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
Charles smiled, "relax Ivy. I know I seem too forward but I'm a man who knows what he wants. I don't play games, nor do I try to beat around the bush, especially when my heart is involved. I fell in love with you from the moment I set my eyes on you and this is not a joke. I know you know nothing about me so feel free to ask me questions as much as you want."Ivy sighed, "first of all, Charles, you are friends with prince Bastian. That is more than enough reason for me to want nothing to do with you."Charles stared at her in surprise, "what has my relationship with Bastian got to do with this?""Everything," Ivy replied. She told Charles about all that Bastian did to Amy and he shook his head before saying, "I've met Amy, she is a delightful and beautiful young girl. Even before I met her in person, I liked her because of how private her life is. I saw her at the palace the same day I saw you for the first time and that was when I noticed that Bastian wasn't treating her right, howev
After thinking about what to do for a while, Bastian decided to call Amy and directly order her to return to the palace. He searched for her number in his phone and was surprised to discover that he did not have it. He could not remember if he deleted it or if he never really saved it. He thought about calling his mum to ask for the number but he knew she liked asking too many questions.She surprisingly had not interfered in his life for a few days so it was better for him to keep it that way. He decided to call his dad instead and when the latter answered the call, he said, "hi, dad. My wife, Amy, went out briefly and I wanted to call her to ask about someone but her number seems to be missing from my phone. Can you please text it to me?""I should text your wife's number to you?" his dad asked."Yes, my king," Bastian replied. The king sent Amy's number to him without further questions and after getting it, Bastian sighed in relief. He knew that his dad must be wondering why he had