"You're getting married right now, Emilia" King Ephraim stated with a tone of finality and Emilia arched her brow as she was so confused what her father might be pointing out.
"What are you talking about, Father?" She chuckled
"What do you mean I am getting married right now, Father? You can't be serious, right?"
"I know how you might feel but I'm serious here, Emilia. You're getting married" King Ephraim couldn't look up in her eyes as he faced his right side.
"That's the only favour I requested of you and you're doing it. You're getting married to AJ."
"What??!!!" Emilia stated in a whisper as she couldn't believe her ears. Her face suddenly turned pale. She couldn't find her voice for a while as she found her own Father unbelievable at the moment but later she did.
"It's a request but I'm not doing this, Father. I'm not doing THIS" she hissed and stood up as she walked out of her father's presence. King Ephraim's body system suddenly went
Amel was laid on her bed in her room as the physician who was in deep thoughts sat on a chair beside her and watched as she slept.Her eye lids moved but the physician was in another realm to notice.Her sight was blurry at first as she took notice of the familiar environment. She closed her eyes back and later open it to maintain with the light in the room. She tried to move but groaned in pain and just laid still."It's a new day already" she hissed and rested her right hand on her belly.My baby. She hoped it's not hurt and thought of the day before. Lord Lorenzo keep getting out of hand and more violent each time.The physician later noticed her and reached out to her."Oh, you're awake" the woman in her fifties smiled at her."You're one strong lady, Amel""Are you still feeling any pain?" The woman touched her forehead to check her temperature as Amel smiled in response."How is my baby?"The woman was taken
Lord Lorenzo was on his way from the court to his chamber when he remembered Amel."Liam" he called to Liam who was walking behind him."My Lord""Go check on Amel and get me the physician. If she's awake, come with her too.""Yes, my Lord" Liam walked to his front, bowed his head and left for Amel's house.*The physician helped Amel tidied up and dressed her up."You should take your medicine, now. It will ease your pains down there." Madame Gwen stated as she looked down at Amel's leg while Amel only watched her as she mixed some herbs powder together."Yes, ma'am""Amel…" the woman called and looked at Amel intently."You will not fail me on this, right? I'm doing this because of how worthy you are to me.""I will not fail you, Madame." Amel smiled in assurance and just then a knock came on the door."Let me get the door. That should be from Lord Lorenzo." She opened the door and Liam's he
Princess Carlotta got to Lord Lorenzo's chamber and the door was opened for her at once.Liam didn't even gave it a thought as she was always stubborn and lousy. She'll probably get into a fight with him and shout at him and at the end Lord Lorenzo will have to call her in. As he bowed his head, Carlotta only snorted and ignored him.Her only focus was Lord Lorenzo's room and the thought hit her. What is she here for? She probably had no business with him that day and then her mother's letter came to her mind again. She needs to provide periods to be with him.'Yeah, that's what I'll be doing' she thought with a nervous smile as she nodded her head and walked towards the room's door. She turned the door knob and popped her head in to check if Lord Lorenzo is inside.Lord Lorenzo had his back turned at the door as he stood before the big mirror in his room with a purple towel tied around his waist as he dried up his skin with another towel.Carlotta
Princess Carlotta sat down in thoughts for minutes before she finally got the audacity to cook. There's no way she's gonna run away from it, it was all her mother's cause and Lorenzo reading the letter.It was no big deal to her as she was pretty sure she can prepare pork Braciole. She opened a pot which was on the lower shelf and saw the pork she'll be using."Hmm. Seems like he want to cook before." She mumbled and bend down to the pot and sniffed it.Oh how much she hates the sight of blood. Ugh."It's really pork" she confirmed and opened the shelf above her in search of a cutting board. She opened the first, the second, the third and still can't find it. She sighed tiredly as she was done with herself already.This is gonna be a hard work for me. She thought and turned to the sink and there it was. The cutting board and some pots and plates all in the sink. All dirty."Gosh…" she exclaimed."He's not expecting me to wash a
Princess Emilia stood in a room alone where she was asked to wait, and wiped her eyes as a tear dropped from her eyes.She'll be going into the court any time soon and get to exchange rings with her soon to be husband which she doesn't even know how he look like."Emilia" she called at herself and beats her chest lightly."You have to do this. You have to do this for your family and for your kingdom." She tried to calm herself."It's all going to be okay, right? You getting married to the most notorious man is going to be okay. It's all going to be fine." She soliloquized.Her leg was shaking and couldn't carry her anymore as she was so weak. She break down on the floor and cried her eyes out."I never wished for any of these" she wanted to shout but her voice came out so low."Why?! Why does this have to happen to me?! I've never got to have what I want?! Why?! Just why?!" She lamented."I want Lorenzo not some AJ whose face i
Princess Carlotta signed for the umpteenth time as she sat on the bed in Lord Lorenzo's room."I can cook so don't think of me as a princess that doesn't know how to cook, okay?" She said with an alarmed voice trying to defend herself while Lord Lorenzo only peeked at her."I mean, pork braciole shouldn't be a problem to me, right? It's just that I slept off and the pork got burnt…" she continued ranting but shut her lips when she noticed Lord Lorenzo was making a very high eye contact with her."It's just… I mean, it's just the po… the pork… I mean it's just the pork…" she stammered."What happened to the pork, Princess?" Lord Lorenzo asked and adjusted on his seat."The pork?""Yeah, the pork? What happened to it?" He faced her."It's… the pork…""Hey, do you also thi
After the wedding ceremony, Princess Emilia was escorted to a room which she presumed to be her husband's room. She kept sighing and does not want to believe she really got married.The guards escorting her stopped at the front of a door , then bowed to her and walked away.Huh?Escort and just go like that?"Ha!" She sighed and turned the doorknob. She peeked inside and saw a bed adjacent to the door and then confirmed to be the room.AJ's room. Her husband's room."Guess this should be the room." She walked in as she nod her head."Wait, is this really the room?" She stopped on her track.She was expecting it to be a room filled with a lot of weapons but no, the room was not in any way like that.There are lot of drawings of ocean views and other sort of nature arts on the wall but what caught her attention at first was the picture of sunset.So beautiful.Princess Emilia smiled at the works as she never
The Next Morning*Princess Carlotta rubbed her eyes sleepily and yawned loudly. She muttered some inaudible words and patted Ginevra lightly to wake her up. Ginevra hummed sleepily and only changed her position and face the other side of the bed.Princess Carlotta ignored her and climbed down the bed as she made her way to the washroom and emptied her bladder. She washed her face afterwards and mopped it with a face towel."Ugh, you're still in bed." She uttered seeing Ginevra sleeping so soundly in the position she left her."Ginevra..." She called and give another pat for the morning."You're not to sleep all day, huh. When will you start to get prepared for your journey?"She breathed out heavily."Seems this is not gonna work, huh" she said to herself and then smiled when an evil plan strolled pass her mind."Gineeevraaa..." She shouted into her ear but Ginevra did not even move."Huh? Why are you sleeping li
It was really fun and entertaining at the orange festival with a lot of activities on and Lord Lorenzo to watch for princess Carlotta.Should it be from the masquerade dance or the warriors entertaining the community citizen with sword fight as it was not a bloody one but the one to display martial arts with people cheering from different angles of the square.What about the housewives and concubines dances?It was a gracious moment to watch as Princess Carlotta watched and cheered them up along with other viewers even though she was also a housewife."That's so unfair of the housewives not contacting you for the dances. You should also participate, you know." Ginevra shouted to Princess Carlotta over the sounds of drums for her to hear."Do you think they'll have the gut to meet Lord Lorenzo's wife, huh?" Princess Carlotta asked, shouting with a smile."No one even have the gut to enter the mansion." Ginevra laughed with her eyes focused on the women on the
"Lord Lorenzo?!" Princess Emilia gasped."What is it about Lord Lorenzo, huh? Do I have any business to do with him?" She stated trying to cover her expressions."I discovered you did not want this marriage so I want to give you to someone you want, princess." He said.Huh. Princess Emilia gasped again.'How does he know that?'"And how do you intend to do that, huh?" Princess Emilia wanted to say that out but kept herself shut and just watched."It's just an exchange, only on one condition," he continued."You'll get me Princess Carlotta and then you'll have a chance to get Lorenzo.""Tch. How dare you call Lord Lorenzo by just his name, huh?" She wanted to shout at him. At least, there should be some respect for him.Everybody does fear him, even Kings refer to him as Lord."And you think he'll give me a chance, huh?""Well, let's see. You're one beautiful princess and can get any man at their knees. A little seduction won't harm anyone,
Lord Lorenzo was on his way from the court to his chamber when he remembered Amel."Liam" he called to Liam who was walking behind him."My Lord""Go check on Amel and get me the physician. If she's awake, come with her too.""Yes, my Lord" Liam walked to his front, bowed his head and left for Amel's house.*The physician helped Amel tidied up and dressed her up."You should take your medicine, now. It will ease your pains down there." Madame Gwen stated as she looked down at Amel's leg while Amel only watched her as she mixed some herbs powder together."Yes, ma'am""Amel…" the woman called and looked at Amel intently."You will not fail me on this, right? I'm doing this because of how worthy you are to me.""I will not fail you, Madame." Amel smiled in assurance and just then a knock came on the door."Let me get the door. That should be from Lord Lorenzo." She opened the door and Liam's head popped in."Oh my, my guess is right
Princess Emilia was at the exit of Gianna's chamber and about to leave for the garden she was to meet Carlotta when she saw Ginevra and Diego. They path they were taking was the way to Lord Lorenzo's quarters.Ginevra was looking more worried.Huh. Could Carlotta be in Lorenzo's Chamber?Or is she being punished? What could make Ginevra be so worried?"Hey" she called but Ginevra was too hasty to even notice Princess Emilia as Diego also hurried after her.Hmm. She shrugged and walked away. *Carlotta paraphrased thought the letter and couldn't believe her mother. She checked her mother's name again and again as she couldn't believe her mother could write all these. She thought her mother wasn't in the support of her getting married to Lorenzo but here she's stating for her to behave like a wife.Who told her she doesn't behave like a wife?But did I really ever behaved like a wife? - she thought and chuckled at herself."You're wasting my ti
Jayden's POV *I finally left Kayden's house and drove back home thinking about what he said.But the question is, where do I start from?I don't even know where she lives and so I don't even know where to start the search from?After driving for somewhat minutes, I finally drove into our compound and parked neatly at the parking lot before alighting as I made my way straight to the entrance door and soon I was already in the living room."Hey mom, dad." I simply stated as I walked pass them. I'm really tired of their never ending nagging and so I think I'll just go to my room and get some good deep slumber."Arnaldo is back, son." Mum announced with a valid excitement in her voice.Yeah, Arnaldo is mum's elder brother's son. He's my cousin and he's just like a son to my parents.I and Arnaldo grew up together and always share everything thing together.We have an inseparable bond and we were always together that people actually thought we w
Jayden's POV *After driving for what seemed like forever, I finally got to Kayden's mansion and driving into the very large and spacious compound, I parked my car neatly at the parking lot and alighted before heading to the entrance door.Stopping at the entrance door, I pressed the doorbell as I stood, waiting patiently for him to come open the door for me.And in a few seconds, the door opened, revealing my crazy buddy with a smile plastered on his face."Yo man!" He exclaimed as he dragged me inside.For goodness sake, can't this dude ever be responsible, huh?He's always playing every time like he's still a kid."Hey stop that man, you ain't a baby anymore, okay?" I huffed as I yanked his hand away and rolled my eyes before stepping into his beautiful living room, well furnished with different beautiful furnitures, and portraits of him hanging almost every part of the living room."It's been a while man, I was just happy to see you, so stop
Jayden's POV*After so much pressure from both mom and dad, I had to order my security man to open the entrance gate for the jobless reporters.And after lots of questions from the press which I did answer with accurate sense to avoid future embarrassments and other things, the press were about to go but my mum ruined everything.She ruined it all that I was left wituh no choice because there is no way I can try to tell them the truth and they'll believe me.Not with what mum said. Not that.I'm so screwed.I mean, how would you want me to deal with these whole thing?Just how!?When mum already told the press that the girl is my girlfriend whom I've been hiding for months.I'm so damn frustrated right now and I don't know what to do.Everything is happening so fast and just like a nightmare.This is as worst as jumping from frying pan to fire.For heaven's sake, I tried dodging and getting away from some sh*ts but no, it's only f
Donald's pov "Close your eyes!" She yelled at me. I wanted to scoff but I thought against it and obeyed her begrudgingly by closing my eyes. I felt her body moved and after some seconds, I couldn't feel her close to me again. I squinted my left eye opened and when I was sure she wasn't close to me again, I fully opened my both eyes. She was still on her towel and she was beside her closet but she had a shirt on already. "Why did you have to barge into my room? What if I was in my nudity?" She scoffed. Seriously, is this Sophia talking? Sophia that would always walk into my room even without knocking and she wouldn't even care if you I was naked or something. Humph! Seems my teachings are really helping. "I did knock, okay? But you didn't answer the door and so, I decided to come in – who knows, you might have been in danger." I defended myself. "Yeah, whatever." She sighed and took out a trouser from her close
Emily's POV *My heart kept thumping heavily against my ribcage as I stared down at my ringing phone.It's Arnaldo calling.He has probably hear the news. Should I even call if rumors?Gosh!!More tears came pouring out of my eyes as I hugged myself tightly.I can't possibly pick the call now, right?My hand can't even seem to pick the phone. The call dropped later.I mean, what will I possibly tell him if I pick the call?How will I explain this to him? I feel so ashamed of myself.I'm really gonna make that Jayden suffer for it.After some minutes of living in my miserable life and crying session I don't think there's a solution for it, I finally wiped my tears and dragged my body up the couch before walking sluggishly to my room.I got to my room and threw my body on the bed, and began my crying session again.I'm so tired of this sh*tty life of curses, while reminiscing on what happened.I know it's not my fault but st