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ESTEFAN'S POVEarlier that day, my dad and I went to see Mr Knight to finalize the deal. As expected, his daughters agreed to the marriage and he was more than willing to give away any of them in exchange for the business expansion we were offering him which made the whole thing easy. Leah showed up at the company right after we finished signing the contract and invited me to eat lunch with her. She kept on going about how lovely it would be if we got married since people were already shipping us together and all I did was nod. She made sure to remind me that she would be wearing a purple dress for the party before we parted ways which meant she wanted me to wear a matching colour of the tie. That evening, I stood in front of my mirror all dressed up, trying to see if I would be able to knot the tie but I failed on every attempt. I was about to chuck the tie aside and go without it when a knock sounded on my door.I yanked it open without checking who it was and Esmeralda pushed pas
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RHEA'S POVThe house was quiet that evening with my parent out to a party and Leah dressing up to leave for the same party with Estefan who was going to be here any minute while I was in my usual spot on the couch, watching my fourth K-drama series of the week.With the submission date of the writing contest drawing near, the pressure of completing and editing my story was weighing me down. I'd been having writer's block these past few days so I decided to watch some movies and read some of my inspiring author's books to give me some inspiration and ideas. Another reason why the house was quiet was that the house helpers were trying to stay out of Leah's path. Whenever Leah was preparing for a party, she always aimed for perfection in her looks. She would get tensed up and blame anyone she could find for any error she found in her looks."Ahhhhh," Leah's screams shook the house.I wondered what was wrong this time."Who the hell did this to my dress?" She stormed down the stairs with
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LEAH'S POVDescending the stairs, my lips stretched in a smile as I spotted Estefan waiting at the bottom of the stairs in a black Armani suit. He had his side turned to me as he spoke on his phone, giving me a nice view of his perfect sculpture jawline which twitched as he spoke. He turned to me, scanning my body with his beautiful amber eyes that shone like a gem.He held his hand out to me when I got to the bottom of the stairs. "You look beautiful." "Thanks." I blushed, taking his hand as I watched my reflection in his eyes. "I must say you are looking very handsome today." He nodded. "Shall we?""Sure." I hooked my hand in his as he led me toward the main door. "Wait!" A familiar voice stopped us from behind. We turn around to see Rhea walking toward us with a gift bag in her hand. She turned to Estefan with a smile. "I just wanted to thank you for the books. Esmeralda told me." She jogged back in the direction she came from.Turning to look at Estefan, I caught him smirking at
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LEAH'S POVThat night, the only thing on my mind was Estefan rejecting me. I couldn't bring myself to get over it because it hurt my ego. I, Leah Knight who men would be delighted just to spend a second with me was rejected by the one man I wanted. No, I couldn't let this slide. I had to make him want me at all costs. The following morning, I woke up a bit late because I didn't have anywhere to go. I went downstairs to meet Rhea on her usual spot on the couch, listening to some music as she typed furiously on her laptop."Good morning," I raised my voice above the sound of her music so she could hear me."Good morning," she said without sparing me a glance."Where are mom and Dad?" "I believe you should check your time before asking me that question," she retorted with her eyes still on the laptop. Checking the time on my phone, I realized it was already past nine. My mom and dad would be at work by now. I rolled my eyes as I pick up a pillow from the couch she was sitting on and h
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RHEA'S POVAfter absorbing myself in books and movies throughout the week, I found more inspiration to keep writing. I was getting closer to the end of the book and I couldn't help but feel happy about it. I finished the chapter I was working on just in time for Leah to hop into the house with a big smile on her face. She slumped on the couch and I raised my eyebrows at her. "What got you all smiling?" "Prince Estefan and I spent the most romantic day together." She beamed.My eyes scanned her face and I noticed the lipstick she wore this morning was gone which gave me a clear image of what she meant by a romantic day. "Did you use protection?" I blurted out."Rhea! I can't believe you think I would be so cheap to sleep with a guy I just met." Her eyes widened."You are already thinking about marrying him the first day you met him so don't blame me for thinking you already did the deed with him." I shrugged."Well, guess what? I didn't." She glared at me and folded her arms as we
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LEAH'S POVThe rest of the week had been the most beautiful days of my life because Estefan and I spent most of it together. I knew our relationship was getting stronger even though he was still being his usual cold self and doesn't express his feelings but I was certain all that would change when we get married.We naturally became the talk of the town when people started seeing us together more and I got more endorsement deals just because I was together with Prince Estefan.The Empire Fashion house launched their new fashion line that week and Estefan escorted me there where I was the star model much to Kenzie's dismay. I found out that night of the launching program that Kenzie was kissing up Nathan to get her to be the star model for the launch.Nathan tried his best to get her the position because I rejected him but lucky for me he didn't have enough power to do that which got Kenzie furious during the program. Estefan was preparing to go back to London that morning, so I went
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RHEA'S POVOur house Headmaid, Mrs Anderson walked into the living room with a brown box in her hand. "There is a package for..." Leah who was sitting on the couch adjacent to me which was unusual on a Monday afternoon didn't let Mrs Anderson finish her sentence as jumped from her seat and took the box from her."It's for Rhea." She threw the box on the couch next to me and hissed as she resumed her initial position."You would have known that if you had let her finish her sentence." I shook my head. "And besides, I can't believe that you expected the Royal Family of Spain to send their proposal letter through a courier guy." "What did you want me to expect? It's been three days since Estefan left and I've not heard anything and it's making me anxious." She whined in frustration. "Why don't you just call him and ask what's going on?" I suggested."I've tried but he hasn't been picking up my calls since he left." She pouted."Maybe he's busy with some work since he has been here for
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RHEA'S POV"Why on earth would they mistake our names?" Leah paced around the living room before turning to my mom. "Mom, this is your fault for giving us rhyming names." "It was your dad's idea, not mine." Mom defended."Leah, calm down. I'm going to call the king now and sort out the misunderstanding," dad said as he picked up the phone.The whole time I was sitting on the couch, biting my nails as I prayed in my heart that everything turns out to be a misunderstanding because marriage was the last thing on my mind at the moment and also because Leah wouldn't take it lightly with me if she doesn't get to marry Estefan.My dad put the phone on speaker when the King picked up the call which made everyone quiet down to listen to the conversation. "Mr knight, how are you doing?""I'm doing fine, Your highness." "I assumed you have gotten Estefan's proposal letter. We are going to be making a public announcement about the wedding today," he said."Yes. About that, there seems to be a
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