The Commoner Consort: The Country's Respected Empress

Mary rebukes in fear "Someone might be helping her! Didn't she mention that she saw someone? May be she is-".

Philips declares "She was brought by Xander!".

Mary stops speaking and listens to him. When someone hears Kalki's name, they will think twice before they speak.

Philips continues "Xander would have made sure if cutting her contacts. I am well aware of Xander's intentions for sending that child there. But I was just waitjng for him to end this battle with Eric soon. Do you think she could get some help from this foreign country in two days time?".

Mary thinks seriously "I find everything mysterious...".

Philips smirks and mumbles "Mysterious indeed...".

'She rejected my order straight. Blamed me for not being able to find the right culprit. Slapped with the reality of the draught in the country. Finally warned me to do MY duty instead of worrying for her? She just sugar-coated those harshness with a word 'Father'. *Sighs* She is the perfect one to handle my Xander after I leave this world!'.

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Maya realizes it's become dark already. She stands slowly and frowns to look through the darkness.

She hears the horse neighing near her and looks around her. She still couldn't find anything.

'Well done Maya! Now you have stepped up an another level of being stupid...You left Celina there and didn't even thought a way to get back.. Now who is going to kill me?!'

She clutches her skirt and walks slowly to hide behind a tree.

"Is that you My lady?"

Maya gasps audibly.

'How can I not recognize this voice?'.

A genuine smile appears on Maya's face and looks around clueless.

'I wonder how he found me...'.

As soon as her eyes adjusted to the darkness, she looks at the Godly man getting down from a horse and approaching slowly towards her.

She looks at him intoxicated.

'Is this how a Prince look like?'.

She suddenly frowns in doubt. Her restless breaths already made her to control her posture. She could melt anytime now.

'My ears can't deceive me. I have sensitive hearing and now ..I could swear that this man is The Strangerman!! Is this how he looks behind those fake disguise?!

She felt her legs going weak and purses her lips.

'I have seen many handsome men...But no one have ever made me feel inferior... Why does he have to be so-'.

Xavier smiles broadly recognizing who it was "That's you indeed!".

Maya is still looking at him as if he had two heads. She doesn't realize that how obvious her face was. Her eyes told everything.

Xavier smirks "Am I your fantasy My Lady? I would love to be-".

Maya clears her throat and rubs her forehead looking away "You are not".

'That's a lie... Who would not fantasize him?! He is The Prince Charming that every woman would crave for! His voice calling with endearment for which any woman could give up her life.. Just to be called by him! I wonder how my name would sound by his voice...'.

She looks at him subconsciously.

Xavier snaps before her face "Are done with ogling My Lady?".

Only then Maya realized, what she has been doing. She was still staring at him. But instead of averting her eyes, she raises her eyebrows mocking "Ogling is done when someone standing before us is good looking at least".

Saying so, she walks away smirking faintly.

'I hate if someone snaps at anyone! He snapped at my face! It's...I think it's a gesture of showing their dominance. I don't appreciate when someone show their dominance over me!'.

Xavier is taken aback by her words.

'Did she say that I am not good looking?! She has some audacity to say that at my face?!'.

He was completely taken by surprise yet he follows her "You could be punished for that comment My Lady!".

Maya's is trembling inside just by his mere voice. Walking away avoiding his face didn't help her! As his husky voice challenged her heart!.

Maya yet stubborn enough to rebuke. She turns slowly and smirks "It's not my fault that someone is not worth of my admiration".

Xavier was spellbound by her face. He only then looks at the clothes and gasps speechless 'Gorgeous!!'.

Maya is now flying in ecstasy by looking his shocked expression. She could easily find his attraction towards her. She speaks with more confidence now "I was just finding whether you are the same person who helped me this morning. But Respected Sire misunderstood for some other reason it seems".

Xavier frowns and touches his face.

'How lame!! How did I expose my true face in front of her?! I haven't been so careless before!'.

She controls her laughter. She guesses that he realized only now that he forgot to disguise himself.

'Did he forget the important thing just by seeing me?'.

She felt her heart had started beating faster and takes some deep breaths turning away from him.

'This man..'.

Xavier clears his throat in embarrassment and asks looking around "What are you doing here at this time My Lady?".

Maya gets her mind blank by his question. Suddenly she didn't know what to answer him.

'Very well! Now pay for your stupidity! Just answer him that you are the Crown Prince's 'wife'! He will kneel before you just like other servants!'.

She twitches her lips at the thought.

'I want this man to kneel before me..but not as a servant..*sigh* Even if he is a higher official, he should kneel before a Royal...But I don't want to see him kneeling before anyone!'.

She frowns suddenly at the thought 'Where did that come from?!'.

"Back to Earth My Lady!"

Maya looks at him waiting for her answer patiently.

She opens her mouth but closes it.

Xavier smirks "Didn't you want to leave this country? Did you have a change of heart? For someone?!".

Maya looks at him darkly 'He is so self-conceited, isn't he?! Well I am not less than anyone Sir!'.

She throws a fake smile "Yes! Someone even more handsome than you have promised me to teach me to ride a horse!".