LEAH'S POV
Stepping into the restaurant twenty minutes later, my eyes scanned the room and stopped when they landed on a familiar dirty blond hair guy whose attention was fixed on his phone. A smile made its way to my face as approached him slowly, taking in his appearance.He was looking devilishly handsome in an all-white outfit, making him appear like a big bad handsome wolf in sheep's clothing; a wolf I wouldn't mind being bitten by."Hi." I took the seat opposite him."Miss Knight, one of the things I hate the most is people coming late to an appointment." He glanced up from his phone. "I'm a man who strictly keeps to time and I don't appreciate others wasting my time by coming late.""I'm sorry, I didn't mean to. I got delayed a bit when I was about to leave the studio.""It's fine, I'm only letting you know in case of next time." He turned his attention back to his phone.Next time, that was the word that stuck in my head. It means that he wanted to hang out with me again. If that didn't just make up my entire day, I didn't know what will."Okay, I'll keep that in mind for next time." I smiled. "So how is your day going?"He turned off his phone and placed it on the table to give me his divided attention. "Pretty well. You?""A bit stressful but it's nothing I can't handle." I shrugged and he nodded. "Also I wanted to apologize for what happened yesterday."He gave me a confused look. "Yesterday?""Throughout the dinner, I kept talking about myself that I didn't even bother to ask you how you were, or how you were enjoying your stay in London, and I only realize it after you left, I'm sorry.""It's okay. It's not a big deal." He shrugged."No, it's not okay. I've always had that bad habit of talking about myself all the time, and I couldn't bring myself to stop once I start. No wonder I don't have friends." I sighed. "But not to worry, I'll work on it and make sure it never happens again." I smiled and he nodded.A waiter in a blue shirt and black pants came to our table with a pen and jotter in hand. "Would you like to place your orders now?""Yes," I replied and turned to Estefan who was looking through the menu "This restaurant serves the best Fish and Chips, you should try it.""No, I think I'll go with Shepherd's pie." He ordered and dropped the menu."What about you, Miss?" The waiter turned to me."I'll have some fish and chips," I said and the waiter left after writing it down in his jotter.As we waited for our order a smile etched on my lips as my eyes strained on Estefan who was staring out the window beside us. He turned his head and caught me staring at him."Why are staring at me like that?" He cocked an eyebrow."I'm just surprised at how you and my sister are so much alike.""Rhea?""Yes." I nodded. "Judging by the colour of the outfit you wore yesterday and today, I concluded that you love the white colour and so does Rhea. She never loved flashing colours like red, or pink like most girls do, but you would always see her in White most of the time and sometimes with a touch of black because she believed you can never go wrong with those colours.""She's right. That's why I fell in love with the colour.""Although she's always home, she's so time conscious and would always complain that twenty-four hours is too short for a day. And also, you are the second person I've met who picked shepherd's pie over Fish and chips after Rhea, it's like she's addicted to that dish." I shook my head. "If Rhea could go out of the house, you guys would have become best friends.""Well, it feels nice to know that I'm not the only one with those characteristics."The waiter came back with our food and I only realized how hungry I was when the plate of delicious Fish and chips sat in front of me. We dug into our food in complete silence which made me uncomfortable. Silence and I can't survive together in the same room."You know, it kind of bothers me that Rhea can't go out of the house," I started, getting Estefan's attention back on me. "She's a little ball of sunshine and it's shame that her light is being kept within the four walls of our house. If only I could do something to get rid of her fear." I sighed."You must love your sister a lot," he said with the same blank expression he has been wearing since I arrived.Would it kill him to show a bit of emotion?"Of course I do." I smiled. "Even though she can be very rude and disrespectful sometimes, it's really hard to be mad at her when she gives you her cute puppy dog eyes. It's like she has a gift which makes people fall in love with her. Our entire family loves her but they walk on broken glasses around her because they are scared of hurting her feelings.""Why is that?""Rhea might look cute and innocent but the last thing you want to do is make her angry or hurt her feelings. She might not even do anything to you but when you realise your mistake and apologize to her, it will take a lifetime for her to forgive and let go of the grudge.""Remind me not to get on her bad side." He continued eating his food. "I think I should leave now, I have some things to attend to." He signalled the waiter for bills as he finished eating his food."Oh okay." My face fell. "How long will you be staying in London?""A week or more if there's a change of plan.""That means we can get another chance to hang out before you leave." My face lit up."Yeah, sure. See you later." He walked out of the restaurant after paying for our lunch.The famous Spanish Prince who is known for his disregard for women was finally in my grasp and there was no way I would let him get away.RHEA'S POVIt was another usual boring afternoon for me as I sprawled on the couch trying to finish another chapter of my book. I was in deep thought about how to construct the next paragraph of the chapter when the main door opened. My eye widened as I stood up to check who it was because I knew no one was supposed to be home that early. "Rhea." Princess Esmeralda came to view as she moved closer to envelop me in a hug."Esmeralda." I gave her a confused look. "How come you are here?" "I was bored out of my mind when I suddenly remembered that I have another friend who would be feeling bored like me, so I came over to keep you company." She beamed at me."Friend?" I blinked in surprise. That was the first time anyone would ever refer to me as a friend. I didn't even know what it was like to have a friend after being cooped up in the house for twenty years."Well, I think you are beautiful and nice, so I think we should be friends. That's if you don't mind that I'm three years youn
ESTEFAN'S POVStanding in front of the mirror to fix my tie, I groaned as I couldn't get the hang of it. Back at the palace, I always rely on my younger brother Esteban to knot my tie for me. He had been trying to teach me how to do it myself for the past seven years but I never paid attention since he was always there to do it for me which I was regretting at the moment.After trying for more than thirty minutes, I gave up and threw the tie on my bed beside my phone that has been ringing nonstop since I woke up. Ever since the lunch date, Leah has been calling me endlessly. I ignored her calls so that she would get the hint that I didn't want to talk to her but she wouldn't stop calling. Talk about desperation. A sigh escaped my lips when the phone stopped ringing and I stopped myself from punching the mirror in front of me out of frustration when the phone rang again. I checked the device screen and I exhaled when I saw it was my brother calling."Hello, big bro," my brother holle
ESTEFAN'S POVThe car stopped in front of the Knight Tech company which was a thirty floors building covered with blue transparent glass. My dad and I walked through the revolving door and made our way into the private elevator that was only used by the CEO but he extended the use to us.We stopped the elevator on the twenty-fifth floor and made our way to the conference room where Mr Knight's secretary, Jordan, waiting at the entrance. He approached us with a wide smile on his face. "Welcome Your Highnesses. Everyone is waiting for you in the conference room."He opened the metal door that led to the conference room and everyone stood up upon our entrance. The room was filled with the company's board of directors and shareholders occupying their places on either side of the conference table. Mr Knight sat at the head of the table while my father took the seat on his right with me beside him and some royal bodyguards taking their positions behind us. The lights of the room were turne
LEAH'S POVI sat in the spacious dressing room of the Empire fashion house with five other models, getting ready for the Empire's fashion magazine shoot that would begin in the next fifteen minutes. The door barged open making me swerve my head in the direction to see Shirley running toward me with an excited look on her face. She stopped beside me breathing heavily."What's wrong?" I turned back to the mirror, checking if my makeup needs any more adjustment."I think you should see this." She passed me her phone. Taking the phone from her, my eyes widened when I saw a picture of me and Prince Estefan in the restaurant on Twitter with people commenting if we were dating or not. My shocked expression turned into a smile when I scrolled further and I saw more pictures of the both of us plastered all over Twitter with some people questioning our relationship and others shipping us together. People already saw me as Prince Estefan's girlfriend, it was just a matter of time before he co
LEAH'S POVThe shoot took longer than usual because Kenzie always had something to complain about. If it was not about my dress being prettier than hers, it was about me being at the centre of every photo. She kept pushing me to the edge and it took all the willpower in me to stop myself from pulling all her hair out of her head. A sense of relief washed through me when the shoot ended and I was able to escape from the claws of those wolves in sheep's clothing. I got to the house around 4 pm to meet my sister in the living room watching a historical Korean drama as usual. "Hey." I slumped on the couch next to her, taking a handful of popcorn from the bowl on her thighs."You're back early." She didn't spare me a glance as her eyes were glued to the movie she was watching, not wanting to miss any second of it."Yeah. I had nothing else to do, so I came back home." I stuffed my face with popcorn. "What are you planning to make for dinner?" She picked up the remote that was sitting bes
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
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
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