10-05-2017, 06:05 PM
"I should be grateful for 'our' child then." The king.noticed the pause and exaggerated his choice of word as well. He felt uncomfortable lessening the small man's role in the baby's life. "For he or she had been the reason for such a beautiful part od you... certainly it's some eyecandy." He smiled with a twinkle in his eyes.
The queen, even sitting at the other end of thr long table, noticed it as well. She snorted at the little tete-a-tete of the two and, with exaggeration, took the correct fork and lifted it up with her pinky raised up. The king glanced at the woman when the snort came, and frowned when he saw what the queen was trying to do. Instead of correcting Emmet, the king smiled and took the same fork that Emmet had used to get to his salad. He wouldnt even glance at Flora a second time. "Do you like this salad? Want to add a little more vinegar to freshen up the taste?"
The queen, even sitting at the other end of thr long table, noticed it as well. She snorted at the little tete-a-tete of the two and, with exaggeration, took the correct fork and lifted it up with her pinky raised up. The king glanced at the woman when the snort came, and frowned when he saw what the queen was trying to do. Instead of correcting Emmet, the king smiled and took the same fork that Emmet had used to get to his salad. He wouldnt even glance at Flora a second time. "Do you like this salad? Want to add a little more vinegar to freshen up the taste?"