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RHEA'S POVA palace maid dragged my suitcase out the door as I stood in the living room with Estefan's parents. “Is it that important that you leave immediately?” Queen Carina asked.“Yes.” I nodded. “My family is going through a rough time and I need to be there to help out. I'll be back as soon as it is sorted out.”“If not for the current situation in the palace, I would've insisted that Estefan goes with you,” the king said.“It's fine, I can manage by myself.” Estefan and I already argued about him not going with me because he wasn't okay with letting me go to London all by myself. It was the first time I would be travelling on my own, so he was a bit sceptical about it.After so much bickering back and forth, I was able to convince him to let me go alone. I knew I was only able to win the battle because he was needed in the palace and it would leave a great void if he left the palace on short notice.“We should get going now.” Estefan escorted me out of the house and opened th
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LEAH'S POVI was in my car, driving to my grandparent's house to see my mom. As I drove into the compound, my phone rang in my bag. I parked in the garage and brought out the phone. My heart skipped a beat when I saw that it was Asher calling. He had warned me last night and I ended up breaking my promise to him.I took a deep breath before answering the call. “Hello.”“Hey babe, how are you doing? Did you have a good night's rest?” “No, I didn't.” I sighed. I knew there was no point trying to hide what I did from him because I was going to end up telling him myself anyway. “Why? Is it because of what happened yesterday?” He asked the obvious. “You shouldn't worry about it too much. I'm sure your father would find a sensible way to break the news to your mom and resolve it more quietly.”“I don't think that would be happening.” “Why not? Don't tell me…” “I'm sorry,” I said to confirm his suspicion. “Leah, come on, you promised me you wouldn't say anything.” I could imagine ru
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RHEA'S POV“If that was the case, why didn't you explain everything to Mom before it got to this point?” I asked. “All these issues could have been avoided.”“I wanted to, but every time I tried to bring it up, I chickened out,” my dad explained. “I love your mother, Rhea. I was scared that she might leave me.”“What difference does it make? She is already planning to leave you.” “You are her daughter, she might listen to you if you talk to her,” the woman whose name I found out to be Paris added. “I don't need anything, I just want my son to be taken care of. That's all.” I bit my finger as I thought of what to do. After searching through my brain, I came up with an idea. “Can she leave the hospital for a while? Like an hour or two.”“Let me check with the doctor.” He walked out of the room.I sat down on the couch in the room and we lapsed into a comfortable silence. “You are just as your father described,” Paris said, breaking the silence. “Beautiful and kind-hearted. I see why
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ESTEFAN'S POV “Did you get anything?” I asked on the phone, standing by the window in my study. “Yes,” the receiver replied. “We have been able to track the IP address and the location of those commenters. It turns out they all live in the same neighbourhood and they have a group chat.”“I need you to find out who is ordering them to slander Anna and Esteban as soon as possible.” “Yes, Your Highness,” he replied and I hung up. I went back to my desk and finished up with the accounts I was working on. As I typed on my laptop, I glanced at my phone from time to time, expecting a text or a call from Rhea. It has been more than five hours since she left which means she arrived a while back and she didn't bother to call or text me when I instructed her to. When I couldn't take it anymore, I grabbed my phone and dialled her number. She picked up on the first ring.“I'm so sorry I didn't call you, I was so busy with the issue at hand,” she started before I could say anything. “Are you
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RHEA'S POV “It's good to be back home.” Paris sighed as we climbed down the plane. “How long has it been since you left Spain?” I asked.“It's been 24 years since my aunt came to take me to London with her after my mom died. My aunt also died when I was 17, so I was left alone to fend for myself,” she explained.“I'm so sorry about that.” I gave her a sad look.“It's okay. I'll be fine now, thanks to you and your family.” She smiled. There was a car waiting for us near the runway and I noticed Estefan leaving on the car in a simple white shirt and blue jeans. He moved closer to us and pulled me into a hug.“This one week has been torture without you.” He buried his face in my neck, inhaling my scent. “I know.” I pulled away and put my hands on both sides of his face. “That's why I came back as soon as I can.” I kissed him on the lips.I was about to pull away but he grabbed the back of my head and deepened the kiss. A throat clearing made me remember that we had an audience and
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ESTEFAN'S POV“Have you found anything yet?” My father asked as we sat around the dining table.“No, we're still investigating,” I replied as Rhea served my food and hers while everyone else was served by the maids.“Rhea, did Estefan tell you what is going on?” He turned his gaze to her and she nodded with her mouth full. “Are you sure you don't know anything about it?”My eyes widened at his question and I was sure Rhea was taken aback too as she choked on her food and began to cough. I hit her back and quickly gave her water to drink.“Dad!!!” I yelled at him.“I was just asking a simple question here.” My dad shrugged.“Do you also believe that I might be responsible?” She asked my dad with raised eyebrows but he looked away from her, ignoring her question. “I can't believe this.” She scoffed before glancing at Esteban who was sporting a smirk on his face.“Rhea…” I whispered to her and was about to hold her hand under the table when she pushed her chair back and stood up.“I'll t
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ESTEFAN'S POV“Oh my God, that's good news,” Mom exclaimed. “Can we see her now?”“Yes,” the doctor replied.“No,” I countered and said to the doctor. “I'm Rhea's husband and legal guardian, I don't want anybody visiting her except for me. Is that understood?” It registered in my head that someone tried to poison Rhea under my nose. I had a feeling it was from the dinner we had according to what the doctor said. The little potion of food she had saved her and our baby.At that point, I couldn't bring myself to trust anyone around us, most especially my family, considering the differences we had and our Rhea has been accused of being the mastermind. “Yes, Your Highness.” He bowed and walked away.“Estefan, what are you doing?” My father came to stand in front of me with a confused expression. “Why would you tell the doctor not to let us visit her?”“Dad, you heard him when he said she was poisoned,” I replied. “Rhea and our baby could have been in danger, so I'm sorry if I can't tru
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ESTEFAN'S POV“What?” Anna exclaimed. “That's a big lie. I did no such thing.”I ignored her and kept my eyes on the kitchen maid. “I'll ask you again, who ordered you to poison my wife?” “I already told you, it was Princess Anna. I was forced to do it because of my mother's hospital bill. Please forgive me.” My eyes closed in anger and I turned to face Anna before opening them. “Are you still going to deny it? She just admitted it to your face.”“I swear I didn't do it. I've never even spoken to that maid before, you have to believe me.” She grabbed Esteban's arm. “Please tell them I didn't do it.” “Dad, I don't know what she's talking about, all I know is Anna wouldn't go as far as try to kill someone,” Esteban inputted.“Will you two shut up?” I yelled, making both of them keep quiet. “There is evidence right in front of you but still choose to deny it.”“That's because I didn't do it.”Dad stepped forward and whispered to me. “We can't make decisions based on the words of a mai
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ESTEFAN'S POV “Estefan,” Rhea yelled from inside the room and I glanced at Mrs Dutchman who was standing with me in the kitchen, before leaving the pan on the burning stove and running to the room.“What's wrong?” I stepped into the room to see Rhea standing with her legs apart in front of the closet. “My water broke.” Her eyes widened as she stared at the water on the ground.“Okay, no need to panic,” I said but I was the one panicking because I had no idea what to do.“She'll go into labour soon, we need to get her to the hospital.” Mrs Dutchman walked past me who was standing at the entrance, looking confused. I shook my head and got myself together before moving close to Rhea. She placed one hand on her huge baby bump while I held the other hand and supported her back with my other arm as we walked out of the room.“Fuck!” She cried out and squeezed the hand that she was holding. “That hurts.” “I'm so sorry.” I caressed her back as she kept walking.“We need to hurry up, the
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LEAH'S POV “Asher, there's something I want to talk to you about,” I started as I sat next to him on the couch while he was busy typing away on his laptop. A few days ago, Asher brought up the topic of our wedding. He wanted to talk to my parents so that we could finalize the wedding date and start preparing for it. Like I told Rhea, I wanted to discuss the issue of not having babies yet before we proceeded. “Okay, but check this out first.” He placed his laptop on the table so that I could see what he was doing he was looking at.I raised my eyebrows when I saw that it was a picture of a house, a beautiful house at that. “What do you think about it?” He asked.“It's a beautiful house and I love the design too.” I nodded.“Would you love to live there someday?” He continued. My face scrunched in confusion. “Why are you asking me that?” He scratched the back of his head. “I'm thinking of buying the house for us. I don't want us to live in this apartment when we get married.” “
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RHEA'S POV ONE WEEK LATER.“Do you think we should go with the Spiderman theme for the nursery?” I asked as we drove to the hospital because Esteban was getting discharged.“Why would you want to use a Spiderman theme for a baby girl?” Estefan looked up from his phone with raised eyebrows.“It's not a girl, it's a boy. I know that because I'm the one carrying the child.” I folded my hands. “It's called mother's instinct.” “It doesn't work that way.” “It does.” I countered. “Why don't we ask Mom when we get to the hospital?” “Fine.” He averted his eyes from me and focused on his phone.The car stopped in the hospital parking lot. We stepped out and made our way inside, heading straight to Esteban’s room.Esteban was heading out of the room with Mom and Esmeralda when we got there. “I told you not to waste your time coming.” He rolled his eyes at us.He had insisted that we didn't make his discharge a big deal and just meet him in the palace later. But Estefan and I being the adaman
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ESTEFAN'S POV That morning, the doctor confirmed that my father had slipped into a coma and had no idea when he would be awake. Some of the court members visited the hospital to confirm it before they decided to proceed with their plans of making Prince Eugenio the ruling king.Princess Antonella contacted the officer and he told us the arrest warrant would be issued soon.I made Esmeralda and Mom stay in the hospital with Rhea and Esteban while I went to the appointment ceremony with Princess Antonella and her husband. We were sitting in the front row reserved for the member of the Royal family and the court members proceeded with the ceremony when everyone else was present.My feet bounced and I kept looking at the entrance of the palace Grand Hall, waiting for the police to walk in. “What's taking them so long?” Princess Antonella asked as Prince Eugenio was invited to the podium.“I have no idea.” “They have to arrest him before the ceremony is over or else he will be untouch
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ESTEFAN'S POV Esmeralda and I were standing in the hospital reception when medics rushed my father who was lying unconscious on the stretcher into the hospital. My heart stopped when I saw the blood all over his white shirt. “Mom, where is Esteban?” Esmeralda ran toward Mom who was following Dad's stretcher with tears rolling down her cheeks.Before she could reply, Esteban's stretcher was rolled in by the medics. He was still conscious and groaning in pain. “Esteban, hang in there. You're going to be fine.” I followed the nurses as they pushed him toward the emergency room.“Please, make sure Dad is okay.” He groaned in pain as he spoke.“Dad will be fine, just worry about yourself.” I stopped as they went into the emergency room.Mom broke down in Esmeralda's arm and they sank to the ground while I watched them, trying so hard to control my tears. We sat outside the waiting room, watching nurses going in and out. “Where is Estevan?” Princess Antonella shouted and she ran towa
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ESTEFAN'S POV“Go back there and check for the CCTV camera,” I ordered the bodyguards. “We need to find the people who left her there.” My bodyguards reported that they found Rhea lying in an alley. If I could get footage of the person who left her there and get him arrested, we might be able to get him to mention Prince Eugenio's name and add it to the list of his crimes. “Yes, Your Highness.” They bowed and left the room.Esmeralda walked into the hospital room with Mrs Dutchman who was holding a basket of food. I made her go back to the palace last night, even though she insisted on staying. I should have expected that she would be early the next morning. “Your Highness, I brought you some food.” Mrs Dutchman placed the basket on a small table and dragged me to sit on the chair in front of it. “I'm very sure you didn't get anything last night. Her Highness would get mad at you if she found out you have been starving yourself.” She was right. I didn't get anything to eat the wh
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ESTEFAN'S POV I drove like a maniac to the palace and rushed into the living room where everyone was sitting. “Where is she?” I asked, breathing heavily. My father stood up with a dejected look on his face. “Prince Eugenio has her, and he won't release her unless I announce him to the Crown Prince.” My heart dropped at the mention of Prince Eugenio's name, and my shoulders slumped in defeat. After everything I did to save my family’s legacy, everything was going to go down the drain because I couldn't protect Rhea. If only I had chosen to let that maid go and follow Rhea to the hospital. I pulled on my hair before I picked up a vase beside me and smashed it against the wall. “Fuck!” I yelled. “Estefan, calm down.” Esteban rushed to hold me. “How can I calm down? I don't know what that bastard is doing to her. She must be scared all by herself.” I cried as I spoke. “I should have gone with her to the hospital. This is all my fault.” Esteban wrapped his hands aroun
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ESTEFAN'S POV “Thanks for your help.” I walked toward the elevator with my bodyguards behind me. I took one of the regular elevators to the second floor. As if luck was on my side, the elevator stopped to reveal the kitchen maid holding two suitcases with her mother behind her. Her eyes widened upon seeing me, and she turned to make a run for it, but she stopped in her tracks when her eyes landed on her mother. I smirked, knowing she couldn't leave her mother behind to save herself. “Help them get in,” I ordered my bodyguards, and they stepped out of the elevator to usher them in. Gabriela shook in fear as she and her mother stood behind me in the elevator. The door closed, and I held the elevator before turning to her. “What's going on? Why isn't the elevator moving?” Her mother raised an alarm, looking at me and my bodyguards in fear. Gabriela kept her head down in fear, tugging on her mother's skirt. “What is it? Why are you quiet?” She turned to her daughter, e
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ESTEFAN'S POV “You have a phone call,” Rhea brought my phone to me in the bathroom. She answered it and put it on speaker since I couldn't answer it in the shower. “Good morning, Your Highness, its Doctor Enzo,” the caller said. “The DNA results are ready, you can come pick them up.” “Thank you, doctor,” I replied and he hung up. Rhea left the bathroom and I finished up before joining her in the room. She sat on the bed, typing away on her laptop while I got dressed.“I have an appointment with my obstetrician today, do you think you can come along?” She asked as she closed the laptop. “What time?” I stood in front of the mirror and buttoned my shirt. “11:30, can you make it?” She stood up to help me with my tie that I still haven't gotten the hang of. “I'm not sure, but I'll try.” I wrapped my hands around her.I had to get the test results and explain everything to my father before the meeting which I was informed was scheduled for 2pm.“If anything comes up and I can't make
