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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 POVI went into my study after I helped Rhea move her stuff back to our room. My mind drifted back to the interview and I couldn't stop wondering why I said all those things about Rhea. I admitted they were all true but I wasn't ready to express that to her.After the interview, Esteban wouldn't stop teasing me that I had fallen in love with her. I was starting to like her, which I was sure of. But love, no way. There was no way I would fall in love with another Knight sister after the terrible ordeal I went through seven years ago.The sound of my phone ringing pulled me out of my sea of thought. Checking its screen, I sighed when I saw that it was Mr Darlington from Empire Fashion House calling."Hello," I answered with a cold voice. "Your Highness, it's been a while." He laughed but I could tell that he was nervous."Yeah. Is there something I can help you with?" "It's about the contract you agree to sign with us. I..." He started but I cut him off."I assumed that deal
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LEAH'S POVThe air conditioning cooled my skin and the soft music playing in the background soothed my ears as I sat in the dressing room of Rose Cosmetics company, applying one of their products to get ready for the photo shoot. My eyes were closed as the Make-up artist stood in front of me, working on my face, and the hair stylist was behind me curling my hair. Shirley sat on the couch behind us doing God knows what."Oh, my God! Prince Estefan is present," she exclaimed. Estefan's name caught my attention and I opened my eyes before turning to look at her, stopping the actions of the two ladies working on me. "What is it?" She stood up to move closer to me with her phone. "The Royal Family interview." She showed me her phone screen where the Spanish Royal family sat with a bunch of reporters in front of them. "The thing is, Prince Estefan has never attended the interview before but to everyone's surprise, he appeared this time," Shirley explained."What about his wife? I thought
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RHEA'S POVBolting out of Estefan's study, I ran back to our room, closing the door behind me with my back resting on it. I placed my hand on my racing heart as my thoughts went wild. Why did he kiss me? No, the real question was why did I kiss him back? I could have pushed him away as I did in Hawaii but why didn't I? I hit the back of my head on the door, groaning at my stupidity. "Rhea, what is wrong with you?" I questioned myself. All he did was take responsibility for something that was his fault and redeemed my reputation, so there was no reason to let my guard down around him. Besides, it was only a matter of time before we get divorced and go our separate ways, so I needed my brain and my heart to cooperate with me to avoid having unnecessary feelings that could hinder my plans.Taking my hand away from my chest, I sighed as I walked away from the door to seat on the bed. As I thought about it, I couldn't help but wonder why he kissed me.Was he falling for me? No, that coul
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ESTEFAN'S POVLeaning into the plane seat with my eyes closed, I could feel Rhea's stares boring into my skin. Since we left the palace, she had been staring at me but I ignored her, expecting that she would later open up and tell me what she wanted. The feeling of her eyes disturbed from getting any sleep, I had no choice but to open my eyes to meet hers as she was sitting directly in front of me. "What do you want? Is there something you wish to ask me?" She relaxed in her seat after getting my attention. "Why are you acting differently around me?" I understood what she was asking but I decided to feign ignorance so that she could explain more. "What are you talking about?""I'm used to you being cold and uncaring that I don't know what to do with the Estefan I have been seeing since yesterday." Her eyes were filled with curiosity as they bored into mine like she was trying to figure out what was going on in my head."You should feel lucky that you are the only one that gets to e
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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
