"I still have plans for Bastian though," Mabel said to Armstrong. "Since my meeting with the queen did not produce any good results, I plan to anonymously tip off a few reporters. I'm going to let them know how Bastian's marriage really is and I'm going to expose him for being a horrible husband and a terrible human being.""That will be a mistake," Armstrong replied. "Don't do that, Mabel. If you do that, your sister's name will be dragged into the mud and so will the Kings' and queens'. In fact, the shame will be on the entire royal family. Wherever your sister goes, people will point fingers at her, reporters will try to interview her here and there and her life will be turned upside down. Bastian is already used to having bad publicity. He is no stranger to the problem of being surrounded by negative comments. Although his reputation improved after he got married, he will bear netizens' criticism better than your sister will, so, I will advise you not to do that.If you really wan
Ivy stared at her time before looking back at Amy, "you have never been in my room up until this time and it's quite late, Amy, aren't you going to retire for the night? I mean, you did say that the prince gave you so many rules and all whatnot." Amy sighed, "to be very honest, Ivy, I'm scared of going into the room, now that Ann has traveled and won't be back for a while, I'm worried that Bastian will only look for more ways to torture me because now he has nothing to keep him busy. You know the king said he is not to resume work until next month because we're supposed to be on our honeymoon, I wish it wasn't so because going back into the room is going to be quite uncomfortable for me."Ivy reassured Amy that nothing was going to go wrong and all she had to do was avoid prince Bastian. Amy eventually went into the room and saw Bastian lying on the bed alone, she ignored him and went to the couch to lie down. She noticed he was staring at her and turned her face away from him, refus
Ivy did not try to conceal her anger as she applied balm to Amy's neck, "what is all this, Amy? I can't believe he also hits you now." Amy said, "please, help me with my neck so it won't leave a scar. Any moment from now, my sisters will be coming and I don't want them to see this because they are going to be sad. Of course, I'm going to cover it with a turtleneck top but I just need you to ease the pain for me and, Bastian did not hit me, he just took out his frustration on me so, it's not the same thing."Ivy shook her head, "now that prince Bastian has turned you into his prisoner and doesn't let you out of the palace, how are you going to achieve your aim of going to school?""That is not going to be a problem," Amy replied. "The king has already given his consent and Bastian isn't above the king. When the time comes, he won't be able to stop me because I'm going to remind him or better still, find a way to bring the king into it so, do not worry about that, it's a different case
The doctor got caught in traffic and ended up arriving two hours later. Despite how cold the water was, Bastian was too afraid to come out of the tub. He had never experienced anything of the sort before and no matter how hard he thought, he could not figure out why he was suffering so much.He recalled all the things he had done earlier in the day, nothing was out of the ordinary. The only different thing he did from his usual routine was go horse riding and he had done it with noblemen. The horses were well cared for and it was not his first time using them, so why was his body on fire?When Amy came into the bathroom and informed him that the doctor had arrived, Bastian asked her to get him a towel and tied it around his waist after cleaning his body. A few seconds after he came out of the bathroom, he began to scream and jump about once again, saying that his body was on fire. The doctor asked him to remain calm while he gave him an injection. He took a look at Bastian's skin whi
At night, when it was time to sleep, Amy went to the couch as usual but Bastian who was lying on the bed said, "come and lie beside me."Without giving any excuses, she went to the bed and once again, Bastian held her close before going to sleep. When she woke up in the morning, Amy noticed that Bastian was already awake and looked much better than he had done the previous day. She quickly cleaned the room and made the bed while Bastian sat beside his reading table, staring at her. When she was done cleaning, she went to the kitchen, made breakfast for him, and brought it to him.After setting up the dining and informing Bastian about it, Amy wanted to walk away when Bastian said, "come, Amy, let's eat together.""There's no need for that, my prince," Amy replied. "I still have a lot to do so go ahead and eat and I will eat later." Bastian watched her as she walked away and began to think that she wasn't so bad afterall.Later, when Bastian got ready to take his bath, he went towards
Amy's heart began to beat very fast, she was afraid to turn and look at Bastian and she did not have the courage to forcefully move away from his grasp. Bastian unzipped her gown and began to place kisses on her back, sending shivers up her spine. Amy closed her eyes and tried to remind herself of why she couldn't let Bastian get this close to her but she was distracted, her mind was a mess and all she could think about was that night when she gave away her innocence to Bastian.He slid his palm into her underwear and began to fondle her breasts but just at that minute, the door was unlocked and Ann pushed it open and came inside.She stared at the scene in front of her in surprise while Amy came to her senses. She immediately got up from the bed and began trying to zip up her gown, however, Ann walked up to her and slapped her hard across her face. Amy lost it at this point and returned the slap immediately but with a much bigger force.Ann yelped in pain and held her face as she sta
After saying goodbye to Amy, Ivy held her bag and began to walk out of the palace while Amy stood at the entrance staring at her. Just before she opened the gate, Amy turned around and went inside.Ivy saw that a car was about to drive into the palace and the guards who were usually stationed at the gate were inside eating their breakfast. She dropped her bag and decided to open the gate before leaving. When the driver had driven in, Ivy was about to pick up her bag and leave when the driver opened the door of his car and came out.He ran to Ivy as quickly as possible, held her by the arm, and spun her around. When he saw her face, he pulled her closer and hugged her as he said, "Hannah, I can't believe it's you."Ivy pulled her body away from his grasp and stared at him in surprise, "excuse me? I don't know who Hannah is so it's obvious that you gave gotten the wrong person.""That's impossible," he said and pulled her back again as she turned to leave. Ivy stared at him again and su
Amy was taken to one of the pillars in the palace and both her hands were tied around it. Ann came outside as did the head maid and all the servants in the palace. One of the maids brought a whip to Ann and she received it with a smile and thanked the maid. She stared at the servants and said, "I am warning everyone here, if you dare to say a word of what is happening here to anyone, especially the king and queen, you will meet the same fate as Amy before being kicked out of the palace. Have I made myself clear?"All the servants said yes and moved back to give Ann a chance to do what she wanted. The few who liked Amy felt sorry for her but their hands were tied as they were afraid of meeting the same fate or losing their jobs.Everything felt so surreal to Amy, she still could not believe that this was happening to her. She had never been flogged in her entire life for anything and now she was being humiliated publicly by her husband's mistress for nothing. Life was really cruel to he