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RHEA'S POVStepping out of the elevator in a white shirt and black leggings, Estefan and I walked side by side into the living room where my parents and Marilyn were waiting with the royal family."There is my favourite grandchild." Marilyn stood up, pulling me into a hug when I got closer to her. "Don't tell Leah and Grayson that." "Of course, I've been keeping a secret for sixteen years, don't I deserve a reward for that?" I smiled as I pulled away."Yes, you do. Here." She began to kiss me all over my face and I giggled. She stopped, holding my face in her arms as tears gathered in her eyes. "I'm going to miss you, my little bunny." She sniffed as she couldn't hold back the tears anymore.Pulling her closer, I wrapped my arms around her neck. "Grandma, please don't cry. If you keep crying, I'm going to start crying too." I buried my face in her hair, preventing the tears gathering in my eyes from falling. "That's enough, Marilyn." My mom rubbed her shoulder, making her pull away
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RHEA'S POVDriving into the private airport of the royal family, I looked through the tinted windows to see a white jet with the Spain flag painted boldly on the side. The car stopped beside the jet with two other cars behind it as an escort. A guard opened the door and Estefan stepped out. I was about to climb out when he held his hand out for me, I took it and stepped out of the car. The guards dragged our suitcase behind us as we strode towards the jet and ascend the stairs to go inside."Welcome aboard, Your Highnesses, " a fair-skinned lady in a black suit dress greeted us as we stepped inside the jet. "I'm Martha and I will be your hostess for today. If you need anything, I will be at your service.Estefan nodded curtly while I gave a bright smile muttering a 'thank you'. She led us to our sear before leaving with the guard. I took the seat next to the window while Estefan sat beside me in silence. Ever since we left the palace, he hasn't said a word to me and I couldn't care l
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ESTEFAN'S POVDescending the stairs, I met John talking on the phone in the living room, oblivious to my presence. I stood behind him with folded arms as I waited for him to finish up with his call.He turned around to meet my piercing glare and he stepped back in shock. "I'll call you back," he said to the person on the phone before hanging up. "Your Highness, is there something you need my help with?" "Yes, I need you to help me get the boat to the beach," I replied.It was only a matter of time before Rhea hopped down the stairs, and I didn't want her to witness what I was going to do to that idiot."Okay, sir." He walked toward the back exit of the house where the basement is located. I followed behind him in silence till he opened the basement door and stepped in. There were three Speed boats in the room, ranging from the colour white, red and blue. "Which one of them do you want me to bring out?" He turned to me as he asked.Without replying to his question, I took menacing s
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RHEA'S POV"That was so much fun, can we go again?" I jumped as Estefan brought that boat back to the shore."No." He turned off the boat and climbed down. "Why not?" I stomped my foot on the floor of the boat."We have been on the water for three hours, I'm exhausted and starving. I'm sure you are too, so let's go inside." He held his hand out for me to help me climb down."Fine," I grumbled as I took his hand and jumped down.We walked back into the house to meet two ladies laughing over something on the phone. They didn't seem to notice our presence as they were engrossed in what they were looking at. "Are you here to work or slack off?" Estefan's voice boomed in the living room, making everyone in the room jump in shock including me."We are sorry, Your Highness. We didn't notice when you came in," the lady with the chestnut-brown hair said as they bowed their head. They both had dark eyes and looked like they are in their twenties."Is lunch ready?" He asked."Yes, Your Highnes
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ESTEFAN'S POVIt was Day two of our honeymoon and according to Esteban's schedule, we were to visit the Bishop museum that afternoon and have a 'romantic dinner' that evening. I was sitting in the living room for almost an hour waiting for Rhea to finish dressing up, so we can leave for the Museum. Rachel and Jenna were upstairs in our room, helping her to pick an outfit because she said and I quote, "I want to capture my first time in the museum and I need to look perfect in it." I couldn't bring myself to argue with her, so I left her to do as she pleased even though I wanted to tell her that she looked perfect in whatever she wears.In what felt like ages, Rhea descended the stairs in a blue laced armless dress that stopped mid-thigh, pairing it with black sandal heels, and her copper blonde hair was falling in waves behind her, reaching her waist. I had to admit that she looked perfect but there was no way I would say that to her face. "Is this the reason why I was kept waiting
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LEAH'S POV"How long do you plan to keep this up?" my dad asked over breakfast. "As long as I can," I replied as I sipped my coffee.Since my parent arrived from Spain they have been trying to convince me to call Rhea and talk to her. It made me sick that they cared about how she was feeling and all, but they didn't even bother to ask me how I was coping with the situation. All the hard work I went through to get to the top of my career was slowly turning to dust, but all they care about was their little innocent daughter."Leah, just call your sister once and talk to her. She misses you," my mom said in a pleading tone.There it was again, only thinking about Rhea. "Mum, please. I don't have the energy to talk about Rhea this early morning." "We won't be talking about her if you would just let go of whatever happened and call her," dad raised his voice at me. "I don't understand why you are this mad about her marrying Estefan. You don't even love him, all you wanted was to become
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RHEA'S POVMy eyes widened as I froze when Estefan grabbed me all of a sudden and connected our lips. He wrapped his hand around my waist, pulling me closer and for a slight moment, I wanted to melt into his arms and kiss him back. But when it registered in my mind that the person who was kissing me was no other than Prince Estefan the source of my problem, I pushed him away, staring at him with wide eyes. "What the fuck do you think you are doing? Who gave you the right to kiss me without my permission?" I cover my mouth with my hand. "Your ranting was annoying me so I had to do that to shut you up and it worked faster than any other way I could've thought of. Also, I'm your husband, I don't need permission to kiss you." He stepped closer, pulling me by the waist. His fingers caressed my face before he leaned toward my ear with his breath fanning down on my neck. "You became mine the day I married you, so I can kiss you and touch you whenever and wherever I want." A shiver ran do
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LEAH'S POVMy heart thudded in my chest as I walked toward the edge of the rooftop of the Empire building. Taking a deep breath, I stood on the edge, looking straight ahead. I closed my eyes in fear when l looked down to see how high the building was. If I was to mistakenly fall from there I would lose my life."Leah, you are going to be fine. Shirley will be here with the press soon to stop you from 'committing suicide'," I assured myself. People began to gather in front of the building as they noticed me standing at the top. They pointed at me but I couldn't hear what they were saying because of the far distance. The small number of onlookers slowly turned into a large crowd and I noticed a white van pulled over in front of the building and some group of people with cameras jumped down from it.Shirley did it. I just had to wait for someone to come to the roof and stop me from jumping, and then I would get the public's sympathy that I needed. I forced tears to come out of my eyes
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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
