"I have so many ways to prove it, your highness. That child isn't mine." Kim defended, but it was obvious Francis didn't buy it.Francis hummed briefly."How do you want to prove it?" He asked."Stripping." Kim quickly blurted.Margaret cast a glance at Vanessa and then at Gabriella. "How dare you? how dare you utter such a word In front of his Majesty? do you not fear death? You want to strip before him?" Gabriella quickly attacked her."What do you expect? she was brought from a club! she does it every time. Doing it now wouldn't matter to her, she is used to selling her body."Francis stared at the woman kneeling. Her suggestion is a tough one. How could she request to strip in front of him? Asides from that, how would stripping prove to him that she hasn't had a child before?"Your majesty, I'm sorry for my utterances. I just want to prove my innocence. Any woman who has given birth to a child before always has proof to show on her body. " Kim said."Your highness, I have proof t
Andrew pushed the door open Abruptly on Henry and Mr. Scott.Henry became angry at his guts to barge in on them."Andrew! what is it?." He asked immediately."I'm sorry your highness, it's an emergency. And it involves the madam." He said quickly."Kimberly? what happened to her?." Henry was already grabbing his coat and wearing it."Information just came from the mansion, She is being questioned by the Emperor for over an hour and it seems to be a serious issue.""Why didn't you tell me earlier?." Henry grabbed his shirt tightly, pushing him towards the wall."You know how Francis gets!.""Your highness, I've just heard of it and came to report quickly." Andrew tried to explain, which didn't help the situation as it earned him a punch from Henry.Mr. Scott who was still in the office tried to stop Henry after watching how he panicked and hearing his wife getting questioned by his father."I asked you to keep a close watch on her, report everything about Kimberly to me. how come this
After speaking with Thomas for a while and knowing he is fine and they've finally arrived home, Kimberly was relieved and finally stood up to change into her night robe and head towards the bathroom.A few minutes into the bathtub filled with water, She finally relaxed backward and closed her eyes. Although she was still thinking deeply about Henry. it was unusual for him to not come at times like this. She remembered how he was always there to defend her.Kim blushed shyly, she kept thinking about him.Her eyes quickly opened when she thought she heard a noise. It was the sound of the door opening."Who's there?." she asked, but got no response since the room was very silent and she was the only one in it."Monica?." she added. Kim was very sure she heard the door open just now and then she stood up from the bathtub, when she was about to grab the robe, her eyes sighted something.The shiny body of a black sliding reptile. A snake! entering the bathroom.She screamed out Loudly. Sinc
Kim couldn't get her mind off the fact that her life might be in danger. The Williams family are scary people. Imagine them putting a snake in her room. The person responsible might be expecting to hear her death news now. Scary!.It was still very early in the morning and she was still in Henry's arms. The man didn't seem to be letting her go. And his grip on her just tightened more, when she was about to stand up. She looked at his face as he was deep in sleep.She enjoyed staring at him. Her soon to be husband. She couldn't deny the fact that she loves him. So much. She touched his barely exposed chest. Moving her hands further into his body. She loved the warmth feeling that came from it. Her hands were comfortable touching his skin.Henry's eyes suddenly opened and he grabbed her wrist tightly."Taking advantage to a sleeping man?. Wife." He asked. Smiling.Kim's face flushed shamefully.He caught her touching his body.How embarrassing!. She thought."I.. I wasn't." She stutter
Kim had almost forgotten that she hasn't had breakfast yet and when Henry suddenly mentioned it, her stomach rumbled.she attempts to get off the bed but her legs couldn't handle the pains she felt and Kim laid back down.She would just wait for Monica to come with breakfast and after that, she would take her bath.Immediately Henry reached outside the room, he brought out Kimberly's phone from her pocket and switched it off. He had taken it earlier without her noticing it.Henry didn't want any information about what was happening to reach her yet so he took such measures."Don't let anyone in except her handmaiden." He ordered the bodyguards guarding the door before he left.Henry immediately went to the Emperor's study room.When he got there and as expected the emperor stared at him in utter disappointment.Henry was certain that the news about the pregnancy had just gotten to him. The state's minister of international affairs Mr and Anderson and his wife Stella Anderson were Also
"Do you have anything to say about her claims?." Francis asked. turning to Henry."Yes. I do." He said. He took out his mobile phone and sent a text immediately, the door opened and Andrew entered holding a tablet and a few Bodyguards moved the projector in. Everything was fixed in a short time and Regina's club images were displayed immediately. It also had different dates when she went to the clubs and with different men and on that day with Henry, she had met another man before he went there.Regina's face flushed in embarrassment and she wished the floor would open and swallow her.Mrs. Anderson became shameful too but still intends to defend her shameless daughter."Young women go to the clubs to have fun. So it isn't different if my daughter decides to go too." She spoke out defensively."Shut up woman!." Mr... Anderson said immediately. "Don't you have an atom of shame defending your shameless daughter?." He added."Our daughter isn't shameless George. If she was with different
"Yes. your highness. I heard everything." She said.Kimberly immediately rushed to take her phone to call Henry but she couldn't find it. Monica joined her in finding the mobile phone which Kim claimed she left on the bed that morning. It came to Kimberly's realisation that Henry had taken it. She suddenly remembered the instructions he gave her earlier. not to leave the room no matter what. But in a situation like this, Kim couldn't seem to not do anything. She was anxious and impatient to go see the woman who claimed to be pregnant for Henry. She felt betrayed and cheated. Kim quickly went to open the door and she saw that it was heavily guarded. Henry was behind it. He knew she might come out to find out what was happening which he didn't want her to. But Kim eventually did.She stared at them irritatedly as the immediately blocked her part not letting her to come out. Kim gave them a Stern stare and still tried to move further."You highness gave us an order not to let you or any
Her words seemed convincing enough and he didn't dare go ask the emperor such a question. He signaled the bodyguards to let her in but one of them rebelled. He still had his doubts about Kim's claims so he decided that they shouldn't send her in until the emperor asked them to."We'll let the emperor know that you've arrived." He said. "How do you mean?." "Miss. I mean no offense but letting you inside without an announcement isn't professional. I'll let him know of your presence before letting you inside." He explained. Just when the door opened and he was about to enter, Kim was quick to run inside and they followed. The chaos between the men and Kim continued even when she successfully got inside the chamber. The Emperor was provoked by such an abrupt entrance that he sprung up immediately he saw them."What are you doing?." He asked. Loudly. his voice rebeverated in the room.Kimberly continued struggling with the bodyguards who tried to pulled her out but the little woman was t
Good day beautiful readers.I hope you liked my book. Sorry so many weeks of procrastination, inadequate updates of chapters and rushing of plots. We just have to finish this up because of our impending book 2 which I hope will cover up for my mistakes of book 1. I'm happy that we've finally come to the end. Even though it's not "The End" yet. Hahaha!This book is currently undergoing a long month of Editing, however, the book 2 will come afterwards and you'll all be notified. Stay tuned to my profile please.This was my very first novel, I hope that you love it.
~ After Four Years~An elegantly dressed blonde-haired woman stood faced with two huge portraits hung on the walls in her master's bedroom. Kimberly stared at the gigantic portraits of Henry and David which she didn't get tired of staring at. she moved closer to them and touched one of Henrys'"Henry, I miss you so much," she confessed, hoping to get a reply. She roamed her fingers on the portrait, touching his face and lips.She managed to get a picture of a full full-face file of Henry's from the internet. During her time with him, she was able to take several unaware shots of him and his side profiles. Henry didn't like pictures, even when the press managed to get pictures of him, he had them destroyed.Kimberly smiled as she was reminded of that.She put her forehead on that of Henry's picture and closed her eyes. Kimberly couldn't help the tears that fell from her eyes.suddenly, the door was barged open by a little boy. "Mummy." he rushed in quickly and hugged her. Kimberly shif
Kimberly spent three more days in prison, there was no disturbance from Francis or torture from the policemen. Anthonia, her new cellmate made sure to protect her from her previous cellmates. Kimberly thought of ways to contact Grandma Lee's lawyer. He was the only person she hoped for. If Grandma could trust him with her documents, he must be able to get her out of prison. In the evening when the prisoners were in line for breakfast, Kimberly didn't go to get her food. She felt sick from what she ate for lunch. Anthonia stayed back with her."Ahhh." She cried painfully."What's wrong with you? Are you okay?.""No I'm not okay, my stomach hurts." Kimberly cried."Here, drink water." Anthonia offered."No, that's not it. My stomach hurts so much."Kimberly felt a warm wet liquid run through her thighs and she touched it. She was bleeding."My baby. I'm losing my baby." She cried out. Anthonia freaked out and she began to bang hard on the grate gate."Someone, we need help in here." Sh
Kimberly hoped that she wouldn't regret her actions. She spent two days in solitary confinement and wasn't given food to eat or water to drink. Kimberly had almost died from hunger. On the third day, she was taken back to her normal cell and was given food. That evening, Francis came to visit and request the papers again. Kimberly still stood her ground and refused to give it to him.Francis showed her some pictures on hon tablet. "I'm sure you wouldn't want your brother dead?." He asked her. Kimberly was shocked to see her brother in such a situation, he was all tied up and a gun was pointed at his head. In the video, David struggles to speak as his mouth was gagged.She couldn't hear a thing he said."Please don't hard my brother. I'll do anything you ask of me." She pleaded."Where are the goddamn papers?""I swear, I know nothing about them. I don't have any papers with me." She confessed.Kimberly was taken back to her cell, mistreated,d and beaten by the guards. Kimberly held
After everything was over, Leonard appeared in Henry's grave later that day.He was dressed in black as per funeral rights and he stood near the grave. Didn't attend the burial earlier that day, so he decided to pay his respect at that time. He was a bit drunk when he got there.He leaned down on the grave, staring at the tombstone of his half-brother seemed unbelievable to him. Even though he wanted Henry dead, he wanted Henry to die in his hands. Leonard felt that he lost to Henry, seeing him die in a plane crash."You're a coward, Henry. You're always fond of running away and not facing me. " He said,"We should've fought a lot more times. I owe you so much. Remember?" He lamented."I still have to pay you back for getting me locked up by my father. I deserve it. I have to shoot you with the bullets from my new gun." He explained.That same evening, Kimberly arrived at the graveyard to pay her last respects to Henry. As she saw the man on the grave, she quickly recognized him as Leo
Kimberly woke up after a few hours. According to Grandma Lee who was sitting beside her bed, she had passed out earlier and was brought to the hospital by granny with the help of some servants. Kimberly tried to stand up from bed."Henry, I need to find Henry. Grandma." She cried. "I cannot live without him." "Kimberly, get a hold of yourself. You should live well, if not for anyone but for your baby." "Grandma, it's hard for me to move on. Henry promised never to leave me. I told him I wouldn't leave." Kimberly couldn't control her tears as she spoke.Later that day, she was discharged from the hospital. Granny found out that Kimberly had no pregnancy complications as Henry had thought. The doctor in Germany lied to him. Granny didn't tell Kimberly anything and decided to investigate the issue. She found out that someone had the doctor manipulate the results to send Henry away. Henry's death had been plotted before now.Granny swore to get to the route of everything and find out w
When Kimberly opened her eyes she realized that she wasn't tied or blindfolded as she expected since they were kidnapped earlier. She looked around and saw that she was in a familiar place which she instantly recognized as the Williams mansion.She felt a throbbing headache hit her as she tried to stand up, they used so much drugs for her that she woke up late at night. "Henry?" She called out, staring at the masculine figure standing near the window. Henry wore only pants and was shirtless. Kimberly twitched her face irritably at the choking smell in the air. It was the smell of Henry's tobacco, clouding the air in the room.He put out the smoke, realizing that Kimberly didn't like it and he went to her.Kimberly was still confused by everything that happened. She realized where they were but wasn't aware of what happened after they were kidnapped which was the last scene she remembered before passing out.Henry sat behind her on the bed and patted her hair backward slowly. "How did
Kimberly stared at him for a moment, admiring his sincerity as he swore not to lose her. She grinned teasingly for putting him in a frenzied state."You sound so serious like any one of us is going to leave," Kim said and she wrapped her hands around his waist tightly. "I love you, Henry." She muttered, burying her face in his chest. "I love you too," Henry replied."Now, we should be heading inside. I think we've had enough of the wind for the night." Henry said and he carried her in bridal style inside their house. Kimberly giggled all the way Inside. "It tickles." She spoke in an almost faded voice.At the airport, Kimberly bid goodbye to David. It was a bit emotional for both siblings to separate from each other again. Knowing fully well that it may take long before they see each other again. After boarding the plane, Kimberly didn't hold back her tears and they streaked down uncontrollably on her face.Henry pulled her for a hug. "We would see him soon, Kim. And you both won't hav
Kimberly was discharged after three days and was placed under bed rest. Henry knew that they couldn't make a journey back to their country yet till she recovers so he brought a house in Germany for them to stay comfortably. He wouldn't want her using an elevator or feeling bothered to climb stairs so he bought a well-furnished bungalow."I feel like our life is peaceful living this way, Henry. Without anyone bothering us." Kim spoke. She snuggled herself into his arms on the bed and he held her tightly."Kim." He called out. "Yes?" She answered instantly, sniffing in his cologne that she couldn't get enough of. Kimberly had always loved the scent of Henry, and it seemed that it increased ever since she realized her pregnancy. She couldn't tell if it was her normal self or the change of hormones that made her love his scent more. But one thing she could tell was that Henry scents so well."I love you." He whispered. "I love you so much." He repeated and kissed her forehead."And our bab