Taylor Baker’s POV
I was sighing as I was looking out the window. I cannot believe that on my 23 birthday that my father refused to let me out to meet with my friends. This is what you get when you were born into the royalty.
I sighed as I was looking out into the city of my country, the capital of them all, the place where the industrial revolution began. I just hoped that I would not have to be here sometimes. Don’t get me wrong, I loved London but sometimes, I cannot bear the thought of being elsewhere.
But right now, I wanted to.
The door of the library that I occupied was being opened and my father, the Duke of Sussex, Hugh Baker, strode in as he was looking at me. I smiled at him before I was closing the book that I was reading.
“Father, this is a delight. I thought you were visiting the queen today?” I said before I was getting up from the couch that I sat on. I walked to the bookshelves before I was putting the book on the it again as I turned to look at my father.
Hugh Baker was smiling at me before I was arching my eyebrows. If one thing I know about my father, he did not like to be wasting his time. And right now, he was wasting it.
By not speaking with me, just seek me out and stared at me.
I chuckled before I was sitting on the divan again before I was arching my eyebrow at him. My father was clearing his throat before he was sitting on the couch that was in front of me. I was looking at him before Hugh Baker was smiling at me.
This is a scary situation because Hugh Baker never smiled. Not with me at least.
“I see that you are still brooding when you were not allowed to be out and about in the city. You know why I don’t allow you to go out right?” my father said as I was rolling my eyes.
Here we go again.
It has been years since I was kidnapped by an occult that was trying to attack the queen by taking the gentry’s family and demanded for their ransom. Of course, my father has been freaking out that he asked for the help of a foreign spy school that was able to make sure that we’re all right.
And we did.
They were the best in the business. It was led by a general that I knew as Commander Romano. I have been 15 years old at the time. It has been 8 years since then.
I rolled my eyes at my father before I was looking bored at him. For a duke, he sure like to be brooding a lot.
“Look, father, it has been 8 years since that kidnapping and if you remember, I did attend self-defense classes that you urged me to go. If anything, I can take down any opponent if I wanted to. So, please don’t tell me that you were doing this because you were afraid of me being kidnapped again,” I said as I was leaning back in my seat.
Hugh Baker did not concede, instead he just sighed before he was pinching his nose. I sometimes wondered if he was not being stressed out too much, maybe my father would look like he was in his early 40s instead of 50s.
But I think everyone would love to get to know him, since he was a duke and all but my father has never remarried because he told me that he loved my mother and no one can ever replace her.
Even me, it would seem.
“You do not understand. You cannot go away and go out of the house. Not when there was someone special wanted to get to know you,” he said as I was perking up at him.
Someone special that wanted to—was he mad?
I was glaring at him before my father was standing up from the couch that he was sitting at. He moved to the window before he was looking out at the hustle and bustle of London. If anything, I think my father would be a Londoner forever.
But not me, I wanted to explore the world. I wanted to feel what it would be like to live like a normal 23 years old woman in modern society.
Not as a duchess, but a normal girl.
“Who was it?” I asked him as my father was turning to look at me. He arched his eyebrow at me before I was rolling my eyes at my father.
“The person that wanted to get to know me?” I said before my father smiled at me.
“Well, they were from Hungary and his name is--,” my father cannot continued to tell me the name before the butler was coming into the library.
“I am sorry, milord, there is someone that wanted to meet with you. He is waiting in the study room right now,” the butler said as my father was nodding at him. He bowed before he left the library. I turned to look at my father as I was arching my eyebrow at him.
“Business?”
“More or less. I have to go. He might be waiting for me but we cannot be tardy. Now, I will continue this conversation later with you. There are some things that I haven’t gone through yet,” my father said as I was looking at his retreating figure. I was rolling my eyes before I was pulling out my phone that was inside my pocket of my skirt.
Yes, skirt with pockets. I mean, why not?
I was scrolling my social media as I was looking at the explore section of Instagram. I was sighing when I saw that some of my friends were travelling with their buddies or their partners. They looked happy as I was sighing before I closed the app again.
I threw my phone on the couch before I was looking at the window. The sun was rarely to shine London and tonight was one of those days. It was shiny and I was stuck in my library, in my house. Okay, perhaps it was my father’s mansion.
I know what you might be thinking. Why don’t you just go out and sneak out if you are so good at defending yourself, Taylor? You can just get out if you wanted to.
I smirked as I was looking at the window before I was laying down on the couch before I was taking my phone again. I was opening my Twitter before I was scrolling down. Then, it struck me. There was an advertisement that asking me if I wanted to be a part of something. It was based in Finland before I was blinking my eyes at the statement.
It wanted to find someone that can act and impersonate someone.
Being someone with an interest in the theatre and drama, I can hardly cover my smile as I was sitting up from the couch. I was looking at advertisement before I was clicking on the link. It was redirected to a link that I have to fill in my details.
I was biting my lips before I was looking at the blank spaces that I have to fill. I was looking at the door before I was filling the form within the minutes. I know that my father said that I have to stay home but I am sick of it.
It is time to take my own action of my own life, I mused before I was pressing ‘submit’ on the response before I was blinking my eyes. My form has been sent and I was smiling from ear to ear. Now, I think I have to contact one of my old friends for help. She was an expert to ghost someone.
Hugh Baker’s POV
I was walking inside the study room that I usually spend my time when I was busy to handle my tenants and queen’s orders. I was looking at the old man that was standing in front of the window as he was regarding the city of London.
His once glorious blonde mane has been tainted with greys through them. Even though he was approaching his 60s, Levine Virtanen was not a person to be messing with. You might not know this, but this ma, right here, was one of the ruthless businessman that everyone knows in the business world.
His grandsons were the same as him. After all, his grandsons were raised by him when their parents were dead when they were young. Of course Levine Virtanen would make sure that they have everything that they need to strive in the business world.
Last time I heard, they all have been married since the eldest grandson, Kai Virtanen, was married to one Finnish Princess. Then, his second grandson, Chris Virtanen, was married to a relative of Danish royalty. They did not mess around since all the grandsons were married into royalty.
The last and youngest grandson has married a Swedish Princess, last time I heard of it.
Levine turned to look at me as he was smiling at me. I shivered as I was walking to my mahogany desk. The old man was taking a seat in front of me as I was smiling at him. I went to the decanter before I was opening the brandy and poured it into two glasses.
I took the glasses before I handed one to Levine. He thanked me before I was sitting at my desk again. I sipped on the brandy as the liquor was burning my throat. That felt good actually before I was looking at Levine. He was twirling his brandy before he sipped it.
Just a little before I was putting the glass down as I was focusing my eyes on him.
“So, I heard that your last and youngest grandson has been married. Congratulations on my behalf for your success,” I said as Levine just smirked at me.
“Thank you, I appreciate it. But enough about me, let’s talk about your situation then,” Levine said before I was sighing. I was rubbing my face with my hands. Levine was amused to see that I was getting distracted as I was looking at his vivid green eyes.
I heard that his second grandson has his eyes.
“What do you want me to do? My daughter will not be agreeable to this marriage. She’s stubborn if anything,” I said before I was sipping on my brandy, letting it burn my throat. Levine chuckled before he was sipping on his own brandy.
“What do you know of the Hungary royalty, Hugh?” Levine asked me as I was arching my eyebrow at him.
“Well, last time I check, they have a prince that was looking for a bride,” I said as I was looking at Levine before his green eyes were twinkling.
“And how old is your daughter this year?”
“23 years old but still sulking like a child when I don’t let her out of the mansion to celebrate her birthday,” I said as I was grimacing. Levine laughed before he leaned forward. I was looking at his handsome face, even if he was old now.
Levine Virtanen was a handsome man, once upon a time. I’m sure that he has broken some of the hearts of the ladies in his youth.
“What if I told you that your daughter would be falling in love with my choice of her groom?” Levine said as I was blinking at him. Was he mad? I think Levine Virtanen has gone mad now. I shook my head before I was sipping on the brandy again.
“What makes you so certain?” I asked him before he smirked.
“Oh, it will be but it will not be fun if you know the plan. Now, shall we get to our business then? It will be a chaotic week, I promise you,” Levine said as I was staring at his smirk.
Yup, I think Levine Virtanen has gone mad thinking that my daughter would be married at the end of the month for her inheritance, which I forgot to tell her. Fuck!
Eddy Rovski’s POV“What?! No, father, I will do no such things,” I said as I was looking at my father, King of Hungary, King Peter, as he was looking outside the window after he dropped the bomb on me.“You have to do it, Ed. This is the duty for our people,” he said as he turned to look at me. I scoffed as I was crossing my hands in front of my chest.“Well, riddle me this. Did you marry mum for the sense of duty?” I asked as I was staring at him. He turned to look at me with his piercing grey eyes. It was the distinguishing feature of us, the Rovski.“Yes, of course, I did,”“But you love your wife, correct?” I pressured him.“Yes, we have known each other for quite some time before we married each other,” he replied as I threw my hands up in the air.“There you go. You married mum because you love her, not because you had a sense of duty with her,”“Eddy, you have to. The Finnish princess was my goddaughter. It will do us good
Taylor Baker’s POVI was looking at the old man that was sitting across me from the dining table. We were having some dinner as I was sipping on the soup that was being served before the main course. The vivid green eyes were making me a little bit uncomfortable.My father just introduced him as Levine Virtanen. I heard that name before because he was one of the ruthless businessman that control half of the Finland as well as his grandsons that were married into the royalty.This was beginning to make me wonder, why was he here? I heard that all of his grandsons have been hitched and I don’t think that he would be here if he was not planning something with my father.Unless it was about me and my future.I took the glass that contained the white wine that was being served for tonight’s main course. It was leaving the floral scent and taste to my mouth before the old man was dabbing his mouth with a napkin. Then he spoke.“I see, this is a ve
Eddy Rovski’s POVI was finally being admitted into the Hostel as I was showing the invitation that I got from the Finnish Princess that was supposed to be my fiancé. But of course, that would be the easy part. The hard part was to meet my roommates since I will be sharing the room with them.When I first came, I don’t know where the room was until there was the door. 2-D will be my next stop to sleep and change my clothes. I went to open the door and there it was, a very handsome man with blonde hair and dark green eyes. He was putting his stuff on the top bunk of the double decker bed.“Hello, is this the room for—oops never mind. I am in the right place,” I said before I was moving my stuff to be put on the bed that I have claimed as my own. I turned to look at the young man before I was introducing myself to him.“Eddy Dobulski, nice to meet you,” I said as I was smiling at him. the young man was looking at me before he moved to shake my hand as well.
Eddy Rovski’s POVIt has been a quiet night as I was dreaming that I was in Hungary with my sister, losing myself when I lost the bet with her and I have to give my monthly allowance to her. Gosh, I think my sister was the worst sibling ever.But I loved her anyway.Then, of course, my dream was being interrupted when I was hearing Tyler’s voice in my head as I was trying to ignore it. Being Tyler Virtanen, I know that would be impossible. Look at how he did with Leo as well.“Eddy, wake up. Wake up!” he said as I was trying to ignore him but being Tyler, he would not leave me well enough alone.“Ugh, go to sleep! Why are you doing this, Tyler?!” I groaned before Tyler was pulling my duvet. I was shivering before he was pulling me up to sit on the bed. I protested him but he was being rally stubborn at this moment.I wished I kill him in his sleep later.“Come on, I think Leo is up to something,” he said as I was yawning when I know it would
Eddy Rovski’s POVLeo turned to us when it was obvious that we were uncomfortable with their conversation when Kate smiled at us. I was sipping some coffee as Tyler was smirking like he was charming Kate or something.But he was not, Kate was deep with Leo now to be affected at all.“Hi, you guys must be Leo’s new roommates,” she said as Tyler was looking at her.“Yes, you’re the servant that came to send for Leo’s clothes. Daresay, why would you do that?” Tyler asked before Kate smiled. Yup, definitely plotting something. I was making sure that my face was not giving any clue that I know who Kate really was. I was smirking inside as I know there will be a day that I have to tell them the truth.Pity, since I love to make sure that they stayed in the shadows.“Well, his backpack was torn and the clothes were dirty because some thugs were harassing Leo. But not to worry, the clothes will be delivered to him as soon as possible.” Kate said before Le
Taylor Baker’s POVI swear I am going to kill the designer of this dress that I am wearing right now, I mused when I was trying so hard not to give away that I am an imposter of a Finnish Princess. I cannot believe I used my Drama and Theater degree from the most prestigious university in London to do such thing.I sighed before I was stepping into the high heels that were designed with this dress.“You look wonderful, darling. I cannot think of anything else that would be any less than perfection for this ball,” Tony, a high-end paid cosmetologist and wedding planner said before his wife Christina, was frowning at him.“Can’t you see that she was sucking in her breaths right now? I know you would tie those laces too tight. I cannot believe it,” she said as she was undoing some of the laces that were tightening my chest and stomach before I can breathe normally again.Thank heaven for his wife to know that I am in pain.“Bella, she’s doing great b
Eddy Rovski’s POVI blinked my eyes as I cannot believe what I was seeing right now. Was I imagining things that I am seeing in all glory of the Finnish princess that I know was not someone that was blonde and have amazing purple eyes.If anything, this woman was not Finnish at all with her English accent screaming all over her.I blinked my eyes before the young woman was glaring at me. I smiled before I was offering my hands for her to take to stand up from the ground.“Are you alright?” I spoke in English since she was not from here. Just like me, a foreigner that was trapped in the world of royalty.“I will not end up here just to get someone like you to help me,” the feisty woman said before she got up on her own as she was dusting her backside.Her very noticeable backside as the clothes were clinging to her curves. I gulped before I was avoiding my eyes. Control, Eddy, control.“I see that you are not staying in the ballroom,” I said
Eddy Rovski’s POVI am looking at the blonde that was turning the knob after she glared at me for a moment as if trying to tell me if I do anything, something to harm Kate, I will be doomed.But of course, Taylor did not know that I am Kate’s betrothed before I was trying my luck in here. I will be discussing something with her for we were not meant for each other. I know I don’t have a knack for a brunette since I got a new taste in women.And it was their shiny, golden hair for a start.I walked inside the room before I was Taylor before Katherine was turning to smile at her. she did not realize that I am in the same room before her maroon eyes shifted to her. I smiled as I was delaying my arrival since I saw that Taylor was fidgeting with her hands. Then, Katherine spoke.“Taylor, do you have something to say to me? It was rare that you even coming into my room today,” she asked before Taylor was silent. I was looking around the room as Katherine was