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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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RHEA'S POVThat afternoon, I wanted to prepare lunch myself but I realised there was nothing in the fridge, so we had to order room service. After the meal, I tried to convince Estefan to get some groceries because I wanted to cook dinner myself but he blatantly refused, saying he couldn't stress himself with trivial things like that. The most annoying part was that he didn't even have to go himself, he just had to send someone to get them for him, but that seems like too much stress to him.Cooking had become a hobby of mine since when I was young but I didn't get to do much of it since I entered the palace. I usually felt more satisfied with a meal when I prepared it myself. Since I had an entire suite to myself, I planned to use the opportunity to cook my food for as long as I was there. But Estefan refused to get me the foodstuffs, so I had no choice but to stick with the hotel service.I was sitting on the couch with my legs crossed and my laptop on top of it. My fingers had be
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RHEA'S POV"Are you ready?" Estefan asked as he stopped the car in front of the gate. "Yes. It's just my parents, there's nothing for me to be scared or nervous about," I replied as the gate slid open. He drove the car inside and stopped in front of the main door. A guard opened the door for me to climb down as Estefan came down and moved to stand beside me. He intertwined his fingers with mine as we walked toward the entrance. The door opened and the head maid stood in front of us. "Welcome, Your highness," she said to Estefan before turning to me. "It's good to have you back home, Miss, I mean Your highness." "It's good to see you too, Mrs Anderson." I smiled at her. "My parents are in, right?""Yes. They didn't go to work because you were coming." Estefan must have informed them earlier, if not, they would have left for work. Mrs Anderson walked back in and we followed behind her.My parents met us halfway to the living room. Mom moved closer and pulled me into a tight hug. "M
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LEAH'S POVThe sound of a car driving into the compound caught my attention, making me climb down from the bed I was huddled up in. I knew it wasn't my parents because they didn't go to work that morning. I didn't know why nor did I care to ask, but it seems that they stayed behind for the person who just drove into the compound. I stood upstairs by the rail, looking down at my parents welcoming Rhea and Estefan with smiles on their faces oblivious to my presence. Estefan glanced up and our eyes met for a split second before he looked away. He said something to my parents before turning to Rhea and kissing her forehead. My hands tightened on the rail as anger coursed through before I made my back into my room. I laid back on my bed, trying my possible best not to think of those two but that seems impossible as the scene of Estefan kissing Rhea's forehead kept playing in my head.For someone who claimed not to want to get married, Rhea seems comfortable with Estefan touching and kiss
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ESTEFAN'S POVStopping in front of Rhea's parents, I glanced up to see Leah glaring down at us. I turned to Rhea, caressing her hair as I kissed her forehead. From the corner of my eyes, I noticed Leah's hand tightening on the rail with her face red in anger. I walked out of the house with a satisfied smile on my face. There was an unbelievable joy in my heart whenever I saw her angry, jealous and miserable, it was even more satisfying to know that she had no idea why she was going through all those problems. It didn't matter if she ended up finding out the truth because I already got what I wanted and nothing could reverse it.Getting into my car, I drove to Empire fashion house where the board of directors and Mr Darlington stood at the reception to receive me. After receiving handshakes from every one of them, we went into the conference room where we concluded with the signing of the contract. As we exited the conference room and walked toward the elevator, I noticed a dark-hair
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RHEA'S POVEver since the incident yesterday, Estefan has been breathing down my neck, asking me every minute if I was in pain and reminding me when it was time for me to take my medications. It got annoying because he was treating me like I was involved in a fatal accident and not someone who took a small hit on the head.At the same time, I was enjoying the experience of a sweet and caring Estefan. Sometimes when I look at how he behaves with me, I wondered if he was the same Estefan I used to know. I remembered clearly the first time we met in the palace when he accused me of trying to seduce his brother and the other time when he said I should feel grateful to him for bringing me out of my miserable life. It pisses me off every time I thought about those moments, but I decided not to bring it up again.The whole point of it was that Estefan has changed a lot in the few weeks of us being together. It felt like someone has taken over his body and the real Estefan was somewhere else
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ESTEFAN'S POVAfter Rhea had successfully locked herself in the bathroom, I had to threaten to stop editing her book for her to come out. She found her act embarrassing but I found it cute. I had to admit that he took all the willpower in me for me to leave her on the bed and walked out. The way she moaned out my name ignited something in me and I knew if I didn't stop that moment I wouldn't be able to control myself anymore.Rhea was still behaving awkwardly around me when she came but with time, she got over it and returned to her usual annoying self. The following morning, Rhea and I sat on the couch as she began to fill in the form for the writing contest on her laptop. Our bags were standing at the entrance of the suite because our plane departs for Spain in two hours which was enough time for Rhea to enter her book for the contest. I made sure I finished the editing before the day break because I knew I would be occupied once we returned to Spain. Rhea finished filling out the
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