CHAPTER 14 : Like Her Smile.( Empire Astheria, Somewhere In Australia.)A knock sounded on the door and her personal aide, Lady Rosa, came in with her medication and noon tea."Oh, Rosa. I don't know why you bother yourself all round the clock with these things. They aren't even doing much!" The Queen smiled tiredly. Lady Rosa, her longest, most loyal head maid, chuckled lightly and gave a light curtsey."Your Majesty, the orders are directly from the royal physicians. And besides, it is my duty to serve you. And I do so with all pleasure.""However, don't you have your family to bother about too?" A touch of genuine concern etched her old eyes. "Lately, I've been thinking of relieving you of your duties so you could focus on your family too."Lady Rosa poured out the Queen's tea with stable hands and subserviently passed the saucer which held the pills."Your Majesty, I've been with you for over two decades. The royal family and the palace is my home. And aside my dearest old cat, M
CHAPTER 15 : Her Unwilling, New Neighbour.It was Thursday and their second day in school. This time, Natalia made sure they went to the academy early! The girls employed a housekeeper so things would be easier. Now they had a driver, housekeeper, gardener, security.... They were slowly becoming a big family! The princess still missed her grandmother a lot though. Their nightly, check-up video calls was still absolutely mandatory.As they drove into B.H.A, Natalia and Elva spotted Nicky Winterfield waiting for them at a garden. She cheerfully waved to them after raising her head from the book she was glancing through and they waved back. Then the trio held hands and continued their journey into the hallway. Thankfully, the stares had reduced. Well, a little. Nicky turned to them when they got to their lockers."What class are you girls having?""Uh...math. Right?" Natalia asked and Elva nodded."Great! We're in the same class so let's go?" Nicky chirped and breezed them over. The
CHAPTER 16 : Peculiar, but Attractive...Natalia was having a panic attack!What in heaven's wrong with me?! She mentally screamed and face palmed herself. The princess wasn't sure what made her heart beat a million times faster.The fact that her lips was out of control for the second time in two days?! OR the fact that she was sitting so dangerously close to the first person who easily knocked her out of her royal senses!The witch definitely deserved an award! Reality made her shriek. There was no denying the demi god looks!Natalia couldn't breathe well. She was a nervous wreck! Her face blushed furiously from embarrassment double over.Thankfully, the math teacher stepped in at the right moment. The bubbly class became silent, holding in their grumbles. Natalia swallowed dry air and sat properly, avoiding eye contact with the guy next door.She could feel his burning gaze spitting fire at her and the wicked, muffled chuckles coming from behind. It only reddened her flushed face
CHAPTER 17 : Where's Natalia??Such effrontery! Bianca raged and raised her hand to hit her!"Before you do..." The princess Alexis, who was unused to being pushed around, coldly cut her short. "Remember you're an ambassador of the school and there are surveillance watching you." She stated.Bianca froze completely. The revelation seemed to have cooled her flaming temper, and reminded her of her covert but infallible ways of getting back at certain bitches! She dropped her hand and took a few dangerous steps away slowly, putting some distance between them and looking like a snake preparing to strike! But she didn't."Just a quick reminder..." She venomously growled, keeping her voice above a whisper audaciously."This isn't over." The fire blazing in her eyes was proof enough. If Natalia was scared, she no longer showed it. Instead, she dryly rolled her eyes and made a bored face, undaunted.Bianca raised a corner of her lips in a smirk, which looked like a nasty bee sting. She sh
CHAPTER 18 : Are You Mad At Me?"You were saying?" She asked, casually crossing her arms. Bianca seethed angrily."You're really becoming a pest crawling under my skin."Natalia's poker face suddenly became lit as she burst out laughing! Everyone else remained dead silent, watching the drama unfold with mixed emotions."Sorry! Ex...Excuse me??" She stared at her in amazement. "Honey, I could've sworn it was the other way around." She paused and appeared thoughtful."On my first day here, I was expecting mutual socialisation and civilisation but that didn't happen. Rather, you and your band of....that thing going on over there...." She gesticulated towards the B.R.A.T.S with utter disgust. "....decided to ruin my day by spitting empty threats and silly rules at us! And oh, not to also forget spoiling my drink with your over polished nails... As if that wasn't enough, ''your highness'' took her precious time coming to me and my friends barely two hours ago, threatening what again??..
CHAPTER 19 : Gone Rogue...Nicky looked at him with bulged eyes but Jeffrey's twinkling blue ones made her nervous and look away."And...And why would you think so?" She stuttered, evading giving an answer. He shrugged thoughtfully."I dunno, but it kinda feels like it. You don't talk to me except you're forced to. You avoid me everytime we meet up at Rick's. You don't hang with me like you used to. And if we cross paths, you avoid contact and put some kind of....odd distance between us." He paused."Nick, you look away anytime you're with me....like you're doing right now." He noticed and playfully raised her chin with a curved finger.Nicky could feel it slipping. Gazing up at his pleasant features, she could feel her resolve slipping away.... And his finger on her wasn't helping at all.She slowly drew away."Fine. Maybe you're right. But it's best for me, you and Ricky if I just continue this way. Please, don't take it the wrong way." She murmured and made to leave but he gently
CHAPTER 20 : His Stunning Flower...Arian couldn't sleep a wink throughout the night. He kept turning and tossing in bed, tangling the sheets over and over again. Long before his alarm clock and the family's age long butler came into the room, he was fully awake, admiring the phone he forgot to return yesterday.The colorful pouch brimmed with energy. The designs were girly but in a way, mature. Untamed curiosity or plain idleness made the young master go through every inch and breath of the phone. Or, was it that subtle power of dominance a third generation French aristocrat naturally had that made him think it not rude to intrude? Anyway, it was easy because there was no lock on it. Period.At the end of it all, Arian concluded it was new as there wasn't much stuff on it. Not to seem...uhm, critical, by pertaining to a certain gender ...but typical of teenagers, the gallery was filled with tons of pictures!Selfies upon selfies of no actual event!!They all caught the young ma
CHAPTER 21 : His Stunning Flower (2).And number 9; Screw number nine! Arian wasn't leaving until the jerk had gotten a freaking broken nose! Why was he so mad?! He fumed, awaiting a pass.Well, there wasn't enough time for the young master to figure out why because Bianca FINALLY returned a pass! Natalia, who was dusting dirt off her clothes didn't see the ball coming.The crowd gasped and sat at the edge of their seats. There was no way she was gonna dodge the ball without getting hurt! Before Arian could miss a heartbeat, the JERK was faster and pulled her away. Unfortunately, they lost their footing and crash landed, tumbling over each other on the hard floor until they stopped. Everyone let out a scream!Elva, Nicky, Jeffrey, Ricky, the officials and a large crowd flew to them in a second. The first aid team also came. Leonardo was cradling Natalia tightly with his other hand shielding her head. They tried to stand but chuckled and ended up slumping back down again. Ricky