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Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Who spilled the oil?
The Queen family had returned to their little Empire and Susan summoned all the workers in the house, the oil stain was still present on the stairs because Susan had strictly instructed that no one should clean it off. She needed it as evidence to show her husband that there was a traitor in their midst.Mr. Queen had gone to pick them up at the hospital and she couldn’t wait to get home so as to show him the oil spill which was very unusual. Mr. James Queen hated being interrupted at work because of family issues and so he was pissed when he had gotten the news. As soon as he got home and confirmed that his wife was right, he summoned all the servants to find out which one of them had spilled the oil on the stairs.The family had left Xavier and Aria behind at the hospital because they thought it was best that he remained there till he was strong enough. Aria was there to support him and surprisingly, Jimmy had no problem with it. Of course, he didn’t want fingers pointing at him as
Last Updated : 2023-01-06Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire You are who now?
There was silence as the family waited to hear what Xavier had to say. There were so many guesses including the possibility that his memory was back, and that scared them.Were they finally going to get answers to the long asked questions? The mystery that had tortured them for days; what happens after that?From the look on Aria’s face, the disappointment and pain, Rebecca already knew how this would go down. Their suspicion was correct; Xavier wasn’t the real Jimmy, not like they didn’t already know but they wished that he was. And now that his memory was back, he was certainly going to leave them. She guessed that it was why Aria was sad, she had grown attached to this new Jimmy and now that it was proven that he wasn’t Jimmy, she would have to let go of him and return to her toxic fiancé who now has more reason to be mean to her.“Go on Jimmy, we are waiting to hear it,” Mr. James Queen spoke with curiosity audible in his
Last Updated : 2023-01-07Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire The Kingston family
About four exotic cars arrived at the Queen Empire in grand style; they all belonged to The Kingston family who were here to see their son. They had brought half a dozen bodyguards with them. Now the Queen Empire was rich, but the aura with which the Kingston’s arrived showed a different level of wealth.The whole family was standing outside the building when they arrived, some shocked while others confused. So they had the child of a billionaire with them all this while and they didn’t know it?The Kingstons were silent billionaires, quite unpopular in the entire state, but that didn’t make them any less powerful. They just didn’t like to show off or be heard of in the news and on TV all the time, they were not that kind of rich family.Anna didn’t wait for the bodyguards to open the door when she hopped out and froze at the sight of her son, she began to run towards him even before her husband would alight from the car but as she closed in on Xavier, she saw somet
Last Updated : 2023-01-08Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Confession time
Michael made his wife sit down and then he turned to his family with shame in his eyes. “I have sinned against you all and I can only hope that you forgive me.” He began.“Father, what are you talking about? I know you too well, you can do no wrong.” Xavier replied and held his shoulder.“Sometimes, at our darkest hours, we tend to forget who we are and do the worst things imaginable. We all have our moments of weakness and times where we have to become someone that we don’t recognize when we look in the mirror.” Mr. Kingston spoke with trembling lips.“Can we skip all this petty talk and get to proving points. I also want to know how this freak is my brother because as far as I know, the Queen empire only had one son and it has been that way ever since, not even a miscarriage so how the hell is this possible?” Jimmy yelled, now getting frustrated by the whole emotional drama.“Shut up and let's hear what the man has to say!” Susan yelled at him, and then she ea
Last Updated : 2023-01-09Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Son, please don't leave me!!
“How dare you steal my child?” Mr. James Queen barked and charged at the Kingston's but their bodyguards interfered and blocked him from making it to the billionaire CEO.Two of them stood in the Millionaire’s path and stopped him from doing whatever he had in mind. Well, Mr. James was a very calm man but seeing his wife in tears was enough to awaken the tiger in him, she was so hurt.He couldn’t believe that his wife was right the whole time, even without meeting each other since they were separated at his birth, she still felt the connection between a mother and child, she could still tell that he was her little baby.But which mother wouldn’t recognize their own child after all the pain they go through in the labor room? Are you worthy of being called mom if you can't even recognize the child you birth?“Enough with this drama, I don’t care what you said or will say, save this confession for someone who needs it.
Last Updated : 2023-01-10Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire A dilemma of feelings
Emotions were going wild at the Queen Empire after Xavier’s departure. Susan wouldn’t stop crying; her husband held her down at the couch and consoled her. He pulled her to his chest in a side-hug and let her rest her head on his shoulder.“I want my son back, please bring back my boy,” she cried subtly.Rebecca, unable to stand the scene anymore, gets up from the sofa and heads up to her room. She hated to feel these stupid emotions, she had finally succeeded in becoming this cold young lady who didn’t give a fuck about anything or anyone but Xavier had changed everything. She felt her eyes getting teary and so she escaped to her room to avoid the others seeing her like that.“Promise me, James… promise me that you will bring our son back,” Susan pleaded amidst tears.Mr. Queen sighed and patted her head. “I will, my love. Believe me, I won't let the Kingstons get away with this, whoever they think they might be… they are going to pay for this, they won't walk away with these atrocit
Last Updated : 2023-01-16Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire A night at the club
Triple J grabbed the entire bottle from the counter and began to empty its contents in his stomach like it was water. He was so angry and he knew the only way of getting rid of it was by drinking alcohol.How could his parents choose a total stranger over him? Someone they had only known for two months? Fine, he was their son… but so? That changes nothing. He still isn’t a part of the family and he shouldn’t be let in, he doesn’t even want to be a part of it.Jimmy James Junior was worried about his right to his family’s wealth, he knew that if the family was to take Xavier back as their son, then he would either be getting half or nothing. With how much his family had fallen in love with this Xavier guy, he knew that they could choose to pass over the family inheritance to him.Jimmy wasn’t going to let it happen, he hadn’t toiled for months just to watch someone else steal it all. Not his family’s love and definitely not their wealth, he wouldn’t let that happen! that goody-two-shoe
Last Updated : 2023-01-16Identical Strangers: Once Upon An Empire Back in Boulder City
It wasn’t flowers and hearts in the Kingston mansion that very night. They were all silent as they arrived at their family house in Boulder city, Nevada. Anna wouldn’t even look in the direction of her husband. He offered her his hand to help her get down from the car but she ignored him and jumped down on her own, she then took Xavier’s hand and they both walked in together to the building.Mr. Kingston sighed as he watched them go in, he felt bad for everything that had happened tonight but he had no regrets. It was high time the truth was revealed. He had made a mistake in the past, one that he also didn’t regret because Xavier has turned out to be a blessing to him and his family.It was at his moment of weakness and he did what he felt was right to be done. The other woman had two children and according to the nurse, they were a middle class family. He had made himself feel better by believing that he was relieving them of having to train two children in their condition, even tho
Last Updated : 2023-01-16
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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
