Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down by Patricia Maradiaga

Chapter 54

54 The love of a husband The next day when Alessandro woke up the first thing he saw was his wife's sleeping

face, she was hugging him, Their naked bodies intertwined, he could feel her breathing, her heartbeat.

He stroked her hair, she settled into his arms and moaned, she was tired and didn't want to wake up.

Alessandro hated the idea of getting up, he wanted to continue enjoying the warmth and softness of his wife, but

he had many things to do that day and he couldn't afford that luxury, he gave her a kiss on the forehead and got

up, being very careful not to wake her, but when he moved, Abril woke up and asked him.

_ Where are you going? _| have business to attend to, how are you? April felt tired, but otherwise she was fine.

_I'm fine, just tired.

Alessandro stood up, took a change of clothes out of the closet and said to her.

_Go back to sleep, rest all day if necessary, I'll be out all day, but | promise to have dinner with you.

_Have a good day.

Alessandro finished changing, then approached Abril, gave her a kiss on the forehead and said.

_I'll see you tonight, if you need anything ask the servants and don't leave the mansion, the city isn't very safe

right now.

_lwon't do it.

When Alessandro left the room he met the butler and said to him.

_Take good care of my wife.

_Yes, your majesty.

Alessandro went to the stables, took his horse and then went to the port where he met the head of the marine

guard.

Koved Nerris the captain of the guard bowed and paid his respects to the king.

_Your Majesty, it is a great honor to have you here.

_ How are things going? Have you been able to catch the pirates? _Not yet, your majesty, we still haven't been

able to find their hiding place, they are very elusive.

_ Are they still attacking merchant ships? _Yes, and they have also started attacking ships carrying people.

We have heard rumors that they are selling them as slaves in the kingdom of Battet.

Alessandro clenched his hand into a fist and said.

_Damn bastards, we have to find them, there must be a place where they hide their ship, we have to look on a

map for the places where they can hide a big ship without anyone being able to see it.

_Yes, your majesty.

Koved called one of the guards to take the king's horse and asked him to follow him, he led him to a small house

that they were using as a meeting point to keep a closer eye on the port, to watch all the ships that docked at

the pier in search of pirates, when the guards who were there entered they bowed to the king.

Koved led the king to a room that he was using as an office, showed him a map that he had on the table, he

pointed out a few places that were marked with an x on the map and said.

_We have checked all these places so far, but we have had no luck.

_Keep looking, | will accompany you today, catching them must be our top priority.

_Yes, your majesty.

*#x April stayed sleeping in bed all morning, at noon two maids went to help her get dressed, April felt her body

sticky after having such an intense night, she asked the maids to prepare the bath for her, while they helped her

bathe they saw several kiss marks scattered across April's body, one of them said.

_Apparently her majesty is very loved by the king.

_ That? _The king is very kind to your majesty and cares a lot about you, this morning he gave the order that we

should take good care of his wife.

_ Did he really say that? _Yes, one of the maids who was there told us.

One of the maids was rinsing April's hair while the other was sponging her arm, she said.

_Your majesty is very beautiful, it is no wonder that the king is so in love.

April stared at her reflection in the water and asked.

_ Am | really beautiful? _Of course, your majesty is very beautiful.

After the maids finished bathing her, combing her hair and changing her, they guided her to the dining room.

Those maids were very kind and courteous to April, which surprised her a lot.

They were nothing like the maids in the palace who had always been rude and evil, and although they had

changed their attitude since the death of that maid who had tried to kill her, she still felt uncomfortable under

their gaze.

But she knew perfectly well why those maids were so kind, Lady Elizabeth had explained it to her on one

occasion, The more loved and respected a wife was by her husband, the more authority and respect she

received from the servants, although she did not believe that the king felt love for her, however he had become

very kind to her, so she cared little if his feelings for her were real or just a lie, she only wished that it would not

change and if it did, she wished to be the forgotten wife aga

in, she did not want to again have the hatred and contempt of the man who had made her his wife and who in

the future would be the father of her child.

Unconsciously she touched her belly and wondered when she would becpregnant and if that would produce

any change in her relationship with the king.

She was sharing a room with Alessandro because he wanted an heir, but when that happened, she wondered if

she would have to move rooms and if he would stop visiting her at night.

April realized something at that moment, she had bectoo used to being with Alessandro and sleeping in his

arms.

April felt a pang in her heart as she imagined herself alone again and wished that wouldn't happen, that the day

would never cwhen she would have to be alone again.