She Belongs To The Devil

Both Theodore and Dragomir got up from their respective seats. Theodore then held out his hand towards the King. "Father, shall I take you back to your quarter or would you like to go somewhere else?"

Dragomir looked at himself, he was not ready to directly go to the King\'s Court or anywhere else. So he asked, "Yes, take me to my quarter. I need to change my clothes first."

Theodore held out his hand for Dragomir and both of them teleported back to Wyverndale Palace.

However, rather than teleporting to the King\'s quarter, Theodore mistakenly teleported Dragomir to Adeline\'s room.

At that moment, Adeline was going through the pictorial depiction of what vampires looked like. She was going through pictures where the vampires were sinking their fangs on some helpless-looking humans and were cruelly draining the blood of their victims.

And when Dragomir and Theodore suddenly appeared in front of her, her soul almost left her body. She shuddered and threw the scroll with the pictures of vampires in the air.

"Adeline! It\'s just us," Theodore spoke in a very calm voice. He resisted hard not to grab Adeline and hug her in order to comfort her.

Adeline chuckled with embarrassment. "I\'m sorry. I was a little startled."

Ever since the Ghoul tried to eat her alive, she had this fear engraved in her mind towards the creatures that could prey on humans.

Dragomir glanced at Theodore and then complained nonchalantly, "I thought you were taking me to my own quarter. Why did you bring me here?" Dragomir laughed seeing his brave daughter getting scared and said, "You startled Adeline for no reason."

Theodore could not tell Dragomir that he brought them to Adeline\'s workroom out of habit. He was trying to come up with an answer when Adeline came to his rescue, "Father!"

Adeline ran towards King Dragomir and then hugged him. She then looked at her father with keen eyes and happily said, "You look several years younger! The visit to the fountain was really worthwhile, wasn\'t it?"

Dragomir had yet to see his own reflection. So he didn\'t believe Adeline. "Oh, stop teasing your old father… But yes," Dragomir glanced at the Devil who was standing beside him and smiled, "the visit to the fountain was very worthwhile."

"No, I am not teasing you, father. You really do look young." Adeline ran to her table and took out a hand mirror that was in her drawer.

She ran back to where the King was standing and then showed the mirror to him. "See… I was not lying."

Dragomir was stunned to see his own reflection in the mirror. He indeed looked a few years younger. He looked as though he was in his mid-fifties instead of his early sixties.

He took the mirror from Adeline and stared at his own reflection in awe.

Dragomir swiftly stared at Theodore and asked, "Theodore, is that how you stay young?"

Theodore suddenly burst into laughter after hearing that question. His laugh was contagious and both Adeline and Dragomir began chuckling without even knowing why he was laughing.

The King asked while chuckling, "Why are you laughing? Did I ask something that is funny? Or are you laughing because that is true?"

Theodore looked at the father and daughter and then replied, "Father, Adeline takes after you in so many aspects than you realize. Even the way that both of you think is similar."

"How so?" Dragomir raised his brows.

Adeline was holding her breath and trying to figure out if she had misheard it or if Theodore had indeed addressed the King as \'father\'.

"Adeline had also asked me the same question once." Theodore smiled and clarified, "And no, the fountain is not how I stay young. I also age, but way too slow when compared to the humans."

Dragomir furrowed his brows and pointed something out, "She asked you the same question? Did she see you-"

"Theo, did you just address him as \'father\'?" Adeline abruptly interjected in the middle with an excited voice. She was not doing it intentionally but she just saved both herself and Theodore from a series of truth or dare sessions.

Adeline clasped her hands together and gazed at her father as well as Theodore. "Did you two already grow that close?" She walked close to her father and asked with a wide grin on her face, "Father, does that mean you approve of Theodore?"

Dragomir shrugged his shoulder and replied with a smug smile, "Well I don\'t dislike him anymore." He then touched Theodore on the shoulder and asked him, "Son, take me to my room. I am already late for work."

"Sure," Theodore flashed a smile at Adeline and before Adeline could stop the two of them for further questioning, Theodore and Dragomir disappeared from the room.

Adeline just kept on standing there, perplexed by what just happened. "What did father mean by he doesn\'t dislike Theodore? Does that mean he likes him now? Else why would they address each other as father and son?"

The corner of her lips slowly curved upward. Adeline covered her mouth with both of her palms and started to laugh alone. She was feeling butterflies in her stomach as she began to daydream about marrying the Prince of her dreams.

She began to imagine herself walking down the aisle while holding her father\'s arm. She visualized how Theodore would look at her from the altar and how he would gaze at her.

Adeline was barely able to contain her happiness. She was feeling like a Princess of fairytales because all of her dreams were slowly coming true.

While she was lost in her wonderful daydream, Theodore reappeared in front of her.

"Theo!" Adeline ran towards him and jumped.

Theodore swiftly caught her in his arms and wrapped her small frame as tightly as he could. And he whispered, "I think we will be getting married sooner than I expected."

He was equally excited about their marriage, which he was now almost sure that it would happen soon. His heart was beating faster than ever just at the thought of having this beautiful woman all to himself, without any restrictions.

Adeline could feel Theodore\'s heart beating against her chest. And she couldn\'t help but giggle.

She looked into Theodore\'s eyes and gleefully whispered, "You managed to use your charm on my father as well, huh. I was so nervous thinking that he would come back hating you even more. But you actually managed to make him like you."

Theodore slid his palm under her hair and gently held her by her nape. "Your father wasn\'t that hard to impress. All I had to do was honestly say how much I love you."

Adeline\'s heart skipped a beat. She was lost in the depth of his eyes when she whispered, "I love you so much, Theodore."

"And I love you, my little woman." He smirked and leaned closer to the enticing lips of the woman who was going to be his forever.

Adeline also held Theodore\'s heavenly face with her palms and met Theodore\'s lips halfway. She was already addicted to his sweet taste and his hypnotic smell.

And she was ready to savor him forever.