mugs back down to the sitting room, where he carefully handed one to Riley.

“thank you” She whispered as she instantly felt the heat working its way back through her body when she took a sip. Liam placed his mug on the coffee table, then made his way over to the fireplace, he lit the furnace, bringing some light and heat into the room. He sat himself down on the sofa beside Riley, lifting his mug to take a drink. After putting it back down he gently took Riley's hand in his.

“I need to ask you Riley…did anything else happen? Did he-”

“no” she mumbled as she looked up at Liam “I pushed him away, and screamed at him, the thing is though…he was taken back when I shouted at him…as if he thought, I wanted him to do it…but I have never given him even the slightest reason to think, I was even remotely interested in him…he knows I am here for you and only you…so I don’t understand why he would think that…Either way…I shouldn’t have been in that position in the first place, I don’t understand why there was no lock on my door, Liam”

“Tariq has never been the kind of man to do something like that, He can barely speak to a woman without getting all nervous…it doesn’t make sense…” Liam sighed confused “I already have Bastian looking into the missing lock, he is also under strict rules to make sure Tariq doesn’t leave the manor.” he stated as he squeezed her hand comfortingly

“thank you, Liam…none of it adds up” Riley whispered. “come to think of it…he was acting strange earlier at the party…the whole conversation we had just left me feeling extremely uncomfortable, I just don’t understand where It came from…ive hardly spoken to him the whole time ive been in Cordonia…”

“none of it makes any sense…but the big question is…are you okay? Are you hurt?”

“No, I’m not hurt…I think I’ll be okay, I think I just got a bit of a fright, y’know. It’s happened to me before…around 5 years ago…so I think the whole thing just brought back all those feelings and everything, as soon as Tariq left the room, I just started to panic…I couldn’t be in there, I had to get out of that room.”

“I’m so sorry this happened Riley, you should have been safe here, in my home, but you weren’t, and I’m so sorry for that.”

“this isn’t your fault Liam, you have nothing to apologise for, none of this was your doing.”

“I know but…”

“but nothing…” she whispered, “I don’t want to hear you apologise again, alright?”

“alright” he sighed

“Liam?” Riley sighed

“yeah?”

“are all of the rooms being used?”

“no, I can find you a new room”

“thank you, Liam…for everything.”

“Riley, you don’t ever have to thank me for anything.”

After the two finished their tea, they put the fire out, then Liam showed Riley to her new room. As they walked down the hallway, they came to a stop in front of a large wooden door with a gold plaque. Riley's eyes widened as she read the name “Prince Leo”

“Liam, I can’t stay in there, that’s your brothers’ room!”

“he’s not here, Riley, he won’t mind, I promise. Plus, I’m in the room next door, it means if you need anything, I’ll be right there.”

“Liam, this is too much”

“for you Riley, nothing is too much, I want you to feel safe here.” Liam gently squeezed her hand in his.

“I appreciate it, Liam, thank you” Riley wrapped her arms around his chest.

“just let me know if you need anything alright.” He said as he held her tight.

“I think I’ll be okay” she whispered

“for the record Riley…” he leaned down to her ear “I love you too” he whispered before placing a gently kiss on her head.

“I love you so much” she smiled, after a moment of silence she sighed “I should get to bed”

“alright, goodnight riley” he whispered

“goodnight, Liam” she replied before turning and entered the bedroom. The whole thing was magnificent, high ceiling, chandelier and Huge canopy bed.

“wow” she whispered as she disrobed and climbed into the bed.

Just as Liam went to open the door to his room, Bastian came sprinting down the hall “He’s gone!”

“what!?”

“Tariq! he’s gone! I went to check his room; all his things are gone! It’s like he was never in there!”

The more Bastian spoke, the Angrier he got…none of this was sitting right with him…something was amiss.

“Find him! I don’t care what it takes…find him and when you do, bring him to me!”

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Let’s Go On An Adventure - Until We Meet Again - Part 1

Pairing: Liam x MC

Summary: …DISTANCE MEANS SO LITTLE, WHEN SOMEONE MEANS SO MUCH!

When King Liam manages to break free from his Marriage to madeleine and takes a trip to new York for the biggest UN event of the century. What happens when his suitcase doesn’t make it to new York with him. when a stranger comes to his rescue to find appropriate clothing for the Event. What happens when he meets the woman of his dreams but she already has a home along with a Mutli-billion dollar business in New York.

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Two weeks had gone by.

Two weeks since Liam had his divorce from madeleine finalised. That awful marriage his father and Regina had forced him into over a year ago. He spent the first year of his reign as king…depressed…lonely...he wanted more than a queen for Cordonia, he wanted a wife…a mother for his children…someone to love him just as much as he loved her. He was brought up on the basis that his life was not his own, he didn’t have the luxury of falling in love. Everything he done would be for his country. He had spent the past year consistently disagreeing with madeleine, arguing with her over the littlest things. The last straw was when he had been in Prague for two weeks, he returned to see that madeleine had totally refurbished his mothers’ study, having all her things either thrown into storage if she thought it was worth keep, or thrown in the trash if she thought it wasn’t worth anything. The fight that took place shook the palace, all the staff were sent home by Liam to avoid any further embarrassment to the crown;

Liam had just got off the long flight from Prague, he sat in the back of the SUV, with his head leaned back, eyes closed. He hadn’t spoken to madeleine in days, even then it was a brief conversation about the upcoming ball. After a forty-minute journey in the car, the car pulled up at the palace. After Liam was informed that they had reached the palace, he opened his eyes and sat up, removing his seatbelt. As he looked out the window, he frowned seeing a large removal van sitting in front of the palace doors.

“Bastian…what on earth is she doing?”

“I have no idea your Majesty…” Bastian replied confused as to what was going on. The two men climbed out of the car and headed towards the doors, it was when Liam passed the open doors to the Van that his rage raised from zero to one hundred…the furniture from his mother’s study. As two men walked out through the front doors, carrying the large wooden rocking chair, the one she had cuddling him to sleep in, many nights when he was just a baby.

“stop right there!” he demanded, the two men quickly putting the chair down and bowing.

“what on earth are you doing with this furniture?”

“Her Majesty the Queen asked us to remove it all…” one of them replied, shaking as he spoke

“well, your king is asking you to put it all back…immediately!”

“of course, Your Majesty” the two men started on their new mission, to put all the furniture back. Liam made his way into the palace, headed down the first hall towards the door at the very end, one he had over the past year found himself walking through, a lot. He walked in to see the room had been filled with all new furniture, all his mothers’ journals…gone, all her paintings…gone! It was just then that Madeleine walked through the door.

“ah, your back!” she smiled

“HOW DARE YOU!! HOW VERY DARE YOU!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!?!”

“Liam will you please calm down, I was just re-decorating, this room was looking a little Shabby and old”

“IT WAS MY MOTHERS! THIS WAS ALL I HAD LEFT OF HER MADELENE!!...BASTIAN!” he called for his security. Bastian was in the room within seconds.

“tell the staff to go home”

“but yo-”

“Bastian! Tell them to go home! All of them!!”

“of course,” he nodded then left the room.

The room stayed silent until Liam got word that everyone had left…then he let her have it.

“WHERE ARE MY MOTHERS THINGS?”

“THEY’RE IN STORAGE, LIAM!” she shouted back.

“YOU HAD NO RIGHT! NO DAMN RIGHT TO TOUCH ANY OF THIS!!”

“Why are you sending all of the staff home?”

“BECAUSE…MADELEINE, I’M DONE! YOU’RE DONE! WE ARE DONE! WE ARE FUCKING FINISHED! YOU HAVE UNTIL I RETURN FROM RESTORING WHAT YOU’VE FUCKED UP TO GET YOUR SHIT PACKED AND LEAVE! GET OUT OF MY PALACE”

“LIAM! YOU’RE OVER EXAGGERATING!”

“NO! IM SICK AND FUCKIN TIRED OF ALL OF YOUR SHIT MADELEINE! IM DONE! I WILL HEAR NOTHING MORE! GET OUT OF MY FACE!”

“BU-”

“GET OUT!!” after madeleine left the room, Liam slammed the door shut behind her. He had never felt so angry in his life. After giving himself the chance to calm down, he called for Bastian to come into the room.

“get Andrew here, in the next thirty minutes…I’m filing for divorce.”

After having the divorce finalised, Liam went into a bit of a funk with his friends, as much as he despised the woman, he was now a twenty-six-year-old, single, divorced man. When Drake, Bertrand and Maxwell found out that Liam was due to attend an event with the UN in New York, they proposed a plan to Liam, to go a few days before the event, allowing them time to go out and have a guys night, go to a bar, get some drinks, just get away from all of the politics for a night. Liam quickly agreed to the plan.

The four of them had not long landed in New York, once they landed the guys all headed to the baggage reclaim to collect their cases from the carousel. They watched as everyone collected their bags and cases, Drake collected his large black case…followed by Maxwell’s, bright green one then Bertrand’s brown case. One by one the carousel emptied, Liam frowned as it stopped moving…empty of all the bags.

“no…not now…not today” Liam groaned as he headed over to a member of the airport security. He informed the young man of his missing case, but the guy just shrugged him off…not really caring “sometimes it’s just delayed, or if it’s been missed it will come in on the next plane.”

“I NEED that case!” Liam informed him.

“well, there’s nothing I can do about it, sir.”

“nothing you can do?” Liam repeated after him, condescendingly.

“Listen man! Do you know who this guy is!? He’s a king…” Drake stepped up

“right…” he laughed “and I’m Obama!”

“ha ha funny guy! listen, I’m not joking! He’s royalty…he's here for an event with the UN”

“listen I don’t care who you are…you want your suitcase back, all I can do is direct you to the main desk, you can leave your number with them, they’ll call you if they find it!”

“come on, Liam…why don’t we go to the hotel, get some food, maybe it will come in on the next flight!?” Maxwell stated, after Liam agreed the four then headed straight for the hotel, they unpacked, ate, then wound down for the night. The next day, Liam called the airport to find out if his suitcase had come in on another flight…but to his dismay, it was a no show, he got himself some clothes from the hotel boutique then headed down to a local bar with the men for dinner and drinks.

They were greeted upon walking through the doors, by a young brunette.

“good evening gentleman, there’s a free table just over there for you, why don’t you sit yourself down and I’ll be over to take your orders in just a moment.”

“Thank you, may I ask your name?” Liam asked

“it’s Allie” she smiled

“well Allie, it’s great to meet you”

“it’s great to meet you…”

“Liam”

“well, it’s great to meet you, Liam”

Once Liam and the guys got seated Allie headed behind the bar to get her notepad, then made her way over to the table where they sat.

“so, what can I get you guys?”

“we’ll just have four of your best burgers, and four glasses of whiskey” Drake smirked as he ordered for everyone.

“okay, coming right up so are you guys here on business or pleasure?”

“both” they all replied at the same time

“I see” she smirked then headed to go and put their order in.

It was about 20 minutes later than Allie brought their food to the table. As she walked over, she overheard their conversation.

“so, what are you going to do about your suitcase? It’s got your suit for tomorrow night in it” Drake asked

“I’m gonna have to try and find someone that can pull one together for me, in not even twenty-four hours…”

“I think I seen a store just down the block that had some nice ones in the window.”

“Drake…Liam can’t just turn up to the UN party in any suit! He can’t just wear any suit from a regular high street.”

Allie began putting their plates in front of them.

“what happened to your suitcase?” she asked

“it got lost on the way here, never made it to the airport.” Liam sighed

“oh no, they can’t track it down?”

“apparently not, no”

“that’s, awful I’m sorry your trip started off so badly, so you must be a big shot huh? Getting an invite to the big bash with the UN” she chuckled along with the four men. “you know, if you’re looking for an upscale suit, I might be able to give you hand with it?”

“Liam's actually a king” Maxwell grinned

“max! what part of incognito…don’t you understand!”

“oh wow…well…bigger shot than I expected” she chuckled

“oh no, we couldn’t bothe-”

“I offered, it’s not bothering if I offered to do it.”

“how can you help us?”

“well, I happen to know a certain Kayliegh Reed”

Maxwell nearly choked then she said her name

“THE Kayliegh Reed?” he asked gobsmacked

“Mhmmm” she smirked as she nodded.

“sit…sit!” he shuffled along making room for her to sit down “how do you know her?”

“she’s kind of my sister” she smiled

“WAIT!!! Your related to her!!!!”

“yes, I am”

“so, you can really help me?” Liam asked

“yeah, I mean she’ll probably beat me up after you leave but, hey ho!” she laughed

“oh no, I wouldn’t want you to get into trouble with your sister”

“oh, don’t worry, honestly…she’s just someone who likes her own company so bringing people to her house is a really big thing for her.”

“only if you’re sure” he smiled

“of course, if you want once I get off from my shift, I can take you guys to her house.”

“Are you sure, I mean, it’s a little late-”

“honestly its fine!”

“alright, if you insist!” he smirked.

After the guys finished eating, they had another drink each whilst they waited for Allie to finish her shift. Once she finished work, she changed into her normal clothes then they all headed out to Allies Car.

“so why does your sister not like having a lot of company?” Maxwell asked curiously

“well, a few years back, someone she was really close to tried to steal a lot of money from her, since then she’s always been really wary about who she lets into her life and her home, it’s a shame, before she found out what was going on, she was the most outgoing, social person you would ever meet”

“oh no…” Liam whispered to himself

The group spent forty minutes in the car before they pulled up to a set of huge black cast iron gates. Allie rolled the window down, pressing the buzzer to call through to the house. Just a moment later a voice came through the speaker.

“Who is it?”

“It’s your favourite sister”

“Al…you’re my only sister” she chuckled as she pressed for the gates to open.

Once the gates opened the car headed for the main doors of the large white mansion. The four climbed from the vehicle and headed for the door. Allie pulled her keys from her pocket, she found the key she needed then unlocked the door. she guided the men into the house, through the foyer and into the most glorious sitting room.

“wow…this place is beautiful” Liam smiled

“hah! Coming from a king that actually means something” she smirked

“why don’t you guys have a seat and I’ll go get my sister.”

Allie headed out of the sitting room and towards the grand stairs.

“Kayliegh? Are you up there?” she called

“just coming” her sister called back. just a few moments later, her footsteps were heard coming towards the stairs. Allie met Kayliegh as she came to the top of the stairs.

“what are you doing here so late? I was about to go to bed” her sister asked after hugging her.

“well, long story short, there’s four grown ass beautiful men sitting in your living room”

“WHAT?!” Kayliegh barked

“I met them at the bar, one of them lost their suitcase on their flight over here, he needs a suit, an upscale suit, he’s going to the UN party tomorrow…you should see him Kayliegh…He’s GORGEOUS!”

“SO, YOU BROUGHT HIM TO MY HOUSE! ARE YOU CRAZY! ALLIE YOU CAN’T JUST BRING STRANGERS INTO MY HOUSE! WHERE ARE THEY?”

“in the sitting room”

“YOU LEFT THEM ON THEIR OWN…YOU’VE LET STRANGERS INTO MY HOUSE…THEN LEFT THEM TO RAID THROUGH MY THINGS!??!”

“listen to me Kayliegh…the man who needs a suit…he’s a king!!”

Kayliegh’s eyes widened when the words left her sisters mouth.

“I don’t care who the hell he is…I DON’T KNOW HIM!” she bellowed “did he tell you this himself?”

“his friend told me”

“oh, that must make it true then!!! Oh, and I take it his friends a duke? Come on then…humour me…what damn country is this king from?”

“uhhh…. ummm-”

“YOU DON’T EVEN KNOW?!?!?!? OH MY GOD ALLIE!!! WHAT THE FUCK!!!” Kayliegh quickly made her way down the stairs and into the sitting room. As she ran in, the man stood in front of the fireplace turned to face her, she quickly halted when her eyes fell upon his.

Liam stood in front of the fireplace looking over the framed photos standing on its ledge. He felt terrible when he heard Allie being shouted at by her sister, he fully understood her annoyance though, it was true, they were strangers…in her home, they had invaded her privacy. After the shouting stopped, he heard two sets of footsteps running down the stairs and into the sitting room. he turned to face the door as the footsteps stopped, that’s when he seen her…her bright ginger hair tied up into a messy bun, the freckles that covered almost half her face…her blue eyes…she was gorgeous. She was wearing blueish-grey joggers with a light grey lounge top, over top was an untied baby pink robe, and a pair of white ankle slipper socks.

“H-Hi I’m L-Liam” he stuttered as he walked over to her, with his hand out to shake hers.

“Hi…Kayliegh…K-Kayliegh Reed” she smiled unable to take her eyes off him.

Allie smirked as she watched Kayliegh, she had never seen her sister looking so captivated by someone before, she had never reacted that way when meeting someone…even when she met, he who shall not be named. The two just stood looking at each other, with smiles on their face.

The two were brought back to reality when Drake cleared his throat.

“ummm…I’m sorry, but what are you doing here…in my home?”

“Allie said you might be able to help me out with something”

“yes…she told me you need a suit?”

“yes, I will be attending the UN party tomorrow night, my luggage was lost on the way here. I can pay whatever the price”

“well…I’m afraid I don’t really dabble in men’s tailoring, dresses…women’s fashion is more my thing...plus before I do anything I need some kind of proof that you are who you say you are, I wont just take your word for it...im not stupid, I'm not gonna keep you in my house without some kind of proof.” she informed him.

“i one hundred percent understand, I can show you my diplomatic immunity card, it says who I am...where I'm from? will that be okay?

“I'm sure that would be fine“

As Liam pulled his card from his wallet he held it out to Kayliegh, who walked closer and looked over at it, her heart skipped a beat with the card confirmed who he said he was...this was a real king...in her house!

“alright...fair enough...but like I said, I don't do men’s fashion...“

“Kayliegh, can I have a word” Allie piped up from the door way, gesturing with her head to the

Foyer. Kayliegh left the room meeting Allie in the foyer.

“what are you doing?” Allie prodded her arm

“what?! I can’t make a full 3-piece suit in just a few hours Allie…you have to design it…take measurement, create a sewing Pattern, select the perfect material, cut out all the pieces…create ablining…sew it all together, make adjustments, re-stitch it…make more adjustments…it doesn’t just happen in ten minutes! it can take days to perfect something like that!” Kayliegh shouted in a whisper.

“Take a chance Kayliegh, live a little, you’re always cooped up in here, take a chance, do it, if anything you get a little company from a very good-looking gentleman”

Allie could see the sadness in her sisters’ eyes, she knew the past few years had broken her, She wanted nothing but to help her get back to her outgoing, happy self.

“Al…I-I don’t know” Kayliegh whispered.

“you and I both know, you have the skills. You have the materials, you’ve made men’s clothing before…you and I both know, you can do this, no doubt about it! You are New York’s, Multi-billion dollar fashion designer…you said just a month ago, that you wanted to get into the men’s fashion industry what better way to do it…than dressing a king!?

“Allie…you are the smartest little motherfucker I know” Kayliegh smiled “only you could meet a fucking King in a bar in New York.” She chuckled. The two made their way back into the living room.

“I’ll do it…but I’ll need help!” Kayliegh stated looking at Liam.

“of course, anything you need!” He smiled

“we’ll have to get started straight away…like right now”

“of course! Guys, why don’t you head back to the hotel, and I’ll stay and help miss Reed” Liam Suggested.

“man, I don’t think it’s a good idea to leave you alone…what if something happens, Bastian would murder us if we let something happen to you!”

“I’m sorry, so you’re going to come into my house…ask a favour of me…then speak as if I’m a criminal?...what am I going to do…stitch his mouth up with my sewing machine?...He’ll be fine…I have cameras all over this house, for security reasons, no one gets through those gates without me approving it!” Liam chuckled as Drake was taken back by the woman’s response.

“I’ll be fine, Drake, honestly, you guys head back to the hotel”

After Liam finally persuaded the guys to head back to the hotel, Allie offered to take them. After they left Kayliegh turned to Liam with a smile. “we should get started…but first, can I offer you a drink? Tea, coffee?” she asked

“Tea sounds great”

“great…kettles in the kitchen…off you go, two sugars and a little milk for me, thanks” she smirked, Liam smirked as he nodded “on it” it was a breath of fresh air for Liam not to be treated like royalty.

After Kayliegh showed Liam to the kitchen, he made the two of them tea. They sat down at the kitchen island, whilst they drank their hot beverages.

“so, it’s true then, huh? You’re a king?” she asked as she took a sip of her tea.

“guilty” he chuckled “listen, I apologise for intruding in your home and disrupting your night.”

“it’s fine don’t worry about it.”

“so, what’s the plan then…how do we go about making a suit?”

“well first, I have to get a sketch together, you tell me what you’re looking for, the kind of style you want, I’ll put a sketch together for you, then we can get to actual materials and stuff.”

“thank you, for all of this, I really appreciate it”

“”don’t worry about it, you’re basically repaying me for it by just wearing my design to something as big as the UN, ive been kind of dabbling in men’s fashion, so when the occasion arises when a king wants to wear one of my designs, it’s a win-win situation, plus…your nice to look at…it may spark inspiration” she chuckled causing Liam to laugh. After the two finished their drinks Kayliegh put the mugs in the sink then turned to face Liam.

“If we want to get this thing finished in time we should get started”

Liam stood from his seat, then followed Kayliegh out of the kitchen.

“you have a really beautiful home” Liam stated as he looked around.

“thank you, I worked hard for it”

“I can see you have; how long have you been designing…professionally?”

“since I was seventeen”

“seventeen? Wow…that’s amazing”

Kayliegh guided Liam up the staircase and along the corridor to a large wooden door. Kayliegh twisted the door knob then pushed it open, she walked in followed quickly by Liam.

Liam looked around as he took everything in. The walls from ceiling to floor were white with gold detailing’s, the huge windows covered with deep purple tieback curtains, the furnishings were all that deep purple, a white oak T shape desk with a brown top. A desk chair sat behind the main part of the desk, whilst two smaller chairs were on either tide of the other part. The chandelier that hung from the ceiling was what caught his eye, it was stunning, much like the ones at the palace.

“this is stunning”

“thank you, now, please…have a seat” Kayliegh pulled once of the smaller chair round to sit beside the desk chair. Liam sat himself down, followed by Kayliegh.

“now, first of all, I need to know what you’re looking for? What style do you want? Fitted…structured…”

“fitted…definitely fitted”

“alrighty, the lapels? Peak, notch or shawl?”

“Notch”

“how many buttons?”

“two?”

“alright let’s see what we can do”

“so…Liam…tell me about where you’re from”

Liam smiled thinking about his home as he began telling Kayliegh about the beautiful Cordonia.

“It’s called Cordonia, it’s a beautiful country…it’s extremely picturesque, the summers are warm…we get a little snow in the winter I mean it’s not huge compared to a lot of countries…but its big enough, any bigger I think I’d have my head in the sand” he chuckled

“I can imagine, I don’t think I could run a whole country” she giggled as the pencils scratched on the paper.

“I’m sure you would be fine!”

“so, is there a queen in Cordonia?” she asked

“there was but…we just recently divorced” he smirked

“you seem awfully happy about that” she smirked as she looked at him

“oh, you don’t know the half of it!”

“oh, trust me…I do…my ex-husband…my goodness was he an asshole!?!” she laughed

“your divorced?”

“yes…thankfully”

“my ex-wife…every tiny little thing had to be an argument…the pettiest little things…” he laughed

“so why did you marry her…what about her made you want to marry her?”

“nothing…literally nothing, it was an pretty much an arranged marriage, we have a thing called a social season, it’s the main point of year when festivals, parties and such take place…I spent the one before my coronation with a bunch of women competing for my hand in marriage, the only reason I chose her was because she was the only one who I could see strategically running the country”

“ah I see, so you didn’t love her?”

“not in the slightest…I wouldn’t even say I liked her…so what about your ex-husband, what made you want to marry him?”

“when we first met...oh my he was the most perfect man, so chivalrous. the whole time we were dating, I just couldn’t fault him at all, he proposed in Paris…on-top of the Eiffel tower, it was so romantic…then we married, we went through the whole honeymoon stage, we couldn’t keep our hands off each other…but about a year after we married, I found out that he was sending deposits of my money into an offshore account…”

“oh, my goodness”

“did he get away with anything?”

“yeah…a black eye and burnt belongings but that’s it, he was depositing money for two years before we married, that whole time I thought…oh this is a real gentleman” she laughed

“hah sounds like he deserved what he left with” he smirked

“oh, he did!”

“alright…do you want any embellishments? Just a plain jacket?”

“what kind of embellishments are you thinking?”

“well…” Kayliegh smiled as she began scribbling away, once she was finished, she lifted the book and held it out for Liam to take, as he went to take the sketchbook, his hand grazed hers, Kayliegh blushed as her breathing hitched. A smirk found itself on his face as he looked over the sketch “it’s perfect…it’s so much nicer than the one I had put in my case”

“alright, we’re getting somewhere!!”

By the time morning came, neither Kayliegh or Liam had slept, they had gotten Liam's measurements taken, a pattern made, and pieces all cut out. They spent the next few hours putting the pieces together.

by the time the pieces were all put together it was hitting five O’clock, Liam had just an hour before he had to head out to the venue, where he was meeting up with Drake, Maxwell and Bertrand, Kayliegh handed the clothing to him. “alright, I’ll let you try it on” she smiled as she headed out of the room. just a short few minutes later, Liam opened the door, letting Kayliegh into the room.

“so…does it need any adjustments, anything you want taken off, anything you want more of?”

“I think it’s perfect” he smirked “I don’t know how to repay you for this” he added as he ran his hands over the material, making sure there were no creases or anything.

“it was my pleasure” she smiled… “now…a dickie bow” she added as she went to her cabinet and opened the bottom drawer, she pulled out a black dickie bow, then walked over to Liam. She carefully lifted his shirt collar, then placed the material around his neck and began to tie it. Liam watched her, his eyes not leaving her. He didn’t know what it was about her…he took a deep breath she looked up at him once she had finished.

“perfect” she whispered as she folded his collar back over.

“thank you” Liam whispered

“you know…maybe…you could come with me?” he asked not taking his gaze from hers.

“what?”

“maybe you could come with me…to the party?”

“oh…no, I couldn’t intrude”

“I promise you won’t be…come with me?”

“I-” before Kayliegh could decline his offer again, she remembered her sisters lecture from earlier “you’re always cooped up in here…Take a chance, live a little” … “O-okay” she smiled “I’ll come with you”

“really?” he whispered with a grin.

“yes…I’ll come with you, my sister said I have to be more adventurous, what time do you have to leave?”

“six o’clock”

“oh, my goodness, I have to find something to wear…I have to shower…I have to do my hair and makeup!” she quickly made her way out of her office and down to her bedroom. Kayliegh spent the next hour rushing around the bedroom and bathroom, getting herself ready for the party. Liam made a few calls whilst he waited in her office, one of which to Drake, he informed the guys that he would be bringing Kayliegh to the UN party. Once Kayliegh was ready she headed down to her office, she took a deep breath then opened the door. Liam's breath caught in his throat as he looked at her. She wore a wine-coloured dep v neck open back mermaid gown, with her hair in large barrel curls and pulled over one shoulder. Her makeup was light and neutral, with a deep cherry lip. He looked her body up and down… “you look…WOW” he smirked as she blushed, the dress fit her body perfectly in all the right places, the open back made his heart pound.

“Thank you” she whispered a little flustered. Liam approached her, lifted his arm for her to place her hand on his forearm.

“Shall we?”

“yes, let’s go be adventurous” she giggled as she placed her hand on his arm, then they made their way down to the car they had waiting outside.

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captain-kingliamsqueen · 6 years

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The Morning After - Liam x MC

Continuation of “Ladies and Gentlemen The King Has Left The Building!” <---- you may want to have a ready of this before reading “the morning after”

Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary: … Its the morning after and riley decides to take advantage of the fact that Liam couldn’t remember the events from the night before...

Word Count: 2,483

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The next morning Riley woke up to a weight lying ontop of her. She moaned and grumbled as she tried to move, but she couldn’t. “what the-” she mumbled as her eyes flickered open to see her husband lying ontop of her snoring away, both of them still fully dressed.

“Liam” she whispered trying to wake him without startling him “Liam!” she said louder causing him to groan and move slightly “Liam!” she raised her voice loud enough to wake up but not too loud to alert the guards outside.

“shhhhh Riley im sleeping” he groaned “get off’a me!” she chastised as she gently pushed him over, so he would move. He rolled over a little too far causing him to roll off the side of the bed, hitting the floor with a thud

“ouch! Riley!!” he groaned

“don’t you ouch Riley me!” she mumbled “I can’t feel half my body because you, Mr I’m going to drink a shit ton of alcohol and embarrass myself, fell asleep ontop of your wife after you got her all hot and bothered!”

“shhhh don’t shout” Liam mumbled quietly. Riley moved over to the side of the bed wondering why he hadn’t gotten back up yet, as she looked over she cursed under her breathe. There he lay falling back asleep. “LIAM!” she bellowed startling him awake!

“shhhh!!!!!” he grimaced as he covered his ears. “you’re so mean to me”

“that’s what you get for leaving me high and dry mister!”

“what?” he asked confused as he slowly sat himself up, leaning on the bed with his head leaning down on his arms “I don’t remember anything Riley, what happened?”

“what’s the last thing you remember?”

“um our conversation outside, just before we came back into the palace.”

“why are we still dressed? Didn’t we…y’know…?”

“no…no we did not “y’know”! I thought we were going to…the whole damn palace thought we were going to!”

“what?” he lifted his head

“oh yeah…you announced it to the whole damn party that I was trying to get into your pants and that you were going to bring me back to our room and…ohh let me see…what was it you called it?” she replied sarcastically “hmmm…oh yes that’s it…we were gonna play hide the sausage…and you were going to be parking the beef bus…in tuna town!” she yelled in a whisper. She watched as Liam's face reddened from embarrassment.

“i told the whole court?” he whispered in shock

“everyone that was still there!”

“oh my- how am I supposed to face them now!” he sighed

“oh…never mind the people of court…the poor waiter! You booped him!”

“I booped him?”

“right on his damn nose! THEN LAUGHED! REPEATEDLY!” she tried not to laugh but she couldn’t help it “poor damn waiter…his face was a picture though”

“Riley this isn’t funny…I’m a king for goodness sake!”

“yeah, a king who’s still sitting in his clothes from the party last night, sitting on the floor after falling off the bed, with a splitting headache!” she laughed

“riley…this isn’t funny” he smirked

“oh, my poor Liam…you think that’s bad you don’t know the worst of it!” riley laughed, she wanted to really get him back for leaving her high and dry, so she decided to mess with him a little bit.

“what?” he asked her seriously

“yeah…I’m not sure if I should tell you”

“Riley you gotta tell me…”

“are you sure you wanna know?”

“yes Riley! Yes, I want to know!”

“alright…well…you should probably avoid Bastian as much as you can”

“why? What did I do?” Liam answered seriously

“let’s just say your highness that you decided to play a little tonsil tennis last night and it wasn’t with me!” she was dying to laugh as she watched Liam's face go pale.

“what?” he gulped

“yeah…”

“how the hell am I supposed to avoid Bastian! Hes my damn security!! He follows me everywhere!”

“I don’t know maybe you should have thought of that before you went to first base with him” she chuckled

“Riley! This isn’t funny”

“I’m sorry I can’t help it…its hilarious!” she guffawed

“wait…why aren’t you hungover!” Liam asked knowing Riley had also been drinking

“because my lovely husband… I worked in a bar…I have mastered the talent of drinking without a hangover” she smirked

“you should really go shower, you have like thirty minutes before your first meeting with Francesco starts”

“oh no…how am I going to face him after last night?”

“I’m sure he won’t even remember, and if he does he’s not going to embarrass you Liam…you’re the king…he’ll probably act like he doesn’t have a clue what you’re talking about, just don’t bring it up”

“yes…but I know what happened Riley!...the things I said in front of him…in front of everyone” he groaned as he got up running his hands over his face and through his hair

“Liam you still have fake blood on your face…” realising he had just pulled it through his hair he groaned making his way over to the bathroom. Riley stood from the bed and made her way over to him, catching him just at the door.

“I didn’t get a morning kiss” she whispered shyly

“oh” he smiled softly, leaning down and placing his lips on hers.

“I’ll get you some breakfast to eat before your meeting” she smiled

“and som-”

“painkillers” she finished what he was going to say.

“yes…thank you” he placed a gently kiss on her head then headed into the bathroom to climb into the shower.

After a quick shower, the bathroom door opened and out walked Liam with a towel wrapped around his waist. Water droplets falling from his hair onto the small towel he had draped over his shoulders. Riley had just finished making his breakfast in the little kitchenette in the royal apartment, she walked into the bedroom, placing his plate of pancakes down on the small table with two painkillers and a glass of orange juice.

Liam stood in front of his dresser, drying his hair with the towel from his shoulders. riley headed over to the walk in closet to get some clothes for when she got out of the shower.

“Riley?” Liam called

“yeah?”

“can you come here for a second…”

Riley made her way out into the bedroom where Liam stood butt ass naked looking through his drawers.

“did you move my briefs?”

“Liam…why on earth would I do that?” she smirked

“because its you…” he smirked

“you want your panties you’re going to have to look for ‘em”

“Riley! For the millionth time they’re men’s briefs”

“what about…budgie smugglers?”

“Riley!”

“Banana Hammock?”

“no”

“Pickle pincher”

“Riley I swea-”

“MANTIES” she guffawed as she made her way back into the closet then walked out just a few seconds later with a black pair of men’s briefs

“you moved them yesterday” she smirked

“I did?”

“yes…before we had dinner?”

“yes that’s right I did!, sorry” he blushed

“its alright…now get your manties on before someone comes looking for you” she pinged his underwear at him then walked back into the closet laughing.

“you’re lucky I love you!” he called to her as he caught them.

“aww I love you too sweetie!” she chuckled

Once he was dressed Liam sat down to quickly eat his breakfast and take his painkillers whilst Riley went for a shower. After putting his plate on the counter in the kitchenette he went into the bathroom and slid the shower door open a little.

“ill see you later” he smiled

“see you later sweetie, I love you” Riley smiled as she placed a gently kiss on his lips careful not to get any water on him.

“I love you too” he replied with a smile before pulling the shower door shut then heading out for his meeting. Once he reached the door to the apartment Liam gripped the handle then let out a deep breath knowing Bastian would be outside the door. He opened the door with a smile on his face.

“good morning your majesty” Bastian greeted him with a curt nod

“yes good morning” Liam replied a little awkwardly, Liam stood not knowing what to say next.

“ummm…” he mumbled then cleared his throat “shall we?...” he gestured for them to head down the corridor.

“of course your Majesty…after you.”

“of course” Liam smiled slightly then started to make his way down to his meeting.

He had no idea if he should say anything about the night before or if he should just pretend it never happened…no he should say something…Bastian was his head of security but also a friend, he didn’t want it to be awkward between them.

“Bastian…I-I hope you will accept my apology for last night”

“no need your Majesty…”

“yes there is Bastian…”

“you were just enjoying the ball your Majesty nothing wrong with that…as a matter of fact…I quiet enjoyed the show” Bastian smirked

“you enjoyed it?”

“yes your Majesty…it was quiet entertaining”

“entertaining?” Liam whispered to himself

“don’t worry your Majesty…your secret is safe with me”

“no Bastian there is no secret, ive not got any secrets”

“what happens between two people stays between them” Bastian replied obviously talking about the kings behaviour last night, knowing that hardly any members of the court were actually still there, he wasn’t going to say a word to anyone about the kings kinky mind.

“yes…thank you?” Liam thanked him confused about the whole conversation.

Once they approached the door to his office, the two stopped outside.

“your Majesty…” Bastian pointed to his own lips trying to show the king that he had a little bit of his breakfast on his mouth. Liam's eyes widened, shocked as he took a step back

“Bastian! That is not appropriate!!” Liam exploded then turned and entered the room, closing the door behind him.

Liam spent the whole meeting stuck in his head, he couldn’t stop thinking about the conversation with Bastian…why on earth would Bastian think it was okay to do that? He knew he was married… The king rattled his brain trying to figure it out.

It was just twenty minutes into the meeting when Francesco grabbed the king’s attention.

“Your Majesty…if I may be forward…I wasn’t going to say anything but…it seems you have something on your mouth” Liam turned to see his reflection in the window beside him then he gasped “no…” he whispered as he removed the food, realising that Bastian had just been pointing out the food on his mouth.

“thank you Francesco” he nodded as his attention fell to the meeting. The meeting finished about forty minutes later, once Francesco had left the room Liam called Bastian in.

“your majesty”

“Bastian…I apologise…I shouldn’t have yelled earlier, I didn’t realise you were telling me I had something on my face”

“that’s quite alright”

“No Bastian it isn’t, you know I’ve been racking my brain all through that meeting about our conversation earlier…about last night…i was intoxicated…I should not have advanced on you the way that I did…it was unprofessional…”

“but your maje-”

“No Bastian I’m not finished, I am happily married…I have a wife…we are planning on having children…what happened last night was…out of character and I assure you it will never happen again”

“your Majesty I don’t recall you advancing on me”

“now Bastian…you don’t have to pretend because I am your king…I get it…you enjoyed it when I kissed you-”

“your Majesty! I assure you!-”

“Bastian, please, I was at fault, I shouldn’t have kissed you”

“I think you may have been a little more intoxicated than you think, your majesty…I assure you…you did not kiss me!”

“but Riley sa-” as soon as Liam realised what had happened, his face went bright red.

“god dammit Riley!…” he groaned

“Bastian…I’m sorry…could we continue this conversation on the way up to the apartment?”

“of course…after you.” Bastian smirked

As they headed up to the apartment Liam apologised to Bastian repeatedly, he explained to him what had happened, Bastian found it hilarious.

“wait so when I tried to tell you, you had something on your face-”

“yes…I thought you wanted a kiss” Liam chuckled as his face went red.

Once they reached the apartment, Bastian waited at the side of the door, whilst Liam walked in. Riley was sitting on the sofa, reading through some papers when Liam walked in. He stopped as soon as he seen her. When Riley heard the door open, she looked up to see him standing there with a smirk on his face.

“you!” he pointed at her.

“now Liam…” she said as she slowly got up from the sofa, putting the papers down on the table “just…take a deep breathe” she smirked then looked over towards the bedroom door.

“its not funny” Liam stated not moving a muscle

“I’m…just gonna go…” Riley bolted, jumping over the back of the sofa on her way towards the bedroom, with Liam hot on her tail…

“Riley rhys I swear to god…when I catch you!” he called running after her.

Liam chased Riley into the bedroom, laughing as they went.

“I cant believe you did that!” he smirked as he stood on one side of the bed and she stood on the other.

“I had some food from breakfast on my mouth before i went into the meeting, he tried to tell me by pointing to his lips…I THOUGHT HE WANTED A KISS!!!”

“I CAN’T…I’M GONNA GET A STITCH” Riley laughed hysterically.

“I can’t believe you did that” he laughed

“I had to…you couldn’t remember…of course I was going to get a little fun out of it.”

“you are so lucky I love you…no one else would get away with embarrassing a king like that” he smirked

“aww it’s because you love me so very much…”

“yes it is…but I think I owe you some payback” Liam slowly made his way around to Riley.

“come here sweetie” Liam smirked

“no…” she laughed

“awe c’mon…come here…” he laughed as he stepped closer to her

“Liam rhys…I am not stupid…”

“oh Riley…my sweet, sweet Riley”

Riley smirked as she stood with her back to the bed. Liam stepped closer to her, as he went to take one final step, Riley quickly climbed onto the bed, as she went to head for the door, Liam gently grabbed her feet. As she fell down on to the mattress laughing, she turned over to face him as he leaned himself over top of her, holding himself up.

“and what are you doing?” she smirked with one of her eyebrows raised and a smirk on her face.

“I’m just giving my wife what she deserves” he chuckled as he leaned down, pressing his lips against Riley's.

“why don't we get started on that family we talking about?“ liam whispered

“I would love that“

Just a short while later the two lay side by side under the duvet.

“and that…my dear husband…is all I wanted” Riley laughed as she cuddled into his chest.

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The True Spirit of Christmas is Love - Liam x Riley

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Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary: Tis the season to be Jolly!

Word Count: 2,631

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It was Riley and Liam's first Christmas together, Liam was currently away but was due home that evening…the evening of Christmas eve. Riley had spent the day before making sure all the work that needed done for the next two days was finished, she wanted so much for them to be able to have their first Christmas with as little disruption as possible. It was just after two, Riley was sitting on the bed, carefully packing Liam's Christmas eve box. She had spent the morning wrapping the presents she had gotten him as she sang along to her favourite Christmas songs. Riley had grown up with the tradition of Christmas eve boxes. Her family done it like secret Santa so whomever you got, you had to make them a box for Christmas eve, the box containing a couple of early gifts to get everyone looking forward to Santa coming. Riley was a huge Christmas celebrated. Riley loved everything about it: The music, the chill, the snow, the decorations, the time you got to spend with your family and friends.

Riley had wrapped the bottom of the box in Christmas wrapping paper, she had all of Liam's little gifts sitting around her, she started filling the box with everything she knew he would love…and even if he didn’t, he would tell her he did. She didn’t mind. The first thing to go into the box was the cheesiest Christmas jumper she could fine. She knew he would hate it, but he would also wear it, for her. The next thing was some new Christmas pjs, red tartan pants and just a plain white t shirt with a Christmas tree on it as Riley placed them in the box she sang along to her stereo.

“I really can't stay” Riley sang then let singer finish *but baby, it's cold outside* “I've got to go away” *but baby, it's cold outside*

“This evening has been” *been hoping that you'd drop in* “So very nice” *I’ll hold your hands, they're just like ice*

“My mother will start to worry” *beautiful what's your hurry? * “My father will be pacing the floor” *listen to the fireplace roar*

“So really I'd better scurry” *beautiful please don't hurry* “But maybe just a half a drink more” *put some records on while I pour*

After that she placed the best Christmas movie she knew inside the box…Elf. She knew Liam hadn’t seen it before. After the DVD was put in, the next was a personalised Christmas bauble that she had gotten made for their first Christmas together. The box was topped off with a box of Liam's favourite Chocolate liqueurs. Once everything was in, she placed the lid on-top then wrapped the box in ribbon. Adding a name tag at the end.

Once she was finished she headed for the living room, where she placed the box under the tree.

“Ahhh but baby its cold outside!!!” Riley sang to herself as she headed for the kitchen where she started on her Christmas cookie recipe. it was whilst she was waiting on them baking, as she was washing the dished, that her phone started ringing. Riley smirked knowing exactly who it was, she wiped her hands on her jeans then lifted her phone to her ear after pressing answer.

“hey sweetie” she could hear him smiling

“hey! How was your meeting?”

“it was great, we got the deal, but the best part about it? I’m on my way home”

“really? You’re on your way?”

“yeah, I’m just about to board the plane, I should be home in time for dinner”

“really? I thought I was going to have to eat alone!” she chuckled

“not tonight sweetie!”

“I have the best evening planned”

“you do?”

“Mhmmm just you and me, we can forget about everything else and just be married”

“that sounds amazing, I can’t wait”

“me either”

“listen, I have to go, but my flights due to land at five pm so I should be back at the palace for half past”

“okay, have a safe flight and I’ll see you soon”

“see you soon sweetie, I love you”

“I love you too, Liam.”

After the two hung up, Riley carried on with washing the dishes she had used, whilst singing to herself

“They're singing "Deck the Halls But it's not like Christmas at all ‘Cause I remember when you were here And all the fun we had last year Pretty lights on the tree I'm watching them shine You should be here with me Baby please come home”

After removing the cookies from the oven, she set them on the side to cool then she went to shower. By the time Riley had showered and dressed Liam would have just been landing at the airport.

“it’s absolutely freezing in here…” Riley mumbled as she pulled her Christmas jumper over her t shirt “but I love it!” She smirked

Whilst Riley waited for Liam to get back she moved the cookies from the tray and placed them on a plate, ready to be decorated. Riley was just heading to the living room, walking past the hallway to the door, when the door opened, and she was met with her husband’s handsome face.

“hey!” she smiled as she ran over and hugged him, Liam dropped his bag on the floor and wrapped his arms around her, pulling her in for a sweet kiss.

“hey sweetie!” he mumbled into her lips.

“don’t you look nice and warm” he smiled as they separated “it’s absolutely freezing out there!”

“I know, it’s so cold, your freezing! Come on, let’s get warmed up a bit” Riley smiled as they headed for the kitchen where she flicked the kettle on then pulled some mugs from the cupboard.

“tea, coffee or hot chocolate?” Riley asked as she turned her back to Liam who was sitting at the island…with the cookies. Liam had a devilish grin on his face as he reached over to get one.

“you touch those cookies ill cut your fingers off” Riley chuckled, she knew exactly what he was like.

“just one?”

“fine…you can have one!”

“thank you! And ill have some hot cocoa…please” as he took a bite of the cookie. “Mmmm”

Just a few minutes later Riley placed a mug in-front of him and held her own in her hands.

“thank you” Liam smiled as he lifted the mug to his lips. “Ahhh I needed that” he smirked

The two were sitting in the living room chatting, with the fire burning to keep the place warm. “I have a gift for you!” Riley chuckled as she got up from the sofa and went over to the Christmas tree.

“a gift? riley-”

“don’t even say it!” she laughed as she lifted two box’s and made her way back over to Liam.

“it’s a Christmas eve box” she smiled as she passed Liam his box

“a what?” he smirked

“a Christmas eve box…it was a tradition in my house, that each person got a Christmas eve box, it’s filled with things that get you all excited about Christmas” she giggled

“but I didn’t get you a Christmas eve box” he frowned

“but that’s okay because I got me one” she smirked as she lifted the second box to show him causing Liam to laugh.

“go on open it!”

Liam carefully unwrapped the ribbon from the box, then lifted the lid.

“mmm my favourite” Liam smiled as he lifted the box of chocolates and placed them on the table. “we can destroy those later” he chuckled then he went quiet as he lifted the bauble from the box.

“Riley, I love it!” he whispered longingly as he stood and hung it on the tree then he sat back down, placing the box on his knee, looking at what was next…

“Elf?” he asked

“It’s based in New York” she informed him

“it is?”

“yup!”

“well then we have to watch it!” he laughed as he put it on-top of the box of chocolates.

“what’s this?” he asked as he lifted the pjs.

“Christmas jammies” Riley grinned. Liam couldn’t help but adore how much she loved the holidays. “I need you warm, so you can keep me warm” she giggled causing Liam to let out chuckle.

“is that a jumper?”

“Mhmmm…your very own cheesy Christmas jumper” she smirked

“I love it” he laughed “thank you sweetheart” he leaned over and pressed a gentle kiss on her lips.

“now…what would you like for dinner? I was thinking maybe we could get take out?”

“that sounds great, I’ll have Bastian send someone out” Liam replied as he got up and went to the door. whilst they waited for their food they went to change into their new nightwear. Then headed for the kitchen where they started decorating the cookies Riley had made.

“did you ever get to do this when you were a kid?” Riley asked

“yes, when my mother was alive, we would make cookies and she and I would sit and decorate them together, then we would wrap them out and hand them out to the palace staff, Leo never wanted to do anything like that and my father was always in meetings and everything, so it was just me and her. All of this…the decorations…the cookies, just all of this” he gestured to around the room “it all reminds me of her…you’re a lot like my mother in that way, she adored the holidays, it wasn’t the presents, it was the time you spent with your family, even if you were just watching a movie or something, you were together. after my mother died, my father buried himself even more in his work, Leo was nowhere to be found, I was on my own, I didn’t get to decorate cookies and put up decorations. Getting to do all of this again…it makes me think of her” he smiled then leaned over and pressed his lips against Riley's. “thank you” he whispered “my mother would have loved you” he smirked “I just wish you had gotten the chance to meet her”

“me too sweetie, I love hearing stories about her, I think we would have been joined at the hip” she chuckled “I can’t wait to have children and share all of this with them too”

“I can’t wait” he grinned

It was six thirty by the time their food was brought to them, whilst Riley put the DVD on the TV Liam poured the two of them drinks then brought them to the sitting room. they both cuddled up on the sofa whilst they ate their food and watched the movie.

It was about twenty minutes into the movie. Riley grinned as she dropped her slice of pizza back into the box “I love this song!!!! I wish I knew how…to break this spell!!” she sang along causing Liam to chuckle.

“I really can’t stay…Ahhh but its cold outside!!”

“this is one of my favourite movies!” she grinned as she carried on eating.

“I can tell” Liam chuckled

After the movie finished Riley turned to Liam with a huge grin on her face… “so…what did you think?”

“it was good” Liam smirked

“tell the truth…you loved it!” she chuckled

“okay…it was a great film”

“I knew it! would you like some mulled wine?”

“that sounds lovely” he nodded

“come on then, you better help me make it”

The two headed for the kitchen where Riley taught Liam how to make her mother’s famous mulled wine.

“my goodness Riley, it smells amazing”

“It smells like Christmas” she smiled as she carefully ladled the wine into mugs, then the two headed into the living room where they sat on the sofa, the only light in the room being the fireplace. They sipped on their drinks as they talked, whilst the radio played softly in the background.

“so, tell me…what was the best gift you ever got for Christmas?” Liam asked

“when I was little, I was always loved cooking, I was always asking to help my mom in the kitchen, we would bake cookies, cupcakes, she would let me help her with dinner, I loved it, I told my mom, when I’m older, I wanna cook like you. My mom, she was an amazing cook, when she was a kid she was diagnosed with dysgraphia, which means she struggled to write properly, she couldn’t form sentences on paper, actually writing was a real problem for her, when she was talking, it was fine but getting it onto paper was really difficult for her, she wouldn’t write cards, she wouldn’t write letters or email… when I was about twelve, I woke up on Christmas morning, my mom handed me this box, when I opened it, there was this book inside, when I opened it, it contained just a plain notebook…I opened it, and…I’m sorry” Riley wiped at her eyes

“it’s okay, take your time” Liam smiled comfortingly

“in the book, she had written down, every one of her recipes…thirty two A4 pages…she had hand written, she told me he had been working on it for months, she could only do a couple of sentences at a time because of how much her dysgraphia affected her…that is the best gift I ever got, I still have it.” she smiled

“wow” Liam whispered, speechless from her story.

“homemade gifts are the best kind…they mean so much more…it means the person actually sat down and put thought into your gift…they took time out of their life to think about you... I would take a home-made gift over a purchased one, any day of the week”

“me too” Liam smirked.

The two spent the rest of the night laughing and talking away, it was just before midnight, when Liam stood from the sofa.

“I’ll be back in a moment, I need to use the bathroom” Liam kissed Riley's head then left the room, heading for the bathroom.

Riley stood from the sofa, walking over to the window, she smiled as she watched the snow fall outside. it was just a few moments later that she heard Liam's footsteps, his arms snaking around her waist, with his chin resting gently on her shoulder.

“penny for your thoughts?” Liam whispered

“I can’t wait to have a family with you…I can already see us sitting around the tree on Christmas mornings, our babies ripping the paper from the presents, too excited to even think about the mess” she chuckled “their faces when they see the presents Santa left them…the excitement…I can see it all” she smiled as she gently turned and looked at him.

“you know what? so can I” Liam whispered as he leaned down and placed the most loving gentle kiss on her lips. “I love you Riley, more than you know” he added in the same tone

“I love you too, Liam” she whispered before leaning in to peck his lips.

“Bells will be ringing, the glad, glad news…”

“I love this song” Riley whispered just audible

“dance with me” Liam smirked as they moved to the middle of the floor, the two swayed as one as the music played softly.

“Friends and relations send salutations Just as sure as the stars shine above (Yes, they do) This is Christmas, Christmas my dear The time of year to be with the one that you love”

Liam smirked as he looked at the clock on the wall.

“Merry Christmas, baby” he whispered before slowly pressing his lips to her, she quickly responded, with her hand gently placed on his jaw, for what felt like hours their lips moved in sync. As they gently pulled back Riley nuzzled into his chest with their arms wrapped tightly around each other.

“Merry Christmas, Baby” Riley whispered.

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“PRESSURE! Pushing Down On Me!” - Then There Were Three Part 6 - Liam x MC

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Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary: THE BABIES COMING!

Word Count: 4,442

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It was three am when Liam was jolted awake from a noise coming from the baby’s nursery. With half-awake eyes he looked to the space beside him to see…nothing…no Riley. He climbed from the bed, making his way towards the nursery. as he reached the room, he seen her, trying to bend down and pick up the lamp that had fallen from the small table beside the rocking chair. As he looked around the room he seen drawers open, clothes pulled out on top of it, nappies that were boxed and waiting to be put on the shelf of the changing unit, were all over the top of the changing table,

“what are you doing?” he mumbled still half asleep, tying not go get blinded by the light from the room. He walked over and gently placed his hand on her arm as she went to bend down again but couldn’t quiet reach it. “ill get it” he lifted the lamp, placing it in its rightful place on the side table.

“why are you up sweetheart?” he asked as he stood in front of her, his hand gently grazing her cheek

“I have to make sure everything’s perfect.” She panicked as she looked around the room “I have to fix her clothes…I have to-”

“hey, it’s alright, we can do it in the morning, everything will be perfect I promise”

“it can’t wait Liam, I have to fix it” she mumbled as she made her way over to the chest of drawers and started folding the baby’s clothes. Liam quickly followed, placing his hand gently on Riley's back.

“Sweetheart, will you please come to bed?”

“but-”

“but, nothing, I know your just trying to get everything perfect, I promise, we can do it tomorrow, you and I will fix it in the morning, will you please come back to bed?” he whispered softly

“promise?”

“I promise” a soft smile found itself on Liam's face, as he gently took the baby grow from Riley's hand and placed it on top of the dresser.

“okay” she nodded as he walked her back to bed, with his left hand on her back and her right hand in his.

“did I wake you?” a just barely audible whisper left her mouth

“No, you didn’t wake me, sweetheart” Liam knew if he told Riley she had woke him up, she would beat herself up about it.

“why are you lying?” she frowned “just tell me I can handle it”

“sweetie, it wasn’t you”

“yes, it was, I can read you like a book, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to wake you”

“It’s okay, sweetie” he placed a kiss on her head then helped her into bed before getting back into bed himself. The whole room was silent, so Liam assumed Riley had fallen asleep, it was a short fifteen minutes later that he heard her whisper

“Liam,” she wriggled over to cuddle him

“yeah sweetie?” his arms instinctively wrapped around her.

“I can’t sleep, I’m uncomfortable”

“is she awake?”

“yeah, and she’s on the move”

“let me see what I can do” Liam whispered as he pulled the duvet back a little, he moved down on the bed so that he could get to Riley's stomach. He gently pressed his lips to her skin then whispered

“hey princess, its daddy, I know you want to play, but your mother really needs to rest before you get here, so I’m gonna need you to calm down a little bit, I promise, as soon as you make an appearance, we can play all the games you want, but right now your mother needs some sleep.” Liam looked up to Riley's to see she was falling asleep, he smirked to himself, he carefully moved back to where he was lying. “goodnight, my love” he whispered before placing a kiss on Riley's head.

“goodnight” she whispered back.

The next morning, Riley awoke with an abundance of energy. She awoke to Liam cuddling into her back. she thought back to the time when they couldn’t sleep in the same room, when they were barely able to spend more than fifteen minutes together…now, here they were, lying, cuddled up in bed, ready to bring their first baby into the world. With a smile on her face, she gently moved Liam's hand careful not to wake him, she climbed form the bed and headed for the bathroom, then the kitchen. she tried to be as quiet as she possibly could, as to not wake Liam, plenty of times, over the past nine months she had him up in the middle of the night, be it getting food for her, times when she couldn’t sleep…wriggling around in the bed, trying to get comfortable. She wanted to let him sleep for as long as possible, his only meeting for the day wasn’t until three pm so he didn’t need to be up anytime soon. she started pulling pans and ingredients from the cupboards. She was going to wake him to his favourite breakfast, blueberry pancakes. Every chance he got, he would have blueberry pancakes. He had once told her that his mother used to make them for him before she passed, she made sure the staff had the recipe, so that when she was out of the country, he could still have them. After her passing, Liam would have them as often as he could, reminding him of his mother’s cooking. By the time Riley and Liam were married, she had gotten her hands on the recipe. it was about fifteen minutes later that Riley had two plates stacked with fluffy blueberry pancakes, covered with a warm blueberry sauce. Riley placed the two plates on a tray along with two cups of hot tea, then carried it carefully to the bedroom. She placed the tray on Liam's bedside table, then gently leaned down, placing a kiss on his lips.

“Liam, honey, wake up” Riley whispered, Liam mumbled then shuffled around a little.

“I know you can hear me, Liam” she smirked as she watched him flicker his eyes open.

“Mmmm morning, sweetie” he smirked as he stretched, before placing his hand gently on the back of her neck and leaning up to press his lips to hers.

“morning, I have something for you”

“you do?”

“Mhmmm, it’s on your bedside table” she smirked as he turned to look, and a grin found itself on his face.

“is that what I think it is?”

“Mhmmm, only the best for my very patient husband”

“I love you. Do you know that?” Liam pushed himself up to sit with his back against the headrest

“of course, I love you too”

Riley carefully picked the tray up and placed it on Liam's lap before moving round to her side and climbing back into bed, she took her plate from the tray and placed it on her knee then they quickly got stuck in.

“how is my beautiful little girl treating you today?”

“she’s been great, she’s been pretty calm this morning”

“good, I can’t believe she’s going to be here anytime in the next few weeks, it’s crazy.”

“I know right, I’m so excited to meet her!”

“me too, I can’t wait to finally have her in our arms”

“I’m a little scared though” Riley whispered, Liam placed his fork onto the plate, as he looked over at Riley a little worried.

“talk to me, what’s up?” he asked as he took her hand in his.

“I’m just…I’m scared about the whole pushing a human being out of me…it can be dangerous…I mean…what if I get too tired to push and something happens to the baby…or to me”

“hey, I’m going to be with you, the whole time, there are going to be a gazillion doctors there just to keep you safe”

“a gazillion…really?” she chuckled at his over exaggeration

“I would have every doctor in the world in that room to make sure you and our daughter will be safe” he reassured Riley with a squeeze of her hand.

“and that’s why I love you so damn much” she smirked

“really?” he replied as he carried on eating “I thought it was my charming smile”

“that too” she leaned over and placed her lips on his.

After the two finished their food, they got up, showered and dressed. They had fixed everything in the nursery that needed put away, Riley stopped Liam before he could leave the room.

“I need your help with something”

“of course, what’s up?” he asked as he made his way over to her, Riley lifted a box from atop the chest of drawers.

“the baby wrap came yesterday…we need to make sure we can put it on right.” Liam smirked and nodded his head “okay”. Riley opened the box, passing Liam the instructions of how to put it on, she knew he would want to examine it word for word, whereas Riley would try it herself first. After failing on multiple attempts, she finally gave in and looked at the directions on the paper, “I give up…what does it say?” she groaned

“you gotta fold it in half length ways” Liam chuckled as he watched his wife trying to wrap herself up.

“okay…what next?”

“wrap it around your stomach, at the back, cross the two sides over and pull them over your shoulders”

“like this?”

“yes, just like that…you gotta tuck it under the part you wrapped around your stomach, so just pull both parts underneath, crossing them over as you do it, once you’ve done that, pull them around you and tie the two ends together, if you have extra fabric pull around to the front and tie it instead.”

Liam helped Riley tie the fabric behind her, due to her bump being so big she wouldn’t even contemplate tying it in the front.

“how does it feel?”

“it feels okay, I mean…obviously we won’t be able to tell until she’s here, and we can put her in it, but I think it feels okay, how do I look?” she chuckled “have ever seen an uncooked roll of beef?”

“an uncooked roll of beef? no…why do you ask”

“well they come…with string wrapped around it…that’s what I look like right now” she laughed as she removed the wrap then held it out to Liam “your turn” she smirked Liam chuckled as he took the wrap from her hands and started wrapping it around him. Riley sat herself down in the rocking chair as she watched Liam attempt to wrap himself up.

Just a couple of weeks later, Riley was hitting her forty-week mark…and she was well and truly done with this pregnancy. Riley had been trying a few different ways of bringing on labour, spicy food…walking…sex…they had tried it all.

“why won’t your daughter get out of me?” she groaned as she met Liam in the kitchen where he was making the two of them some tea.

“maybe…maybe you could just pull her out…just get your hand right up there and pull her out”

“I don’t think it works like that sweetheart” Liam chuckled

“I’m so done with this”

“I know sweetie, just a little while longer I promise” he encouraged her as he placed the mugs on the table. “she’ll be here soon” he gently placed his hand on her stomach as he placed a gently kiss on her head

“why don’t we go for a walk? we can take a walk through the flower garden…maybe…the hedge maze…what do you think?”

“I think that’s a great idea”

after the two finished their tea, they pulled their shoes and coats on with their winter essentials, then they headed out to the flower garden hand in hand.

“it’s freezing!”

“we can go back inside if you want?” Liam asked

“no, it’s, okay, we’ll be fine”

“just be careful, there might be black ice under the snow”

“you just better be ready to catch me” Riley chuckled

“I’ll be ready”

“she could still be in there for another three weeks” Riley mumbled “she could be here tomorrow…can you believe it? this time tomorrow we could be sitting with her in our arms”

“I honestly can’t, I think she’ll turn up when we least expect it” Liam smirked as he squeezed her hand

“in the middle of the night if she’s anything like her mom”

“really?”

“Mhmmm 3:24 am”

“I was an early hour arrival too…4:21 am”

“we’ll aren’t we screwed then” Riley chuckled “she’s definitely showing up in the middle of the night now, ”

“we better try and get as much rest as we can then” Liam chuckled

The next day came and went, no baby in sight, Riley was uncomfortable and tired, her back ached, her breasts ached, her ankles as well. It was late in the afternoon, Liam was out at his only meeting for the day, he was due back anytime, Riley had spent the last few hours, falling in and out of sleep on the sofa. Riley had just woken up enough to get up and move. Just as she went to get up, she felt a pressure in her back.

“Ahhh shi-” she groaned as she fell back onto the sofa, taken by surprise by the pressure…sure she’d had Braxton hicks, but this felt different she quickly looked at the time so that she could keep track of the contractions.

Just a couple of seconds later the apartment door opened as Liam walked in, shutting it behind him. “hey” he smiled as he leaned over the back of the sofa and placed a kiss on her lips as she looked round at him.

“is everything okay?” Liam asked instantly seeing the look in her face.

“I…- I just had a contraction”

“what!?” he grinned as he quickly moved around to kneel in front of where she sat. “what should we do, should we go down to the physician?”

“no, we need to time them, I don’t want to end up sitting down there all day”

“alright, can I do anything, can I get anything for you?”

“I was about to get myself some water”

“alright, stay here, I’ll get you a glass of water”

It was about five minutes later, Liam had taken a seat beside Riley, as they discussed how his meeting went.

“I agreed to th-” Liam stopped what he was saying when Riley gripped his hand, leaning her forehead against his chest. He gently ran his free hand up and down her back.

“you’re so strong” he whispered before placing a kiss on her head

“how long?” Riley mumbled without lifting her head.

“about sixty-five seconds long, seven minutes since your first one”

“there’s no point in going down until they’re closer together, they could be like this for hours still”

“alright, well, I’m going to call down to the physician, let him know what’s going on, alright?”

With a nod of her head. Liam quickly lifted the phone from beside him, and dialled down to the

Physician’s office.

“Hi, Henry, Riley's having contractions”

“okay, I’ll see you in a few minutes” after bidding the doctor goodbye Liam hung up the phone, Riley looked up at him “what did he say?”

“He’s going to come up to check on you.”

Just a few minutes later, there was a knock on the door. Liam called for the doctor to come in, after closing the door behind him, the doctor made his way over to Riley.

“how far apart are they?” he asked as he took a seat beside her.

“seven minutes apart”

“how long are they lasting?”

“the last one was about sixty-five seconds” Riley informed him as she looked over at Liam, who kept looking down at his watch

“alright, I’m just going to check how dilated you are, okay?”

“Mhmmm” Riley nodded as she positioned herself on the sofa so that the doctor could check how far she was dilated

“alright, your about five cm dilated, so of course, you know you need to be ten cm before you can start pushing, what I’m going to need you to do, is keep timing them, once they get to around three minutes apart, we’ll get you down to the medical room, I’m sure you don’t want to sit down their bored for too long so, you could stay at five cm for a little while or they could progress really quickly so, for as long as they are this far apart and your only five cm, just take it easy, take deep breathes, do something calming, read a book or sometimes taking a bath can help because the water takes the pressure away a little bit, or going for a walk might help, when a contraction hits, make sure your taking deep breathes, try not to break any of the kings bones” the doctor joked causing Riley and Liam to laugh, he looked down at his watch then moved over to sit beside Riley, taking her hand in his. Riley closed her eyes as she felt the next contraction

“deep breaths, sweetie” he reassured her “you’re doing great”

“just nice and calm, no stress alright, I will be just downstairs, making sure everything is prepared for you and the baby, if you need anything, and I mean anything, just call down and I’ll be straight up, I’ll come back up in a few hours and check on you and check how far your dilated”

“okay, thank you” Riley nodded as the doctor stood to his feet. Liam walked him to the door, closing it behind him after bidding him goodbye. He quickly moved back to Riley's side, taken her hand in his.

“can you help me up?”

“of course,” Liam stood to his feet, taking Riley's hands in his, he helped her to her feet. “alright, talk to me, tell me what you what you want to do, I can go run you a bath, we can go for a walk”

“could we go for a walk? not outside though…it’s too cold…my ass’ll freeze out there” Liam chuckled at his wife.

“alright, do you wanna go change?” he asked when he noticed she was wearing sweatpants, knowing that she would normally only wear them around the apartment and that’s it.

“pfft nope-” Riley quickly grabbed Liam's hand as her next contraction hit.

“shit…this is not fun” she groaned as she squeezed at Liam's hand “I’m so sorry if I’m hurting you”

“it’s okay, do what you need to sweetie, its fine, I don’t mind” he reassured her. Once her contraction passed, Liam helped her put her shoes on then the two headed out.

Just as the two were leaving the apartment, Drake was walking by.

“hey guys” he groaned

“Drake, hi” Riley smiled

“hey man!” Liam greeted him with a grin.

Drake looked Riley's outfit up and down with confusion, knowing she would never usually leave their apartment in sweats, she could spend all day in them in the apartment but when It came to leaving, she always made sure she was dressed appropriately. “where are you guys off too?”

“we’re just going for a walk around the palace”

“I’m having contractions, so the doctor said going for a walk might help”

“the babies coming?!?” he chirped

“yeah” Riley replied with a grin

“do you guys want me to take bash? I can keep him in my room for a few days?”

“really? That would be amazing Drake! I mean you don’t need to take him right now, it might be a little while still before we have to think about going down to the doctor, but that would be a huge help, thank you so much” Riley thanked him, before pulling him into a hug which he returned. Just as Riley went to step back her next contraction hit. She quickly grabbed the closes hand to her, which was drakes. Drake tensed his hand as she squeezed it, Liam stood smirking knowing how strong Riley's grip was.

“shit Riley, your stronger than you look!” Drake groaned as she squeezed it. once Riley let out, Drake shook his hand, trying to get the feeling back, Riley looked at him apologetically. “I’m so sorry drake”

“it’s alright…I’m sure the feeling will return to it soon, I just feel bad for Liam…I mean they’re only gonna get stronger right? I mean, are his hands actually going to work after this?” he stated causing Liam to laugh. Riley just stood there looking at him. “I’m sorry I shouldn’t make jokes, you’re in a lot of pain” he apologised

“I take my apology back…you deserved it” Riley huffed

“alright, come on, why don’t we keep walking before Drake literally loses a limb” Liam suggested as he took Riley's hand

“yeah…good idea” she smirked at Drake

“yeah…I second that” Drake nodded

After bidding him goodbye Liam and Riley continued their journey. It was about an hour later that the two returned to the apartment.

“I need to lie down” Riley mumbled as she headed for their bedroom, quickly being followed by Liam. Riley sat herself down on the bed, Liam kneeling at her feet to help her get her shoes off.

“could you get my nightdress, the blue on, its right at the top of the drawer, I’m too warm in these sweats”

“of course,” Liam pulled her second shoe off then headed for the closet, he quickly returned with the nightdress which he handed to Riley, he helped her to her feet.

“I gotta go to the bathroom, ill change whilst I’m in there” she mumbled tiredly as she made her way to the bathroom. She changed and done what she had to do then headed back into the bedroom, where she climbed onto the bed, she pulled the duvet over, bundling it up and wrapping herself around it. she groaned as another contraction hit, she gripped the duvet in her hands as she breathed deeply.

“could you open the window?” she asked Liam, who done as asked, he then joined Riley on the bed, he lay facing her on his side, running his hand up and down her back gently.

“you’re doing great sweetheart” he whispered as Riley leaned her forehead on his chest. “I love you so much” he whispered

“I’m scared Liam” Riley sniffled

“it’s okay, it’s okay to be scared sweetie, you can do this, I know you can do this…you know you can do this. You are so strong Riley”

“I love you so much Liam”

“I love you too…so much!!” he whispered “you should really try and get some sleep” he gently tucked her hair behind her ear.

“there is no way I’m sleeping through this” she sighed “maybe a massage would help” she smirked at him causing him to chuckle

“now that I can do” Liam moved down to the bottom of the bed, and lifted Riley's feet onto his lap, after putting some moisturiser on his hands he began massaging her skin.

“now that’s a massage” she smiled

“maybe I should have you feed me grapes too” she asked, Liam let out a laugh.

“I will get you grapes, if you so wish my queen”

“ha-ha no its okay”

“can you believe it, Liam?”

“what?”

“that she’s gonna be in our arms…finally”

“it’s exciting” Liam smirked

“it is isn’t it, I mean, I know it hurts…a lot…but if I have to go through this for our little girl to come into world…I would do it ten times over”

“and I would be with you…the whole way”

For the past hour Riley had been drifting in and out of sleep, she had not long woken up.

“hey” Liam whispered.

“I need to get up…I can’t just lie here, dozing in and out of sleep, it’s making me feel worse.”

Liam helped Riley from the bed and into the living room.

“maybe we should try some of the positions, Julie, the birthing teacher showed us”

“o-okay” she nodded.

“alright she said try to be upright and leaning forward…sit down” she directed him to the sofa, she lifted a cushion and placed it on the ground in front of where he sat. Liam took Riley's hands as he helped her kneel to the cushion.

“how long?” Riley mumbled as she leaned forward onto his knees, with her head leaning down

“about thirty seconds” Liam answered as he looked at his watch. He leaned his arm over, gently rubbing Riley's lower back.

“Mmmm” she let out a deep breath as her next contraction hit. It was just then that there was a knock at the door.

“who is it?” Liam called

“It’s Drake, Hana and Maxwell” Liam looked at Riley asking her if she wanted visitors, without speaking, she nodded as she took deep breathes

“come in” he called back.

The three came wondering in with grins on their faces.

“is it really happening?” Maxwell asked enthusiastically

“Mhmmm” Riley nodded with a smile.

“stupid question, I know…how are you feeling?” Hana asked as she walked over to the pair

“I’m fine…just…it’s exhausting, the pain…right now its bearable…It just tires you out”

“we brought something that might help with that” Maxwell smirked

“you did?”

“Mhmmm…look” he started emptying the contents of the bag he was carrying.

“you brought board games?” Riley smirked

“what better way to distract you, I even brought monopoly” Maxwell smirked

“monopoly…are you trying to get us divorced before the babies even here? that shits known for starting fights….im excited…lets play” she chuckled causing everyone to laugh.

Hana, Maxwell and Drake all headed over to where Riley and Liam were sitting. Drake moved the side table over to them, they set up the board, picked which counter they wanted, then the game began.

It took an hour and a half before the board was flipped. Riley and Drake were in the midst of an argument over whether it was a rule that if Drake doesn’t ask for the money before the next person rolls the dice when Riley lands on one of his lots, then he forfeits the money. Drake was adamant it wasn’t a rule, he was sure Riley had made it up…that was until Riley searched the internet and trusty google proved him wrong…he flipped the board game as they all laughed.

“I think it’s time we put this game away” Liam chuckled

“Drake…are you emotionally stable to play another- OH…My god!” Riley Riley's eyes practically jumped out of her head.

“what is it?” Liam asked as he gently rubbed her back, the others quickly moved to her side, she looked up at Liam then down to her crotch….

“My water just broke”

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Goodnight, My Little One (Then There Were Three Part 4) Liam x MC

Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary: Will Liam and Riley make it out of the safe room?...

Word Count: 2,117

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An hour…they had been in the safe room for an hour. Liam had persuaded Riley to lie down on the sofa, to try and calm herself down. whilst Riley rested, Liam sat at the security desk across the room, looking through the live CCTV footage to see what was happening. He watched over each individual screen, one by one.

Once he moved on to the screen showing the hallway outside of their quarters …he seen him.

“shit” he mumbled

“what is it?” Riley and madeleine asked simultaneously

“nothing don’t worry about it” he replied nervously

“Liam” Riley sighed as she stood up from the sofa and made her way over to her husband “I am your wife…don’t try and lie to me…it won’t work, it’s obviously something…now what- I-is that outside our quarters?” she panicked, Liam hesitated before answering “Liam! I swear to god…if you don’t answer me!”

“yes…he’s outside our quarters.”

“oh my god, Liam...”

“shhh it’s alright, sweetie…it’s going to be alright!” Liam stood from his seat and wrapped his arms around Riley.

“you don’t know that, Liam” she cried, her tears soaking his shirt.

“hey…look at me” he whispered as he gently placed his fingers on her chin and guided her, to look at him. “I am going to do my darn best to keep you and our daughter safe…if I can’t I will die trying!”

“what if he finds us though Liam…what if h-”

“hey…we are in the safest place we can be…this room, isn’t on blue prints…the only people that know about this room are me, you, security, Regina, my father and madeleine…that’s it… madeleine didn’t even know about it until Bastian told her to inform us that we had to come here…nobody knows about it…the only way he will know this room is here…is if he stumbles upon the lock…even if he got the main security door in the closet unlocked…that doesn’t mean he has found us…for all he knows that could be a lock to unlock the cabinet with your jewellery in it…he won’t have time to figure out it’s a lock to a door…Bastian will have got to him by then.” his hands gently ran up and down Riley's back. “take a deep breath” he whispered

“I love you, Liam” she sniffled

“I love too, sweetie”

Liam kept an eye on the computer screens, he watched as the man made his way into the royal quarters, quickly followed by Bastian, unbeknownst to the man. As soon as the doors shut…they were blind to what was happening. The three just had to hope that Bastian could stop the criminal before he got to them.

“do you need any water? Or something to eat? There are supplies in that closet” Liam asked Riley

“I could use some water, please” she whispered as she wiped at her eyes.

“alright, you go sit down and I’ll get you some water” Liam smiled softly, as he walked Riley over to the sofa, keeping her hand in his until she sat down.

“madeleine? Could I get you anything?”

“water would be lovely think you” she nodded curtly.

“hey…” madeleine took a seat next to Riley “why don’t we try and take our minds off it all…”

“o-okay” Riley nodded

“have you thought of any names for the baby?” madeleine smiled as she gently placed her hand on top of Riley's trying to comfort her.

“Mhmmm…we have one or two” Riley replied as Liam walked back over, handing the two ladies a bottle of water each. They both thanked him then carried on as he headed over to the weaponry on the wall.

“you do? What are they?”

“Luna and Gracie”

“I like Luna” Madeleine squeezed Riley's hand.

“Princess Luna…I like it” Riley smiled as she placed her free hand on her stomach.

“is it a girl your having? Did you find out?”

“yeah, we found out this morning, we’re having a little girl”

“that’s amazing, congratulations”

“thank you”

“is she kicking a lot?”

“oh yeah, she is very much playing football with my insides” Riley chuckled

“really?” madeleine giggled

“yeah, she’s a ball of energy today” she smirked

As madeleine continued to distract Riley, Liam looked over each weapon, deciding what to use…the sword, the knife, the dagger, the mace, the flail or the axe. Either one would do significant harm. Everyone was startled by a loud bang, they all looked towards the door full of panic. Liam quickly grabbed the dagger, the knife and mace. He handed Riley the dagger, the knife to madeleine then he kept the mace.

“quickly both of you, get behind that wall…now!”

“Liam…you can’t-”

“Riley, I am not going to argue…get behind the damn wall!” Riley huffed then followed madeleine behind the wall, the two held their weapons close, whilst Liam stood beside the door, his back against the wall, waiting what was to come, ready to fight whoever came through the door.

The whole room was silent, then they heard three loud knocks. Then the door opened, as the door opened Liam swung the mace out towards the intruder. To his surprise the weapon didn’t get as far as hitting the body that had entered, before it managed to hit anyone a hand caught it in its grip.

“Bastian!” Liam called as he seen his head bodyguard just stopping the mace from hitting him in the face.

“I knocked to let you know it was me!”

“we heard a bang, we thought he had gotten through the doors.”

“are you joking? The idiot couldn’t even figure out where the switch was in the closet” Bastian smirked “he’s in custody, your Majesty…the palace is safe.” Riley and madeleine walked over to Bastian and Liam.

“you’ve got him?” Riley asked

“Yes, Your Majesty…he’s with the kings Guard, you don’t have to worry”

“thank you, Bastian!” she thanked him.

The four of them made their way back towards Riley and Liam's apartment. Once reaching the apartment Bastian and Madeleine left the king and queen in peace.

“Liam” Riley whispered from her seat on the sofa, where she had been sitting in silence

“yeah?” he asked as he placed the cup of tea he had made for her, on the coffee table.

“I’m Scared…” she sniffled as he sat down beside her, placing his hand on top of hers.

“talk to me sweetheart” he whispered

“what if it happens again Liam…this little girl…she’ll be so vulnerable when she’s born Liam…how are we going to protect her, if it happens again…”

“hey, listen, our daughter, will always have a member of security with her. If one of us aren’t with her, someone we trust, will be. Our daughter, will never be left alone, she will always have someone to keep her safe. You and I, we will keep her as safe as we possibly can sweetheart”

“I can’t help but worry” she whispered

“I know sweetheart, me too.” he replied as he moved over, wrapping Riley in his arms as he placed a kiss on her head.

“we’ll be alright” he whispered

By the time Riley's 26-week mark came, she was well and truly, pregnant…Liam had arranged for her responsibilities to decrease. He was taking on more of her meetings, allowing her as much rest as possible. Riley had been having a hard month so far, dealing with sleepless nights, feeling uncomfortable, some days she would wake and be full of energy, others she didn’t want to move from bed, from how tired she was.

Today was a good day, Liam wasn’t too busy with meetings meaning, Riley got to spend some time with him. The two were sitting in their private dining room, in the apartment, eating their lunch.

“how are you feeling today, sweetheart”

“great, I feel really good today”

“good, then maybe, you would like to join me…at the theatre, tonight?” Liam smirked knowing she was dying to get out, just the two of them.

“really? tonight?” she replied with a grin on her face

“yes tonight, we leave at seven thirty.”

“what are we going to see?”

“Annie”

“ooooh I loved that movie!”

“I know” Liam chuckled “how is my darling daughter doing today?”

“she’s sleeping”

“she’s been doing flips all morning, she’s been awake and jumping around since five this morning, she’s finally calmed down and went to sleep, but I’m sure she won’t stay that way for long, as soon as she realises you’re here with me, I guarantee she’ll be back at her backflips” she chuckled as she ate. Liam smirked as he pulled his seat out and stood to his feet, he made his way over to Riley, crouching to the floor, he gently lifted her top to reveal her bump, gently putting his palm on Riley's stomach, as he placed soft kisses on her belly.

“Liam, I swear, if you wake her up…you’d better sleep with one eye open” Riley smirked knowing exactly what would happen. She sat whilst waiting for the inevitable, gently running her hands through his hair. It was just moments later, that her daughter started using her insides as a punching back.

“you’re lucky I love you” she chuckled as she felt him laugh as he pressed a kiss to her skin.

“I love you too” he whispered with a soft smile.

After eating lunch Liam headed for his last meeting of the day. knowing she was going to be on her feet and walking around, Riley wanted to rest as much as possible, she spent the next hour or so browsing the web, looking for things they needed for the baby coming. It was five pm by the time Liam returned to the apartment.

“Riley…sweetheart…” Liam called as he headed for the bedroom. A soft smile fell upon his face, as he opened the door and seen his wife, sleeping…finally able to get some proper rest.

“Liam?” She mumbled

“yeah, it’s me sweetie, go back to sleep” he whispered as he approached the bed and kneeled beside her.

“but, I have to start getting ready-”

“shh it’s okay, go back to sleep, ill wake you in an hour”

After an hour or so, Liam awoke Riley, with a selection to food for dinner, before they had to start getting ready. By the time seven thirty cam, the two were just heading down to the car, Riley and Liam walked hand in hand down the hallway, as they headed down the stairs Riley's stumbled a little, Liam quickly wrapped his arm around her, stopping her from falling. “are you okay?” he asked full of concern. “yeah, ive just been a little wobbly today, she’s growing that much she’s throwing me off balance” she chuckled. The two made their way out to the car, then headed out for their night at the theatre.

They sat in the royal box, enjoying their evening, Riley sang along to her favourite songs. Liam had his hand gently placed on Riley's leg, with one of Riley's hands sitting comfortingly on top, he watched and listened in content at his wife’s voice, singing away, she may not have been the best singer, but he loved hearing her sing anyway. Riley chuckled as she placed her free hand on her bump.

“what is it?” Liam smirked

“she’s going crazy…I think she’s dancing” she laughed, Liam gently placed his hand on her stomach, then laughed “I think she likes it” he smirked

It was hitting ten o’clock when they got out of the theatre, they climbed straight into the car, and headed back to the palace. The two were in the car for a solid forty minutes. Riley sat cuddling into Liam, drifting in and out of sleep.

“don’t let me fall asleep” Riley mumbled, she could barely keep her eyes open.

“it’s alright, you can sleep, we’ll be home soon.”

Once they reached the palace, Liam helped Riley out of the car, and up to their apartment. Once they reached the bedroom, he helped her undress then get into bed. Because of how tired Riley was, she didn’t have the energy to arrange her pillows properly, she had a million of them, spread all about the bed, on to lean her back against, one to put between her knees, another to put under her stomach.

Liam gently put the pillows in their places, careful not to wake her. Once that was done, he placed the most gentle kiss on her head.

“thank you, Liam” Riley mumbled with a faint sleepy smile, she smirked tiredly then puckered her lips, causing Liam to chuckle, knowing exactly what she wanted. Liam leaned down and softly kissed her lips. “goodnight love” he whispered before moving to her stomach, he kissed her belly, then smiled “goodnight, my little one”

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Body Aches - Then There Were Three Part 3 (Liam x MC)

Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary: Riley and Liam's journey towards parenthood continues... but what happens when riley and Liam are woken by a frantic madeleine?

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Riley was hitting 20 weeks; her bump was very much there. Being at her five-month mark, Riley's energy had come bouncing back. she had more energy than she knew what to do with. Liam didn’t think Riley's sex drive could be any higher than it already was before she fell pregnant…but when she started coming into the second trimester she was an animal. she didn’t care where they were…what they were doing…she had to have him. It got to the point where Liam had to have his meetings at the other side of the palace to Riley's. he didn’t want to be so far away from her, but when he was just a few doors down, whenever he had a break between meetings, he would find Riley at his office door, ready to jump his bones, as much as he loved pleasing his wife, he ended up running late for meetings because of it.

“Liam?!” Riley called from the wardrobe, she had been in there for ages. “Liam!” she repeated as she walked out in her nightwear, into the bedroom, where Liam was dressing for bed.

“yes sweetie?” he stood looking down at his phone, wearing just his trousers.

Riley stood pushing her breasts together, with a questionable look on her face. “do my boobs look bigger?” “what?” he chuckled “my boobs…do they look bigger?...my bras don’t fit…like at all …I mean I knew they were getting bigger but…I didn’t think it would be by this much so fast, I mean I just got new ones two weeks ago because the ones before them weren’t fitting” “yes, they look a little bigger.” “a little?” she asked as she walked over to Liam and took his hand and placed it on her left breast

“Riley I-”

“does it feel bigger?”

“yeah…a lot actually…”

“right! I thought I was going crazy!”

“is that supposed to happen?”

“oh yes, it’s perfectly normal, it’s just my breasts getting ready to for my milk to come in when the baby comes, I just didn’t think they would grow so fast”

“that’s crazy” he whispered

“Liam” Riley smirked

“yeah?”

“your hands still on my boob”

“oh right!” Liam smirked as he pulled his hand back.

“I think we should start thinking about a nursery” Riley grinned

“a nursery?”

“yes, I have all of this energy I don’t want to waste it, in a couple of months I’m gonna be too big and too tired, I want to be able to help put it all together and get ready for the baby.”

“that’s sounds great, we can go over some ideas and stuff”

“okay I would love that, maybe we could watch a movie? Have a sort of date night, tomorrow?”

“hmm I would love that” Liam smirked as he placed his hands gently on Riley's hips.

“me too, ive missed you”

“ive not been anywhere” Liam chuckled

“I know…but ive hardly seen you the last week or two” she whispered shyly

“ive missed you too” he smiled lovingly as he pulled her into his embrace.

After the two finished dressing, they climbed into bed. As Riley sat herself down, she let out a sigh.

“what’s wrong?” Liam asked as he pulled the duvet over him.

“nothing…my backs just in a little pain, its fine” she whispered as she lay down.

“is there anything I can do to make it better?”

“you could rub my back for me” she smirked causing Liam to do the same.

“Alright, come here” Riley lay on her side, cuddling into Liam's chest, as he gently ran his hand up and down her back.

“how’s that?”

“Mmmm perfect” she sighed contently.

“you have magic hands” she smirked

“I do?”

“Mhmmm extremely magical” Riley mumbled as she relaxed, falling into a light slumber.

It was a few hours later when Riley woke again, she let out a sigh as her eye’s flickers opened. Looking over to the side table, she seen the time “three-thirty eugh” she groaned as she climbed out of bed and headed for the bathroom. Once she had done her business, she headed for the kitchenette, in search of some cookies. She shuffled over to the cabinet above the sink. She opened the cupboard then sighed as she seen the cookies sitting on the top shelf.

“dammit Liam” she mumbled as she looked around the room for something to use to help her get to them, there were chairs, but she knew Liam would just about murder her if he found out she was climbing on chairs whilst pregnant. She really didn’t want to wake him up, but she also REALLY wanted those cookies. She let out a sigh then went back to the bedroom, she walked around to where Liam was sleeping then leaned over him.

“Liam” she whispered trying not to startle him.

“Liam!” she repeated causing him to move a little.

“Liam wake up” she called softly. Liam groaned as he flickered his eyes open, running his hands over his face.

“Riley?” he mumbled “w-what’s wrong? is everything okay?”

“I can’t reach the cookies,”

“what?” he asked confused

“the cookies…I can’t reach them, could…could you get them for me?”

“what time is it?” he mumbled as he threw the duvet off him and climbed out of the bed.

“three thirty” Riley whispered shyly as she followed behind him

“three thirty? Riley…what are you doing up?” he asked as he made his way into the kitchen

“our baby wasn’t being nice to my bladder…then I got hungry”

Liam stopped in front of the cabinet as Riley sat herself down at the little breakfast bar. He opened the cupboard removing the cookies and placing them on the counter in front of Riley.

“do you need anything else?” he asked as he sat himself down next to her.

“no, I’m fine” she smiled “you can go back to bed if you want, I’m sorry for waking you”

“no, no its okay, I’d rather you woke me up, sweetie”

“but…we have to be up early…now I-I’ve woke you up” Riley could feel herself starting to get emotional. “I don’t…I don’t want you to be tired.” She sniffled. As soon as Liam seen her getting emotional he wrapped his closest arm around her, pulling her gently into his embrace. “hey now, it’s alright sweetie…you don’t have to be upset, it’s okay”

“but-”

“but nothing, come on, why don’t you have one of these cookies?” he smiled comfortingly as he held her close

“no, I’m not hungry anymore, I’m sorry” she sniffled

“stop apologising” he whispered as he leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on her head. “c’mon why don’t we go back to bed?” he asked softly

“Mhmmm that sounds good…” she nodded as she wiped her cheeks. “alright come on” Liam stood from his seat as did Riley, then the two headed back to the bedroom, Liam walked Riley around to the side she slept on, he helped her into the bed, pulling the duvet over her. “now do you need water or anything?” “no, I’ll be okay…. thank you, Liam, I love you” “I love you too, now go to sleep” he smirked then placed a kiss on her lips before climbed into bed.

The next morning, Liam awoke to his alarm whilst Riley just slept right through it. Liam quietly made his way to the bathroom, where he showered and brushed his teeth. it was about twenty minutes into his shower when he heard Riley scream his name. “LIAM!!! QUICK!!!” Riley had woken up just a few minutes earlier, feeling the baby starting to kick she called for Liam. It wasn’t the first time the baby kicked, she had been properly kicking for a good month or so, before that was more fluttery feelings, but every time she tried to get Liam to feel it, he would tell her he couldn’t feel it, but this time…they were stronger. As soon as Liam heard her shout, he jumped from the shower, grabbing a towel as he ran into the bedroom, trying to wrap the towel around his waist, fumbling as he went. As he entered the room, he slipped on the wood flooring from the water falling from him. He groaned as he hit the floor, quickly pulling himself together he scrambled over to the bed, pulling himself up, onto the bed, he reached over and placed his hand on Riley's stomach as she lay with the duvet pulled off her, giving him full access to her stomach. That’s when he felt it. The kick. His son or daughter…letting them know she’s was doing alright…she was going strong.

“wow” Liam whispered in shock. “That’s amazing, that’s so strong, she’s tiny how is she so strong” he chuckled

“It’s amazing isn’t it”

“It’s amazing!” he smirked as he moved closer to Riley, hovering over her “thank you” he whispered before leaning down, Liam gently leaned his forehead on Riley's. “for what?” she asked smiling. “for giving me the gift of a child, for bearing our son or daughter, for keeping her safe until she’s ready to meet us, I will spend my life trying to make you as happy as I am right in this moment.” He leaned in and placed a gentle kiss on Riley's lips. Riley quickly responded to the kiss, she placed her hands gently on the back of his neck, pulling him in a little. “I love you” Liam smirked “I love you too” she smiled before pecking his lips. Liam's gently moved back then placed a kiss on Riley's bump causing her to giggle “and we love you too” he smiled as he gently rubbed his hand on her belly.

“I can’t believe in about four months we’re going to have her in our arms”

“you know…in my baby book it says that, if you talk to her, she should be able to hear you, and when it comes to being born, she will recognise our voices”

“she can hear us?”

“yeah, that’s what it says?”

“do you think maybe, it would be okay, If I started reading to her?”

“of course, Liam, you don’t have to ask” she smiled “oh and for the record…you have referred to our baby as a girl…multiple times…I think you should admit I was right”

“I have haven’t I” he smirked “alright…I was wrong, I think it’s a girl”

“she’s kicking…a lot right now.”

“I know I can feel it…”

“it’s you”

“what?”

“Mhmmm I swear when you’re anywhere near me, she goes crazy”

“really?”

“yeah…I think she’s very much going to be a daddy’s girl”

“of course, she is” Liam chuckled as he placed butterfly kisses all over Riley's stomach.

“Liam” she smirked

“yeah?” he looked up at her.

“the showers still running”

“oh sh-” he jumped up from the bed

“Language! She can hear you” Riley chuckled cutting him off

“sorry” he called from the bathroom

After Liam had showered and dressed and Riley was ready for the day, they made their way down to the physician’s office where Riley and Liam were about to have their 20-week scan and hopefully find out the sex of the baby.

“she’s moving like crazy” Riley chuckled as Liam helped her up onto the hospital bed whilst they waited for the physician. Liam took his place in the seat beside the bed, Riley's hand in his.

“I’m nervous” Riley whispered after a moment of silence between them.

“tell me why?” Liam asked as he squeezed her hand

“the doctors going to be looking to make sure there’s nothing wrong with the baby, I’m just a little nervous that somethings going to show up.”

“hey, no matter what happens we will deal with it. I’m sure the baby is going to be fine, but if for any reason she isn’t, we’ll deal with it, I promise” he smiled

“I know, I just, it’s scary”

“I know sweetie”

“Liam, thank you”

“for what?”

“for being my rock”

“I will always be your rock sweetie”

“I know” she smiled as the doctor walked in.

“how are you?” the physician asked

“great thank you”

“good, now today, I’m just going to be checking on the baby, make sure everything’s alright, hopefully we can get a look at whether we have a little prince or princess on the way, now before I proceed, I have to ask if you want to know the sex of the baby, just so I know to avoid mentioning it if you don’t.”

“oh, I would definitely like to know…Liam?”

“I would love to know”

“Alright, well let’s see if we can get this little one to sit nice for us”

“you might have a hard job, she’s been kicking like crazy this morning.”

“okay, let’s see what we have here” the doctor put the gel on Riley's stomach then placed the doppler on her skin.

“wow she’s really on the go” the doctor chuckled followed by Liam and Riley doing the same. It was twenty minutes later; the doctor had finally finished looking for any issues.

“so, is everything okay?”

“everything looks great!”

“oh, thank god” the two let out deep breathes

“now we can move on to the good part! Let’s see if we can get a good look…. aha! there we go! Are you ready?”

“yes!” Riley and Liam grinned

“well, in just over four months…you’ll be meeting your baby girl”

“I KNEW IT!” Riley grinned as Liam chuckled. “a little girl, Liam” she sniffled as she squeezed his hand in hers. The tears fell down her face as she became extremely emotional.

“I’ll go get those shots printed for you” the doctor smiled as he left the room.

“hey, hey…what’s wrong?” Liam gently wrapped his arms around her.

“nothing…I’m just so happy!” she chuckled as she cuddled into his chest.

“I’m so excited to meet her, to have her in our arms, Liam. I love her so much already.”

“me too sweetie! I can’t wait to meet her” Liam gently placed his hand on Riley's stomach.

Straight after seeing the physician Liam and Riley left the office and headed for their first meetings of the day. After bidding Liam goodbye, Riley headed for her office. When she opened the door and entered she was greeted by Duchess Caroline.

“Duchess Caroline, good morning, how are you today?” Riley smiled as she extended her hand to the duchess, which she happily accepted.

“I’m great thank you your Majesty, I hope your well, how is everything going with the pregnancy” she smiled as she stepped closer to the queen. “you’re simply glowing today, must be all of those pregnancy hormones, look at how big your bump has gotten!” the woman placed her hand on Riley’s stomach as she rubbed her stomach. Riley's nostrils flared, if there was one thing about the pregnancy Riley absolutely despised, it was people thinking they could just put their hands on her stomach. Whatever happened to personal space? Since they announced the pregnancy, that’s all anyone done…as soon as they seen her, their hands found themselves on her bump. She wanted to just shout at them and tell them to get off her, but she also had to be careful, she needed all these people on her side. As soon as Caroline looked back up at Riley's face, Riley smiled. “I know, the babies really growing, enough about that though, let’s get to our meeting” she gestured to the seats at the desk.

It was two hours later that Riley managed to get the duchess to finally leave. shortly after Caroline left, Liam appeared at her door.

“hey, I thought you might be hungry, so I brought you something to eat.” He smiled as he entered and closed the door behind him. He placed the plate he was carrying on Riley's desk then sat opposite her.

“is that…a grilled cheese sandwich?” her eyes widened whilst her mouth watered, how could he possibly know what she wanted before she even did?

“it smells delicious” she mumbled

“help yourself” he chuckled as he nudged the plate towards her “how did your meeting go?” he asked as he watched her lift one half of the sandwich

“it went great!” she mumbled as she replied half way through a bite of her food. “I swear to god though…the next person that touches my stomach without asking…is getting thumped! I don’t care if I’m the queen…the next person that puts their hand on me is getting thumped”

“who was it this time?”

“Caroline” she informed him as she stood from her seat and walked around to him, she gently sat herself on his knee and cuddled into his chest

“ohh” he replied with a smirk, as his hands instinctively ran up and down her back gently

“am I allowed to touch your belly?” he chuckled

“of course, Liam…you’re my husband…you’re the baby’s father, you can feel the baby any time you want…I just can’t deal with anyone else doing it…I wouldn’t mind as much if they asked but they just walk up to me and start fondling my stomach…like back off.”

“you should just tell them sweetie” he placed the most gentle kiss on her head

“I know I should, I feel bad though because I know they mean no harm…it’s just so annoying”

“how long do you have until your next meeting?” Riley whispered

“a couple of hours actually, my next one isn’t until four o’clock”

“do you think maybe we could go lie down for a little while? My meeting with Caroline was my only meeting today”

“of course, is everything okay?”

“yeah, I’m just…I’m a little uncomfortable today, my back is killing me, my breasts are killing me…my feet are throbbing…everything aches”

“awe sweetie”

“I know…you should feel sorry for me and give me lots of love and kisses” she smirked “lots of cuddles...you know...if wasn't so uncomfortable...I would be jumping your bones right here right now” riley whispered half asleep in Liam's arms “oh I don't doubt that one bit” Liam smirked as he stood from the chair, lifting Riley in his arms. He headed for the door, calling for Bastian to open it for him. Once they were out of the office, Liam made his way down the hall to the royal quarters. Once he reached their bedroom, he gently placed Riley down on the bed, he pulled the duvet over her, then climbed in beside her, wrapping his arms around her.

“I love you Liam” she whispered

“I love you too sweetie”

It was just an hour later that the two were startled with loud banging at their apartment door. Liam mumbled as he climbed from the bed, followed closely by Riley. the two opened the door to see madeleine looking awfully panicked

“Madeleine what’s wrong?” Riley asked

“Bastian sent me…one of Anton’s shooters has gotten into the palace…you have to go through the secret passage in your room and get to the panic room…immediately”

“alright…come on!” Liam quickly took Riley's hand then headed across the room…he stopped then looked when madeleine didn’t follow them.

“Madeleine…come on!” he rushed her. She was taken back, but quickly ran behind them, shutting and locking the door behind her, the three made their way to the bedroom, Liam opened the walk-in closet doors, then they all ran in, closing the doors behind them. Liam lead the girls over to where Riley's shoes were displayed, he reached around the side of the top shelf and pushed a button. Allowing him to be able to pull the unit, like a double door, it opened in two halves revealing a dark empty hallway, there were multiple doors between them and the safety room, that were put in place so that if the security breach managed to get into the hallway…they still had to get through multiple heavy steel security doors, they were used to delay the breach from getting to the safety rom for as long as possible . Riley and Madeleine entered the hallway, followed closely by Liam.

“madeleine get Riley to the safe room, I’ll be right behind you…I’m going to make sure this is secured shut.”

“Liam?” Riley panicked

“Riley you’ll be okay, go with madeleine…I promise I will be right behind you”

“you promise?”

“yes…I promise” he assured her.

The two women rushed ahead. Liam quickly locked the doorway, putting the code into the lock for the security locks to enable. He quickly followed Riley and madeleine, enabling each door on his way. Once Liam reached the safe room, he pulled a crying Riley into his arms.

“shh it’s alright, you’re gonna be alright” he kissed her head as he held her close. “everything’s going to be okay, ive got you sweetie”

“what if he finds us Liam?”

“listen, we’ll deal with that if it comes to it. We have everything we need in here” he pointed at the glass unit on the wall, that contained every kind of weapon they might possibly need.

“you just focus on keeping our little girl safe and I’ll keep you safe” he assured her.

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You Can Only Be You (Liam x MC)

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Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary:…Riley and her daughter have a heart to heart.

Word Count: 2,191

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It was 9pm when Riley approached her daughter’s bedroom. Liam was in a late meeting and wasn’t due back at the apartment for another hour.

“Deli-Bear, it’s time to put the book down” Riley stated calmly from the bedroom door. The 15-year-old looked up at her mother with a frown.

“I’m almost finished, could I have five more minutes, please?”

“sweetie you have school in the morning”

“I know…I promise I’ll go straight to sleep as soon as I’ve finished” Riley wasn’t sure what it was that she seen in her daughters eyes…but it wasn’t the usual happy glow she had.

“…alright…five minutes, but that’s it, as soon as the five minutes are up, its bed time” Riley stated. “thank you” Delilah replied as she buried her head back into her book. Riley stayed for a moment as she watched her daughter reading happily, buried in her book. Her attention was caught when she heard a noise coming from the other bedroom, where their youngest slept. Riley crossed the hall and stopped at the door. she watched as the little girl playing with her new dollhouse, she had been attached to it, since her mother and father gifted her with it for her fourth birthday. Riley cleared her through letting the little one know she was there, then let out a giggled a she seen her jump after being caught. Riley walked over to her and kneeled beside her.

“you should be sleeping” she whispered

“I got scared” the little girl mumbled

“scared of what baby?”

“the wind, it’s too loud”

“oh baby, it’s okay, it’s just a little wind, why don’t you and I climb into bed?” Riley gently wrapped her arms around her.

“will you stay, until I’m sleeping?” the little one asked in a whisper as she cuddled her mother.

“of course, I will, baby” Riley stood to her feet, taking the little girl’s hand in her own.

“c’mon sweetie, let’s get you to bed” Riley walked her over to the bed, she lifted the duvet, then help her climb back in then she lay herself down on top of the duvet.

“now, Ella, it’s time to go to sleep”

“I can still hear it”

“it’s okay, baby, it’s just a little wind, it can’t hurt you”

“promise?”

“I promise, sweetie” Riley whispered as she gently ran her fingers through Ella’s Hair. “Goodnight Ella” she whispered before She placed a gentle kiss on her head as she sang softly to her daughter, sending her to a slumber. Riley was startled when she went to turn and get out of bed and seen Liam stood at the door.

“how long have you been there?” she asked

“not long” he whispered, trying not to wake the little one. as Riley made her way to Liam, he opened his arms, pulling her into his hold, placing the most gentle kiss on her head.

“was it the wind keeping her up again?” Liam asked

“yeah, poor girl” she sighed as she cuddled into him.

“why don’t we get to bed?” Liam asked

“hmmm I like the sound of that” she hummed with a smile.

“alright, c’mon then” the two headed down to their bedroom.

“I missed you today” Riley whispered tiredly as she squeezed his hand.

“I missed you too, Baby”

“I’m Exhausted, I feel like I could sleep for a year” Riley yawned as she headed for her dresser, then began to change

“me too, I feel like I haven’t slept in weeks”

“what times your first meeting tomorrow?” Liam asked from the across the room.

“ten am”

“alright, why don’t I have it postponed for a couple of hours, you can sleep a little longer?”

“I can’t ask you to do that Liam, plus I have to get the children up for school, Ella has to go to her nursery class” The two headed for the bathroom, where they done their usual routines of washing their faces and brushing their teeth.

“you didn’t, I offered, it’s fine, I have an early meeting anyway I’ll get them up” he smirked “I’ll send Alex a message and let him know to postpone it”

“thank you honey” Riley smiled, she rinsed her mouth then, placed a kiss on Liam's lips. After the two finished their routines they headed for bed, turning the bedroom light off on the way. Once they were in bed, Riley shuffled over to cuddled Liam, pulling the duvet on her side of the bed, around her tightly, keeping her warm.

“its freezing in here” she mumbled

“c’mere” Liam whispered as he cuddled close to her, he gently ran his hand up and down her thigh, to help her warm up. “hmmm my human radiator” Riley smirked.

“Liam?”

“yeah?”

“I love you”

“I love you too baby” he whispered as he gently placed a kiss on her head.

The next day Riley awoke to a noise coming from somewhere in the apartment. She stretched and yawned as she reached out to lift her phone to check the time. Eleven am… there shouldn’t be anyone in the apartment, the children were all out, Liam was in is second meeting of the day. Riley got out of bed, pulling her robe and slippers on, then she headed out of the bedroom. She quietly made her way down the hallway past Ella’s bedroom, then the boy’s bedroom after that. As she went to pass Delilah’ room, she heard the noise, louder, this time…it was coming from in there.

She took a deep breath as she placed her hand on the handle, her heart was beating out of her chest, then she flung the door open. She gasped as she seen Delilah sitting on her bed, reading.

“DELILAH RHYS! WHY ARE YOU NOT AT SCHOOL?!” she reprimanded

“mom!” Delilah jumped.

“I-um…”

“does your dad know you’re here?”

“no…please mom, don’t tell him!” the teen stood from the bed and approached Riley.

“does security know you’re not at school?”

“yes, I told Mara I wasn’t feeling very well, she was going to speak to dad, but I reminded her that dad was in a meeting and it wouldn’t be right to interrupt it.”

“Why aren’t you at school?”

“I…I don’t like it there”

“what do you mean you don’t like it, Delilah?”

“the other kids there, they don’t like me mom”

“Deli, you gotta elaborate, tell me what you mean?”

“they pick on me mom”

“they pick on you?”

“yeah…they…they don’t like me”

“baby, not everyone is going to like you”

“mom, they call me names…I don’t want to go back, they make fun of me.” Delilah burst into tears

“hey, listen” Riley instantly wrapped her arms around her daughter, holding her close. “what they say…it doesn’t matter sweetie”

“but the things they say mom…they comment on my clothes, my looks, everything about me, sparks a comment…I don’t like being there”

“hey, look at me…I don’t care what they say…you are perfect just the way you are. Everyone is different baby, but you can only be you, if they don’t like that…then fuck them”

“mom!?” Delilah chuckled slightly at her mother’s foul language.

“what? It’s true! Fuck them all! Listen…ive been through what you’re going through…I struggled…I struggled horrible baby, they called me all sorts…when I was your age, I had a million freckles on my face” Riley smiled “and one day…my best friend…she called me a leopard, do you know what I did”

“what?”

“I went home, and I cried myself to sleep…”

“but…but your always so strong”

“yes…I am now…most of the time. But you can ask every person on the planet…and majority will tell you when they were you’re age…they struggled too… the only difference between you and me baby, is that its people who don’t know you, that are judging you, they don’t know anything about you babygirl so don’t let them hurt you …it was my friends that turned on me…”

“this one girl…we were joined at the hip…we were friends since day one, we met in our first year of high school…and I remember one day…she made a comment about how I was putting weight on and that I was too big…at this point I was actually underweight for my height and everything, then she said…what was it now… ahh that’s it “y’know ri, maybe you should start wearing make-up and get yourself a boyfriend” and that tore me apart…so I started eating a little less…and I always thought so badly of myself, I was wearing make up all the time because I thought you know Riley, if you don’t start wearing make-up…you won’t be pretty enough to have a boyfriend…if you put any more weight on…no guy is gonna wanna look at you…I knew it was bullshit but…I was between the ages of 14 and 16…I was thinking the same thing most teenagers were thinking…my brain was toxic when I was your age…for years, I struggled because I let what they said get to me…and I shouldn’t have…I didn’t have anyone I could speak to about it, I spent years, full of so much anxiety, I couldn’t go to school…college or work without a face full of makeup, I could not do it, I feared what people thought of me because the girl called me weird, I questioned everything I did, I would have anxiety attacks at work, at my first job, working in a store…lots of people coming in and out…my brain was working overtime…all of these people were judging me… when I was twenty…I told myself, no…I will not live my life like this! I will not live my life based on what other people thought…I told myself…they don’t know me…they don’t know anything about me…so why on earth should I let my life be ruled by what they might say…I would never know if they did say anything…because I don’t know them” she chuckled “I’m telling you all of this…because I need you to believe me when I tell you…that what they say…it doesn’t matter…what they say…is not the truth…and if you let it get to you baby it will do more harm than good. You know…when I started my job at the bar that I met your father at…I made a decision…I made a decision to live my life…don’t let stupid things that don’t matter bother me. You go to school, and you work hard, you make friends… and you succeed babygirl! One day…one day you will be queen, and a lot of people will have some not very nice things to say…you could be the nicest…most generous queen but there will always be people trying to bring you down baby and its your decision to make…you can let them get to you…or you can choose to stand tall against them.”

“I don’t wanna hurt because of them mom”

“then don’t…let it go in one ear and out the other.” Riley gently wiped her daughters’ cheeks “for the record sweetie…your father has to know”

“but…”

“but nothing sweetie, he will be mad if we don’t tell him, he is your father…he needs to know…I think you should tell him”

“o-okay”

“I think he has a break between his meetings, shall we go and see if he’s in his office?”

“okay” Delilah nodded as she wiped her face.

Riley and Delilah left the apartment and headed for Liam's office. The two stopped as the came to his door. Riley knocked gently then opened the door, allowing Delilah to walk in first, she followed straight after, closing the door behind her.

“Deli, what are you doing here sweetie?” Liam asked as he stood and walked round to the front of his desk to meet his wife and daughter.

“Delilah has something to tell you”

“is everything alright, why aren’t you at school…are you okay?”

“daddy breathe…I’m okay”

“what’s wrong then?”

“I didn’t go to school today”

“why not? Are you sick?”

“no, I’m not sick…I didn’t want to go to school because…the other kids…they weren’t being very nice to me”

“what did they do? Did they hurt you?”

“they were calling me nasty names, making not very nice comments about me…I didn’t go because I didn’t want them to make me feel sad anymore” Riley and Liam swore they heard their hearts breaking.

“c’mere” he wrapped his arms around her. “we love you so much sweetheart, we love you the way that you are”

“I know daddy…I talked with mom and I’m going back to school tomorrow…and I’m not going to let them get to me”

“good, you’re a strong girl, Delilah…stronger than I was at your age. All I ask of you is that, if it continues…you will come and talk to us”

“I will…I promise”

“now…I have some free time…what do my girls think about having some lunch?” Riley and Delilah nodded happily as they headed out followed by Liam. Riley and Liam walked hand in hand as Delilah skipped a little ahead of them.

“oh…and Delilah?” Riley called catching her attention.

“yes mom?”

“next time you decide to skip school and not inform me or your father…my foot…might just connect with your ass”

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Knight in Shining Armor

just something ive been dabbling with.

Pairing: Liam x Riley

Summary:…Riley's having a hard time dealing with madeleine…will Liam be her knight in shining armor?

Based on the episode at Kiara's estate.

Word Count: 2,641

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Due to the time that the court arrived at Kiara’s estate, everyone just headed to their rooms to settle in for the night. Once Riley reached her room, she showered then changed into her nightwear, as she pulled her shorts up there was a gentle knock at her door. She smiled to herself guessing who it was, she headed over to open the door to be greeted by her fiancé, King Liam

“hey” she whispered drowsily as she made her way over to the bed, sitting down at the end, pulling her feet up under her.

“Hey, are you okay?” He asked concerned as he sat beside her wrapping his closest arm around her.

“yeah, I’m just not feeling too great”

Riley whispered as she leaned her head on his shoulder. He gently placed his palm on her head

“you feel a little warm” he sighed

“Mmmm”

Riley mumbled as she started to doze off on his shoulder

“Do you need anything?”

he whispered as he ran his hands through her hair.

“no, I’m okay, thank you” she yawned

“Why don’t we get you to bed” he whispered as he reached behind him and pulled the duvet back then turned and lifted Riley like a princess before putting her into bed, he covered her with the duvet “I’ll come back and check on you in a few hours” he whispered then placed the most gentle kiss on her head.

“Goodnight Liam” she whispered

“Goodnight sweetheart” he smiled before leaving the room closing the door behind him.

The next morning, around 6 am Riley was woken by a loud knock on her door.

“go away” she mumbled tired from her rough night’s sleep. She groaned as she heard the door open then slam shut.

“How are you still in bed? You should have been up hours ago to prepare!!!” Madeleine nagged.

“Madeleine…its 6 am…the sun isn’t even up yet”

“Not the point! Get up! Meet me in the boutique in 20 minutes!” She demanded before walking out of the room, slamming the door behind her.

“Why…why…why” Riley mumbled tiredly as she climbed out of bed keeping the duvet wrapped around her, she was heading over towards the closet where her robe hung when she suddenly felt the urge to throw up, she dropped the blanket and ran towards the bathroom instantly dropping to her knees before emptying her stomach.

An hour later Riley lay on the Sofa in her room exhausted. She had been down to meet with madeleine to decide on her outfit for the event, she was going to meet with her again later to prep her for the day, she closed her eyes for a moment trying to take her mind off of the sick feeling. She was startled by a knock at her door.

“who is it?” she called

“Its Liam”

“you can come in its fine” she replied. Liam walked in closing the door behind him, he walked over, instantly kneeling beside Riley on the Sofa placing his palm on her cheek.

“Hey, how are you feeling?” he asked

“Exhausted” she sighed “sick”

“maybe you shouldn’t go to the art exhibit” he worried

“no! I’m going, I’m sick not dead, I’ll be there” she whispered

“are you sure?”

“100%” she smiled weakly

About 30 minutes later, Riley had gotten dressed and been prepped for day. Once she was ready she headed down to the sitting room to meet with Liam so that they could go to the gallery to make sure everything was set up and ready, whilst she waited for Liam she sat talking to Kiara’s Father about past exhibits they had done. Their conversion was interrupted when Francesco came running into the room Panicked.

“Francesco what’s wrong?” she asked standing to her feet immediately. He took a shaky breath as he ran his hands through his hair. “I went for a walk to the gallery just to make sure everything was going okay…but there’s been a terrible disaster!”

“no, no, no!” she whispered to herself before calling Liam and their friends down whilst Francesco caught his breathe.

“Riley said there was an emergency. What happened?” Liam asked panicked

“The gallery…the whole floor has been completely flooded!!...and it was no accident!!”

“You think it was sabotage? But who would do something like that?” Hakim asked

“I bet it was the attackers…this is just the kind of event they would target!!” Riley sighed

“Wasn’t Bastian investigating a ‘sons of earth’ group?” Hana asked

“He thought they might have been connected to that video…but the investigation didn’t turn up any useful leads” Liam sighed

“If not them then who?” Hakim asked

“The liberal core perhaps. If they saw this event as a rallying point for the people…”

“That’s all the invitation they would need to ruin the party!” Drake finished Liam's sentence.

“I’ll have the kings guard secure the area at once!” Liam stated

“In the meantime, we must cancel the festival” Francesco sighed

“There are representatives from over a dozen different countries here. I promised them a chance to showcase their work…but I suppose I’ll have to let them down” Hakim frowned

“Maybe we don’t have to cancel” Riley thought out loud

“Perhaps I haven’t conveyed the full extent of the flooding…” Francesco stated confused

“No, no, listen…we can spin this as an art installation! We can say it’s an interactive piece…about the rising tide of Cordonia's future!! Despite the turbulent waves of fortune, we sail on toward a brighter tomorrow!”

“That’s exactly the kind of message Cordonia needs to hear right now!” Liam smiled

“I can help spread the word…maybe a hashtag!!” Maxwell walked away talking to himself.

“The more exclusive it sounds the better!” she called after him

“Okay…plan of action…I will change out of this lovely dress into some other clothes and head down to the chateau to start clearing it up a little, drake…you need to go with Olivia and pick up rain boots…different colours…bright! Liam…-”

“I will start making some calls!!” He smiled

“Hana…we need Banners…”

“On it” she smiled as she walked away.

“Hakim…keep those guests occupied!” Riley smirked

“Francesco…”

“Yes?”

“…breathe…just make sure that where ever your help is needed you’re there!” she smiled

“Okay…we have 5 hours…let’s go!!” Riley smiled as she watched everyone disperse everyone except Liam. He just stood and looked at her smiling. Once everyone was out of the room he took her hand in his.

“Are you feeling any better?” He asked

“A little…but I’m still exhausted” she sighed

“Are you sure you should be doing this?”

“Yes” she smiled

“You don’t even know how proud of you I am…you handled that like a true queen” he smiled.

“I was brought up to make do with what you’ve got…these are the cards that were dealt to us…now we must use them to our advantage”

“I love you so much” he smirked before kissing her

“I love you to…now go! March!! On the phone!!!” she giggled as she shooed him out of the room. she headed to the kitchen where she found some cleaning supplies that she would need. Once she had everything, she headed out to the chateau with Mara on her tail.

by the time it hit 1 o’clock Riley headed back to the estate to change then she met Liam outside to head down to the gallery. Once they reached the door, they were handed a pair of rain boots each, they quickly pulled them on then stepped inside. As they entered the building Liam gasped.

“Riley…this place looks…you wouldn’t think that this wasn’t supposed to be here” he whispered the last part as he smiled

“You’ve done amazingly!” He added before pecking her lips.

“C’mon let’s go have a look around” he smiled as he squeezed her hand, they started looking around.

Once the guests started to leave, the stalls and merchandisers started to pack their things up.

“Are you ready to go?” Liam asked smiling

“No, I’m going to stay and help them clean up…this was more than all of us bargained for including the staff here”

“Are you sure? You weren’t feeling too good earlier, are you feeling better?”

“No but I don’t want to leave the staff to do it all, they’ll be here all night, I know what it’s like when your left to clean up after everyone, the more help they get, the better” she sighed

“Would you like me to stay?” He asked smiling

“Yes, but you can’t you have a meeting in 30 minutes” she smirked before leaning in and pressing her lips to his

“I’m sorry” he chuckled

“Its fine” she giggled

“You better go, I don’t want you to be late”

“Okay I’ll see you later?” He smiled

“Maybe” Riley giggled as she gently kissed him then waved goodbye as he left.

*3am*

After getting all the water out, getting the place dried as much as they could, and just generally getting the place cleaned and locked up it was hitting 3am Riley headed back to the estate where she was met with darkness, everyone but Mara and herself were sleeping or at least in their rooms.

“I’m sorry for keeping you up till this time Mara” Riley Apologised

“Don’t worry about it” Mara smiled. Both women headed upstairs to the bedroom, as they came to Riley's door they stopped

“Thank you, for keeping me safe” she smiled

“No need, it’s my job”

“Yes, but it’s a job that has your put your life in danger for someone else, so I look up to you for that” she smiled causing Mara to smile

“thank you...your grace..Okay…goodnight your grace” she bowed slightly then headed away, “good night Mara” she replied, once she was in her room she changed then quickly washed her face and brushed her teeth then she headed to Liam's room next door, hoping he would still be awake.

Riley quietly opened Liam's door to see the room in darkness, she could just make out his shape on the bed, she smiled to herself then closed the door, tiptoeing over trying not to wake him then she lifted the duvet and climbed into the bed, lifting his arm so that she cuddle into his chest then he instinctively wrapped her arms around her.

“What time is it?” He mumbled…crap.

“Its 3 am go back to sleep” she whispered

“I wasn’t sleeping…I was only half asleep” he whispered

“Is something wrong?”

“No, I was just waiting for you to get back…what happened? How are you just getting back?”

“We were removing all of the water and getting the place dried…we didn’t want anything happening to the artwork from the moisture in the room”

“Ah I see…you know you and I could get into trouble for this” he smirked

“I know but…I’m so tired and madeleine is going to be banging on my door at 6 am so I’m hiding out here…no funny business I just want to sleep, I’m sick and I’m tired”

“6am?” He asked, “why is she getting you up at 6am?”

“She always does…she says “I can’t believe your still sleeping its 6am…I can never understand your commoner ways” I sighed

“She’s just jealous she lost the crown” he smirked “there’s no need to be up at that time …I’m the king and I don’t get woken up until 8am, I’ll speak to her” he whispered before pecking her head.

“Did you enjoy the festivities?” He asked unknown to him that by this point Riley was already fast asleep when she didn’t reply he looked down at her confused

“Riley?” He called then he realised she was sleeping.

“Poor thing” he whispered sympathetically as he held her tight “get better soon” he added before he fell asleep.

*6:10am*

Riley was woken up to madeleine knocking on Liam's door well knocking isn’t really the word for it…the door was nearly off the hinges.

“Riley? I know you’re in there!”

“Lady Madeleine! The king doesn’t get woken up until 8! He won’t be happy if you wake him!”

“She’s in there isn’t she!” She retorted to Bastian

“That doesn’t matter…that’s no longer your business!”

“Let me past!” She replied loudly

“No…you can’t go in!” he stood tall.

“Bastian!! Let Me Past!” She emphasized every word. As her voice got louder Liam started to wake up.

“What’s going on?” He mumbled

“She found me” Riley whispered still half asleep cuddled into him. “I’m sorry for bringing her to your door” she sighed

“Hey…don’t ever apologise…this isn’t your fault” he leaned over and kissed her head “go back to sleep…ill deal with it” he climbed out of bed, he pulled a t shirt on and some lounge pants then he walked over to the door. Once he threw it open she shut up quickly.

“Duchess Madeleine WHAT is the meaning of this?” he scolded

“Your Majesty” she whispered taken back as she slightly bowed her head. “I apologise I didn’t mean to wake you” she clamoured

“Well you did! What is it?” he asked annoyed

“I’m looking for Lady Riley…”

“I think you mean Duchess Riley and she’s sleeping…hiding from you actually so that she could actually get some sleep she came here last night so that you wouldn’t wake her up…its 6 in the morning madeleine!”

“Your Majesty I understand that, but she needs to be prepped about-”

“No madeleine…she can be prepped when she wakes at 8 o’clock! Can I ask you something?”

“Of course,”

“What time did you return from the festivities yesterday?”

“Umm…10 o’clock like everyone else” she looked confused

“No madeleine not like everyone else… Riley didn’t return until 3 am this morning because she refused to leave until all of the water was gone and the art was secured…she stayed there all night to help clear up and to make sure no harm came to any of the paintings”

“Well isn’t that the cleaners jobs?”

“And that madeleine is exactly why Riley will be the better queen…she doesn’t see the world the way that you do…the ways she sees it is…she is just like anyone else it’s not below her to help in a disaster!! She isn’t well at the minute and she still refused to leave until everything was done…she needs to rest…from now on she will not be woken until 8am…she can be prepped then…she isn’t stupid… she spends her free time learning about what she needs to know…if you want her to be a good queen…she has to have the energy to do it…you can’t expect her to go on only a few hours’ sleep and still do her best…she can’t do her best if she can’t focus because she’s tired.”

“I know your trying to do your job madeleine, but you must be considerate of other people”

“Now…I’m a very busy man…I only get so much time to sleep…may I return to my room?”

“Of course, I’m sorry I woke you” she whispered then bowed before walking away. Liam closed the door then let out a sigh on his way back to bed. He climbed under the duvet, wrapping his arms around Riley, causing her to cuddle into his chest

“thank you, Liam” she whispered with her eyes shut, still half asleep.

“go back to sleep, you need to rest”

“Sweet dreams Liam” she whispered

“Sweet dreams Riley”

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I Need Time

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Pairing: Liam x Riley

I literally bawled my eyes out whilst writing this!

Summary: … It’s been a month since Riley turned down Liam's proposal…he’s been avoiding her since…what happens when she finally tracks him down?

Word Count: 1,890

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A month…

A month had passed since Riley had turned down his proposal.

A month since his heart was ripped in two.

A month since she broke his and told him she loved his best friend.

A month since his world was turned upside down.

It was three am, Liam was sitting in his office, whiskey in hand. He had finished his kingly duties hours ago. He just couldn’t bring himself to go back to his quarters, since they got back to Cordonia, he had gone in to change when he needed to but that’s it. He couldn’t bring himself to sleep in the place he was so sure, he and Riley were going to call home. The place he was so sure, they would spend time with their future family. He had pictured it all…their lives, waking up together, falling asleep together, where they would make love, the two of them calling it home, the two of them walking in, baby in their arms, already in love with the little prince or princess, even though they were only hours old.

But it was just him. Alone.

He hated the fact that she had turned him down to be with his best friend…but like he told her when she said no…he was his best friend…he couldn’t refuse his happiness. He wanted to shout, he wanted to get angry…but he couldn’t…

He had been trying to avoid her since the whole thing went down. He had managed to do it well, with excuses of meetings and duties he had managed to spend as little time with her as possible. That was until tonight.

Since the whole proposal went down, Riley had been dying to talk to Liam...to explain that she didn’t mean to hurt him. She had tried to get his attention multiple times but every time she got even a slight chance to talking with him, he had a meeting or a kingly duty he had to deal with.

That evening Riley couldn’t sleep, she had decided a walk around the palace might help her tyre herself out a little. It was when she rounded the corner of the corridor Liam's office was on, that she seen Bastian standing outside. knowing that meant Liam was in there…due to it being three in the morning, she assumed he would be alone.

This was her opportunity to speak with him.

Riley approached Bastian with a soft smile.

“your grace…shouldn’t you be sleeping?”

“probably yes” she sighed “is he in there?”

“yes”

“can I go in?”

“I’m not sure if that’s a good idea riley”

“Bastian…he’s hurting…and I know I’m probably the last person he wants to see…but I’m the one who hurt him…I just…I really need to talk to him Bastian,”

“fine…but you have ten minutes” Bastian sighed

“thank you,”

Riley quietly opened the door, then stepped in, closing it behind her again. As soon as Liam heard the door opening, he looked up from his glass.

“Riley,” he sighed “I really…really don’t want to talk right now”

“I understand your hurt Liam…but…I’ve been trying to speak with you for a few days, but I think you’ve been avoiding me…”

“Avoiding you? really Riley…. you’re the last person I want to talk to at the moment”

“I know that…but I need you to hear me out…let me explain Liam.”

“let you explain?!” he raised his voice slightly as he stood from his chair. “I don’t want to hear how you fell in love with my best friend Riley! I don’t want to listen to you talk about how he was there for you when I couldn’t be! I wanted to be there for you! I tried to be there for you Riley! I know it was hard…but you didn’t have to string me along like that!”

“string you alone? Liam, I didn’t,”

“yes, you did!! You sat there and told me you loved me! You made me think we were going to be together! for god’s sake, we talked about children Riley!”

“I know, I know Liam! I didn’t mean to fall in love with him Liam!”

“see that’s the thing Riley! I’m not angry that you fell in love…I’m not angry that its with my best friend…I’m angry because you should have fucking told me! instead of stringing me along Riley! instead of waiting until I was down on one knee! Asking you to fucking marry me! I’m not angry because you turned me down Riley I’m upset because I thought you were the one…I thought you loved me like I loved you.”

“I do love you Liam…but-”

“but you love him more! I get it Riley! you don’t have to keep reminding me! It’s bad enough I have to sit here and watch you two paw all over each other! I don’t need to hear you talk about it!”

“Liam I’m sorry-”

“you’re sorry? Oh well everything’s fine then Riley everything’s perfect!”

“Liam…”

“every minute of every day since it happened I think about it Riley! I think about that night! It was like my heart stopped beating when you walked away…I trusted you Riley in every way Riley…I let you in and you walked away! Every day I think about you and every day I miss you more and there’s nothing I can do about it! You were my chance Riley! people like me, we don’t get what I had with you…we don’t have the privilege of finding the one, our lives are decided for us! but you were my chance my only chance at having true love in my life.”

Riley's stomach dropped as she seen the tears falling from Liam's eyes.

“you made me think we were going to spend the rest of our lives together…if I had known you had feelings for Drake I wouldn’t have proposed…I wouldn’t be hurting so damn bad Riley! I wouldn’t have…” Liam trailed off before he finished his sentence.

“Liam, I don’t think it would have stopped any of the hurt” she whispered

“let me show you something Riley” Liam made his way to the office door “follow me”

Riley and Liam made their way out of the office, Liam walked a few steps ahead, Riley quickly following behind him.

“where are we doing?” Riley asked as Liam stopped outside of the royal quarters.

“this is how much I thought we were going to be together…” as Liam opened the door to his quarters. Riley gasped as she stepped in and seen the room in front of her. It was totally changed, since the first she had seen inside the royal quarters, it was totally different. Last time, it was impersonal…photos of old rulers, dull colours…it just wasn’t Liam…but what she was looking at right now… it was all him…

“Liam…” she whispered

“I thought we would be together…riley” he whispered “I was trying to make a home…for us…and our family”

“I’m sorry Liam” she sniffled “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you sooner…I’m sorry It didn’t work out, I truly am…and it killed me to tell you know…I thought we would be together Liam, I came to Cordonia for you…to be with you…but drake …he was there when I needed him Liam…and I know…I know it wasn’t your fault I know you would have been if you could have…but I don’t want to live a life where I’m fighting the whole damn country just to spend some time with you…I know if we married…we wouldn’t have to sneak away as much…we could have been together openly but…” she sniffled “Liam…we would still be fighting for time together.” she cried, wiping her eyes repeatedly.

“Riley…I don’t want you to feel bad for choosing Drake…it was your choice to make…you had every right to choose the man you wanted to be with…I just…I wish you had told me before I fell this deeply in love with you. Drakes a great guy…the greatest and he deserves to be happy…he deserves nothing less…and if you make him as happy as you made me then he’s a lucky man. I just…I need time, I can’t just go from being so deeply in love with you, thinking we were going to spend our lives together, have a family…to not being able to hold you, not being able to…to look at you without wanting to breakdown” Liam turned his head to the side to avoid Riley seeing him really cry. “having to watch you be in love with another man…acting like what we had never even existed…I may be a king Riley…but I’m only human…I have a heart, I have feelings…that you hurt…that need to heal”

“I understand, maybe it would be best if…if we both went to Valtoria for a little while?”

“no, I don’t want you to leave because of me Riley.”

“I don’t want to make you feel uncomfortable, Liam. The last thing I want is to hurt you more than I already have”

“I just need time to heal Riley, you don’t have to leave…I just ask that you don’t shove it in my face, and act like what we had meant nothing to you.”

“I’m sorry, if I acted like that Liam, I assure you, what we had…it meant the world to me…I need you to know…losing you…” Riley could feel the lump in her throat “…losing you was the hardest thing ive ever had to do…I need you to know that I told you I loved you because I did, I do… you have a piece of my heart, that no one could ever take, you were the first man, that ever made me feel truly loved and I will never forget how you made me feel, that will stay with me till the day I die. I don’t want to lose you from my life Liam…and I know, we both need time to process everything…but I hope in the end…we can be friends, because I would hate to lose such an amazing person, who I love dearly, from my life. I would hate to be the reason you weren’t in it.” Riley sobbed. “I’m so sorry I hurt you.” Liam quickly pulled Riley into his hold.

“I’m sorry too…”

“Liam you have nothing to be-”

“yes, I do, I’m sorry I couldn’t be there for you, when it was my fault you were in that whole situation because of me, I’m sorry that when you needed a shoulder…I wasn’t there to give you mine. I wish I could have been there for you, I wish I could have stopped the whole scandal, I wish I could have stopped everything that made you sad or hurt you, but I couldn’t, and I’m sorry for that.”

“I promise you Liam...one day…you’re going to find a woman, that you love so damn much that you realise I was just passing through, you’re an amazing man who deserves the world and more, and one day you’re going to have the love you desire…the family you want, the hundreds of dogs” she chuckled “and I can’t wait to see you have it all… because seeing you smile…Liam, is the best thing ive ever seen, and I never want to see anything but a smile on your face ever again.”

“Riley, you’ve made me a better king and a better man, you’ve helped me so much and I thank you for that. I really hope everything works out for you and Drake, you both make each other happy, that’s all I could ask for.”

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Always Yours - L (Liam x Riley)

With a Heavy Heart Part 2

I’ve had this part sitting for SOOO LONG!!! but anxiety was through the roof...BUT ive decided to just do it...so here it is!!!! It’s been a while since part one was posted so if you need to go back and catch up....https://captain-kingliamsqueen.tumblr.com/post/175839022176/with-a-heavy-heart <--- this is the place to be! :P

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Pairing: Liam x Riley PLUS A LITTLE CAMEO FROM A SPECIAL FRIEND!!!

Summary: …Rileys making a run for it...but where’s she going and what's the true reason for her leaving?

Word Count: 5,074

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The envelope sat on the table in front of Riley, leaning against the vase, she wiped her cheeks as she pulled her phone out, scrolling through her contacts she stopped at the one she was looking for, she pressed dial then held the phone up to her ear. The dial tone rang three times then she heard his voice.

“hello?”

“…its riley”

“Riley? Riley Brookes? Well, well, well Riley Brookes what can I do for you?”

“I’m sorry, I know its late” she felt bad disturbing her childhood friend at that kind of time she knew it was late where he was.

“it’s alright, I wasn’t sleeping anyway”

“…I-I need your help, I need your expertise”

“wait a minute, I haven’t seen you in years ri, and now you need my help?”

“I know…it must sound strange…but its urgent…I need your help, just tell me if you can help me”

“of course, I will Riley, what is it?”

“I need you to meet me somewhere”

“alright, um…what about the grill? That restaurant we used to go to?”

“no…I need you to meet me somewhere a little further afield”

“Riley…what’s going on?”

“I’m in Cordonia”

“Cordonia? Where I was born…where I spent the first ten years of my life…that Cordonia?”

“yeah”

“what the hell are you doing there?”

“I met Liam Rhys in new York…I didn’t even know you knew him till I found out you knew Leo, I travelled here a while ago, I competed in the social season as a suitor, we fell in love…” Riley sniffled “he was going to choose me, we were going to get married…but…something happened and…and now he’s been forced into an engagement with madeleine”

“not that bitch!”

“…someone set me up with a picture in the press, as soon as the palace got a hold of it, they removed me from the palace…Liam had max and Bertrand bring me back after a few weeks, and he explained to me what happened, but we don’t know who did it…the guards can’t figure out who did it, I can’t stay here any longer, if I leave…maybe we can find out who…who done it…if they think there’s no chance of me and Liam being together and that ive given up and left…they might get sloppy we might catch them…I can’t let him marry her. He deserves so much better.”

“so, you think I can figure out who done it?”

“I know you can”

“where do you wanna meet?”

“do you remember my grandma’s house…we used to go for a couple of weeks in the summer”

“in Scotland?!”

“yeah…”

“Riley…that’s an eight-hour flight”

“I know, it’s a bit far to travel, but…I have to fight for him…I can’t just sit here like a spare part, I have to figure out who done it! I have to stop their engagement, no matter what it takes”

“alright, I’ll do it, when do you went to meet?”

“my flight leaves in…two hours, just get the earliest flight you can, and I’ll meet you there”

“alright…I’ll see you soon Riley”

“thank you, I owe you big time! I’ll see you soon”

after they both hung up the phone, Riley let out a sigh before putting her phone in her bag.

“god I hope Liam can forgive me” she whispered, once she knew she had everything, her bags sat the door, she made her way back over to the table, she sighed then reached behind her neck and unclasped her necklace. She smiled softly, as she remembers when she got it.

It was one of those nights that they had snuck out of the palace, Liam was wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses as was Riley, in the hopes not being spotted. The two walked hand in hand down the street of shops just opposite the beach. Cordonia was one of those places where a lot of tourists go, this meant that as the shops started the shut, the merchants would start setting up their gazebos and tables to sell their products to the night life. As the two walked past each table, glancing at what they were selling, they came to a stop at a small jewellery stand. The woman behind the stand greeted them with a smile.

“hello, is there anything you’re interested in?”

“we’re just looking thank you, I must say these pieces are gorgeous, ohh my goodness” Riley gasped as she lifted a small charm, it was a solid circle with green and white ropes intertwining. “my granny, she used to have one of these, she lived in Scotland, her whole life, we would visit her for a couple of weeks every year, the year before she died she gave it to me, she wore it on her bracelet every day, and every time I noticed it I would tell her how beautiful I thought it was, when we were coming home, after her funeral, it got lost, we were running late for our flight back to the states, when we got caught in a rush, I’m not sure if someone stole it, or if I dropped it, but by the time we made it to the plane, it wasn’t on my wrist, it broke my heart, that I lost it, I always wore, I refused to take it off in case I lost it, but I ended losing it in the end.”

“let’s get it.”

“what?”

“let’s buy it, then it can remind you of your grandmother and, our evening right here right now.”

“okay…” Riley smirked as she informed the woman of the one she wanted to buy.

“you know, for an extra 4 euros. We can engrave it for you?”

“really?”

“of course,”

“could we do that…”

“of course,” the woman smiles then handed Riley a piece of paper. “just write down what you would like us to put” before Riley would write anything Liam spoke.

“may I…?” he smiled

“yes, of course!” she handed him the pen and paper. Liam wrote down quickly what he wanted it to say then passed the paper to the woman.

“what did you put?”

“you’ll have to wait and see” he smirked.

“I didn’t know you were part Scottish”

“yeah, on my mom’s side, I haven’t been back since my granny’s funeral, ive been dying to go back”

Just a few moments later the woman handed Riley the charm in a small paper bag. They thanked the woman then carried on their walk. Riley took the charm from the bag and turned it over.

Always

yours

- L

“I love it” she grinned, “I love it so much, I’m going to put it on a chain and wear it as a necklace and I’m never going to take it off.”

As Riley came back to reality, she lifted the charm to her lips, placing a gentle kiss on it, then placed it down beside the envelope. She looked down at her watch seeing that it was just past six o’clock, she took a quick glance around the room, then headed for the door, she grabbed her suitcase and her carryon bag then headed out. She knew there would be little chance of being seen as dinner had not long been served so everyone would be eating.

In the dining hall, Liam watching the door like a hawk, every time the doors opened his heart would beat a million miles an hour hoping it was her. It was when it reached quarter past six, dinner had been served for a good twenty minutes…still no sign of her. Liam messed with his food swirling it around his plate, he couldn’t eat…he couldn’t even think about food at that moment.

He sighed then placed his fork down. “if you will excuse me for a moment” he stated politely then stood from his chair and headed out of the room. He beelined straight for Riley's room, something wasn’t sitting well with him, she wouldn’t leave without saying goodbye…would she? she promised…

As Liam reached her bedroom, he knocked twice…no answer…nothing. After the third time, he whispered “fuck this” he twisted the handle and walked in.

“Riley…” he called looking around the room, it looked as if no one had ever stayed there…his eyes caught the small two seat table at the window, he walked over lifting the envelope. With her handwriting on the front…

For Liam

He let out a shaky breath as he opened the letter, reading it in his head.

My dearest Liam,

It is with a heavy heart that I write you this letter, I know you’re going to hate me for the this, but I couldn’t bear the thought of saying goodbye…

The tears fell down his face as he read it. He knew she couldn’t have left long ago, so he stood from the chair, he bolted out of the room, running for the front entrance. It was just as he got to the doors that he seen the gates closing behind a taxi.

“I love you so much” he whispered. He wanted to run after her…he wished he could…it killed him that he couldn’t. He turned on his heels, walking back into the palace, he walked back down to her room, he slammed the door behind him, picked up the closest object and threw it across the room. As soon as the crash was heard, Bastian came running into the room.

“your Majesty is everything alright?!?”

“she left…she’s gone!”

“hey man what’s going on?” Drake walked in behind Bastian.

“it seems lady Riley, has gone” Bastian informed him.

“no…she is gone Bastian! She left! With all of her things…she’s leaving Cordonia!”

“Liam, why would she leave?”

“why wouldn’t she?! Every person in there looks down their damn nose at her! She has madeleine making stupid remarks at her all damn day! she’s done Drake, she couldn’t stay and be picked on like that!! And I couldn’t expect her to.” Liam sat down in the seat at the table.

“when did she go?”

“I just missed her going out the gates.”

“can we catch her at the airport?”

“no…she had to go…I…I have to let her…as much as I would love to stop her from leaving…I can’t, she chose to go so I have to let her”

“I wish for once you would do something for your own damn benefit Liam why are you so god damn selfless!”

“I can’t…I can’t make her stay Drake, it’s her decision to make not mine. How cruel would that make me…to ask her to endure all that … to expect her to just sit by and listen to people talk about her, call her names, do you know what they were calling her? A slut! A whore!!! They were calling her my mistress…a gold digger…you name it they called her it! She doesn’t deserve any of it! She couldn’t take it anymore no one can blame her for leaving because of it” He sighed as he looked down at the open letter, then he spotted the charm just poking out from underneath. He lifted it, then he realised something.

“why don’t we fly out to New York.”

“there’s no point”

“you can’t just let her go man”

“she’s not going to New York.”

“what?”

“she’s…going to Scotland”

“Liam why would she be going to Scotland? Did she tell you she was going there?”

“no not in those words but…I’m sure that’s where she’s headed, you see this charm? We got it when we left the palace one night during the social season, she seen it whilst we were walking down one of the main streets, she told me a story about how her grandmother had one that was exactly the same, she lived in Scotland and the year before she passed she gave it to Riley, Riley had worn it every day on a necklace chain, she said it made her think of her grandmother and of Scotland, but she lost it just after her grandmother’s funeral on her way back to the states, when she got this she swore she would never take it off, she wouldn’t have left it if she wasn’t going to come back, it meant too much for her to leave it…”

“if she’s leaving and doesn’t want you to go after her…why would she want you to know where she’s going.”

“but that’s just it Drake…she wants us to know where she’ll be…I don’t know what she’s doing but she left this here for a reason”

“your Majesty…if I may?” Bastian butted in “maybe lady Riley, didn’t leave solely for the reason that she couldn’t take it…as you know lady Riley is a very smart woman, if she didn’t want to be found, you wouldn’t find her, she knows the first place you would look is new York so she’s not going there, it would make sense if her loved Scotland that much, that’s where she’s gone! She wouldn’t have told you where she was going because she knows chances are…someone would be right behind her, I’m just not sure what she would get from leaving?”

Riley cried all the way to the airport, she spotted Liam running out of the building and it just set her off. she just hoped he would understand.

She spent 4 hours on the plane to Scotland, once she landed she hailed a taxi and headed for her grandmother’s house in the countryside. Once she got in, she settled in to her old bedroom. As soon as she was settled, she placed her suitcase on the bed, she unzipped the case, then opened it. She removed the folder from on-top of the piles of clothes. As she opened the folder she removed all the loose papers, she emptied its contents out onto the bed. There were documents, bank statements, pictures of everyone at court, she had collected everything she could before leaving Cordonia. She lifted all the photos then turned to the wall opposite the bed, she got up, removing the large photo frame from the wall, she quickly shifted to determination mode, she had to find out who was behind the scandal, and she had to do it quickly!

“LA? So that’s where he’s hiding!” Riley whispered as she looked over Tariq’s bank statements.

It was in the early hours of the morning that the doorbell rang, Riley sighed then ran downstairs, knowing who it was, as she opened the front door, she was met with a face she hadn’t seen for way too long.

“Hey Damian” Riley smiled

“hey ri…” he smiled softly pulling Riley into the most loving hug.

“so how ar-”

“no time to chat! Come on!” Damian left his suitcase at the door as Riley pulled him upstairs to her childhood room. As Damian stepped into the room his eyes shot to the wall.

“uhhhh wow! Alright so…what have you got so far?” he asked bewildered as he looked over all the photos, pen lines, documents…everything.

“you might want to sit down” she sighed. Damian sat down at the end of the single bed, then listened as Riley filled him in on what the scandal was, in detail.

“…so, I’ve been trying to work this thing out but ive hit a dead end, the last person I can trace anything to is Penelope, when I spoke to her she said she didn’t have a choice, she had to do it, after that it’s a dead end”

“is it possible it could have been her?”

“no…I don’t believe it was her for one minute, I think she was bribed to do it, I think she was promised a place as a lady in waiting, she couldn’t leave court, she had been telling her parents how well she was doing…”

“by who though?”

“that’s the problem…I can’t figure it out…who would benefit most from me not being queen”

“do you think it was madeleine?”

“I do…and I don’t…she spent the whole social season being truthful…not once did she cheat…she always done it by the book, but she was always so certain she would queen, no matter what happened she knew she was going to get that proposal”

“alright wait a minute…so Olivia got a letter too?”

“yes, here it is, she let me have it when I told her I was looking into who it was. it says that if she didn’t leave, they would reveal the truth about her parent’s death.”

“wait…the truth…I thought they died in a political assassination?” Damian asked confused.

“that’s what I thought too…until…she told me, that they were actually plotting a rebellion…they were plotting to assassinate the royal family, so they could take the throne for themselves”

“NAW! SHIT! This is like movie drama man…no wonder Leo left” he chuckled to himself

“DAMIAN!” riley clapped her hands at him to get his attention back “focus!!”

“sorry…that’s just…wow”

“I know right, but the thing is…that story was never released to the media, it is only known by the monarchy and security… Anyway…who ever sent Olivia that letter is behind mine…meaning they are behind it all”

“Riley…you realise what this means?”

“what”

“it’s one of them…it’s one of the royals”

“what?”

“Riley…it’s so obvious, only the royals and security knew about that story, nothing was printed about it…nothing was posted about it…so I wanna bet…that whoever it was that got Penelope to hire that photographer…was doing it for them…the royal family Riley…they wouldn’t risk someone finding out it was them…they get everyone else to do their dirty work…who do you know answers to the king and queen…no one else?...who would do anything at their monarchies demand?” Damian smirked waiting for Riley to catch on

“-security! Security would do anything for them…if one of the royals ordered them to do something its done without questions no matter what it is!”

“…you find out what member of security it was…you’ll find out who it was that hired them…each member of the royal family has a specific security guard…who would do anything for the monarchy.”

“how did I not see this!”

“because you were too close to it! do you think Liam might have been-”

“NO! don’t even go there!” she snapped “that’s not him…he couldn’t do that to a person, especially not me, he wouldn’t do that to me!”

“are you sure?”

“yes…I’m one million percent sure…It wasn’t him, why would he do that…in the end…he was the one choosing who to marry, if he didn’t want Olivia or I being queen…he just wouldn’t have picked us…there would be no need for him to go to those lengths!”

“alright…so it’s between those two” he pointed and the two pictures of Regina and Constantine

“I’m going to have to call Liam

“Riley maybe you should wait, until we know for sure who done it?”

“I can’t! I have no choice,…I-I can’t just let him be around them unknowing of what they’ve done…they could be doing anything, they tried to interfere with the kings marriage, it’s a rule that the reigning monarch must be married within a certain amount of time of becoming king or queen, they made sure it was madeleine that was chosen, she went to his room the night before, she gave him a proposal if he picked her, he could still have me…madeleine could be in on the whole thing! I have to call him Damian…for all I know she’s setting him up to fail… I can’t let him be alone with them if they are the reason behind it all.”

“okay…you should call him! But listen…its late…I’m tired and you look like you could do with some sleep, so I’m going to go to bed.”

“oh thanks” Riley retorted sarcastically

“what…I’m just saying’?”

“alright…but we have to start early tomorrow, I have two days before the engagement tour leaves Cordonia I have to figure it out and get back before they leave”

“alright, we’ll figure it out Riley, I promise” Damian stood from the bed, “goodnight riley”

“goodnight D” Riley watched Damian leave her bedroom, shutting the door behind him. Riley's phone beeped in her pocket, she took a seat on the bed as she scrolled through all the missed calls, all the messages from Liam…Drake…Hana…Maxwell. She felt so guilty, she didn’t intend t hurt any of them…she knew they would be worried sick. She wasn’t sure how Liam would be feeling, for all she knew he hated her…hated her for leaving, for not saying goodbye, she just hoped in the end he would be able to forgive her. The more she though about him hating her the more she thought about calling him…just to let him know what was going on, that she would be back…she had to warn him about Regina and Constantine she couldn’t tell him when the real reason she was leaving when she was with him the day before, she didn’t know if anyone would hear her plans, she didn’t know if the room was bugged. she couldn’t call Liam's phone, chances are it was being tracked so she done the next best thing. She pressed dial on drake’s number.

“Riley!” he called thankful that she had got in touch with them.

“Drake…is Liam there?”

“no, but I can try and get him for you, I’m not sure if he’s sleeping though…where are you? What’s going on? Why did you leave?”

“Drake, I’m sorry but I don’t have time to talk, I need to speak to Liam, its urgent”

“alright, I’ll go and get him”

“don’t tell him it’s me…no one can know, they have to think I’m out…ive gone and I’m not coming back”

“Riley…what’s going on?”

“Drake I promise okay, everything’s alright…I’m just being careful”

Riley heard Drake walking then stop and knock on a door. It was just about a minute later that she heard Liam's voice.

“Drake, what’s up?” he mumbled tiredly

“can I come in?”

“yeah sure” Drake walked into the room shutting the door behind him.

“what’s up?”

“I have someone on the phone for you” he told Liam

“here...here’s Liam” he informed Riley then passed the phone to Liam.

“who is it?” Riley heard Liam mumble tiredly

“…just answer it” Drake sighed

“hello?” her heart jumped when she heard his voice.

“Liam” she whispered, “I’m so sorry” she sniffled “I’m sorry for…not saying goodbye…I promised I would but…I couldn’t I just couldn’t.”

“Drake could you give me the room please?” Liam asked Drake. After Riley heard shuffling Liam began to speak again.

“why did you leave the necklace? You wanted me to know where you were…why?”

“because I knew you would understand that…if I was running away and not coming back…I wouldn’t have left it…”

“why did you leave?”

“I had to go, I had to figure out who was behind it Liam…I couldn’t do that at court…I was too close to everything.”

“Riley…you didn’t have to leave…Bastian and the security team are on the case, it’s their priority.”

“that’s the thing Liam…it’s not…”

“what do you mean?”

“Liam…do you remember a little boy that used to play with Leo? His name was Damian?”

“Damian yes, I remember Damian…wait how do you know Damian?”

“when he left Cordonia, he moved to the house next door to me, we were best friends growing up, we stopped talking when we went off to college, but…I found out he went into police work, when he left the force, he became a private investigator, well, he’s here with me, I called him and asked him to help me figure out, who done it…we spent hours going through everything Liam…and the answer is just so obvious and I don’t know how we didn’t see it.”

“see what Riley?”

“its Regina or Constantine…Liam. I’m not sure which one…but it is, Penelope’s card was used to pay for the photographer, she wouldn’t have done something like that unless she was bribed. When I spoke with her she said, she didn’t have a choice, she had to do it! Then it’s the fact of the warning letters…whoever wrote them, they threatened Olivia, they threatened that they would tell everyone the truth about her parents…now the only people who knew about what happened with Olivia’s parents were Constantine, Regina, you and the security team, now whoever did it isn’t going to do it themselves, they aren’t stupid enough to get their fingerprints on anything, they don’t want to get their hands dirty…now each member of the monarchy has its very own security guard who would do anything for their monarch, if we find out which member of security it is…we find out who did it, but you have to be careful Liam, Bastian is your personal security, he’s the main security of the kings guard, as he was when your father was king…you have to be careful around him just in case. Liam…if I didn’t leave…we would have never found that out, if we just stuck with trusting the kings guard, we would have been puppets, we wouldn’t know anything, you would be marrying madeleine, they weren’t looking into it…not properly Liam…”

“m-my father? Regina? I can’t believe either of them would do this…how-how could they…” Riley could hear the disappointment in his voice.

“I’m sorry Liam, I know this is all hard to hear, this is the people whom you hold close to your heart, to find out that one of them betrayed you, it’s hard, I understand that.”

“okay um…you can’t repeat what you just said to me…to anyone…at least until we find out which one of them it was.”

“I didn’t leave to hurt you Liam…I left to fight for you, I couldn’t tell you my plan in case the room was bugged or anything, that’s why I had to make out that I wasn’t coming back, I won’t lie…I was telling the truth, everything I said about madeleine about not willing to just stand there and let her bully me, sneaking around…all of that was true Liam…I couldn’t do it anymore…that’s why I said I had to go, I had to go so that I could figure out who done this, who caused all of this because I couldn’t take it any longer, you know me Liam…I am a strong willed woman, I try not to let nasty words get to me…but I’m not made of stone, I couldn’t stand there and just let her belittle me…I’m sorry but…it’s not okay to treat someone like that, she played you Liam…just as much as she played me. She told you, you could have the best of both worlds, she told you that picking her would be the best option because she would be the better queen…but she hasn’t acted like a queen once…she’s acting like a twelve-year-old Liam and I’m not sure if she’s in on it all, she knew if you couldn’t pick me, you would take the next best thing…we could still be together…she knew you would pick her if she told you us being together wouldn’t be a problem for her!”

“I know…she played me…she played me good…but you and I, we’ll have the last laugh when we find out who it was that took advantage of you, then I can end the engagement then…me and you, Riley…we can be together, we can get married. Riley, I’ll do everything I can to find out who’s behind it, but…now that we know its them…can…can you come home, I-I need you to come home?” he whispered the last part.

“I-I can’t Liam…not yet, I can’t come back until we know which one done it…whilst I’m not there they’ll think they’ve gotten away with it, we’ll be more likely to catch them if they let their guard down. I promise Liam…I promise I’ll be back as soon as we have whoever’s behind it all, I’ll be on the first flight home. I will not let them tear us apart”

“Riley, all we have to do is speak with Penelope and find out which one of the guards it is, then we’ll know.”

“it’s not that simple Liam, I wish it was but it’s not, we don’t know what their plan was, it may have just been to stop me or Olivia from becoming queen, but we don’t know that…we don’t know what they’re up to…this could just be a small part of it. Like I said earlier, what I said to you before I left I wasn’t lying, I won’t just come back and stand for all of it when I come back Liam, I won’t just stand by and let them talk about me and to me like that. I refuse to do it, I can’t come back until my name is cleared and I know I’m coming back to be with you…for real.”

“of course…and I don’t expect you to, that’s why I didn’t come after you, I mean I wanted to, I really did, it killed me not to, but Riley…you told me that you couldn’t stand it anymore so I had to let you go…I understand…Riley, I do…I just…” he sighed

“I know…that was the plan, I just hope you can forgive me for leaving”

“forgive you…Riley, there’s nothing to be forgiven for…you left to fight for us, I can’t fault you for that”

“well for the record…I’m sorry I had to leave the way that I did, and I miss you”

“I miss you too…”

“I miss you too, you don’t have to apologise, I’m just happy you called, and I know that you’re okay and your coming back, that’s what matters to me Riley, knowing that your coming back”

“and I will, as soon as we figure out who done it, but I need someone to speak to Penelope, we need to find out who it was that asked her to do it”

“of course, I’ll do it first thing tomorrow, Riley.”

“Liam?”

“yeah?”

“what’s going to happen when we find out who it was?”

“I’m not sure Riley…I-I honestly don’t know what will happen…if the country finds out what’s happened, their trust in the monarchy…it won’t last long, if it’s one of them…we have to find Tariq…it’s the only way we can clear your name without effecting the peoples trust.”

“He’s in LA, I just don’t know where exactly”

“what?”

“his bank statements show that his last purchase two days ago, was in LA I could only get a brief copy though, so it doesn’t state his exact location…he could anywhere”

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