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RHEA'S POVEstefan received a call from the estate manager concerning the house we were buying. He went back to the palace to get changed and promised to be back as soon as he was done.I was busy watching TV in my hospital room when the door opened and three nurses walked in with bouquets, gift baskets, gift bags and many other gifts. “Where are these from?” I sat up straight on the bed and gave them a confused look. “They are from your citizens who are wishing you a quick recovery,” one of the nurses replied. “There are still many of these in the reception.” They placed all the gifts near my bed and went back out to bring the rest. The gifts kept coming in and my room was getting fuller by the minute.When the nurses brought another batch and were going out again, I stopped them. “Are there still more of them?” “Yes, but the Head nurse ordered some people to keep some of it in an empty room because this room contains all of them.”My mouth gaped at the amount of gifts and balloo
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RHEA'S POVThe doctor discharged me from the hospital that evening and begged Leah on her way back to the palace not to create a scene. She didn't give me an assuring reply but I kept my fingers crossed that she would listen to me. When we arrived at the palace, we met King Estevan and Queen Carina in the living room.“Rhea, thank God you are okay.” Queen Carina came to pull me in a hug. “We would have visited you in the hospital but Estefan was too angry at all of us and refused to let us see you.” “He was only trying to protect me,” I said to defend his actions. “I understand. Anyone in his shoes would have done the same.” She smiled at me. “And also, congratulations. You have no idea how excited I am.” “Thank you.” I smiled back at her.“Mr and Mrs Knight, you didn't inform us that you were coming.” She turned to my parent. “Why don't you take a seat while I get your rooms prepared?” My parent nodded and took their seats while she left the living room.“Rhea, how are you feel
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RHEA'S POVI was lying on my bed writing on my laptop when Mrs Dutchman came into my room.“Your Highness, someone is here to see you.”“Who?” I glanced up from my laptop.“She said she's your sister-in-law,” she replied.My sister-in-law? Anna was the last person I was expecting to visit me. Was she here to apologize for what she did? Or was she here for the public to see?These past few days have been a raging battle for Anna and Estefan. It was worse than before and I had a feeling that Leah had something to do with it. Her fans were willing to support whatever she said and took it like a command. “Alright, I'll be down soon.” I turned back to my laptop. “Ask her what she wants and make her comfortable.”I decided to finish what I was writing before attending to her. There was no crime in making her wait a bit. After thirty minutes, I saved my work and closed my laptop. I stood up from the bed and changed into something presentable before stepping out of my room.As I climbed down
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ESTEFAN'S POVEsmeralda came back to our house as planned very early that morning and Rhea helped her settle in one of the rooms. Later that morning, I got a call from Mom asking If Esmeralda was with us because they couldn't find her which made me realize that she left the palace without telling anyone and they couldn't reach her on her phone.“Esm, did you tell anyone before leaving the palace?” I asked in a scolding tone as I entered the dining room.Her hand that was holding a cup of coffee froze mid-air as she avoided my eyes. “Don't tell me you didn't get permission from your parents before coming here?” Rhea questioned.“I didn't think I needed to get permission before going to my brother's house,” she mumbled.“Are you serious right now?” I shouted at her. “Mom is worried sick about you. Why can't she reach your phone?” “I turned it off and kept it in my bag,” she replied and I breathed out in frustration.Rhea took her seat opposite her. “Talk to me, what's going on?” She
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RHEA'S POV“Miss Ruiz, are you trying to tell me that you are Prince Esteban's biological mother and not the Queen?” Laura asked the strange woman.“Yes,” she replied, making me gasp. “I gave birth to Prince Esteban in a State hospital 25 years ago on the same day Queen Carina had her baby. I heard from a nurse that her baby died, so they approached me and told me to give her mine because I was planning to give him up for adoption.” “Why are you just saying this now after keeping quiet for twenty-five years?” “I have been seeing on social media that Estefan should be made the crown prince instead of Esteban. As a loyal citizen of Spain, I believe it won't be right to let a child without Royal blood take the throne, so I thought to use this opportunity to tell the truth and get rid of the guilt of my sins.” The host began to ask her more questions but I took the remote and turned off the TV. The room was in complete silence and the tension in the air was so thick that a knife could
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LEAH'S POV“Come on, it's not fair,” I whined after losing to Asher again. “It's my first time playing, should you be going easy on me?” “That was me going easy on you.” He gave me a confused look. “It's not my fault that you suck at video games.” I took the couch pillow and slammed it on his head before standing up from the floor. “I might suck at video games but I still have a beautiful face, that's all that matters.” I flipped my hair back, making him chuckle. Picking up my phone from the couch, I went into his kitchen to grab a snack. I already had breakfast before coming over to Asher's place and I didn't want to take something heavy again because of my weight.Asher came to wrap his hands around me as I rummaged his cupboard for a snack. “I spoke to my mom yesterday.” “Okay,” I replied half-heartedly as I was more concerned with the snack I was looking for.“She wants to meet you,” he blurted out.“Okay,” I replied before his words fully registered in my brain, making me fre
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ESTEFAN'S POV“Anna, relax.” I held her shoulder. “I know it's hard but you have to think about your baby and be careful with everything you do.”“But what am I going to do?” She cried. “My parents are planning to come and finalize the divorce so they can take me with them, and Esteban is not even here.”I sighed because I couldn't assure her that everything would be fine. I was more confused than I'd ever been in my entire life.“Just go to your room and get some rest, I'll see what I can do.” I glanced behind me to see Rhea in the corner of the room talking to someone on the phone. I had a wild guess that it was someone from her family, probably wondering what was going on.“Esmeralda,” I called and she walked to me. “Take Anna to her room and I'll take Mom to the guest room on the second floor.” She nodded before she asked, “Don't we have to stay with them here?” “Yes you have to but I will have to take Rhea back home.” I glanced at Rhea who was still taking on the phone with a
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135ESTEFAN'S POV“That day at the hospital, I had just delivered a baby boy. I had no family or husband to take care of me and my baby, so I told the nurse in charge that I would like to give the baby up for adoption. She took the baby away and prepared to get me discharged.” Miss Ruiz narrated and I took a seat on the chair in the room.“What happened after that?” I placed my elbow on my thighs and listened to every word she said.“I was about to leave the hospital when she back and told me that a woman lost her son and they would like to switch her baby with mine. I agreed to it when I found out it was the Queen. I thought that was the perfect opportunity for my son to live a good life.” “Did you see the dead baby?” I asked.“No.” She shook her head. “I didn't even get to see my child before I left the hospital.” The nurse must have taken care of it and claimed it was Miss Ruiz's child.“Okay, but who convinced you to come back and reveal the truth?” That was the question I had b
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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
