The Damned Princess

We were at the airport, our flight to New York will be leaving in an hour. Liam and Becky were here to drop me off with Jay. I have never been this nervous before, I’ll be meeting his parents in about six hours. I thought the days before the flight were bad but this feeling now is worst.

I am sweating like crazy, the thought that his parents will not like me is not leaving my head even for a second. And there is this weird feeling I have, I don’t know like I should not go but it’s too late now or is it if I run none of them will be able to catch me.

Becky poked my arm, “ouch, what” I questioned her. “If you even think about running away, I’ll beat the shit out of you Enna” she hissed. My eyes widened “what I-I’m not thinking anything like that”. “I can feel your emotions, and you suck at lying anyway” she scolded me and I just pouted at her. “Come on Amore, time to go now”, Jay said and I nodded at him.

Liam hugged me and whispered in my ear “four of our guys are already in there, take care and call me if there’s any problem okay”. I pulled back “isn’t four too much Li, you know I’m anyway stronger than all of them, combined”.

“Shut up and take care”, he said. I hugged Becky, she was in another zone only and gushed “OMG he calls you Amore, and you let him call you that you guys are so cute”. I rolled my eyes at her. I said goodbye to both of them and we left.

I didn’t realize anyone will notice it. I don’t let anybody call me Amore, only my father gets to call me that. But when I heard it from Jay, I didn’t want him to call me anything else. So yeah now there are two men who can call me by that name.

While walking in I saw the four guards Liam sent with us. All of them were sitting separately and they all slightly nodded their heads when they saw me. It was their way of showing respect to their princess since they aren’t allowed to bow down here. I nodded back but made sure Jay does not notice us.

We were on our seats finally; I was so worried I did not how to make his parents like me. I tried to learn everything from Becky and packed all the best clothes and dresses I own which Becky approved of; people are usually not a fan of my personal choice in clothing.

Jay grabbed my hand and slightly squeezed it, “you don’t have to be so nervous, my parents are going to love you”. “I’m not nervous at all” I tried to be cool. He raised his eyebrows at me, “okay I lied, please tell me something about them so that I can be my best” I begged.

“Hmm, you know they’re not really fond of Italian people so just don’t tell them that and you’ll be fine”. My eyes widened and my jaw was close to hitting the ground, he started laughing so hard and I realized he was messing with me. I smacked his arm really hard “it’s not funny” and crossed my arms.

He was still laughing “I’m so sorry, but your reaction was worth it”. I just huffed at him and didn’t say anything. “Okay I’m sorry, now don’t be mad at me”, he said but I was still ignoring him. He moved really close to me and whispered “you know your lips look irresistible when you pout”. My cheeks heated up, when I turned towards him our lips were just a centimeter away.

He tucked my hair behind my ear using one finger. I closed my eyes because the sparks and him being so close will make me lose my control. He whispered, “you’re so perfect Amore, it’s impossible for anyone to not like you”.

A flight attendant came to us disturbing our moment. She was very politely asking if we needed anything and Jay mumbled looking away “yeah, for you to leave us alone”. I smacked his arm and smiled at her “no thank you”.

After that, I spent most of the time pretending to be asleep because I could not handle another moment like that. I was just trying to focus on anything but him and his intoxicating scent and this electricity surrounding us, and I was trying not to think about his beautiful eyes and his lips and how would it feel if we kiss. I quickly opened my eyes and straightened up because I was thinking more about him now.

Finally, this gruesome flight was about to be over. When we were out, I took in a really deep breath. It’s colder here and it looked like it might rain. “Welcome to New York” Jayson grinned at me and stopped a cab for us both.

When we were on our way to his home he asked, “have you been here before”. “Many times,” I answered. “I thought I’d take you around to show places”, he said and his smile faded. I quickly added “I’ve been here but not like this, just for work with my father” and he smiled again “perfect”.

We were at the doorstep of his parents’ house and I was panicking, the thought of running away was stronger than before. “Just breathe Amore, they won’t bite you”, Jay told me. The door was finally opened by a beautiful woman in her 40s, eyes a brighter blue like clear water.

The moment her eyes fell on Jay, tears pooled in her eyes and she hugged him. “Oh, my baby, after so long”, she said. When they pulled apart Jay rolled his eyes “it’s been just a few months mom”, “it’s too long okay” she said and he laughed.

I felt so awkward standing there. Jay turned towards me and said, “mom meet Sienna”. She looked at me and smiled so brightly and pulled me close for a hug. I was too shocked to hug her back, she said, “you’re so much more beautiful than he told me”. Jayson’s eyes widened and a blush crept on my cheeks. “Hello Mrs. Hunter” I greeted her. She waved her hand “no need for formalities, please call me Madeline, now come let’s get inside”.

Their house was really grand. It was a huge place, much bigger than ours in California and everything was perfect and neat in here, so much that I wanted to take my shoes off. Mrs. Hunter asked Jay to show me to the guest room, he picked up my bag and his and led me upstairs. We stopped in front of a room and said “this one will be yours and the next door is mine”. I nodded at him.

The room was quite nice, everything in here was white, with a queen-sized bed in the center. I unpacked all the stuff I brought and just lied down on the bed for a while. I called Liam to inform him that we reached. We talked for a while, mostly Becky was annoying me by asking so many questions about what happened so far. I told her we’ll talk when I get back.

I freshened up and changed into a fresh pair of clothes. A cute peachy sweater and dark blue skinny denim. I left my hair open. After a while, Jay knocked on my door and asked me to join them for dinner. When I went downstairs Jayson’s father was already there, he looked like an older version of his son, only his eyes were greyer than Jay’s.

He saw me and smiled brightly “who’s the pretty lady”. “Hello, Mr. Hunter, I’m Sienna” I smiled at him. “She’s my friend”, Jay said. “Just friends, I thought you said something more”, he asked and Jayson’s eyes widened. He laughed at him, and Jayson muttered to me “he’s just kidding”. I nodded but I was also blushing.

I asked Mrs. Hunter if she wanted any help in the kitchen, she said, “no hun, there’s already two of them in here helping me, you go sit with them I’ll be out in a moment”. We were all sitting on the table having dinner, there were two servants who served the food and left.

“So, Sienna tell us something about yourself”, Mr. Hunter asked. “Umm, I’m from Italy and I came to California for my education. I’m doing English Lit from Berkeley now”. “Hmm, nice. I hope you don’t mind me asking but you don’t have an accent” he asked. “It’s fine, I moved around a lot with my father for his work and lived in many different countries” I answered.

“What does your father do” he questioned again. I smiled at him “my father’s a businessman, we have a global chain of hotels and night clubs”. It was not awkward to answer him, in fact, they had a really warm vibe, it felt like I was with family. “Wow is there any here in New York”, Mr. Hunter asked. “I don’t know if you have heard about it, Kings Hotel” I answered.

All three of them stopped and stared at me like I had grown three heads, “I hope you guys didn’t have any bad experience with us” I asked awkwardly. Mr. Hunter laughed “no darling, we just didn’t expect the daughter of the richest man will be sitting with us”. I laughed awkwardly; I was hoping after knowing this they won’t start treating me like some princess. Thankfully we did not talk about my father anymore.

“Amore”, “Sienna wake up”, I felt someone shaking me up. I opened my eyes; I was drenched in sweat and tears were flowing down my face. “Hey look at me, are you okay I think you were having some bad dream”, he said softly. I had the same nightmare, I was lost for a moment, then I remembered I am at Jayson’s house.

I looked at him, I pulled him close for a hug and tightly held onto him. I breathed in his scent which helped to calm me down. “You were shouting my name, I thought you needed something but when I came in, I realized you were having a nightmare”, Jay said while caressing my back.

I did not say anything, “Amore, what was it”, he asked me. I pulled myself away and said in a hoarse voice “I-I don’t remember”. I looked around for water but then realized I did not bring any to the room, “wait I’ll bring you water” he said and left.

He came back quickly with a bottle and I gulped almost half of it down. I realized I was wearing just a tank top and a really short pair of shorts which I am sure I did not pack. He was just wearing his boxer shorts, exposing his beautiful body.

My cheeks heated up, I said “I’m fine now, you can go sleep and I’m sorry for disturbing you”. I don’t know why I said it because all I wanted was him to stay so that I could hold onto him tight and be sure that he’s fine. “I’ll stay here with you until you sleep”, he said. “Thanks, but I’m fine, you should go and rest”, I told him.

I could see that he did not want to go but I cannot spend the whole night with him in the same bed with such less clothing. I will lose my control and mark him and it can’t happen, not like this at least.

He pulled me close by placing his hands on my cheeks and pressed his lips on my forehead. I could not resist and wrapped my arms around him once more, I breathed in his scent, and after a moment I let him go. “Call me if you need anything”, he said and I nodded.

He took a long look at me and then left. I collapsed on the bed, it felt like I had no energy left in me. I could not sleep so I spent the night playing games on my phone and reading books online. When it was seven in the morning, I got up to get ready for breakfast.