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Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire The accident
“Boom!!” The collision of the three cars sent flames going up the sky, with a few more cars running into them, the black Bugatti went flying over the bridge, following it was a BMW and screams could be heard going up in a crescendo. It wasn’t a lovely scene at all, alarms blaring, people running around in panic.The birds who found comfort by the bridge rails all took off for their dear lives, people who were lucky to not get knocked over the rails jumped out of their cars and took to their heels.Parents running off with their children, let’s just say it was yet another dramatic morning in Las Vegas.** ** ** ** **“Do you know that our ancestors could move their ears front or back just like cats?” Aria asked while gently stroking the silky hairs of her brown furry friend.Rebecca furrowed her eyebrows; disbelief written all over her face. “That is a lie, I know where this is heading to and I want you to know ahead of time that I do not believe in human evolution,” she replied immedi
Last Updated : 2022-12-29Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire The infamous son of the Queens
The Queen family got all the information that they needed about Triple J’s accident from the cops, including the name and address of the hospital where he had been allegedly taken to.Luckily, Mr. James Queen was in town when the incident occurred, he had headed straight to the hospital from his office and the other family members coincidentally arrived there at the same time.The Queen family hurried into the hospital and headed straight to the receptionist to ask for their son. It was one of the small local hospitals in the outskirts of the city. What was Jimmy even doing so far from home? He had only left hours ago Jimmy James Junior, or Triple J as he was fondly called is the first and only son of Mr. James Queen; one of the city's richest millionaires with the biggest wine producing company in Las Vegas.The Queen family was not just influential but one of the few millionaires with a legitimate source of income. As everyone knows Las Vegas is run by mostly gamblers and drug deal
Last Updated : 2022-12-29Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire A case of lost memory
The doctor succeeded at getting Jimmy to relax but he still didn’t remember anything, even after they showed him pictures of themselves together. The doctor tried to know his identity but he doesn’t remember any of that either, he can’t even say his name.The doctor had to run quick tests on him again and then he took Mr. Queen to his office to discuss with him. James was scared, he feared that the accident had resulted in a major damage to his son’s mental health and even though he tried to look confident, the fear of losing the family’s heir was very much visible on his face.“Sir, from the tests I conducted on him, it turns out that your son has suffered from a memory loss, he must have hit his head on something in the accident. I can’t say for sure what led to this condition but it was related to the accident because the little shift in his brain cells had occurred recently.”“Doctor, he was very much healthy this morning, and he still knew who I was, he still recognized his mothe
Last Updated : 2022-12-29Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire A different Triple J
Jimmy walks into the major sitting room of the Queen Empire, they had just arrived home. The young man looked around but the place didn’t look familiar at all to him. He had been having small flashes of memories that disappeared shortly ever since he woke up but none of them had something to do with this house.The rest of the family were slowly following him behind, they had given him a little space to see if he would recognize the house but from the confusion on his face, they could tell that he remembered nothing.Aria walked up to him and intertwined their arms and fingers, he stared at her and she was glad that he didn’t panic. He hadn’t said a word to any of them since they left the hospital, but somehow she felt that wanted to be around her. She wouldn’t even come with them until she asked personally.You probably think it is normal because she is his fiancée after all but that isn’t the case. In fact, Aria is the last person that Jimmy would listen to. Yes, he was going to get
Last Updated : 2022-12-29Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire The lobster allergy
Aria climbs down the stairs slowly; she meets the rest of the family members downstairs. They were all seated in the sitting room with a worried expression on their face, Mr. James was still at home, aside from the fact that it was getting late already, he didn’t see the need to go to work while his son was unwell.“How is he doing?” Susan asked immediately she set her eyes on Aria, she got up from the couch and rushed to her future daughter-in-law.“He is fine, mom… I asked him to get some rest, so he is tucked into bed.” She answered.“Wait, he listened to you? Just like that?” Rebecca asked with a look of doubt on her face.“Yes, I was surprised as well. Is it just me or do you all notice the changes? I mean, he is different, so different that I doubt he is our Jimmy.” Aria blurted.“What are you talking about? Of course he is my son, can't you see that for yourself or did you also lose your memory?’ Susan queried.“No ma, it is not that. There are just these strange things since h
Last Updated : 2023-01-04Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Something Fishy!!
Aria watches Jimmy fall asleep, she is still surprised with what happened tonight at the Dining table. How on earth was Jimmy able to eat a lobster and not be in the hospital by now? She even had to feel the breath from his nostril to make sure that he was fine.She has known Jimmy for nearly six years and they have been engaged for six months, in all of that time, he has expressed his displeasure towards Lobsters relentlessly. The family still had it for dinner at times but they made sure to keep it far away from him, he wouldn’t even dare to look in the direction of it and sometimes, he wouldn’t have dinner with them because of it.Aria walked out and closed the door. She headed to the balcony on the second floor. That was her favorite spot in the building, it was not only calm and beautiful but had a nice view of the city.Aria dialed her father’s number the moment she was there, she had questions that she needed answers to, and since her father was a doctor, she expected to get th
Last Updated : 2023-01-04Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire unable to remember
“That is a sick haircut man, where did you get it?” Steve asked with his fake British accent which Aria found annoying by the way.Steve was Jimmy’s best friend and he had come around after hearing the news about the accident. It was still 10am and honestly, he would have been here as early as yesterday if he was in town.“Um… I don’t remember,” Jimmy replied with furrowed eyebrows. “You said you are who again?” he asked immediately.Rebecca almost choked on her laughter and they all stared at her in disappointment, she didn’t give a damn about what they thought of her, none of that did matter anyway, she was enjoying this.Steve turned back to Jimmy with an empathetic look on his face. “Oh man, this is so messed up. I never thought a day would come when you wouldn’t recognize me. I am Steve, your best friend, your buddy. I am sure you will laugh your ass out when this is all over and you learn that you actually forgot who I was.” Steve said and laughed.Jimmy also laughed nervously,
Last Updated : 2023-01-04Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire More changes in the Billionaire playboy
It had been over a week since the accident and Jimmy was yet to regain his memory. The doctor had assured them that he was totally fine, and his speedy recovery depended on him. It was now more of a psychological problem.According to the Doctor, he might have a bad memory that he is trying to push down and not remember, but as a prize to pay for that, his other memories won't return as well. So in other words, he was now responsible for his condition, he was making himself unable to remember because he was traumatized by those memories, he was in denial and his body was just responding to his brain’s command.Jimmy had claimed to not know what the doctor meant, he said he barely remembered anything, just flashbacks to a particular scene which always vanished before he could understand what happened there.On this very day, Aria walked into the sitting room and froze the moment she saw Triple J. She knew she had seen and heard strange things this week but this one was a complete shock
Last Updated : 2023-01-04
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Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire A happy family
“I have a feeling that your elevator dislikes me,” Rebecca uttered as she walked into the office.Aria looked up and smiled. “Hey, sorry about that, there has been a little glitch but the handyman will be here to fix it shortly,” she replied as she stood up.“I don’t think it is a handyman’s job, Aria.” Rebecca laughed as she hugged her best friend.“Hehe… Yeah, sorry about that anyway… I wasn’t expecting you today, not like you aren’t welcome here at any time or something, it is just that you said you were going to the office today, Miss CEO?” Aria teased.Rebecca snarled and then chuckled. She hated being called that as it reminded her of all the work she had to do. “Yeah, I was supposed to be at the office like I told you yesterday, but something happened this morning and so I couldn’t make it,” she reported as she took a seat.“Really? Is everything fine?” Aria asked almost immediately.“Yeah, you can say that. It is Jimmy…”“What? Is he hurt? Did he get into an accident again? Di
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Take responsibility for your actions
There is silence in the Queen's empire and it seemed like a person had died there, the whole family sat in the sitting room staring at each other quietly. Disappointment was written all over Susan and James Queen’s faces, they were disappointed in their son Jimmy. Not only because he had gotten a lady pregnant, of course they knew it was inevitable but it was the circumstances surrounding it.Susan always knew he would get a girl pregnant someday before marriage, but at least she expected it to be his girlfriend at that time, not a complete stranger who he had a one night stand with, at the club.They didn’t even know where this lady was from or what she was like, they didn’t know anything about her and that made it difficult for them to make a decision. If this pregnancy turned out to be his own, would they encourage him to get married to a lady they knew nothing about? This was the next generation of the Queen empire that they were talking about, they wouldn’t leave it in incapable
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire The surprise twin
“Dad? You got someone pregnant?” Jimmy yelled and stared at his old man.“Huh? I am pretty sure she is talking to you. When did my name become Jimmy?” he fired back.Jimmy turned back to the lady immediately. “Wait, did you say Jimmy? You didn’t say Jimmy, right? I mean… I don’t even know you, so how can I be responsible for those things?” he yelled.“Those things,” she said, emphasizing on his choice of words. “Are your children, it is me… Mia from the other night at the club, we had a one night stand at the club downtown, I woke up in the morning and you were gone.”“Lies, I don’t remember any of that,” Jimmy retorted immediately.“You don’t remember or you don’t want to remember? It was February 2nd, earlier this year. You mentioned being mad because someone was trying to take your place in the family, we both got drunk and ended up in that room.”“Okay… enough with the details, I admit that I went to that club and I went there on that day as well, but I don’t remember having anyth
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire The Baby Daddy
“So you are just going to stay home again today doing nothing?” Mr. James Queen asked as he walked out to Jimmy in the sitting room.“Dad, I never said I would be doing nothing. As you can see, I am watching a reality show. Now I understand why mom loves these shows, it is so addictive and I love it.” He grinned.“Really? Do you love it or are you just trying to avoid responsibilities like every other day in the past three weeks?” Mr. James Queen asked with a smirk.“Ugh, father! Just let me enjoy this show, believe me… staying indoors alone is much better than hanging around with backstabbers,” Jimmy replied and scoffed.“Son, just because one of your friends betrayed you doesn’t mean that you have to lock yourself away from the rest of the world forever. I thought you should be healed from that trauma by now, since when were you this weak? There was a time I used to believe that had no heart or conscience, what happened to you?” Mr. James queried with a little tone of disappointment
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Sleepover with the Billionaire CEO
Aria was almost done with cooking when she heard a knock on the door, she groaned and covered the pot immediately. “Mrs. Wesley, I already told you that I haven’t seen your cat!” she yelled as she headed for the door.Well, it was raining cats and dogs outside, the neighbor who couldn’t find her cat had come to see if it was playing with Aria’s fluffy friend, but Aria’s cat had long retreated into its cabin as it was scared of the storm.Aria opened the door immediately with a spoon in her hand and froze the next moment; okay, it wasn’t Mrs. Wesley like she had thought, it was entirely someone else that she didn’t expect to see around here.“Xavier?” she muttered with a look of surprise on her face; what was the CEO and her boss doing standing drenched in the rain?“Hey, mind if I crash at your place today?” he asked while holding himself together, he was shivering and that got her curious. For him to be that wet, he must have been in the rain for at least ten minutes, which can only
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Convincing the Kingstons to let go
Xavier finally arrived home from Las Vegas and climbed into the elevator. He was thinking of telling his parents the truth this time as he didn’t want to lie to them anymore or keep his relationship with his blood related family a secret from them.What was the need of a family if they had no trust in each other, if they all kept secrets and told lies; those things could easily tear the family apart and he didn’t want that to happen, so he realized it was high time he told them.Just as the elevator door opened and he walked into their sitting room, he caught sight of them laughing while watching TV, he really didn’t expect them to be awake at this time.“Hey Father, Mother… thought you should be asleep by now?” he asked with a smile.“Hmm, look who's back?” Anna replied with a grin on her face as she admired her handsome child. “You know I still remember when I used to change your diapers,” she added teasingly.“Oh stop it mom,” Xavier whined and laughed softly.“Don’t mind your moth
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Reconciliation
Aria washes her hand after using the restroom, she looks at herself in the mirror and smiles subtly. So far, tonight has been going great and she has had no regrets coming here. Maybe Xavier was right and there was nothing to be scared about, she had panicked for nothing.Aria left the guest restroom and headed back to the living room. She was in the hallway on the second floor when she ran into Jimmy. Her heart skipped at the sight of him, it was just the two of them in the hallway.She sighed and looked down, trying to avoid eye contact with him as they closed in on each other. She had almost walked past him when he grabbed her arm and made her pause. Once again, her heartbeat skipped and she felt goose pimples all over her skin; this was the awkward moment she had been trying to avoid since they got here; being alone with her ex fiancée and former love of her life.“So you here with Xavier, huh?” he muttered rudely.Arianna scoffed softly and pulled her arm off his, she sighed and
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Dinner at the Queen Empire
Xavier offered Aria his arm for support as she climbed down the car, he had just opened the car door for her and was now helping her get down. They had just arrived at the Queen mansion and the place had been decorated like it was some big event, but there weren’t any new cars from the regular, so Xavier knew that there were no guests; it had to be a private dinner.Xavier and Aria walked into the Queen mansion hand in hand, their presence was immediately noticed as the chattering in the sitting room died down the moment they stepped in.Jaws dropped, eyes widened, mouth agape, breath seized, bodies frozen… They were all astonished by the beautiful sight. Aria had come dressed in a one strap blue gown that glued to her slim body and reached her knees, with a beautiful diamond necklace that Xavier had given her as a gift. He had put it around her neck by himself when he arrived at her place to pick her up earlier today.“Oh my God, Aria? Is this really you?” Susan asked with dropped ja
Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Wanna go to dinner with me??
Xavier walks into Aria’s office and finds her packing folders with her back to the door. He knew he was supposed to be here three hours earlier but he had gotten caught up at the meeting with the Queen Enterprises board members.“Hey, Aria.” He called softly.“Arghh!!” she panicked and turned around immediately.He paused and raised his hands. “Chill, it is just me, sorry I am late.” He apologized immediately.“Forget about being late, you scared the life out of me,” she whimpered and gasped for air.Xavier smiled “Okay, sorry about that, was never my intention but I wouldn’t deny enjoying watching you make that face.” He teased.“Huh?” she muttered with wrinkled eyebrows.He laughed softly. “You look cute when you are scared, not like you don’t look cute when you are feeling other things, I mean… okay, I will just hold it there.” He said immediately.He couldn’t understand why he struggled with words whenever he was with her, yes… he was usually persona and chose his words carefully
