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ESTEFAN'S POVI sat on the bed alone, trying to read a book but I couldn't bring myself to concentrate on it as my mind kept wandering to the Not-so-romantic dinner Rhea and I had. The purpose of those pictures was to make her happy just like I had promised my dad which it did but what I didn't expect was for her to mention us getting a divorce. Was it because I kissed her? Did I repulse her that much that she despise even the thought of me touching her? Leah was right when she said she was hard to please when hurt. Thinking about it, I realized I made a good decision by telling her she could get a divorce after the project with her dad is done. I could see the happiness in her eyes, knowing that she wouldn't spend the rest of her life with me. It was going to take three to four months for it to be complete, and that was enough time for me to make it up to her for dragging her into this mess. I would feel less guilty if she lives happily in the short time she would be spending with
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RHEA'S POVMy heart shattered into a million pieces when I read people's comments about me in Leah's video. They painted me as the worst sister anyone could ever have. I scrolled further to see an edited version of Estefan and my wedding picture that was taken when we were dancing during the reception party. In the picture they were horns on my head, making me look like the devil incarnate. Clicking on the comment section, I was greeted by more hate comments. "How can people be so cruel?" I muttered as I continued to read. A hand grabbed my phone all of a sudden but I didn't protest nor tried to grab the phone back because I knew it was no other person than Estefan. I wanted him to see for himself what he had caused. "Why are you reading this?" He asked. "Why do you care?" I glanced up at him."I care because you are my wife." Grabbing the phone from him, I lay on my side of the bed and cover myself from head to toe with the quilt, hoping that he would leave me alone. His footst
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RHEA'S POVOn our way back to Spain, I sat farther away from Estefan inside the plane since I was still not speaking to him. He got annoyed every time he spoke to me and received no response, and I had to say it made me happy to see him that way. He deserved far worse than silent treatment for what he did to me. I made use of that opportunity to complete the last chapter of my book and went straight into editing because had less than two weeks left to submit it for the contest. A sigh of relief escaped my mouth when our plane landed in Spain and I wasted no time in making my way out. The guard opened the limousine's door for me and I got in as Estefan followed behind me. We were getting close to the palace when Estefen asked, "How long do you plan to keep this up?" No response."You are acting like a child right now. You know that right?" he continued but I ignored him, putting my headphones in my ear to drown his voice.The Limousine drove into the palace, stopping in front of the
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LEAH'S POV I'm unstoppable I'm a Porsche with no brakes I'm invincible Yeah, I win every single game I'm so powerful I don't need batteries to play I'm so confident I'm unstoppable todayI sang along to the music box playing in my room as I dolled myself up before I leave for the Empire Fashion house. Ever since the whole suicide act, I'd been receiving calls from the same people who cast me out. Even Morgan called me to renew our partnership. If I had known that the outcome was going to be that fast and effective, I would have done it a while ago. But either way, everything happened for the best.When I was done getting ready, I went downstairs to join my parents for breakfast. "Good morning dad, Good morning mom." I took my seat with a smile radiating off my face. "I can't believe you are feeling happy right now." My dad stared at me in disbelief. "Of course,
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ESTEFAN'S POVThe day has been so busy as Esteban and I had to go represent Dad in a Parliament meeting with all the state officials. Attending meetings like that was something I wouldn't do on a normal day but Esteban begged to go with him because he didn't want to be alone with those old men. Sometimes, I wondered how he was going to cope when he becomes the King when he couldn't even attend a single meeting without me. He was also too carefree, soft-hearted, and trusted people easily. I knew those power-hungry officials would try to use his gentleness against him and push him around when he took over the throne, but I made a promise to myself to protect him and his throne."Is Rhea still not talking to you?" Esteban asked as we got into his car to leave for the palace. "Yeah, and now she's avoiding me." I rolled my eyes as the driver drove out of the building."I heard from Anna that she spent the night in Esmeralda's room." He chuckled. "You know she doing this because you got h
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RHEA'S POVSitting on the bed in Esmeralda's room, yes, Esmeralda's room. I had moved out of the room I shared with Estefan because I was still mad at him that I didn't even want to look at him. My laptop sat in front of me and I groaned in frustration when I wasn't satisfied with the editing of my book.No matter how much I edited it, I still didn't find the chapter perfect. The contest was the last for me and I couldn't afford to lose the chance of finally making a name for myself because of some tiny errors. I wished there was someone who had great knowledge about books and writing to help me out.My mind drifted to Estefan as I remembered that he was also into books and had read different varieties to have enough knowledge of them. But there was no way I would ask him for help at the moment. I would rather lose the contest than ask him for help.'Seriously? Would I?'The contest was very important to me but I couldn't bring myself to swallow my pride and let go of my grudge to as
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ESTEFAN'S POVBarging into Esteban's room, I met him getting ready for bed. "How dare she walk away from me?" I barked at him.He sighed and sat on the bed. "Let me guess, Rhea didn't like the fireworks show you prepared." "No, she did. I could see the excitement in her eyes when she saw the fireworks up close but they vanished the moment she set her eyes on me and then she walked away from me without saying a word." My face was red with anger and embarrassment as I paced around the room."Understandably, she didn't say anything because she is still giving you the silent treatment, and I believe what she wants from you is not some fireworks show." He shrugged."She should have at least acknowledged my effort. I haven't done anything like that for any girl in the past seven years." "So that means you have done something romantic for a lady before you came into the palace? And here I was, thinking that you never had a girlfriend." He stood up from the bed to come closer to me. "Who is
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RHEA'S POVSitting in the front of the mirror was Esmeralda with I standing behind her as I helped her straighten her silky raven hair. "Did you hear that Estefan is going for the interview?" She asked, looking at me through the mirror."Is that supposed to be news?" I raised my eyebrows. "The interview is meant for the members of the Royal Family, so it's only proper that he attends." "That's true, but Estefan has always refused to attend it because he believed it was stupid." "Really? So why is he going this time?" I asked with my eyebrows scrunched together."I heard it's because of you," she sang as she winked at me. What? Why would Estefan do something he has never done before because of me? There must be a sort of misunderstanding there."I'm sure you misheard it. Estefan would never do that because of me." I shook my head."It's true." She turned to me, stopping me from continuing my work with her hair. "Esteban said he was mad yesterday because you walked away from him aft
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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
