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2022-12-01 05:17:04LEAH'S POV
"That's beautiful, Leah. Now give me something cute," the cameraman yelled as I strike different poses, wearing a blue gown from the new fashion line that the Empire fashion house would be launching soon under the bright light of the studio as 7rings by Ariana Grande played in the background."Gorgeous. Now give me something sexy." He moved around to get the picture from different angles.Opening the slit of the blue gown I wore, I stuck my bare legs out and give him a seductive smile."Enchanting." He laughed as he kept taking more pictures.We were at it for three hours because I had to take more pictures in another five outfits. The job of a model can be stressful and time-taking but I wasn't complaining because I loved the fame and money that came with it."Okay, that's a wrap," the company's managing director said after I'd taken pictures with the last outfit. "Good job everyone, especially you Leah.""Thanks, Mr. Cedric." I smiled at him as I went back into the changing room.After I changed back into my clothes, I sat in front of the mirror to give my makeup a little touch. When I was done, my assistant, Shirley came in with a bottle of cold drink and I took it from her, downing it in three gulps."Do I have any appointment for lunch today?" I asked.She took out her phone to check my schedule. "You don't have any other appointment today.""Is that so?" I smiled as I remembered that a got a card from a certain Prince last night.She nodded as I motioned for her to get me my bag. When she handed it to me, I shuffled the bag for the card. I found it and punched the number written on it on my phone.Placing the phone on my ear, I crossed my fingers for him to pick up the call but he didn't. I tried not to get discouraged and tried calling again but to my surprise, he answered it."Hello, who is this?" His sexy deep voice sounded through the phone."It's Leah Knight, you gave me your card last night," I replied feeling giddy inside."Oh, how can I help you?""I was wondering if you would like to grab lunch with me, that's if you are not too busy." I bit my fingers, praying that he agrees to hang out with me."Sure, I would love to," he replied."For real?" My eyes widened."Yes.""Um, there's this restaurant near my dad's company, they serve amazing dishes. Can we meet there?""Sure.""Okay, I'll be there in ten minutes," I said and he hung up.I squealed as I jumped in my seat. Standing up from my seat, I turned to Shirley who was giving me a confused look. "Guess who just got herself a lunch date with the Spanish Prince?""You mean Prince Estefan?" She asked and I nodded. "But people say he's as cold as ice and has never been seen with any girl, talkless of dating one.""That's because those other girls are not Leah Knight. I mean, look at me, who in their right mind would say no to this?" I cat-walked around the room, motioning my hand down my body."Yes, you're right." She smiled. "I guess you better be on your way now if you don't want to keep the prince waiting.""That's right." I grabbed my bag and walked toward the door. "Bye.""Bye, and have fun," she yelled after me as I exited the room.Just when I was about to walk out of the company building, I was stopped by a familiar voice calling my name."Leah, wait up."I turned around to see Mr. Cedric jogging toward me. "Mr. Cedric, what can I do for you?""You don't have to be formal when we are alone. Just call me Nathan." He flashed me a smile as his honey-brown eyes raked my body with lust."Okay. So why did you stop me?""Oh yes, I just wanted to tell you did a great job today," he scratched his neck. "You know, from the moment I set my eyes on you, I couldn't ignore your talent and beauty that's why I did everything in my power to make sure you got the deal with the Empire fashion house.""Oh really?" I raised my eyebrows at him."Of course." He nodded. "The other directors wanted someone else to do it but I managed to convince the CEO that you are perfect for the job and I'm very happy you didn't fail my trust in you."It was obvious he wanted something from me with all the bragging and self-praise; they all do. They would always pull the 'I got you the deal for you' card to make me feel like I owed them. Back then when I was still a novice, I used to fall it but not anymore. I was way more than that."Thank you, Mr. Cedric, I mean Nathan." I forced a smile. "Is that all you wanted to tell me?""There's actually one more thing." He swept his hair back as he stepped closer. "I was wondering if you would like to have lunch with me, so we can get to know each other more."Mr. Cedric was a good-looking guy, I wouldn't deny that. The way he swept his dark hair back with his hand and lick his pink lips with the seductive look in his eyes was enough to make any girl go crazy, and on a normal day I would have entertained him but he came at the wrong time because I had my eyes on a certain Prince."I'm sorry, Nathan but I have an appointment. Maybe some other time." I flashed him a smile."What about tomorrow?" He pushed."I have a tight schedule tomorrow. See you later." I turned and walked out the door.Time to meet my prince charming.Related chapters
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LEAH'S POVStepping into the restaurant twenty minutes later, my eyes scanned the room and stopped when they landed on a familiar dirty blond hair guy whose attention was fixed on his phone. A smile made its way to my face as approached him slowly, taking in his appearance. He was looking devilishly handsome in an all-white outfit, making him appear like a big bad handsome wolf in sheep's clothing; a wolf I wouldn't mind being bitten by."Hi." I took the seat opposite him."Miss Knight, one of the things I hate the most is people coming late to an appointment." He glanced up from his phone. "I'm a man who strictly keeps to time and I don't appreciate others wasting my time by coming late." "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I got delayed a bit when I was about to leave the studio.""It's fine, I'm only letting you know in case of next time." He turned his attention back to his phone.Next time, that was the word that stuck in my head. It means that he wanted to hang out with me again. If
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RHEA'S POVIt was another usual boring afternoon for me as I sprawled on the couch trying to finish another chapter of my book. I was in deep thought about how to construct the next paragraph of the chapter when the main door opened. My eye widened as I stood up to check who it was because I knew no one was supposed to be home that early. "Rhea." Princess Esmeralda came to view as she moved closer to envelop me in a hug."Esmeralda." I gave her a confused look. "How come you are here?" "I was bored out of my mind when I suddenly remembered that I have another friend who would be feeling bored like me, so I came over to keep you company." She beamed at me."Friend?" I blinked in surprise. That was the first time anyone would ever refer to me as a friend. I didn't even know what it was like to have a friend after being cooped up in the house for twenty years."Well, I think you are beautiful and nice, so I think we should be friends. That's if you don't mind that I'm three years youn
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ESTEFAN'S POVStanding in front of the mirror to fix my tie, I groaned as I couldn't get the hang of it. Back at the palace, I always rely on my younger brother Esteban to knot my tie for me. He had been trying to teach me how to do it myself for the past seven years but I never paid attention since he was always there to do it for me which I was regretting at the moment.After trying for more than thirty minutes, I gave up and threw the tie on my bed beside my phone that has been ringing nonstop since I woke up. Ever since the lunch date, Leah has been calling me endlessly. I ignored her calls so that she would get the hint that I didn't want to talk to her but she wouldn't stop calling. Talk about desperation. A sigh escaped my lips when the phone stopped ringing and I stopped myself from punching the mirror in front of me out of frustration when the phone rang again. I checked the device screen and I exhaled when I saw it was my brother calling."Hello, big bro," my brother holle
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ESTEFAN'S POVThe car stopped in front of the Knight Tech company which was a thirty floors building covered with blue transparent glass. My dad and I walked through the revolving door and made our way into the private elevator that was only used by the CEO but he extended the use to us.We stopped the elevator on the twenty-fifth floor and made our way to the conference room where Mr Knight's secretary, Jordan, waiting at the entrance. He approached us with a wide smile on his face. "Welcome Your Highnesses. Everyone is waiting for you in the conference room."He opened the metal door that led to the conference room and everyone stood up upon our entrance. The room was filled with the company's board of directors and shareholders occupying their places on either side of the conference table. Mr Knight sat at the head of the table while my father took the seat on his right with me beside him and some royal bodyguards taking their positions behind us. The lights of the room were turne
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LEAH'S POVI sat in the spacious dressing room of the Empire fashion house with five other models, getting ready for the Empire's fashion magazine shoot that would begin in the next fifteen minutes. The door barged open making me swerve my head in the direction to see Shirley running toward me with an excited look on her face. She stopped beside me breathing heavily."What's wrong?" I turned back to the mirror, checking if my makeup needs any more adjustment."I think you should see this." She passed me her phone. Taking the phone from her, my eyes widened when I saw a picture of me and Prince Estefan in the restaurant on Twitter with people commenting if we were dating or not. My shocked expression turned into a smile when I scrolled further and I saw more pictures of the both of us plastered all over Twitter with some people questioning our relationship and others shipping us together. People already saw me as Prince Estefan's girlfriend, it was just a matter of time before he co
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LEAH'S POVThe shoot took longer than usual because Kenzie always had something to complain about. If it was not about my dress being prettier than hers, it was about me being at the centre of every photo. She kept pushing me to the edge and it took all the willpower in me to stop myself from pulling all her hair out of her head. A sense of relief washed through me when the shoot ended and I was able to escape from the claws of those wolves in sheep's clothing. I got to the house around 4 pm to meet my sister in the living room watching a historical Korean drama as usual. "Hey." I slumped on the couch next to her, taking a handful of popcorn from the bowl on her thighs."You're back early." She didn't spare me a glance as her eyes were glued to the movie she was watching, not wanting to miss any second of it."Yeah. I had nothing else to do, so I came back home." I stuffed my face with popcorn. "What are you planning to make for dinner?" She picked up the remote that was sitting bes
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ESTEFAN'S POVEarlier that day, my dad and I went to see Mr Knight to finalize the deal. As expected, his daughters agreed to the marriage and he was more than willing to give away any of them in exchange for the business expansion we were offering him which made the whole thing easy. Leah showed up at the company right after we finished signing the contract and invited me to eat lunch with her. She kept on going about how lovely it would be if we got married since people were already shipping us together and all I did was nod. She made sure to remind me that she would be wearing a purple dress for the party before we parted ways which meant she wanted me to wear a matching colour of the tie. That evening, I stood in front of my mirror all dressed up, trying to see if I would be able to knot the tie but I failed on every attempt. I was about to chuck the tie aside and go without it when a knock sounded on my door.I yanked it open without checking who it was and Esmeralda pushed pas
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RHEA'S POVThe house was quiet that evening with my parent out to a party and Leah dressing up to leave for the same party with Estefan who was going to be here any minute while I was in my usual spot on the couch, watching my fourth K-drama series of the week.With the submission date of the writing contest drawing near, the pressure of completing and editing my story was weighing me down. I'd been having writer's block these past few days so I decided to watch some movies and read some of my inspiring author's books to give me some inspiration and ideas. Another reason why the house was quiet was that the house helpers were trying to stay out of Leah's path. Whenever Leah was preparing for a party, she always aimed for perfection in her looks. She would get tensed up and blame anyone she could find for any error she found in her looks."Ahhhhh," Leah's screams shook the house.I wondered what was wrong this time."Who the hell did this to my dress?" She stormed down the stairs with
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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
