Novels by Bena

After the time Hope took a stroll in the garden to pass the time. She was feeling so bored. Since she became a princess consort she hasn’t lifted a finger to make her own tea let alone serve it herself. The amount of servants at every corner of the house caused a feeling to purge. She wasn’t used to this kind of life. All her life she grew up knowing that she had to work to provide food and clothes for herself but now she had people to do that for her. It was a foreign feeling and moreover she felt lonely.She may be married but she never wanted to have a relationship with anyone and forget about marriage.Her hands traces along the spectacular shaped hedges and trees as she walked about in the secluded part of the palace grounds.She takes a sharp turn and her mouth dropped open. With a sleek and sexy side ponytail, a yellow tradition Indian lehenga and a flower made crown was the fourth Prince’s mother watering the little flowers and plants.

“You really didn’t have to do this Prince. This is too much. I doubt I will be able to wear all of these clothes,” she expressed admiring the clothes which were kept in the closet and the jewelry in the jewelry armoire.“Hope, all this is yours to do what you please with them. If you are worried about these then what about your coronets?” he pressed a button under the shelf and the glass door automatically opened up and magnificent coronets came up to her view.A gasp left her parted lips.“Do you want to play around with them? Everything in this closet and in the room is yours Hope. All yours to do as you please. You will never run short of anything in this palace. Whatever you wish for shall be granted. Now do you want to try out some?”She shook her head with a chuckle. “No maybe later.”“Hmmm,” he glanced at his wrist watch. He had a meeting to attend with the King and his brothe

“You shameless ingrate. You went ahead and became just like your mother! You used trickery to path your way into the palace! Were you not content with your life as a servant that you went ahead to seduced the fourth prince! The forgotten and forbidden prince of the kingdom! You are useless and he is even worse than you. Now the king must be fuming in fury that I am afraid he is going to rip off my status in the royal palace all because of you!” her father shouted at her as she knelt down on the floor.“Right now the king must have sent the royal guards to come and gather us to the palace where our doom awaits us. Didn’t I tell you this girl was going to be the death of us one time. Now see she has done it Bernard. She has done it! Like mother like daughter. Twenty years ago her mother got married by deceiving you into believing that you were getting married to me and today her daughter has done the same!”“Father believe me I have no

He was nervous, his eyes constantly wavering over to the stairs where his bride was suppose to emerge from but it has been long now and there was no sign of her.The guests and the crowd were getting impatient and talked amongst themselves. He was tempted to go up there and drag her down here so that they can get over with everything.Just when he was losing it, the bride walked down the stairs with her chief bridesmaids holding her long adorned with diamonds wedding dress. It beautifully clung on her hour glass body making her irresistible to the opposite sex’s perverted eyes. He couldn’t see her face clearly because of the veil on her face.He couldn’t take his eyes off which was happening for the first and above all he had a weird funny feeling in the pit of his stomach. It wasn’t bad weird but just fine weird. He swallowed a big lump in his throat when she came to stand by his side.Maybe she didn’t place her foot right a

“What you did back there was despicable prince. Leaving your bride to be and running after a common maiden like a man deprived of love!”“Love? I am surprise you have that word in your dictionary father,” he jeered with a straight face while his mother snickered besides him.“Sarah do you hear your son speak? I will not cajole this in my palace. He humiliated the royal family before it’s guests and made a mockery of his future wife! Or perhaps you have an illicit affair with that woman!”“If that’s true then the king shouldn’t find fault in it,” he states. “Afterall I am the king’s son.”“Never! You can never be apart of us Lucian. You will always be an outsider. A sin. Just because the royal elders came to an agreement to give you a place to stay in this palace it doesn’t mean you belong with us,” Prince Aston grumbled.“Oh I second that bro

Her body was sore and swollen from the beating she got from her father last night. She dare call him father. He has never been a father to her not even once. He saw her as a mistake. He is just a man who had a hand in her existence. Just because she hit his precious daughter he almost killed her. Damn him.She limped her way to the garden where the music ceremony will be taking place later in the evening. The basket of flowers in her hands wasn’t making things easy for her, it made it difficult for her to walk. She purses her lips as a wave of pain hit her, her eyes were sparkling with tears as she sat on the edge of the pond.“Mom,” she whispered in despair. “It hurts mom. I can’t take it anymore. I have tried and tried now I am tired.”She let the tears fall. For the first time since her mother passed she let the pain consume her.“Hope what are you still doing here? Who will do all the work if you sitting idle

I take a look at my amazing fashion skills. I have nothing but admiration . I looked stunning with the red pixel long dress with a slit that reached my mid thigh. The Cinderella stilettos complimented the look and the make up was spot on. Very spot on. No bruise was on sight and I was grateful for that.I take out my dusty pink latte lipstick and gently smear it on my lips. After I was done I look into the mirror one last time, checking myself again.While I was still at it Andre comes behind me, circled my waist and roughly pulled me against his body. I tensed as his lips caressed my exposed back and his fingers traveling up and down my spine.There was a time his touched used to drive me crazy. When it used to turn me on but now all it does is freak me out. It’s like acid on my skin … it’s burns. Really burns. All I want to do is stay away as far as possible.“You haven’t lost your touch. You still drive me insane with thi

I walked into the posh white caramel kitchen and Nana engulfed me into a warm hug before taking my face into her old hands inspecting it. When she saw the crimson mark on my swollen cheek, she broke into tears and all I could do was swallow mine and repeat to myself to be strong.“Why? Tell me why Maia? Why are you still here? When it is evident that the love is gone why are you still living here?” she choked out.Nana! She is the closest person I call family. She basically raised me up. She was a mother to me when my own mother left me in the cold in front of the orphanage Nana was the caregiver at. She was coming from a evening walk when she found me crying in my baby carriage and she fell in love with my big doe eyes and took me in. Growing up many wanted to adopt me but I used to refused and behaved naughty just so I get rejected. It was all for one reason; Nana. I wanted to be with her and at the end she gave into my tenacity. She gave me her name and

Bathing done, I reach out for the white cotton body towel by the racks and carefully wrap it around my body and fasten it under my armpits.I use my palm to wipe off the steam from the mirror, stare into the eyes of the person standing in front of me. She looks so lost, pale and exhausted. Her arms were covered by ugly purple and green bruises, they still looked fresh which made them very disgusting to look at. Further more my light caramel complexion didn’t do any justice. I pretty much looked like rotten goat cheese.The sharp sour feeling crept over to my chest, slowly a lump was forming in my throat and my eyes were stinging, itching for some reason and all of these are a sign that I am about to ball my eyes out.I snort, breathing and blinking my eyes and clutching my jaw from time to time.I have to be strong. I have made it till far and I can survive this. I know I can. I give myself a motivational talk.To avert my attention from the

It’s soothing quiet and warm. Very warm. A sigh of tranquility escapes my just parted lips which later wide in a yawn. I shift my head against the fluffy, lemon and honey scented pillows. The fragrance cause me to smile a little.A flap of the curtain due to the chill breeze coming from the sea grabs my attention. I groaned not really wanting to wake up from my serene slumber as the blazing sun rays shit into the room and fell on my face. Not for long my eyes blink five times before flapping open. I yawn again, slowly raising up from the bed my eyes fixed on the beautiful hanging chandelier above my head.Maybe I should have been a chandelier…hanging up there looking beautiful and bright…sure that would make anyone happyMy subconscious whimper in sadness as reality dawn upon the both of us. It’s another day. It’s suppose to be a grant new day like everyone else but not for me…it has never been and will never be.I g

What is Love? The pre-destined love? What is it?I grew up knowing that love is kind, it is caring, loving and above all unconditional and selfless. Love is a true abode of comfort and refuge where you can run to for soothing. That’s the reason God created love, so that we feel great about ourselves and those around us.Love is what makes us human…but even times I always find myself questioning the whole concept. If love is so great then why do I feel like I am amidst hades fire? I wake up every morning and the fire intensifies each passing day and no matter how hot it is I don’t seem to at least perish and die.I keep waking up to same routine and there’s nothing much I can do to help myself…I had tried before but it only got worse. I feel like this is my judgement however it is unfair. I have always lived my life right, follow the rules and be a good girl then why am I here? Why am I facing so much with no hope of recovery? Does

She looked like she just got stuck by lightning. What she has been praying not to happen has happened. Her worst fear was coming true. One thing she has been trying to avoid all her life. No matter how much she cried it was never going to change the fact that the test was positive.“Maybe….maybe it is wrong. It doesn’t work,” she cried throwing it across the room.“That’s what you have been saying with the last twenty tests Maya. You’re positive. Stop being in denial Maya. He deserves to know.”“No he doesn’t! I can take care of myself and everything else.”“We know that Maya. The whole world knows you can but keeping him in the dark won’t help anyone. Besides you will know how he feels about this if you don’t tell him. This is not only your mess but his as well. It takes two to tangle in a dance as old as time itself. It’s his child you are carrying and he deserves

She was getting ready for the anniversary party when her mother walked into the room with a paper bag.“Honey this is for you,” she handed her the bag and sat down on her bed.“Awww mommy! You bought me a dress and shoes. This is beautiful!” she exclaimed examined the clothes.“No honey I didn’t get you these. A post man just delivered those and said they were for you. Maybe your man sent them for you,” she smugly smiled and Maya blushed deeply and tried to steady her beating heart.It was pounding only one name.Christian. Christian. Christian.“I will go change into this,” she told her mother who chortled at her.“Go on! Afterall it came from the man of your dreams. Finally! God I thank you. Finally you have sent a good man for my darling daughter,” she cheerfully said. &

Noor’s eyes were glinting with glee her head in between her hands staring at her friend with a big grin on her face.“Anniversary party! You will be going to his ancestral mansion for the anniversary party!” she chanted, Mara hit the back of her head softly. “Hey what is that for? It hurts you know.”“If you are going to keep on zoning out now and then on me then I will have to do this to wake you up. Noor you are focused on the wrong thing.”“Girl the guy asked you to be his girlfriend and surprisingly you said yes. I actually thought you were going to say no. Fake or not at least you will get to kiss him anytime you want and desire. Now tell me what are you going to wear for the party?”“Noor the party is in a week’s time. I have plenty of time besides I can just wear one of my dresses.”Noor gave her a snarl. “Yeah I am pretty sure Christian isn’t looking for a g

Home? This house was so massive. She was awestruck by the exterior and the interior views of it. The décor was spot on and everything was posh and sparkling clean. She could even see her reflection on the shiny floor tiles.She was afraid to step in with her muddy shoes. Afraid to dirty the entire place.What was even better was while it was raining cats and dogs outside the house was warm and cozy.“I have only one pair of these as I normally don’t have any visitors except for my family but they can’t be classified as visitors, can they?” he smiles giving her his pair of slippers to change into. He knelt down and helped her out of her heels.“Thank you,” she whispers looking around the house. “So you stay here alone?”“Yeah I never really thought I need to stay with anyone. Not until now,” he glance at her especially her big beautiful eyes.“Meaning?” she asked w

She excused herself to go to the washroom after that. She was so evil. Chantelle was a she-devil. She honestly thought she has grown up and had matured but she was so wrong. The sole reason of inviting her this party was to embarrass her and bring up the past issues.With tears in her eyes she took out her phone from her purse and texted her friend. She sent the message and shoved the phone back into her purse.She looked at her face in the mirror and gently fixed her make up. She took a deep breath and walked back to the party.“Hey Maya come and join us. We are playing truth or dare,” Chantelle grinned at her mischievously.Maya knew that look very well and she knew there was a catch nevertheless she couldn’t say no so she just sat back right on her seat and tried her best to smile and look like she was enjoying herself.💞💞💞Meanwhile on the other side of the City Christian was having dinner with his family and the las

“He really smiled with me Noor. He talked to me and everything was so perfect like we have known each other for a long time. He isn’t as bad as I pictured him Noor,” she kept talking and talking about it and her friend’s smile was reaching her ears as she listened to her.“Awww! I knew you loved him,” she cooed blinking her eyes.“Crush. I have a crush on him big difference,” Maya emphasized.“Crush, love there’s no difference. You love him and he might as well love you the same. Girl, he asked you to have lunch with him and the last time I heard that he took a woman out for lunch except his sister is…never. Zero.”Maya chuckled. “He is very handsome though. I would die to have him take me out. For me it’s his eyes and smile, I would lose myself in those misty grey eyes. God that smile with dimples, I wish I could just have him for myself. And