UNDESERVING

Chapter 29

"I'm sorry but I can't, I'm not royalty anymore remember?" Gulf said

"Mommyyy please stay with us, you always stay with me during festivals" Gabby pouted cutely which made Gulf chuckle and lightly pinched his son's pouted lips

"You're a big boy now, you shouldn't need mommy for everything, Ava and I would be where the people would stay okay, I would still see you after the festival okay so stop pouting" Gulf said

"Please Gulf, I really want you beside me too..uhm I would really appreciate it, I won't talk or look at you, you being my side would be more than enough, I-I want us to be complete again" Mew tried to reason with Gulf

"Gabby go fix your hair again, it's kind of sticking out" Gulf said to Gabby, he didn't want Gabby to be present to hear his and Mew's discussion

"But mommy, it's perfect" Gabby confusedly said touching his hair

"Just go and fix it again okay so it would be more perfect" Gulf said and Gabby went off to fix it well.

"We cannot be complete again Mew,remember you denied Ava being your daughter, you said I slept with another man and conceived her. I am no longer your Queen so why should we be with you? We aren't royalty" Gulf calmly said

"I'm sorry Gulf, I really am. I didn't mean everything I did and said, Ava is our daughter, she is mine, there is no way you would ever cheat on me. I'm sorry for saying all those Gulf. And you're..you're still my w-wife Gulf, we are still married, I remember only taking the Queen's hair pin from you. I'm sorry baby, I will return it. Please forgive me, I want you back, our children too, I want us to be complete, you can punish me whatever way but please don't ignore me. I beg of you" Mew pleaded and hugged Gulf and Ava

"Please baby, it's me..your Mew, forgive me love" Mew almost cried

"Let go of me your Majesty, that hair pin doesn't belong to me again. Have you forgotten that you're about to be married to Prince Song? Please don't also refer to me as your wife and please call me by my name not "baby". We'll be late for the festival and you know they are all waiting for you presence" Gulf flatly said, he didn't know how he felt about what Mew said

"No no Gulf, Prince Song and I are...." Mew was interrupted by Gabby

"Mommyyy I'm done, let's go now..I can't wait to watch them, don't worry I will show you servant Jing when the dance starts" Gabby eagerly said

"Ok baby, go with your Dad first okay, I will see you later" Gulf said and Gabby nodded awkwardly while looking at his Dad.

"Let's go baby, should I carry you?" Mew asked,he really misses his son

"No Dad, I'm a big boy..I can walk myself" Gabby said with a straight face and Mew nodded awkwardly and they both left.

Gabby was contemplating on whether to hold his Dad's palm or not. After a while he held his father's palm with his face directed to the opposite direction, trying to keep up with a straight face but deep inside of him, he was shy.

Mew slightly flinched when he felt a little palm on his large ones. His heart fluttered greatly in happiness when realized it was his son's. He then held in a chuckle when his son hid his face in the opposite direction. He squeezed the little palm a little bit as if trying to restore their broken bond. They walked into the festival that way.

Gulf felt the awkwardness between his son and Mew. He never wished for them to be apart as he had always loved their bond. He tiredly sat on the bed and held in the tears that were threatening to fall.

A while after fixing himself, he left for the festival with Ava.

He then sat amongst the people of the Kingdom which aroused gossips here and there. They were surprised to see their Queen and Princess sitting amongst them. Gulf didn't mind them, he focused on the festival that just begun.