The Dragon Queen and her mates.
Chapter 152: Lighten hearted teasing

Chapter 152: Lighten hearted teasing

Bree screamed so loud that she was sure that she could have of course beaten a hell lot of operas singers if she was in for a competition, she stared at the man in front of her and scrambled to the other end of the tub trying to take as many bubbles with her as she could. With her hands frantically covering this and that, she stared at Yakov who very calmly, so calmly that he made her grit her teeth wiped his hands with a handkerchief and placed the bottle of the scented oil back on the table before turning to look at Bree with a soft smile. " You seem startled your majesty."

Startled? Her foot. She wasn’t just startled, her entire soul felt like it was going to fly right out of her mouth, she stared at the man in front of her and sucked in a breath before she stutteringly asked, " W..What are you doing here?" Damn, why was her voice stuttering like that? She should be roaring loudly with anger bursting through every word of her scream so why in the world was she stuttering like a little shy girl? So embarrassing!

" I came here to ask whether you wanted something or not your majesty but then you asked me to wash your hair," with a smile that was brighter than the sun, Yakov tilted his head and looked at Bree. " I can’t tell you how happy I was after receiving such a favour from you, your majesty."

What favour? She didn’t grant any favours, to anyone. What is he even talking about?

Bree breathed heavily before she gritted her teeth and grounded out her words like she was mincing them. " I did not call for you, I called for my maid, I thought that the maid sent someone to take care of the mud sticking to the entire body, nothing else! What are you talking about?"

"But you just said that my fingers were like magic." Yakov looked at her with an expression that was faintly similar to a puppy being kicked to the curb after being played around by his master and she bit her lower lip before grinding out. " I did not say that for you, I said it for my maid... the one I thought was massaging my hair, if I knew it was you, I would have never agreed to it."

" Is that so, your majesty?" asked Yakov with a light-hearted smile playing on his lips.

Bree nodded without feeling the slightest bit guilty as she nodded. " That right, I was only praising the maid, now that I know it’s you ...I don’t think that we need to brood over it, all right."

How can they not brood over it? This was the first time Yakov was taking care of someone and yet he was being thrown to a side after being used? It wouldn’t be fascinating if he was to just let the matter go like that. So, he curled his lips and looked at Bree with a grin that was so mischievous that Bree felt the small hair on her arms stand up straight. " I don’t think so your majesty, when I was massaging your hair, I noticed that you were visibly relaxed and I am someone who has been working as the Chancellor of the Empire for a very long time, I know how to differentiate between false praise and the real one, that’s why I know that you weren’t falsely praising me and what’s more, you even said that my fingers were magical so I will be taking it as you complimenting me."

" I was not praising you though I was praising your fingers," now that she was caught by Yakov, she couldn’t say that she was showering false praises but that doesn’t mean she has to admit that she was going to admit that she praised him.

Yakov knew that she was going to do something like that, so he didn’t show an offended expression instead he simply cupped his wrist and said, " That’s quite alright your majesty, my fingers are the part of my body and since they are part of my body I don’t think they will be upset if I were to take their praise on their behalf and consider that you praised me as a whole and not just a part."

Bree was left speechless by his words, she stared at him in surprise before snapping in a loud voice, " Are you doing this deliberately? Is it fun to tease me? I am the Queen!"

" I know, you are my Queen, your majesty," to her surprise Yakov didn’t fight against her instead he very cordially accepted what she said, Bree thought she had won the round but then Yakov lowered his head and muttered in a neither high nor low voice. " But you are also my wife, so I believe that some light-hearted teasing between husband and wife is all right, don’t you think so?"

Light-hearted teasing? Was he trying to fight with her?

"Light-hearted teasing was that what you said?" Furious Bree looked around and when she found what she was looking for, she immediately picked the wooden vat up, filled it with water and threw it right at Yakov’s face. The latter could have easily dodged it but for some reason, he stayed where he was and willing caught a face full of rose water along with rose petals. "So, what do you have to say now? Did you like this ’surprise’ light-hearted teasing?" She crossed her arms and was prepared for Yakov’s wrath to fall on her, given that this guy had as much sense of humour as the next-door chihuahua in the modern world.

But surprisingly, when Yakov wiped his face and put his hand down, he didn’t look mad on the contrary he looked very happy. He raised his head still had some rose petals sticking to it and with a smile said, " The water that you use to take a bath with is extremely fragrant your majesty."