Back in my office, I felt I had gotten the best I wanted at that moment while working. Meanwhile, the thought of Xavier drifted off my shoulders as I started enjoying my job. On a fateful afternoon, the boss called for a meeting.

"We will be welcoming a king into the office tomorrow. He is just paying us a visit; he wants to know how the kingdom is faring. Though it is a friendly visit with our kings, we are all advised to be there," she announced.

I felt that it might be a strange king I hadn't known about until she mentioned Xavier. My heart sank.

"Sofia, is everything...