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tanny-preciousHey guys, thank you for reading to this point. I just want to point out that all the book titles mentioned in this chapter are in no way related to any writer's works and if they are, it is purely coincidental. They were all random titles I came up with in my head. Thanks for your support.
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ESTEFAN'S POVPride swelled in my chest as I watched Rhea talking in front of the camera without skipping or shaking in fear. The fact that I played a major part in her achievement made me happier than I had ever been.As I watched her, all the regret of not pursuing my dream as a writer melted away because Rhea already achieved that dream for both of us.The main reason I wanted to become a writer was because of the fame that comes with it when one gets recognised by the right people. That decision was made because of my relationship with Leah. She loved fame and popularity, and I didn't want to be out of her league. Another reason was to take my mom out of the miserable life she was living. She suffered a lot and received insults from the family she worked for which made me want to be successful at all costs and bring her out of that life. But my entire dream came crashing down when the two people I was striving so hard for left me on the same day. It was a tragic day that was emb
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RHEA'S POV The day after the interview, Estefan and I packed our things to go back to Spain. He tried to convince me, so we could stay a bit longer but I insisted on leaving. Since we got to London, he has been giving me mixed signals. Sometimes, he acted as if he sincerely loved and cared about me, and at times, his words made me believe that he couldn't wait to get rid of me. But I was certain that he wanted to stay back because of Leah which pissed me off every time I thought about it. He should wait until we are divorced, so he could see Leah whenever he wanted.We arrived at an empty palace. Empty in the sense that our family were not home. Without wasting time, I went to our room and brought out my laptop from my bag. Estefan followed me in silence and leaned against the door.His eyes followed my every move but I ignored him and sat on the bed placing my laptop in front of me. He came to sit opposite me behind the laptop."What are you doing?" He asked."Writing," I replied w
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ESTEFAN'S POVEven after Rhea's actions toward me earlier, I still wanted to do something for her. When my parent arrived, I informed my mom about the surprise party which she agreed to. No matter how much she pushed me away, I would do my best to get her to forgive me. "Estefan, Esteban, come with me," Dad called as he walked out of the living room.Esteban and I glanced at each other before standing on our feet to follow him. We stood behind him in silence inside the elevator before glancing at each other. I asked Esteban what was going on using my eyes and he replied by shaking his head.The elevator stopped on the fifth floor and we stepped out, moving toward my dad's office. We walked into the office and my dad sat on his desk while we took the seat opposite him."I received a call from Mr Knight today about the ongoing project," Dad said as he leaned into his seat.I nodded for him to continue, but in my mind, I was praying that he wouldn't say the project was completed because
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RHEA'S POVThat Friday morning, the Royal family left the palace to the airport to board the private plane to London for the launching ceremony that was taking place in my dad's company the following day, but Esmeralda was going to be staying back to resume the first semester in college.Everyone seems excited about the ceremony except me because the end of the launching ceremony marks the end of my title as a princess of Spain. I tried to make it easy for myself by avoiding Estefan throughout the week. I knew he was looking for a way to talk to me and I had a feeling he wanted to tell me the truth about why he married me. Hearing the truth from him would break my heart more, so I wanted to avoid it as much as I could.We all stepped into the plane and I took a seat that was farther from everyone else. I noticed Estefan approaching me, so I put on my headphones to drown out whatever he was going to say, that way he would leave me alone.In two hours, we landed in London and lodged in
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ESTEFAN'S POV"You are going to get yourself drunk at this rate," Esteban cautioned as I downed my fifth cup of tequila."I don't care." I poured myself another cup but he took it from my hand when I was about to drink it. "What's your problem?""My problem is that you shouldn't get yourself drunk when you have an important event tomorrow." He narrowed his eyes at me. "Your wife is still mad at you, you don't want to add your father-in-law to the list." "Then what should I do?" I wiped my hands down my face."Talk to her." I placed his hand on my shoulder. "Drinking won't solve anything." "But she doesn't want to talk to me. She has been avoiding me like a plague." Ever since she decided on the divorce, I never got a chance to talk to her. I wanted to tell her how much I love her and that I can't live without her but I couldn't because she made herself scarce to me. Most of the time, she fell asleep in Esmeralda's room and I have to go pick her up from there."Are you just going to
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RHEA'S POVFor the first time in twenty-one years, I stepped into my father's company, Knight Tech. The building was adorned with blue ribbons, flowers and balloons. Inside the large hall rooms were many decorated chairs to contain thousands of people that would be attending the event.Knight Tech was one of the most successful technology companies in London, so it was only normal that it attracted so many people, especially when the new project was in collaboration with the Spanish King, King Estevan.Attending the Coronation was a big opportunity for my mom and Queen Carina to show me off to everyone, bringing up the fact that I was Estefan's wife and was also nominated for the writer of the year award to each person they introduced me to.As much as I wanted to stay away from them, I couldn't because that would mean going to stay with Estefan. Anna and Esteban were busy mingling with people while Esmeralda was nowhere to be found in the large crowd. Estefan's eyes were following e
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ESTEFAN'S POVStepping into the room to see Rhea set to leave made me realize that there was nothing I could do to change her mind. She had made up her mind and I had no choice but to leave with it. I sighed when I glanced at the paper and pen on the table. "Can't this wait till tomorrow?" I asked.One, it was too late for her to leave. Two, I wasn't ready to sign the divorce papers. I hoped against all hope that she agreed to stay the night and end up changing her mind the next morning but all that was just my wishful thinking."No, it can't." She stood up and stretched the divorce papers and the pen to me. "Sign it." I stared into her eyes to see a sad broken girl. Did I do that to her? What could I have possibly done to her? I guess would never find out since she was leaving. My eyes moved to the papers in her hands which already has her signature on them. Not wanting to hold her back anymore, I took the papers and the pen from her. That was the only way to set her free from me
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ESTEFAN'S POVAt the rising of the sun, we set out to leave for the Knight's house. I rode in the car with Esteban and Anna who were following behind my parent's car where Esmeralda was. Since we drove out of the hotel, Esteban kept on questioning why Rhea and I got divorced but I couldn't provide an answer. When I set out on that mission, it felt right at that moment but when someone got hurt because of it I was too ashamed to tell anyone what I did. Rhea must have told her parent what happened and I was sure they were livid. I didn't know what to expect when we arrived there. Worse, I didn't even know what to say, I was only going there because my parents wanted to mend a relationship that they didn't know how it broke in the first place.My heart thudded in my chest as the car drove into the Knight mansion. I climbed out of the car and made my way into the house behind Esteban. Each step I took was like walking on hot coal but it was too late to turn back. Whatever happened in the
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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
