Princess Charming

-Chapter 16-

We wandered into a jewellery shop, displaying priceless diamonds. Belle was speechless when she entered and was mesmerised. She smiled at everything and tried on so many that we lost count.

“These are all so beautiful” she exclaims, I watched her as she was captivated by all the jewellery.

“Pick whatever you want” I smile, and her cute blue eyes fall on mine. She was shocked by my offer.

“I thought we were here just to look?” She questions and I chuckle.

“There’s no point looking if you’re not going to buy anything. What do you want?” I walk towards her. She stares at the lady at the counter and I hug her from behind, leaning my head on her shoulder.

“What do you want?” I whisper softly in her ear. She turns her head to look at me.

“Are you crazy? These cost like £160,000. That’s way too much.” She exclaims and I smirk.

“Belle, each of my cars cost like $500, 000.” I mumble slowly. “Now tell me, what catches your eye?”

After a few moments of silence whilst her eyes looked over the jewellery in front of her, she folded her arms in frustration. I take in the heavenly scent of chocolate from her hair, still leaning on her shoulder.

She gently reaches out and picks up a diamond charm bracelet, with various butterflies on it.

“I like this” she sighs, smiling down at it.

I pick my head up and look at the elderly lady with her hair in a tight bun. She gives a crooked smile my way and I point down at Belle’s hand.

“How much for that?” I ask politely. The lady smiles and shuffles closer to Belle.

“It won’t be cheap, sir” she sighs and I chuckle. “Name the price”

“£800, 000” she says.

“WHAT? No” Belle exclaims and puts the bracelet down.

“Why are you shouting?” I ask and turn to address the lady. “We’ll take it”

Belle slaps my chest and stares at me in shock. “No, that’s way too much, Nathan”

“The reason for the price is the design, unique and they are from a set of five. Only five of these were ever made. I’d say £800,000 was rather reasonable. There’s one being sold inWashingtonfor $2,000,000.” The old lady explains and grins at us.

“Right, yes we’ll take it.” I say and get out my cheque book. However Belle seizes my arm, stopping me from clicking my pen.

“Nathan” she breathes, “It’s one of five made in the world, it’s way too much” she sighs, but I ease my hand out of her grip.

“That’s exactly why I’ll buy it for you.” I smile, writing down on the cheque and handing it to the lady. She puts it in a velvet case and hands it to me.

“Come on, let’s go” I say, putting my hand on Belle’s back and guiding her out of the shop.

When we’re out she stomps her foot and folds her arm, shooting an unfriendly glare my way. I grin and run off, yelling over my shoulder. “The last one to the car won’t get any ice-cream” I chuckle and she rushes towards me, smiling like an angel.

We got to the car and waited for Thomas who’d fallen behind. She started pulling at my arm and laughing. The melodic laugh was contagious and I smiled at her.

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“Mm” she mumbles when were leave the huge ice-cream shop. She had a two scoop, vanilla ice-cream in her hands, and bites her lip at me, grinning.

I laugh softly. “You like it?” I ask and she nods.

“I’m back, sir” I hear and spin around to look at Thomas, holding a dozen helium balloons of various colours.

“Thanks” I say gratefully and pat him on the back while taking them off him.

“Here, you go” I call and hand a dumfounded Belle some balloons. She squeals and takes them. “This is so cute” she whispers at the helium balloons, when a crowd of kids come outside of the ice-cream shop. To my surprise Belle hands me her ice-cream and she gives out the balloons to the kids, hugging them too. I smile at her kind gesture and lick her ice-cream (by accident, but Vanilla ice-cream is delicious).

“There you go” she coos at a five years old girl and gives her the last balloon. She turns to me and I eat her ice-cream.

“Did you just eat my ice-cream?” She questions.

I looks down at my hand and gulp. She snatches it off me.

“How dare you?” she sighs and licks her ice-cream she’d grabbed off me. “I told you you to get one for yourself.”

“Don’t complain, you gave away all the balloons I got you” I slip my hand in my pocket. She gives a little smirk at me.

“I was being nice” she says and continues to eat her ice-cream.

I look her in the face, to find she had some cream on her upper lip. I chuckle to myself and her eyes widen. “What” she breathes and I point to her lip.

“You’ve got som-“

Instead I lean in, cupping her face in my hands and kissing her. She grabs onto the collar of my shirt and deepens the kiss.

I retreat, finding the cream gone off her lips.

“All gone” I say, and she beams at me.

“Nathan?” came an unexpected voice, and I look up to find a surprise.

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