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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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136RHEA'S POVThe rays of sun cast on my face and I shifted to feel my head resting on something hard and warm. Popping an eye open, I raised my head to see Estefan sleeping with his hands around my body. I positioned my head on his chest to get a good look at his face. I used my fingers to remove the strand of hair on his face before moving to place a kiss on his lips.His hands tightened around me before I could pull away and his lips moved against mine.“Good morning.” He smiled when he pulled away.“When did you home yesterday?” I traced my finger on the side of his face. “You look stressed out.”“I came in sometime close to midnight,” he replied and my eyes widened. “Why were you out till that time?” I sat up on the bed beside him.“Anna called me when I got home after meeting Miss Sofia. She was worried about Esteban so I had to go back out to look for him.” He stretched his body and yawned. “I'm so tired. I wished everything that happened yesterday was just a terrible nightm
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RHEA'S POVThat night, I called my dad to tell him that Estefan and I would be coming down to London for something important. I choose not to go into details and leave it to Estefan to explain to my father face to face.Estefan said the court gave his father one week to make his decision about his brother becoming the Crown prince. Though Prince Eugenio cannot take over the throne until King Estevan passes away Estefan is convinced that Prince Eugenio wouldn't wait till then to ascend the throne.He wanted to use the one week his father had to chase any hope that his real brother was still alive. That was the only way to save his father's throne and guarantee his safety.We sat on the dining table, having breakfast while the maids took our traveling bags to the car. As I was eating, Leah's call came through and I answered it.“Hello.” “Dad said you and Estefan are coming to London today, is that true?” she asked. “Yes, we have something important that we need to take care of.” “T
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ESTEFAN'S POV Esteban went back to his room as soon as Anna left the palace. My father glanced at Mom before turning on his heels and walked to the elevator. “He's never going to forgive me, is he?” Queen Carina sighed as she watched her husband walk away.“I'm sure he'll come around, just give him time.” Rhea moved closer to her and rubbed her shoulders.“Are you two going to London?” Esmeralda asked, looking back and forth between Rhea and me. “Who is going to help Dad if you leave?" she said to me. “Trust me, we won't be gone for long,” I assured her. “We are going for something important that might end up resolving our situation, so I want you to give Dad the moral support you can while we are gone.” “Okay.” She nodded. “I'll go talk to Dad before we leave.” I ruffled her hair before walking to the elevator. The elevator stopped at the fifth floor and I went to my dad's study after checking his room to find it empty. I knocked on the door and he responded, “Come in.” Pushi
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RHEA'S POV I opened my eyes to a familiar environment and I sat up to see that I was in my old room. Climbing down from the bed, I yawned and made my way downstairs to find Leah feeding Dylan his food in the living room.“Who's the good boy? You're the good boy,” Leah said in a funny voice, trying to batter Dylan up to eat his food.I chuckled and walked closer to her. “I didn't expect you to be so good with babies.” “What do you mean?” She raised her eyebrows at me. “I practically raised you when Mom and Dad would leave you with the housekeeper and go to work all day.”“I have to admit you did a good job then,” I smirked. “I grew up into a fine young lady and I didn't even take after you.” She hissed and turned back to Dylan. “You should be sad you didn't.”“Whatever.” I waved her off and sat next to her. “Do you know where Estefan is?” “Mrs. Anderson said he dropped you off and left for Dad's office which was an hour before I came home and I've been home for one hour thirty minu
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RHEA'S POV “You look beautiful,” Estefan said as I stood in front of the mirror in a black short off-shoulder flare dress.He was standing next to me in a white Dior shirt and black pants paired with a black jean jacket.“The dress is tighter than when I got it.” I turned from side to side, checking to see if my stomach was bulging out in the dress.He wrapped his hands around me from behind. “It's just an effect of the pregnancy, you'll get back in shape after the baby is revealed.” He placed a kiss on my exposed shoulder. “Besides, I think you are more beautiful with your chubby cheeks.” I stepped away from his hold and turned to him with a glare. “Are you saying I was ugly when I was skinny?” “What?” His eyes widened in horror. “That's not what I meant.” “Then what do you mean?” I folded my arms.“You know what? Forget I said anything.” He picked up his phone from the bed. “You'll only end up twisting all my words.”I rolled my eyes and turned back to take one last look at my
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ESTEFAN'S POVI stepped into a diner close to the Knight Tech building and I spotted Asher sitting on a table for four alone near a window. I took my seat in front of him and he raised his head from his phone to look at me.“Your Highness.” He bowed. “I didn't expect you to be here early. “ “I'm a punctual person and I don't like people wasting my time,” I replied as I checked the time to see that it was two minutes past the appointed time.“Where is he?” I asked. “Have you spoken to him?” “Yes, he's going to be here soon,” he answered. “He called saying he had to report to work and finalize his impromptu off day.”“I thought Mr Knight said he would be taking care of that.” “He did send a message to his department head but they still have to make sure that his absence doesn't affect their work in any way.” I nodded in understanding before folding my hands and waiting for Cameron to show up.“I'm a bit curious,” he started. “Does my aunt maybe have anything to do with the Queen of S
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RHEA'S POVAll I wanted to do was rush back to Spain and give everyone the good news but I had promised to spend Leah's birthday which was two days away. Estefan and I decided to leave the day after Leah's birthday, that way we would still have two days to prove to the court members that King Estevan son before the announcement.Estefan had called Esmeralda that night and asked her about the situation in the palace. She told him that everything was just as we left it. Everyone was ignoring each other and the reporters were still camped outside the palace. She even mentioned that Princess Antonella came to visit after we left, and she overheard her telling King Estevan that she tried talking to some court members to support her in approving Estefan as the Crown Prince but they refused because Prince Eugenio already brought them over to his side.And she also mentioned that Princess Antonella insisted that King Estevan divorced his wife and kicked Esteban out of the palace if he ended
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