No, it's too late

You look at her in bemusement before giving her a kiss. "It's too late, Lis,"

"What do you mean?"

"I already moved past my crush on you,"

She raised her eyebrows in surprise. "Oh, then that's good?"

Is it you or you see disappointment in her expression? "It ceased to become a crush, now I've accepted I'm in love with you,"

"But..."

"Lis, while I'm Frederick's son, I'm neither him, nor I am subservient to his thoughts." You rubbed Lisandra's belly. "I thought I made it clear to you when I decided to cum inside you."

"I thought you couldn't resist doing it since it's your first time," Lisandra says mischievously.

"True, but what about the day after, and the day after that? To be honest, after a week of bedding you, I already accepted the truth that I'll most probably ending up fathering your child. And you know what, never have I had found that idea unappealing."

"Why?"

"Because even if you claim otherwise, that child is conceived because of us, not because of what you had with father, or what I will have with other women. That child is ours, now and forever."

Lis closed her eyes. "To think that you're going that far."

"So, Lis, if you're sincerely working for the good of the kingdom, then do your part as my confidante, not push me away,"

"But apart from affairs of the court, I don't much about the state to give you a good advise."

"I don't need advisors, god I have enough that they nearly cause my ears to drop with their incessant advising. I just want you to be there for me, listen to me grouse and complain, because a king shouldn't show such an unsightly manner. Didn't you perform the same role for my father?"

"No, I'm there to satisfy his carnal need,"

"And you're more than that for me. I'm not that naive to think that you're the only woman in the world for me, but right now, here, you are my world,"