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Daniel.”
                  “Lily…” Moving his hand away from her face to one of her hands that was on her lap, he lifted it to his mouth, and placed a gentle kiss upon the back of it. The moment was brief but it was enough to satisfy the lustful urge that was boiling inside of him. Lowering it down, he spoke to her in a way that had his desires for her lingering on the surface of his deep voice. “A fitting name for one who is like the rarest and beautiful flower my eyes have ever seen.”
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
    Chapter Three
     
     
     
                  Lily couldn’t hold back the shy, bashful smile that her face was itching to put on for quite some time. The compliment she had received from her peoples’ king caused her heart to swell up inside at the same time having her to look down to her lap with the same look on her face.
                  “I-I appreciate your kind words, Daniel.” Lily said, softly. Her voice escaped out of her mouth with a slight shaky sound to it. “Although…I don’t really consider myself to be as beautiful as you claim me to be.”
                  The moment she had made her statement to him, her passionate side of her conscience went into an uproar with her, and began to curse and scold her for what she had just said.
                  You are so stupid, Lily! How could you turn down a compliment from Daniel, the king and ruler of not only your family but also of all the people in the town and outside of the town in areas like the one that you live in?! He obviously cares a great deal for you, and wants you to be happy in his presence.
                  She started to agree with what her inner voice had informed her of. There could be no other explanation as to why Daniel would speak so highly of her if he didn’t mean what he had said.
                  Before she could move her head up from where it had been bent down, her eyes caught sight of the very hand he had used to help her inside of his extravagant carriage, extending towards her with the palm side facing upward and in her direction. Lily lifted her head up, and focused upon the features of his strong, attractive face while her ears listened to his deep, sensual voice.
                  “Lily…” The sound in his tone changed to be one that was highly sensual with a twinge of his lustful desires as he spoke to her. “Come and sit beside me…I would like you to be over her so when the carriage goes into motion that you are not being tossed about due to the rough patches in the road we will come across along our way to the village.”
                  Her king’s request to her sent a wave of momentary shock coursing through every fiber of her being. She never thought that the very person who governed over the region to be asking her, the daughter of two farmers, to join him on his seat.
                  Is this really happening? Am I dreaming, and fixing to wake up at any time now?
                  Secretly wondering if the current situations he had found herself in at the moment was just some sort of fantastical dream, Lily slipped one of her hands into his, and wrapped several of her fingers to rest the tips of them against the side of his hand. She glanced down to their hands long enough to witness his own fingers wrapping around her hand before her eyes looked to the warm expression on his face. Her own face displayed a similar look as her body rose up, and moved over towards his side of the carriage. Gently, she eased her body to rest beside his while her hand remained nestled within his for a few more lingering moments, enjoying the warmth resonating from it.
                  “Let’s go!”
                  The sound of the advisor’s voice outside of the carriage on the driver’s perch caught her attention. She realized