CHAPTER 53 : Avoiding Him.Ahhhh!Selena Lorenzo was having the time of her life watching crazy videos and recent updates online. The one which caught her attention the most was the mall drama which happened hours ago.The video already had millions of views and thousands of comments! The painful thing though was that the faces of the people involved were blurred except the super successful entrepreneur, Madame Stephanie.Saturdays are always meant to be crazy! She giggled and wanted to scroll through the comment section again when her headphones were yanked off her head, roughly!She jerked up to see the burning gaze of Arian glaring back at her!In the history of her stay in the mansion, Arian had NEVER stepped foot in her room or passed through the corridor at that wing! So it threw her off guard.She dropped her phone and slowly sat up."Arian, are you okay? You look...""Did your father say anything to you concerning your stay here?" He asked straight to the point."I don't under
CHAPTER 54 : Stay...Arian De' Argent sat alone at his balcony, still stewing in his anger. How could a father subject his son to such an archaic situation just to strengthen a friendship bond?The young heir doubted it was as simple as that. He had seen the psycho side of his father when it came to doing business so many times, but not this much! How could he think of trading his son's happiness without blinking an eyelid?!And mom. How could she go along with it?! Arian was still enraged even after taking a large sip of the cold beer he was at. For some reason he couldn't realize, he picked up his phone to call Natalia, knowing her laughter was the relief he needed.But after opening his contact app, he realized he didn't even have her number!"Damn it!" He yelled and almost threw his favorite phone off the hill! How couldn't he have her number?!'Yeah, how could you? When you're always acting like a pest and can't seem to take your sinful eyes and thoughts off her body!' His upset
CHAPTER 55 : My Woman!Elva had been home all day from period cramps and couldn't even go to school! Tommy's hilarious visit was the only thing which made her day lively.She ran downstairs into the kitchen to make a spicy soup because she craved for it. But the second she opened the fridge, she got lazy and decided to order instead.Elva walked back to the living room and watched a 'marathon' of soaps to kill time. Just as she was getting impatient, the 'ding'-ing of the doorbell sounded and she flew across the hallway to it with a bright smile.But that smile dropped when she spotted Ricky Winterfield."Were you expecting someone?" His smug voice echoed. Elva disdainfully scoffed."What are you doing here? No wait, who gave you this address?" She scowled. Ricky leaned on the door frame in a lazy fashion."My father is a billionaire and also?... My twin sis is your friend." He gave her a dry look. Elva was indignant."Well that doesn't answer the 'what are you doing here' question!"
CHAPTER 56 : Typical Rich Playboys!"What are you doing here?" Ricky Winterfield growled at the delivery boy in front of him. Eden, Elva's project partner, paled the moment he saw him. His hand holding the rose flower shook slightly."I...um...El...delivery." He stuttered and shakily raised the package he was with. It was then Ricky looked him over and caught the staff's uniform of 'Luis soups and warmth'.The young heir cocked a brow. So he's a scholarship student? Eden squirmed uncomfortably, feeling belittled by his intense glare."And what is that for?" Ricky asked distastefully, sending burning gazes at the rose in his hand. Eden pushed his glasses away with sweaty fingers."El...Elva didn't make it to school today. Natalia said she was Ill. I...I planned on visiting but coincidentally, she ordered some soup and I was assigned to deliver. I...I...just.." Beads of sweat appeared all over his face and the package visibly shook due to his unsteady grip.Ricky reached for his back po
CHAPTER 57 : The Camp Trip!The Princess's flushed face slowly morphed into a teary one as she pulled down the menu from her view. She saw the slutty waitress alright....who was ready to take their orders. Rather, HIS orders as she looked more than ready to strip if the hot French requested it!Natalia slowly looked her over. Early twenties, fake blonde with hazel eyes, pushed up boobs under a white shirt missing three buttons, a red miniskirt which would make her bums visible if she bent even an inch lower, slutty poise, seductive eye battling, flirty smile and lips smacking??The teary princess suddenly frowned with a dirty look on her face. What induced her temper wasn't the desperate sugarmom, but the French who allowed her to run her bitchy little fingers on the cute bracelet she'd bought him like thirty minutes ago!And the idiot was actually smirking at whatever she said?? Natalia suddenly had enough!"If you're both done making me nauseous, could you please take our orders now
CHAPTER 58 : The Camp Trip (2). Natalia's breath seized in her throat and her heart pounded furiously within her chest. Her eyes went wide with fear of everyone finding out her secret. Her fingers were shaking so bad that her girly designed phone fell off and smashed to pieces. Everyone was shocked to see a grown man, practically bowing to a girl young enough to be his daughter!Damage control Alexis, damage control! The Princess leaned in to give the man a happy hug which further confused the crowd. "Play along and come with me." She whispered in a tight voice and turned to her friends with a smile. "You guys go on ahead and keep my spot. I'll be back in a minute." She glanced at Elva before practically dragging the man away from everyone's view. "Okay? What the hell just happened??" Damon asked no one in particular and got no answer in return. Elva was frightened and worried at the same time but she tried her best to hide it. If any of Natalia's secret came out,
CHAPTER 59 : The Camp Trip (3). A few hours later, all the students on the second cruiser were standing on the golden sands of the beach. The island was located out in the ocean where the hospitable, local citizens lived their everyday lives in simple bamboo houses. At the other side of the beach, hundreds of camping tents were set up in different colors, designs and layouts for the students' use. The camp site was a beehive of activities! Dry woods were stacked together at different angles to serve as campfires. The students who were on the first cruiser were already having fun, bustling around. They looked used to the place already. The evening sun was slowly setting making the scenery look magical! Arian De' Argent was in the master suite throughout the whole trip. Jeffrey and Ricky had left him behind because according to Ricky; 'Where the girls are?... the party is!'Stupid. The layout of the camp was cool and the view was extremely nice. It reminded the young F
CHAPTER 60 : Emotions... It was Friday morning and the first official day of camp! A friendly inter-school football game was taking place among the four schools on the beach. It was one of the games they were to compete in. A coin was flipped and it was fairly decided that B.H.A competes with the third school while M.H.A competes with the fourth school. Each student wore the color of their school and cheered them on. The game was competitive but B.H.A and M.H.A made it to the finals. The crowd was tensed because the players competed like their lives depended on it! The excited screams and cheers rose and fell repeatedly. Natalia couldn't watch properly. The game was both rough and tough! B.H.A's strikers were GOOD but M.H.A's defenders were simply insane!! At the end of the game, B.H.A won by sheer luck and the crowd went wild! For winning the first competition, the school earned a lot of points ahead of the others. When the teachers permitted the students int
CHAPTER 185 : Final Epilogue. ( Beverly Hills, California. ) "What are you doing?!" She bulged her eyes and moved away. "What?" Arian sheepishly groaned. "Don't 'what' me! You know what I mean!" She stated, playing their usual nightly 'what' game.....which usually followed the same pattern. Arian seductively wrapped his arms around her and pulled her closer. "We have the rest of the night to ourselves." He deliciously bit his lips and swept down to capture hers.But Natalia stepped away. "I need to check if the twins have yanked their heads off already." She tried to escape but Arian blocked her. "You're just coming from the nursery." He sexily pouted and Natalia almost gave in. She shook her head to reject the temptation. "I think it's time for Adrian's milk." She tried again but Arian easily caught her. "Adrian's asleep and his milk isn't until midnight. So..." He kissed her and slowly
CHAPTER 184 : Epilogue (2). ( Beverly Hills, California. ) "By the way, where is Jake?" Elva curiously asked. "He had some work to do and promised to be here this evening." Naomi answered. Natalia had set up a special committee of her most trusted ministers to hold the Empire for a few days. Jake was among the members so he had a little delay. "I really admire you." Naomi continued, taking the attention away from herself. "Being an Empress, a wife, a mother, a philanthropist and also a role model, all in one package!" She dramatised. "It's no wonder you haven't changed much with three kids! On the contrary, it made you hotter. I'm just expecting my second child but I feel like a granny!" Nicky joked and fondly rubbed her huge baby bump. "No! You're not a granny. You're my mommy." Louisa raised her head and pouted.The girls giggled when Nicky blushed. "It's no wonder you don't miss Jeffrey whenever he goes away on b
CHAPTER 183 : Epilogue. ( Beverly Hills, California. ) "How was your night?" Arian kissed Natalia as Adrian rubbed baby drool all over his face. Natalia stretched lazily and closed her eyes. "Stressful." She pouted. "I know, right? This champ is quite a handful at night.'' He tickled Adrian who hung on his neck like King kong. "Da-da! Da-da!!" He squealed happily which echoed arouund the room. "As if you weren't a handful yourself." She scoffed and turned away, pulling the duvet closer around her. It made Natalia a little jealous that Adrian hadn't yet learnt to call her mama. In fact, Dada was the only word he knew! Arian noticed it and chuckled, pulling her back to face him. As usual, he was shirtless wearing only sweatpants. Some habits were just so hard to break! Not that Natalia was complaining though. It made her husband look uncontrollably sexy! Adrian grinned down at his mama in his diapers. Fa
CHAPTER 182 : The Seal Of Their Love. ( Astheria, Australia. ) Still sitting on the floor, Naomi slowly arranged her things inside a cardboard box. She shivered a bit because she was still wearing her clothes. But Naomi didn't care. There was more important things to be done than caring if she had gotten a cold by wearing her wet clothes for so long that it'd dried still on her. A knock sounded on the door. "Please go away. I'm a little busy." Her hoarse voice sounded. Naomi knew the visitor wasn't on an official business. If the Empress or the royal assistant needed her, they'ld have easily sent an email. And so far, they hadn't. Naomi couldn't blame them though. She felt embarrassed and hated her family's history. And after everything they had done to the Santianas, she couldn't bare to look at anyone anymore. After a while, the knock sounded again and this time, the person walked in without consent. Naomi didn't bother to l
CHAPTER 181 : Where's Naomi? ( Astheria, Somewhere in continent Australia. ) ( Hours Later. ) "She's not in danger but I still recommend a lot of rest. You can see her. Just make it as quick as possible." The aged doctor whispered and walked away. Elva Thompson and Jake Buniz nodded before walking into the Royal study. They found Natalia leaning on her desk, gently running her fingers over her grandmother's diary. Louis had kept it safe like he'd promised. "You should be resting. Doctor's orders." Elva let out a small frown in displeasure. "I'm fine." Natalia curtly said and stood up. The thick sweats she was wearing matched with her pale skin. She returned the diary to one of the drawers and faced them back. "Tell me. The casualty report?" She ordered. "We lost a good number of our men while the rest are being taken care of." Jake reported. "And Max?" Jake lowered his cold eyes in hes
CHAPTER 180 : The Battleground (3). ( In The Carribean Ocean.) The Mob boss snickered which sounded like something made in hell and back hugged Natalia, erotically pulling her closer. Arian fought the impulse to take a step and lunge at him! He was purposely riling him up to draw him into the sensors! "Tsk! Don't make her feel bad!" He clicked his tongue. "You were smart, my love. But sentimentality was all I needed to sneak into your lives.... And you gave it to me." He nuzzled her hair and possessively trailed kisses down her neck. Arian's insides cringed feeling his control slowly snap while Natalia's self hate increased each passing second. "Let her go!" Arian snarled, running out of patience and clenched his fists. "And you expect me to ask 'Or what?'." Leonardo cocked a cocky brow. "Look around you, fool! We ain't in some shitty movie. This is my turf! I run this freaking game!" He viciously barked. "What do you want?" A
CHAPTER 179 : The Battleground (2). ( In The Carribean Ocean.) Meanwhile, the automatic doors trapping Arian De' Argent in the hallway reopened after the lights had suddenly turned off and returned after five seconds. Arian turned to continue the search for his love but stopped when Naomi froze....and then fainted. He hastily caught her before she could crash land. "Hey, hey!" He called seeing her drowsy eyes. "What..." The French heir froze on his interrogation when he saw four darts pierced into her pretty brochette and a fifth one stuck on the skin of her neck. Naomi had thrown herself in front of Arian when she noticed the danger he was in without thinking. Arian pulled them out and tapped her lightly. "Hey, stay with me, okay?" The timid spy tried to nod but the snake venom was working tremendously fast, already at the second stage of the symptoms which was total paralysis. "Hey!" Arian yelled. "What?!" Max yelle
CHAPTER 178 : The battleground (1). ( In The Carribean Ocean.) "Who do you want to go first?" He casually, but deviously asked. The gunshots continued more fiercely and through the cameras, Natalia and the few in the room could see the gory battle going on. As observers seeing the whole battle ground, anyone could bet that Astheria had an upper hand! "The only game we'll be playing is the one you'll be losing." She seethed in confidence. Leonardo coldly smirked which gave her goosebumps for some reason before placing his hand on a screen which scanned his fingerprints. "Good evening, Master. How may I be of service?" The voice of an artificial intelligence echoed from thin air. "Ava, place the fortress on lockdown." He ordered. "As you wish, Master." A moment later, metal doors sprung up trapped everyone in. Those who were fighting outside couldn't get in and those who were in couldn't get out. Natalia's heart skipped a be
CHAPTER 177 : Let's Play A Game, Shall We?... ( In The Carribean.) "Something is wrong." Jake Buniz stated, pacing restlessly around the communication tent. The geniuses among the little battle squad was in the same tent, doing what they did best with the gadgets and devices in there. They were all dressed the same with silent and serious features. "She should've made contact by now." The Captain of the army continued. "Let's think more positively. It could be that Naomi hasn't yet located the Empress.... Even though it's not really a positive thought. However, you above everyone else knows how shady these Kelions are. There's still a few hours till midnight. We should give her a little more time." Max offered, more relaxed than his superior as as he typed away on a computer. "I trust my instincts. And right now, something doesn't feel right." Jake stopped behind him and leaned over with a hand on his chair and the other on the table.