Jealousy 4.

When she said that last part, Andrew felt sad as he lowered his head down and almost began crying when he felt some hands wrap around him and pulled him in for a hug.

Moving her hands up and down his back, tears began rolling down his eyes.

He couldn't control it, so he let it all out and began crying.

Smiling as she caressed his back up and down, she said;

"Now, now little Prince...!"

"Let me go...!" Little Andrew cried as he struggled to break free from Martha's embrace.

Her embrace wasn't tight neither was it strong, but the way little Andrew wiggled in her arms, it made it look as if her embrace was pretty strong, meanwhile she wasn't even forcing it on him...

One would think that he was intentionally doing that so that he could make himself cozy, warm and comfortable...

Martha didn't listen to him as she smiled and looked up from him.

When she looked up, she saw someone peeping from behind the door...

As she looked up, the person was quick to close the door.

The sound from the door was loud enough that it jolted little Andrew and he turned his head in the direction of the door...wide eyed.

When the person shut the door, Martha smiled...

Still moving her hand up and down the back of little Andrew, unmoved.

Looking up at Martha, little Andrew asked scared;

"Martha...d...did you hear that?"

Her mind seemed to have been somewhere else, but when she heard her name, her eyes were sharp to turn on the direction of Andrew as turned to look down at him still with the smile plastered on her face as she asked with raised eyebrows;

"Hear what?" Her voice was soft and gentle.

"The sound of the door c...c...closing...as if someone had been pe...p...peeping from outside...!" Gently grabbing his nose, she shook it lightly and said;

"I thought you were trying to get comfortable and fall asleep...!"

"Why did you wake up again?

Little Andrew grimaced as she did that.

Then pulling her hand from his nose, she turned to look at the door...the smile still plastered on her face as she appeared to be deep in thought as she still caressed his back.

Looking at her, eyes opened wide, he looked at her, then at the door, then at her again as he patiently waited for his Martha to speak, but when she didn't, he took the initiative to speak.

Shaking her gently, he called;

"Martha!"

"Yes little Prince...?" Martha answered as she slowly turned her head to look down at him.

Little Andrew felt scared.

His voice sounded shaky as he asked;

"W...W...What's wrong...?"

Smiling more broadly, Martha pretended to not know what he was talking about as she asked;

"What do you mean, little Prince?"

Andrew looked at her, his eyes darting from one eye to the other.

Studying her a bit as he took his time before he asked;

"Didn't you hear the door closing...?"

Shaking her head in negation, she neither answered 'Yes' or 'No' but she said;

"I thought I heard something close too, and I assumed maybe it was the Queen that had come to check up on you but when I turned to look at the door I saw no one...!"

Andrew frowned as he looked at her, and then at the door before turning to look at the door and then back at her before saying;

"You're not trying to say I'm hearing things, are you?" He asked carefully.

"I never said that...!" Martha said as she kept a plain face on.

Andrew's mouth was open as he looked at her, not knowing how it happened.

Looking at him, and then at his mouth, Martha was in deep thought when she snapped her eyes to look at him sternly.

When she realized what he was doing a minute had passed by....

When in reality, it was only five (5) seconds...

Snapping her eyes to look at him, she frowned slightly as she raised her hands and lifted his chin up to close his mouth and said;

"How many times have I told you that a Prince should have proper manners?" She asked.

Little Andrew sighed as he looked somewhere else.

"And as a Prince, you should have to close your mouth...!" She added, but little Andrew, seemed not to listen to her as he cut her short.

Turning his head back to look at her, little Andrew said;

"Well, I'm the Prince, so I can and should be able to do what ever I want and whenever I want it...you don't have to tell me what to do...!"

"Even when to close your mouth so that a fly won't enter into it and touch the food in your mouth whenever you're eating...?" She asked.

As she was saying that, little Andrew felt disgusted and grimaced as he held onto his face and shouted;

"Stop, stop, stop!!!"

Martha wanted to burst out laughing but had to hold it back as she said;

"But I haven't finished lecturing you yet on how important the manners are...!"

Shaking his head violently making it look like as if it wound fall off, little Andrew said;

"No, no, please, I'm good...!"

Martha bursted into laughter as she turned to look down at Andrew and said;

"I thought you said that you were the Prince and that you could do whatever you want...?" She asked but she was cut short.

"I am, and that's what I said...but whatever brought the issue of that up?" Little Andrew snapped, his voice tiny, making it sound cute as Martha couldn't help laughing.

"I'm being serious here, I'm not being funny...!" Little Andrew said as he watched Martha laugh in disbelief.

Forgetting that his mouth was open wide, he thought;

'Did she think I was being funny?'

Then pouting as he clenched his fist, little Andrew decided to take matters into his own hands, be cleared his throat as he said;

"Ahem...!"

His cough caused Martha to stop laughing as she looked down at him with her brows furrowed slightly.

His posture looked so funny, if he didn't have a serious look on his face right now, Martha would have bursted out laughing...

And that would reduce his self-confidence, so she just had to listen to him and correct him when necessary...

She smiled and shook her head as she thought of it.

But then her brows furrowed slightly as she thought;

'Does be even have some self-confidence even...?' She couldn't help but ask herself as she thought.

And she couldn't help herself to laugh as she thought, because the next thing Andrew knew...

From being silent to almost laughing again...

From being silent to smiling...

From smiling to shaking her head...

From shaking her head to frowning...

Now she was laughing...!

What was she laughing about?

What was possibly so funny that, in a time like this, when he was about to say something very important, she was laughing!

Great!

If you don't want to behave, then you're free to leave my room...!" He ordered as he pointed at the door, pouted and then turned his head the other way as he humphed;

"Hmph...!"

Martha did not hesitate, raising her head up in the air as she got off the bed, she said;

"Alright, so be it..!" She said.

As she got off the bed she headed for the door.

He had intentionally said that just so he could tease her and show her how much of a prince he is...

But she had taken it the other way...

Martha on the other hand, had actually known what his immature plan was, since she had been through that stage, she was quite familiar with all the tricks....

And since she was the one that taught him literally everything he knows, she knew quite well where he was coming from...so she decided to play along.

But, other than that, she was also pretty tired, so she decided to use the opportunity to back off.