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
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
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
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
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
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
RHEA'S POVThe one dream I had was to have my books read by people all over the world with my identity hidden behind the pages of each book. I spent each day of my life thinking about the future of my characters but I never for once thought about my future. I was too comfortable hiding within the four walls of my dad's mansion that I didn't imagine something would threaten to take me out of my comfort zone. I never for once thought about dating someone talkless of getting married. Even if I was to get married, I didn't want it to be arranged but the question was how would I ever get married when I couldn't leave the house to meet anyone?Estefan was the only opposite gender of my age group that I've met who was not part of my family relative and all of a sudden, he wants to get married to me. The one question that had been bugging me was why? His relationship with Leah was going well, so why did choose me over her?I told my dad to reject the marriage offer but I had a feeling it mig
RHEA'S POVPacking the last piece of clothing in my wardrobe, I zipped up my suitcase. My parents insisted I packed all my clothes which wasn't an issue because I could easily count the number of clothes I had in my closet.I didn't see the need to buy many expensive clothes since I only wore them around the house but my dad would get me some designer clothes once in a while which came in handy because it was suddenly required of me to leave the house.There was a knock on the door before it was pushed open by my mother. "Are you ready? It's time to go." "Yeah, I'm done." I checked out my white crop top and black leather trousers in the mirror before picking up my handbag and laptop bag as I dragged my suitcase out of the room.The driver took my suitcase from me when I got to the bottom of the stairs. My dad came down the stairs after me and I glanced up the stairs waiting for Leah to show up. It has been three days since the proposal letter came in and the Spain Royal family announ