Imprisoned

Chapter # 28

She has been avoiding me after knowing about everything. Yes, I told her everything. Was she scared of me?

"Auntie, Mama said she was not feeling well so she is resting."

"I see. Okay then, we can play-" I began to say but a voice came from behind.

"Or I can take you guys somewhere nice?"

A grin appeared on my face after hearing Prince's voice lingering on my skin, sending goosebumps.

Chuckling, I turned to look at him, "Welcome home and thank you for your generous offer but we are fine here and if you want to join you can."

I smiled, pulling away and looking at him. "Yeah, Papa! Play with us."

"Yes, Uncle! Play with us too!" The kids beamed.

"Of course, Papa's turn." I declared, "Hey-"

"Give me the fold." Sky grinned and gave me.

"I don't have any options, can I?" He sighed.

"Nope!" Sky tittered as everyone got excited that Prince was going to play.

I wrapped the fold around his eyes and moved back. "Count to ten and then come."

Left with no option, he tried to find us, and we began to play. Prince was searching, it was fun to be like this once in a while with sounds of laughter echoing but somehow in half an hour we ended up in an argument.

"You were cheating!" I growled, pointing my finger furiously at him.

"No, I wasn't." He shrugged innocently.

"You did, how can you find me twice? You were cheating this whole time." I reasoned angrily.

"I wasn't. You are a loser. Ask the kids."

"Uh.. I think you were, Papa." She mumbled.

"See!"

"Whose side are you on?"

"Don't blame the kid, you were cheating!" I enunciated.

"I told you, I wasn't! I am too good at games and you don't know how to play." He said proudly.

"What's this fuss?" Penelope came with Astrid after hearing us.

"Prince was cheating!"

"No, I wasn't. She is a loser." I gasped.

"No, you were peeking all this time and caught me."

"It was your fault for being too slow."

"Prince." Penelope called him. "What?!"

"How old are you?" She asked.

He made a bewildered face, "Huh? 36, why?"

"I agree with her, he is a cheater. He always cheats, that was why we stopped playing with him." Astrid added with a giggled.

"Astrid!" Prince gasped when she gave away his secret.

"Understandable if it's Cinzel but aren't you too old for a childish argument." Penelope added with a frown.

"It's a serious matter!" I interrupted, gaining their attention.

Prince looked at me for a long time, narrowing his eyes and began to laugh.

"What?!"

The sound of his laugh echoed in the room astonishing everyone while I was annoyed.

"To think it's a dire matter." He laughed, directing that among all my problems, I call this trivial argument a serious matter but I couldn't help it- he cheated.