CHAPTER 86 : Future Mrs De' Argent..."Damn it, Natalia! I've seen the way you act around him and it's no different from the way you act around other guys. Him falling for you isn't your fault! IT JUST HAPPENED! Stop blaming yourself for situations that are beyond your control!" "Keep your voice down." They were being a bit loud. "I'm just worried." She confessed. "I know but I'll be fine..." "Woah! Don't tell me you're going alone." "I have to. It's between the both of us. So i'm going alone." She concluded. "Going where alone?" Arian asked as the three top hotties of B.H.A each sat next to them. Natalia forced a bright smile. "It's just something I have to do." He lowered his mint green eyes to her level. "What thing?" And she almost groaned! She playfully pulled his jacket and gave him a short smooch. Thankfully, that distracted him. "I want a big one." He grinned and she rolled her eyes before dropping
CHAPTER 87 : Jinxed."You made me want to try again, to feel like something special to someone. I'ld be a freaking liar to say everything's gonna go back to the way it was. 'Cause heck! Nothing's gonna be the same again. So please don't stress about me and leave before your paranoid boyfriend comes after me again." He concluded and walked to the glass walls.Natalia wanted to say something, do something but nothing came out. Her heart was hurting losing her friend. "Leo..." "Forgive me but it's gonna be this way for a while." He cut her off. Natalia picked up her side bag and hesitated before slowly walking towards the door. Halfway there, she stopped and turned around with a determined look on her face. "Leonardo De Luca!" She snapped and he flinched her way. "Don't think you're getting rid of me that easily. You might wanna play grown up, but I don't want to. Just you wait! You'll be back to how you were when I'm done with you!" She yapped and
CHAPTER 88 : Rich Spoilt Kids!Natalia quickily side stepped him. "Let's just leave, okay?!" She picked her bag and dragged the raging French away. "What the hell was that about?!" He yelled the second they were at his car parked outside the gate. Natalia flinched and looked at him. "Ari, I..." "Firstly, you lied about having nowhere exactly to go, then screwed my call just so you could visit that bloody bastard??" "Arian, I didn't lie to you. I had to see him and talk things over. We were gonna have to meet again sooner or later. I apologized, didn't I? Your call came at an unexpected time and I had to hang up." She explained. "Of all places, why did you freaking have to meet him at his damn house! Darn it, Natalia! How could you even think of coming here alone? What were you thinking, huh? I thought you were smarter. What if he'd tried something much worse than he did the last time?" He yelled and kicked his car.Natalia finally lost it. Wh
CHAPTER 89 : It's My Friggin' Party! "Remind me why I'm here again?" Arian raised his voice close to Natalia's ear because of the loud music.And the princess almost asked herself the same question! On Wednesday, just before she went to visit Leonardo, when Allison Mendez...and a reluctant Bianca Wells...personally invited the girls to her 19th birthday party, Natalia thought it was gonna be a regular evening party....not a bunker of noise that could blow Jupiter apart!! Her eyes flew to the dancefloor where teens were either drunk, dancing or smooching themselves under the sultry disco lights. Elva had left earlier with Ricky because they were the party freaks while Nicky went off with Jeffrey. "Natalia! Glad you could make it." Allison beamed as she waltzed over in her daring red dress and heels. "Arian." She murmured in acknowledgement as a hot blush crept up her cheeks. Arian De' Argent, the hot heir, spared her a look before facing elsewhere.
CHAPTER 90 : Stay With Me... Arian's thoughts repeatedly drifted to Natalia. Although Ricky was saying something, the clingy side of him kept missing her cozy touch. He needed her by his side. Call it crazy but he becomes restless when she isn't with him. He couldn't imagine a life without her!In their moment of pleasure, he still couldn't believe he asked her to run away with him. After the idea popped into his head, he was so desperate to even give it a second thought before blurting it out...Yeah, it was that bad! Selena had been persistently hanging around his neck lately, irritating his senses of her love for him. She was the main reason Arian avoided sleeping home every night because whenever he did, he wakes up the next morning to find her half nude on his bed, cuddling into him. There was one night he had a little drink on an empty stomach and got real tipsy. He tossed away a project blueprint he was supposed to submit to his father the next day and fell asle
CHAPTER 91 : Her Fiancé! Arian furrowed his brows in confusion but laughed her cuteness off when she made space for him without waiting for his reply. He kicked off his shoes and took off his belt before she pulled him to lay beside her. Natalia moved into him and he secured his arms around her warmly. They were cuddling. "Sugar, are you asleep?" Arian whispered after a while. She muttered a no. "I...I have to tell you some..." Natalia placed a finger on his lips. "Don't tell me anything. Whatever it is, I believe you." She mumbled sleepily. Elva might be good at reading people but Natalia's instincts were good. Of course, she had noticed that he'd been tensed lately. "But I really..." "Arian if you keep pushing it, then I'll get mad. I just wanna go to bed. I told you... I believe you." She pouted without opening her eyes. Arian fondly kissed her fingers which made her blush. "You're something." "I know." She grinned proudly. He chuckled
CHAPTER 92 : Broken Hearts (She's Gone). "What do you want?" She seethed, not in the mood for her stunts. "Cool it, will you? I came in peace." She smirked and invited herself in. "Nice pl..." "What do you want?!" Natalia snapped. Selena turned with a sly look. "If you're so excited, okay. I came to invite you to my engagement party. And since you're VIP, I'm giving you the first IV." She shoved an elegant invitation card in her hand.Natalia looked it over and saw Arian's name matched with hers."What's the meaning of this joke?" She chuckled despite her annoyance. "I'm not in the mood to play games, so please leave.""I'm not surprised Arian didn't tell you. Why do you think I've been living at the Argent's mansion for months now? Arian and I have been betrothed since childhood and our wedding is just around the corner." She triumphantly smirked.And the invitation card fell off Natalia's hand."Y..you're l...lying. You're lying! You're ju...just making things up to separate
CHAPTER 93 : Broken Hearts (The End Of It All...) ( Astheria, Somewhere In Australia. ) The princess ungraciously jumped out of the limo before the royal guards could get to it and rushed into the palace. Nothing of her etiquette spoke of royalty. Ignoring the countless bowing maids and the army of guards, she dashed into the elevator. Security instantly made way as she flew out. Every inch of the Queen's wing was crawling with them. She barged into the ruling Queen's room and looked over at the number of doctors crowded around the sick old woman. "Grandma!" Natalia choked out uncontrollable tears and ran to her side. She looked extremely pale and lifeless lying on her death bed. Drips and an oxygen mask was connected to her. In total, the entire room looked like a hospital ward. The doors subserviently closed signifying the doctors' departure. "My precious pearl, is that you?" Queen Fiona was barely audible as her weak eyes slightly opened and squinted
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.