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RHEA'S POVThe house was quiet that evening with my parent out to a party and Leah dressing up to leave for the same party with Estefan who was going to be here any minute while I was in my usual spot on the couch, watching my fourth K-drama series of the week.With the submission date of the writing contest drawing near, the pressure of completing and editing my story was weighing me down. I'd been having writer's block these past few days so I decided to watch some movies and read some of my inspiring author's books to give me some inspiration and ideas. Another reason why the house was quiet was that the house helpers were trying to stay out of Leah's path. Whenever Leah was preparing for a party, she always aimed for perfection in her looks. She would get tensed up and blame anyone she could find for any error she found in her looks."Ahhhhh," Leah's screams shook the house.I wondered what was wrong this time."Who the hell did this to my dress?" She stormed down the stairs with
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LEAH'S POVDescending the stairs, my lips stretched in a smile as I spotted Estefan waiting at the bottom of the stairs in a black Armani suit. He had his side turned to me as he spoke on his phone, giving me a nice view of his perfect sculpture jawline which twitched as he spoke. He turned to me, scanning my body with his beautiful amber eyes that shone like a gem.He held his hand out to me when I got to the bottom of the stairs. "You look beautiful." "Thanks." I blushed, taking his hand as I watched my reflection in his eyes. "I must say you are looking very handsome today." He nodded. "Shall we?""Sure." I hooked my hand in his as he led me toward the main door. "Wait!" A familiar voice stopped us from behind. We turn around to see Rhea walking toward us with a gift bag in her hand. She turned to Estefan with a smile. "I just wanted to thank you for the books. Esmeralda told me." She jogged back in the direction she came from.Turning to look at Estefan, I caught him smirking at
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LEAH'S POVThat night, the only thing on my mind was Estefan rejecting me. I couldn't bring myself to get over it because it hurt my ego. I, Leah Knight who men would be delighted just to spend a second with me was rejected by the one man I wanted. No, I couldn't let this slide. I had to make him want me at all costs. The following morning, I woke up a bit late because I didn't have anywhere to go. I went downstairs to meet Rhea on her usual spot on the couch, listening to some music as she typed furiously on her laptop."Good morning," I raised my voice above the sound of her music so she could hear me."Good morning," she said without sparing me a glance."Where are mom and Dad?" "I believe you should check your time before asking me that question," she retorted with her eyes still on the laptop. Checking the time on my phone, I realized it was already past nine. My mom and dad would be at work by now. I rolled my eyes as I pick up a pillow from the couch she was sitting on and h
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RHEA'S POVAfter absorbing myself in books and movies throughout the week, I found more inspiration to keep writing. I was getting closer to the end of the book and I couldn't help but feel happy about it. I finished the chapter I was working on just in time for Leah to hop into the house with a big smile on her face. She slumped on the couch and I raised my eyebrows at her. "What got you all smiling?" "Prince Estefan and I spent the most romantic day together." She beamed.My eyes scanned her face and I noticed the lipstick she wore this morning was gone which gave me a clear image of what she meant by a romantic day. "Did you use protection?" I blurted out."Rhea! I can't believe you think I would be so cheap to sleep with a guy I just met." Her eyes widened."You are already thinking about marrying him the first day you met him so don't blame me for thinking you already did the deed with him." I shrugged."Well, guess what? I didn't." She glared at me and folded her arms as we
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LEAH'S POVThe rest of the week had been the most beautiful days of my life because Estefan and I spent most of it together. I knew our relationship was getting stronger even though he was still being his usual cold self and doesn't express his feelings but I was certain all that would change when we get married.We naturally became the talk of the town when people started seeing us together more and I got more endorsement deals just because I was together with Prince Estefan.The Empire Fashion house launched their new fashion line that week and Estefan escorted me there where I was the star model much to Kenzie's dismay. I found out that night of the launching program that Kenzie was kissing up Nathan to get her to be the star model for the launch.Nathan tried his best to get her the position because I rejected him but lucky for me he didn't have enough power to do that which got Kenzie furious during the program. Estefan was preparing to go back to London that morning, so I went
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RHEA'S POVOur house Headmaid, Mrs Anderson walked into the living room with a brown box in her hand. "There is a package for..." Leah who was sitting on the couch adjacent to me which was unusual on a Monday afternoon didn't let Mrs Anderson finish her sentence as jumped from her seat and took the box from her."It's for Rhea." She threw the box on the couch next to me and hissed as she resumed her initial position."You would have known that if you had let her finish her sentence." I shook my head. "And besides, I can't believe that you expected the Royal Family of Spain to send their proposal letter through a courier guy." "What did you want me to expect? It's been three days since Estefan left and I've not heard anything and it's making me anxious." She whined in frustration. "Why don't you just call him and ask what's going on?" I suggested."I've tried but he hasn't been picking up my calls since he left." She pouted."Maybe he's busy with some work since he has been here for
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RHEA'S POV"Why on earth would they mistake our names?" Leah paced around the living room before turning to my mom. "Mom, this is your fault for giving us rhyming names." "It was your dad's idea, not mine." Mom defended."Leah, calm down. I'm going to call the king now and sort out the misunderstanding," dad said as he picked up the phone.The whole time I was sitting on the couch, biting my nails as I prayed in my heart that everything turns out to be a misunderstanding because marriage was the last thing on my mind at the moment and also because Leah wouldn't take it lightly with me if she doesn't get to marry Estefan.My dad put the phone on speaker when the King picked up the call which made everyone quiet down to listen to the conversation. "Mr knight, how are you doing?""I'm doing fine, Your highness." "I assumed you have gotten Estefan's proposal letter. We are going to be making a public announcement about the wedding today," he said."Yes. About that, there seems to be a
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ESTEFAN'S POV(ROYAL PALACE OF MADRID)That boring afternoon, I sat in my study doing the loads of paperwork that my brother left for me. As the crown prince with a lot of responsibility, Esteban would share most of his work with me to create some free time for himself. I wouldn't be surprised if he still requests my assistance when he becomes the king.The door opened followed by the annoying voices of Esteban and Esmeralda. Esteban walked in a plain white shirt and black jeans. If anyone was to come across him, they wouldn't even think of him as the Crown Prince of the country. While Esmeralda on the other hand was in an expensive Gucci dress. I rubbed my temple as I groaned. "What do you guys want?""We just came to see how you are doing." Esteban shrugged as he perched on my desk. "That's for you." Esmeralda sat on the chair in front of my desk. "I heard you sent the proposal letter today. So who was it for?" I knew from the moment they walked in that they had some hidden agend
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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
