Leslie was going to make her way down after cleaning herself up. She was brushing the tangles out of her hair, humming a song before singing it out loud.
"Love Just Is", by Hilary Duff
"Where did you hear that song?", she jumped at the sound of AJ's voice.
"You scared me, I didn't hear you", she sighed, pressing her hand against her chest.
"Les, the song", he said.
She met his eyes.
"On the radio. Why?", she asked.
He closed the space between them and buried his hands in her hair before kissing her deeply. She moaned. He slowly pulled away.
"Wow", she sighed.
"Its you", he whispered against her lips.
"What?", she asked.
He smiled.
"The woman. The one the fantasy master told me about. I never saw her face, but I heard her, singing. She, you, were singing that song. Its you, Les.", he said.
Her heart was racing.
"Its you", he whispered, pressing his forehead against hers.
AJ woke up to Leslie's sleeping face. He smiled, nothing could make him happier in this moment. He had finally found her. Brushing her hair from her face. She shifted a bit, but didn't wake. They had skipped on breakfast and he took her back to his room to make love to her again.
They had fallen asleep after that. He carefully stood and got dressed, making his way downstairs and reheating their breakfast.
"Good night, your highness?", Chris asked.
AJ chuckled and set the plates on a tray.
"None of your business Daniels, but yes.", AJ replied.
Chris nodded and continued to read his paper.
"Actually", AJ said, making Chris set down the paper.
AJ approached him.
"Remember that time we went to Earth 20?", AJ asked.
Chris nodded.
"Yeah, where we met the fantasy master", Chris said.
AJ smiled.
"The woman he told me about, the one that was to be my wife and mother of my children. Its Leslie.", AJ said.
Chris raised a brow. He didn't want his friend and King getting ahead of himself, or getting his heart broken.
"How did you figure this out?", Chris asked.
"The song I told you the woman sang, Leslie was singing it last night. Its her, Chris, I know it. I can feel it. My heart is telling me its her", AJ said.
Chris could see there was no changing AJ's mind. He just hoped he was right and Leslie is the one.
"Well I'm happy for you, AJ. I've only gotten to know her a short time, but she seems so different from the others. I think you might be right about her", Chris said.
AJ nodded and continued back to the room. Getting there, Leslie was putting his shirt over her head and he watched as the fabric slid down her body and stopped just enough to cover her intimate area.
She smiled at him.
"That looks so good and I'm so hungry", she giggled.
That sat on his bed and ate, sharing from each others plates.
"Its going to take me some time to get use to vegan food, but I think I can do it", AJ said, wiping his mouth.
Leslie smiled.
"You know you don't have too, right. Eat what you want babe. I'm not here to change you, just like I know you won't try to change me.", she said.
He leaned over and kissed her gently.
"Good, because I love me some bacon", he said.
She laughed and laid back. He followed after setting the tray aside. His hand sliding along her thigh. Someone knocked on their bedroom door. AJ groaned.
"Maybe if we don't answer, they'll go away", he whispered, continuing his kisses down her neck.
Again they knocked, before someone cleared their throat.
"Forgive me, your highness, but Carlos Colón called for the queen about her visit to his home", Joe said.
AJ raised a brow and she blushed.
"Bring the car around, she'll be right down", AJ called back.
"Okay, before you say anything, my sister and I think he might have had a hand in what happened to Stephanie and her girls", she said.
They sat up.
"I'm listening", he said.
She told him everything. Even the part about him reporting his missing car and then removing the report.
"I trust you Les. If you believe he had a hand in this, go with it. By no means, do you go into that house without Chris, Joe, Frankie, or Kevin. At least one of them, at all times", AJ said.
Before she could reply to that, he cut her off.
"And I know you don't like me making decisions for you, but I am only trying to protect you. Let me", he said.
She smiled and kissed him.
"I was just going to say, okay", she said.
He sighed and nodded.
"I love you, be back later", she said, pecking his lips before running into the bathroom for a quick shower.
He sighed happily.
Lynn woke up to her phone ringing. Seeing Roman's name.
"Hey you, I tried to call you last night", she said.
"I know baby, I'm sorry. Its just, last night was a shitty one", he sighed.
"Why?", she asked.
He told her about what happened with Seth and then about Sasha trying to seduce him. She was yelling and talking too fast to understand her. He did catch a few words about castrating Aleister and punching Sasha's slutty face.
"Babe", he shouted.
She stopped.
"I'm sorry, I just hate that I wasn't there. How's Sethie?", she asked.
"In good hands. Your brother is taking care of him", he replied.
"Good. Where is second choice at?", she asked.
He smirked.
"The dog house, sulking", he replied.
"I want her off our land", Lynn said.
"Me too baby girl, but you know I can't. Not till we announce the divorce. It will look really shitty from my side if I kick her out before that", Roman said.
Lynn groaned. She knew he was right.
"I love you, beautiful girl. I'm counting the seconds till I get to keep you. Till I knock you up and we have a little mini you and me running around.", he said.
She giggled, picturing what he was saying.
"Me too", she replied.
"Alright, I hate it, but I have to let you go. There are two guards who need reminding of who they work for and where their loyalties should be at", Roman said.
"Don't be too hard on them", she said.
"They let Sasha into my room", he said.
"Hang them", she said, changing her mind.
He laughed.
"I thought so", he replied.
Seth felt arms tighten their hold around him. He smiled before it disappeared, remembering why Liam had stayed with him. He pulled Liam's arms tighter around him. Warm lips pressed a kiss to his ear.
"You're safe my love.", Liam whispered, his lips moving down Seth's neck.
"Thank you for staying with me", he whispered.
"You needed me, and I'm so sorry you had to go through that.", he replied.
Seth turned over and faced Liam. His lover's messy hair made him so much sexier than Seth could handle.
"I missed this", he whispered.
Liam smiled.
"Me too", he replied.
AJ was in his office when he called up Chris to see how it was going with Leslie and the Colóns.
"She's speaking to them now", Chris said, stepping out.
"Defend if you need too, although, I think she can take care of herself", AJ said.
Chris chuckled.
"I didn't notice sir", Chris joked.
"Anyway, I called to see if you set up that visit to Earth 1?", AJ asked.
"Yes sir, set for this weekend.", Chris replied.
"Thanks, and don't tell her. She'll only try to stop it.", he said.
"Lips are sealed", Chris replied.
AJ hung up and Chris made his way back into the house.
"The last queen never made the rounds like you did, Miss Murphy. I like that you want to get to know your future people", Carlos said.
Leslie had lied and said she was going around meeting everyone. She nodded.
"Why not start with the men who protect the region, right.", Leslie said.
Carlos nodded.
"So its just you and your sons?", Leslie asked.
Carlos nodded.
"Oh, and my nephew", he replied.
Leslie saw the photos sitting on a shelf and she pointed to them. Carlos nodded and she stood to look them over.
"You raised them all alone?", Leslie asked as her eyes scanned the faces in the photos.
"Yes ma'am. Wife took off after my daughter was born", he said.
She turned to face him.
"Daughter?", she asked.
He nodded.
"She doesn't live with us anymore. Moved out awhile back. She was engaged at one point and she called often. Now I hardly hear from her and my son in law.", he said, standing and walking over to her.
Finding what he was looking for, he showed her.
"This is my daughter, Joseann, but we always just called her JoJo", he said.
Leslie almost shouted a curse word, but held it in.
"Wow, she's beautiful", Leslie said, trying not to stumble over her words.
Carlos nodded.
"You said she was engaged?", Leslie asked.
"Yes, Bray. Let me see if I have a photo", Carlos said.
Finding one, he showed her. It was the man in the photo JoJo had in her box.
"What happened?", she asked.
"I'm not sure. She just left and cut off ties with us both, then he cut ties with us", Carlos said.
"Probably thought you helped her leave him", Leslie said.
"They were so good together. He fit in well with our family", Carlos said.
Leslie nodded. They went back to their seats.
"I read in your file that you reported your car missing a few years ago", she said.
Carlos paused, looking over her face.
"That was in my file?", Carlos asked.
She opened her mouth, but she didn't know what to tell him.
"Yes. Any reports made from guards to police get put away in our files. When AJ and Chris do the yearly evaluations on us", Kevin said, while Leslie sent him a thank you smile.
She could tell Carlos was thinking it over before nodding.
"Yes, I did, but I had forgot that I let my son in law borrow it", Carlos said.
"You do realize that your car was reportedly seen during Queen Stephanie's accident. It was used", Leslie said.
Carlos shifted in his seat. A flash of nervousness took over.
"Then you withdrew the report.", Leslie finished.
"Carlito, get them out of here.", Carlos said, yelling for his son.
Leslie raised a brow.
"I don't know who you think you are, but how dare you come into my home with lies and then accuse me of hurting a royal", Carlos said.
"I didn't accuse you, sir. I asked about your vehicle.", Leslie said calmly.
Carlito walked over to her and tried to reach for her. Joe and Frankie cut him off. Chris approached her.
"Touch her and AJ will have your uniform", Chris said.
Leslie stood.
"You know something, and when it comes to light. Lets hope you don't go down for something your son in law did. Including bringing down JoJo.", Leslie said, knowing that mentioning JoJo would have his wheels turning in his head.
The need to protect his daughter.
"I'll tell her you said hello. She's engaged to my brother now, just throwing that out there", Leslie said.
A look of shock on his face, along with his son.
"JoJo", she heard him mumble.
They left and drove back to the castle.
"Well done your highness", Chris said.
"Please just call me Leslie or Les. At least when its just us", she said.
The men nodded. She knew that she and Lynn would have to sit JoJo down and have a nice long talk. She really hoped that JoJo knew nothing about Stephanie's death or the fact that her ex fiancé had anything to do with it.
Then it hit Leslie, JoJo had run off on Bray. Is that why she ran? She knew what Bray did.
"Oh JoJo", she whispered.
