CHAPTER 66 : Confessions (2). "Sheesh, don't scream!" The voice hushed. Nicky broke free and flipped around to glare at Jeffrey. "Are you crazy? What's wrong with you!" "Do you really wanna know, huh? Do you?!" He snapped back. Nicky looked around and was glad that no one was around. "You're insane Jeff, and you need help!'' She spat and tried to leave but he held her back possessively. "Yes! I'm insane and crazy and whatever else you call it. And do you know why? It's because of you, Nicky." Nicky held in a breath, slowly getting scared. Jeffrey looked stressed and his hair was shaggy. He hadn't slept well since the start of camp and it showed. He looked out of control! "And what did I do, Jeff!" She placed her hands on his chest and pushed him away....tried to push him away. "Because for some reason you keep appearing in my head and I can't get you out!" He said breathlessly.*** Natalia hugged her knees closer as they watched the ocean together. She
CHAPTER 67 : Lord Of Her Bedroom. "You're playing dirty!" Natalia pouted and dunked Arian's head into the water. He broke free and flipped his sexy glossy hair. "And so are you." He rolled his eyes and she rolled hers double. He chuckled. "Let's head back. It's midnight already." She turned to leave but he held her back. "Let's stay a bit." He breathed and moved her hair away. Natalia nodded senselessly getting lost in his enchanting eyes. Arian's thumb diverted, sliding down her throat which left her hot despite the cool night air. "Doing what?" She mouthed, trying to think instead of feeling. "I dunno. Let's just stay this way." He whispered and pulled her closer. Natalia's face turned into a splash of red feeling their almost nude bodies colliding. "You haven't said how you feel about me yet." He muttered, moving his lips within a tantalizing fraction of hers. Natalia's breath hitched. Was he teasing her? "A...Arian, I'm in love with you." She gently
CHAPTER 68 : When The Playboy Gets Played? "Why are they staring?" Natalia whispered to Ada whose hands were glued to hers. "Since the creation of this building, senior students have never walked in here. Plus, your net worth is close to that of Bianca's. The first in history." She explained and tugged her further. Close?? Alexis snickered disdainfully but Natalia kept her peace. She wasn't smug of wealth she didn't work for herself.But a part of her was stunned. How did they know? Her dress was chic but casual....in a way. Or was it the tummy belt which had a diamond buckle?? She wondered as they walked into a noisy classroom. "Cassy, Celine, Joanne, kehlah!" Ada called excitedly to a group of girls at the back row, studying. They looked up with a smile at the sound of her voice but gasped simultaneously. "Um...Hi?" Natalia beamed, feeling amused by their reaction. And five minutes later, they were giggling like besties. Sorry, they were ALL giggling like besties! Th
CHAPTER 69 : Rumours.Nicky knew her brother was still in love with Elva, so a selfish but protective side of her was more than ready to tackle the sulking girl down if she said yes! "No, no!" Elva breathed out and Nicky calmed down. Even though It'ld be somewhat fair if Elva got her pound of flesh, Nicky couldn't watch her brother get hurt again and turn out worse than he already was. "Then why do you feel bad?" Natalia was as curious as Nicky. "I know we still love each other and all...but I'm scared of history repeating itself. I'm also scared he'll keep being a playboy and I don't wanna be the bitch to ruin whatever relationship he has with Selena.'' "That's bullshit!" Nicky snapped. "He's learned from the past. You guys will pull through. I dunno if I should be the one telling you this, but my brother only became a Casanova because he was broken, lonely and in pain. He believed you really cheated and it twisted his attitude especially towards commoners. "Elva, I
CHAPTER 70 : The Insatiable World. "Damn, that was hard!" Elva muttered under her breath. She and Nicky had run into the cafeteria looking for Natalia when the powerful slap shook the pillars of the building. Bianca's face contorted in immense pain as everyone gasped loudly, standing at the same time. The smarter ones had it on video already. "You crazy little whoring bitch!" She screamed and faced back up. "How dare you raise your filthy hand on me!" She shrieked and raised a furious hand to slap Natalia back. But before she could, the princess caught it roughly midway, like it was a piece of cake. The audience increased in number that soon, the entire hall was filled up. "Don't you dare." She snarled. Her voice was cold and trembling with forcefully-bridled rage at the same time. "It hurts! What the hell are you doing?! Let me go!" Bianca yelled, violently trying to pull away from her hurting grip. "Pardon my manners." Natalia gave a cold smile and sudden
CHAPTER 71 : The Bachelorette Sleepover! The rest of the school week flew by peacefully. Everything went on the same. Natalia didn't have confrontations with the B.R.A.T.S strangely enough. Yeah, they attended classes together but never crossed paths. The edited videos and framed pictures of her 'parents' were all deleted! There were still rumours, yes. But they were all about Bianca's dethronement. It took the school by storm!Though the B.R.A.T.S didn't give the school press any comments, everyone heatedly discussed it behind their backs! The gossip was so hot and frightening that no one remembered the wronged princess or even taunted her or spoke about it. It was as if nothing ever happened!Friday came and yay! The girls were having their first official sleepover at Nicky's! Natalia was excited but Elva?.....eh....totally wasn't. Because she wanted to avoid Ricky Winterfield, the crazy ass almost took an overdose of sleeping pills so she wouldn't have to go. They packed
CHAPTER 72 : The Bachelorette Sleepover (2). Five minutes later, when the mansion's power had been rebooted, the ten teenagers stood staring...or maybe glaring, at each other. "What in the world are you guys doing here?" Nicky glared at the boys. "And what's that supposed to mean? We came to visit Ricky of course!" Jeffrey shot back. "But you three....Or rather, four musketeers barged in here together!" Natalia accused. "So? We met him at the door." Arian yanked back and she rolled her eyes. "Don't tell me you came to 'visit' Ricky as well.'' Elva turned to Selena and Leo. Selena suddenly turned interested seeing her jealous look. "Mhn. He came for Natalia and since you know why I came, there's no need stressing. My brother told me about your sleepover so I invited myself. Obviously, he wasn't kidding.'' She gazed at the room. "Whatever! You three are officially uninvited!'' Nicky snapped and they started pushing Arian and friends out. "I could leave
CHAPTER 73 : The Bachelorette Sleepover (3). Elva was thankful that she wasn't caught. Actually, thankful THEY weren't caught.Yeah, Ricky stuck like a silly leech! She kept up the 'don't even dare try anything funny' face and he cringed like an obedient puppy. Later on, they played Cops and Robbers like little kids.Nicky was merciless! The girls acted the damsels in distress while Leonardo and Jeffrey played Cops and the rest played Robbers. They used big toy guns that shot darts which was really pricky. Instead of screaming for help like real hostages, they couldn't stop laughing at how extremely silly the boys looked faking combat and battle.It looked so real! Then they moved to the game room where they arm wrestled, threw darts and competed in other games. Natalia's most fun part was when they played 'dress up'. The girls dressed and modelled like guys while the boys were the judges, but when it was the girls turn to be judges?They fell off their seats laughing
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.