CAMILA'S POV Adrian and I walked towards the large outdoor pool and I was surprised to see almost everyone there, the ladies on one side talking to each other and the men on another playing games. "King Rossi." One of the queens rushed over to us and hugged Adrian tight. He gently patted her back as she separated from him and she looked up at me with a small smile. "I'm so sorry, Queen Rossi. I just got carried away. I haven't seen him in months." "It's fine." I smiled at her gently while looking up at Adrian. "You can just call me Camila." "I'm Janet. I used to be a noble in Seat of Rossi before I got married to my husband, the King of Seat of Havilland." She introduced herself, pushing the strands of her hair to the back of her ear. "Your husband and my brother were very close so I used to hang out with them." "That's nice." "Why don't you come to socialize with us? It's the morning to socialize." She said, pulling me away from Adrian. "Don't worry, your hubby will be just rig
CAMILA'S POVWe walked out of the booth a few minutes later and I couldn't even tell how hard I was blushing due to being flustered by Adrian. "Oh, my goodness. What on earth did you do to your queen, King Rossi?" Naomi asked as she looked at the count bar and it was 99%. I was shocked myself and he looked down with pride as he pulled me closer to himself with smiles on his face.I could feel the butterflies in my stomach run wild as I remembered the way he teased me with clothes on. I could feel my need for him rising but I kept my cool since I saw the look on Evelyn's face. It was priceless. I'm sure she wasn't expecting we would go past the 50%. "Are you sure the booth isn't broken?" Evelyn asked and Naomi shook her head negatively. Evelyn scoffed before turning to Kingsley who wrapped one of his arms around her waist. "Looks like my queen isn't satisfied with this part of the game," Kingsley said and before Naomi could speak up, I cut in. "She is only dissatisfied because her
CAMILA'S POVI woke up the following morning in an empty bed. Adrian and I had a nice night and although we didn't take it very far, we ended up cuddling to sleep. I pushed myself up from the bed, looking around with a yawn. I prepared for the morning and walked down to the large kitchen where I found every Seats queen laughing and preparing breakfast. "Good morning." I greeted and most of them greeted me warmly while others ignored or replied coldly. "So, we are all preparing breakfast for our kings. They all have very important things to take care of that seem to be a general issue in the Seats." Janet said to me as she helped me bring out the utensils I would be using to cook. I wondered what exactly was wrong and was curious to know. "Do you know what happened?" I asked her and she shook her head negatively. "I mostly don't do anything that has to do with politics with my king. I just take care of the palace and I have people dealing with other stuff." She replied and I wonder
ADRIAN'S POV As soon as our car arrived in Seat of Rossi, I stepped out of the car and walked towards the main hall where I knew he would be waiting for us to arrive already. "Tell Camila to stay with Isabella till I ask her not to if Alan is in a general place, but if not, just tell them not to come where he is," I said as I walked towards the large throne hall where I met a masculine figure sitting very relaxed on my throne. "What is it this time, Alan?" I asked and just then his eyes met mine. "I never expected you to cut short your honeymoon for my little brother." A sinister grin flashed on his face. "And I never expected you to suddenly act like you're in love with this new lady after Claire." I just stood there staring at him when Xander rushed in, standing between the two of us. "Big bro…" He laughed nervously, knowing if he didn't get between the two of us, the whole castle would turn into a whole hot furnace. "You didn't tell us you were coming. You shouldn't have postp
CAMILA'S POV "You can accuse someone anyhow you like, Camila. That is quite interesting." Alan hummed as he placed his glass of wine on the table with an unreadable expression. "You are not like other queens pit there I guess. Maybe you're only here for the power.""Alan…""It's okay, Adrian. I'm fine." I patted Adrian's hand gently as I could tell he was annoyed by Alan's statement."You can use your power to look down on me brother in law, why can't I do the same? Besides, we're both royalties now and you are in my husband's territory. As long as you are not the king here, I'm sorry you still have to respect royalty." I said and although Alan looked shocked, he didn't say a thing and just continued with his dinner and the rest of us did. But I couldn't feel Adrian's aura leaking. "Aren't you annoyed that you had to cut your honeymoon short for me?" Alan asked and I knew he was trying his best to get on my bad side and I wondered what exactly transpired in the royal family that mad
ADRIAN'S POVI sat up on the bed slowly with a throbbing headache. I shouldn't have drunk that much yesterday but I was just so frustrated by Alan and I just had to drink out my frustration alone. I let out a sigh before looking at my surroundings to see where I was and I realized I was in the room. I didn't remember coming here at all last night. I remembered being on the balcony drinking. I tried getting my thoughts together to try to remember how I got to the room and it slowly dawned on me how I staggered into the room and tried forcing Camila to bed. "Shit…" I groaned as I hurriedly got out of bed to look for Camila, and just then, she stepped out of the dressing room dressed for the day. I hope I didn't do anything to her to make her hate me."Camila." I rushed over to her and started checking her arms, legs and face for any bruise I may have caused her. "What happened? Did I do anything shameful to you last night while I was drunk? I swear I didn't mean it.""It's fine, you di
CAMILA'S POVI walked over to the garden where the maids already set up my books in anger. I don't know why but that Alan of a man just irritates me a lot. I walked over to the seat and sat gently, letting out a sigh. "Where is Isabella?" I asked the maid nearby. "She is in etiquette class, Your Majesty." She replied with her head bowed and I hummed before a young lady walked over to me. She was dressed in noble attire with two maids following her. "Your majesty." She bowed elegantly. "I am Quinn, his majesty asked me to take you through everything you'll be needing to be the queen and I will be your right-hand woman till you choose the person you want to be.""That sounds nice." I hummed as she placed a large book before me. "I would advise you to start from this book, Your Majesty. It has more information you will be needing in the next few days." Quinn said before sitting right in front of me and the rest of the day went with her teaching me the rules of Seat of Rossi and how s
CAMILA'S POV"Where are you going to?" Adrian asked as he walked into the room. He met me checking out myself in the large mirror in the room. "I told you I was going to see my best friend. She returned to the Seat of Rossi yesterday." I replied to him with a small smile. "And I don't want the guards following me. I want to go out normally this time." "But you know I have lots of people trying to get to me outside this castle." He said as he stepped closer to me, wrapping his arms around my waist and his face buried in my neck, inhaling my scent with worry laced in his tone. "Yes I know but I will be fine okay?" I said as turned to look at him with a smile. "The driver will be there with me and only one guard will stay in the car with him. I don't want to be followed around." I said and he let out a sigh of defeat. "Fine, but you should not stay too long outside okay? And how is your headache?" He asked as he placed a kiss on my forehead. "I am much better now," I replied with a
Dear Beloved Readers,If you're reading this, it means you've stuck with me through every twist, turn and terribly crafted joke that I've dared to type and send your way. For that, I owe you a universe of thanks or at the very least, a coffee if we ever meet anywhere beyond our various screens.Saying goodbye is never easy, especially when you've spent so much time in a world that exists somewhere between reality and the imagination. We've been through a lot together, haven't we? We've faced through the plans of Eliza (metaphorically, more like we are watching it while we read 😂.), dived deep into the deep end of human emotions and emerged on the other side with our hearts strangely full, if not a bit bruised. 🙏.. 🥺
Claire was laying on the bed, in Adrina's arms after the whole day of going through everything Rossi had left for Isabella and the male child he wishes Claire to have, they decided to go to bed to avoid stressing her so much.As Claire laid there, she felt a sharp pain from her sleep and suddenly groaned out in pain. She quickly opened her eyes and she instantly knew it was time for her baby to come. “Adrian.” She called him, tapping him gently and he sprang up. “It's time.” She said and he immediately lifted her in his arms, calling out to the maids outside. “Get her bags and everything. Place it in the car and ask Quinn to drive it over to the hospital.” Adrian commanded and the maid nodded, hurriedly doing as she was asked. Adrian drove her to the hospital at full speed as she groaned in pain. He couldn't bear to see her in pain and he wondered if this was the same pain she went through when she was about to give birth to Isabella and he wasn't there from the start. “It's okay ba
“Finally, everything seems fresh and refreshing.” Claire stretched as she touched her already swollen belly, obvious she would be due anytime soon. Adrian came up behind her, handing her a plate of fruit which she had requested for. “Here you go babe.” He said, kissing her cheeks gently. “Thank you.” She replied, wrapping her arms around his neck even though her stomach tried to get in the way. “You look even more beautiful day after day. I'm envious.” He pouted and she laughed as he carried her in her arms. She was amazed by her strength to carry her even though she was nine months pregnant already and it was difficult for her to lift herself up.“The more beautiful I become, the more handsome and strong you become, I'm so jealous.” She pouted and he placed her on the chair, kissing her pouted lips. “No need to be envious. It's all yours, baby.” He said, flexing his muscles and she could help but giggle at him cuteness. “So do you think we'll be having a baby boy or another Isabe
"I think we are done here." I watched the man in suit seated at the other end of the table voiced out before he stood up.He stacked up a few papers on the table before placing them into a black briefcase.The meeting had been concluded finally and shortly after, Eliza was apprehended by the security men close by.Soon, we exited the meeting room, Claire and I standing close to each other as the weight of the recent events hung heavy in the air. Eliza's cries echoed down the corridor as the security men dragged her away while everyone watch with utmost disgust."Let me go!!" She protested, while struggling as hard as she could to break free from their hold. "This is not how you treat a pregnant lady, this is not how you should treat me."Her protests fell on deaf ears as she soon started claiming to be pregnant, but after all the deception and betrayal, it was hard to trust anything that came out of her mouth.I turned to my side, urging Claire to leave but it was then my attention w
The elders who were four most trusted people that Rossi had placed on that seat of power before dying sat there with the officials looking at them in shock. None of them has ever met them so it was a surprise to see them here. After waiting for almost thirty minutes, Adrian walked into the meeting hall with Claire and Isabella next to him. They all bowed and greeted him including the elders and he bowed back in respect. They all sat there and the officials whispered to each other wondering whatbwas going on and why the elders were there. Most of them feared for all they did wrong because Adrian was no longer predictable and he could get any of them out of their position with just a snap of his fingers while the elders were seated. “It is a great honor to have you back with us, Queen Claire. We didn't know you're the same as Camila. Our actions towards her was just to save your legacy and making sure not just anyone can sit on your throne.” The head of the officials laughed nervousl
My heart was beating very fast as I stood in the middle of the room, Eliza was standing at the entrance with a gun in her hand, she had it pointed in my face, any fucking move from me could end my life. "So you are alive, you just didn't know how to die" Eliza yelled at me, she still had the same look of anger and wore years back even now. She just hated me for no reason, from the first day she met me and even more that my face has changed, she still hates me "Eliza please drop the gun and let's talk" I pleaded and she threw her head back and laughed. "I should drop the gun and allow us have a conversation? it's not going to happen sunshine, not in a million years so just forget about it" She yelled I flinched and then tried to stop my legs from shaking, I didn't want to die yet, I had just found out that I am pregnant again, I now have the chance to love my daughter for who she is, and I have my rightful place in the kingdom as Adrian's queen. I don't want to die now, I have for
Claire's POVEveryone sat in front of us whispering and looking around like they didn't understand what was going on which they didn't. I couldn't believe Adrian called a huge amount of people just telling them to Camila turned out to be Claire. Who would even believe that story because I definitely would not believe it. I just watched as everyone looked at me in utter curiosity before the whole hall settled down in silence. “I want to thank everyone for taking their time to be here live to watch me make my announcement. I know you're all confused by who is this sitting on my queen's throne.” Adrian said and the whole hall became quiet. Everyone looked at me and I just stared into a distance waiting for Adrian to explain everything to them. As he did everyone gasped and oohed as they looked back at me. They couldn't believe their eyes. Most of them knew me from when I was queen and all I did for the seat and how much King Rossi loved me as his daughter-in-law and couldn't believe
Claire's POVAll Adrian told me about us meeting again was nothing I understood at all but I felt bad missing an important part for my daughter's life. I don't even remember how I got pregnant again for my husband. “Why did I forget memories of things that happened while I was Camila?” I asked Adrian, not knowing why everything in my life was becoming confusing for even me to understand. “The doctor doesn't understand either but you should be able to remember in a few weeks or days even,” Adrian said with a smile on his face, planting a kiss on my cheeks. A smile appeared on my lips as I felt butterflies fluttering in my tummy. I can't remember the last time I was kissed by him while I was being me. He led me down the stairs where Candice was standing with Drake next to her, a bright smile on her face. “You look so much like Claire with your black hair,” Candice said, stretching out her hands to touch my hair and I slapped it away with a joking frown. “Of course I'm Claire. I don
Tension filled the air as I stared straight at Claire, who in return, stared right back at me.My heart raced with so many mixed feelings as we both stood there, opposite each other."Adrian." Her words finally broke the silence, her voice still sounding like music to my ears. "Is that you, Adrian?""Claire!" I said silently, with a heavy heart. "It's me," I responded as I walked closer to her.I placed my hand on her face, feeling the warmth on my skin as I stared at her face."I've missed you." She responded, reciprocating by brushing her cheek over my palm."It's you, isn't it?" "Yeah, it is me." Though I could see her standing before me, I couldn't believe that it was the Claire I knew.Everything felt so unreal being close to her as her memories had returned.I watch as Claire fidgets with the hem of her shirt, her eyes searching mine for answers she can't quite articulate."I still can't believe it's you." I finally spoke up, my voice soft yet laced with a hint of disbelief. "