At night, when it was time to sleep, Amy went to the couch as usual but Bastian who was lying on the bed said, "come and lie beside me."Without giving any excuses, she went to the bed and once again, Bastian held her close before going to sleep. When she woke up in the morning, Amy noticed that Bastian was already awake and looked much better than he had done the previous day. She quickly cleaned the room and made the bed while Bastian sat beside his reading table, staring at her. When she was done cleaning, she went to the kitchen, made breakfast for him, and brought it to him.After setting up the dining and informing Bastian about it, Amy wanted to walk away when Bastian said, "come, Amy, let's eat together.""There's no need for that, my prince," Amy replied. "I still have a lot to do so go ahead and eat and I will eat later." Bastian watched her as she walked away and began to think that she wasn't so bad afterall.Later, when Bastian got ready to take his bath, he went towards
Amy's heart began to beat very fast, she was afraid to turn and look at Bastian and she did not have the courage to forcefully move away from his grasp. Bastian unzipped her gown and began to place kisses on her back, sending shivers up her spine. Amy closed her eyes and tried to remind herself of why she couldn't let Bastian get this close to her but she was distracted, her mind was a mess and all she could think about was that night when she gave away her innocence to Bastian.He slid his palm into her underwear and began to fondle her breasts but just at that minute, the door was unlocked and Ann pushed it open and came inside.She stared at the scene in front of her in surprise while Amy came to her senses. She immediately got up from the bed and began trying to zip up her gown, however, Ann walked up to her and slapped her hard across her face. Amy lost it at this point and returned the slap immediately but with a much bigger force.Ann yelped in pain and held her face as she sta
After saying goodbye to Amy, Ivy held her bag and began to walk out of the palace while Amy stood at the entrance staring at her. Just before she opened the gate, Amy turned around and went inside.Ivy saw that a car was about to drive into the palace and the guards who were usually stationed at the gate were inside eating their breakfast. She dropped her bag and decided to open the gate before leaving. When the driver had driven in, Ivy was about to pick up her bag and leave when the driver opened the door of his car and came out.He ran to Ivy as quickly as possible, held her by the arm, and spun her around. When he saw her face, he pulled her closer and hugged her as he said, "Hannah, I can't believe it's you."Ivy pulled her body away from his grasp and stared at him in surprise, "excuse me? I don't know who Hannah is so it's obvious that you gave gotten the wrong person.""That's impossible," he said and pulled her back again as she turned to leave. Ivy stared at him again and su
Amy was taken to one of the pillars in the palace and both her hands were tied around it. Ann came outside as did the head maid and all the servants in the palace. One of the maids brought a whip to Ann and she received it with a smile and thanked the maid. She stared at the servants and said, "I am warning everyone here, if you dare to say a word of what is happening here to anyone, especially the king and queen, you will meet the same fate as Amy before being kicked out of the palace. Have I made myself clear?"All the servants said yes and moved back to give Ann a chance to do what she wanted. The few who liked Amy felt sorry for her but their hands were tied as they were afraid of meeting the same fate or losing their jobs.Everything felt so surreal to Amy, she still could not believe that this was happening to her. She had never been flogged in her entire life for anything and now she was being humiliated publicly by her husband's mistress for nothing. Life was really cruel to he
After still trying Amy's number the next day without being able to reach her, Ivy prepared herself to go and visit Amy in the prince's palace. She called Mabel once again and told her that she was about to leave and will fill her in once she got there.When Ivy arrived at the palace, the maids were surprised to see her and one quickly informed the head maid about her arrival. The head maid came out and asked her, "what are you doing here? Aren't you supposed to be on leave? You're not allowed to work here during your seven off days."Ivy smiled, "yes, ma'am, I'm aware that I'm not supposed to work here so, I am not here as a worker but as a guest to visit my friend."The head maid said, "that's okay but Amy is not around."Ivy stared at her suspiciously, "If Amy is not around, then where is she? I have been trying to reach her but her line has been unavailable which is unlike her. I decided to come and see her because I'm aware that the prince has banned her from leaving the palace so
Ivy went back into the room and helped Amy who was lying on her belly due to the pain in her back, to sit on the bed. She placed the plate of food in front of her and said, "please, eat something first, you must be very hungry." However, Amy said she would like to freshen up first. Ivy helped her to her bathroom and she screamed in pain when the water touched her back. After brushing her teeth, she changed into a new set of clothes before coming back to sit on the bed.Ivy saw that Amy still did not touch her food and picked up the spoon and began to feed her. As Amy ate, tears trickled down her face while Ivy stared at her in sympathy.After being fed half of the food on her plate, Amy said she was okay. Ivy applied balm to her wounds and as she kept wincing in pain, she said to her, "what happened to you, Amy, is an indication that these evil people planned to kill you. I heard that you were to be locked up for seven days without food and water. If it were only without food, I woul
When Bastian woke up in the morning, he asked Ann to call Amy for him. Ann grudgingly went to Ivy's room but found it locked. She asked around and eventually found out from a maid who saw them leave together last night.She became overjoyed and wondered if Amy had left for good. Could it be that she had succeeded soon and so easily? It would be the best news of her life if Amy left and never came back.She went back to Bastian and said, "apparently, Amy has gone back home. She is nowhere to be found and a maid has confirmed that she left with Ivy last night. Prince Bastian, we have reason to celebrate because I strongly believe that our aim of kicking Amy out of your life and this palace had finally been achieved."Nonsense," Bastian replied angrily as he got up from his bed. "Amy is just acting up. I know her type far too well, she is a gold digger and will never give up a life of royalty. Someone who wanted to be my wife by all means, do you think she will leave just because of some
Amy got up in the morning and got ready to go to the market. It had been more than a week since she moved to Milan and she had mostly stayed indoors. As expected, her cousin didn't want her to live with her in the beginning but after Amy gave her a year's rent, she was so ecstatic that she hugged her before welcoming her into the house. Ivy had given Amy the ointment for her wounds since she didn't have time to get another one and her cousin had been religiously applying it on her back and neck every morning and evening for the past week. Due to this, her back healed tremendously.Her sisters had been nothing but angels as they spoke to her every evening and gave her reasons to laugh before going to bed. She noticed though that Mabel didn't speak much and sounded unhappy but when she asked her, Mabel said it was because she missed her.Today was the day she was to pay for her space at the market and she planned to start her fish business the following day. She had gotten in touch wit