ADRAIN
The woman in front of me blinked her eyes as she took me in. I could see the recognition in her eyes. She knows that I am the crown prince. Adrian Rossi.
Her eyes went wide as she took me in.
"You...you are the crown prince!" She said to me.
I rolled my eyes. Of course. She was probably one of those women who wanted to use my daughter to get closer to me.
How did she even find Isabella?
I had been looking for my daughter since the previous night. As I was the crown prince, I could not help but think that someone had taken her to get back at me.
Immediately after I found out that she had spent the night in the house of a commoner woman, I brought my guards to take my daughter back from her.
So many women had tried to use my daughter to get close to me before. It seemed that this woman wasn't much different, considering the awed look on her face.
"Did you hear what I said? Where is my daughter?" I asked her, drawing her back to the present.
"Your...your daughter?" She was confused.
"Yes. I know that my daughter spent the night with you here. I don't know why you took her, but whatever you were planning is not going to work out. Now bring her out so I can get out of here!" I said it rudely. I didn't have the time to waste one word with her.
She looked shocked by my attitude. But I knew that women like her were probably good at pretending.
"What exactly do you want? Tell me, and I'll give it to you. In exchange, you'll hand my daughter over to me and never tell anyone that my daughter slept in your house!" I said.
Just then, a small figure walked out of the house. I saw that it was my daughter, Isabella.
My eyes, which were cold, broke into a smile immediately. She was the only joy in my life.
I picked her up immediately and hugged her. "Isabella! Where did you go yesterday? I have been looking for you all night!" I asked her.
She did not say anything. She just rested her head on my shoulder. I sighed. Isabella had always been like this.
I looked at the woman. I was no longer smiling. "What happened to her? Why was she with you?" I asked her.
"She's...she's your daughter?" She asked me. She really looked surprised. I had no idea if I should believe that she didn't know Isabella or not.
"I saw her walking alone in the rain yesterday. I tried to ask her who her parents were so I could take her back, but she couldn't tell me anything. I had to bring her back home since it was raining heavily. I was planning to look for her parents today. I had no idea that you were her father, Your Highness," she said as she bowed.
I frowned. I did not completely believe her story. How come she just saw my daughter walking in the rain yesterday?
Although Isabella doesn't talk, she's a very smart kid, and she could have found a way to tell this woman she's my daughter so that she could bring her back to the palace.
Did he keep my daughter here so that she could use her to get something out of me?
I turned to my daughter. "Is she telling the truth?" I asked her.
Isabella nodded her head firmly. I squinted my eyes. Isabella never lies. So this woman did save my daughter yesterday?
I turned to the woman. "Thank you so much for taking my daughter in for the night. If there is anything that you want, tell me, and I'll give it to you."I said.
I really hate owing people. And the fact that I would have to owe this woman for saving my daughter made me mad for some reason.
"No, I don't want anything from you. I am just happy that I was able to save her. I really don't want anything!" I said.
I wanted to say more to her, to convince her to take something from me so that I wouldn't feel like I owed her.
I looked at the closed door. What am I supposed to do now?
I turned to the guard who was next to me. "Find out what she wants and give it to her," I said and walked away.
....
Back at the palace, I sat in my daughter's room and looked at her.
I wanted to scold her for running off on her own, but I had never scolded my daughter in my life before.
In fact, ever since my fiancé died, I have given her anything she asked of me. It was my own way of making up for the fact that she had no mother.
As long as she wanted it, I made sure to let her have it.
But yesterday's incident had me really worried. I wanted to let her know how scared I was.
"Isabella, why did you run off on your own yesterday? Do you know how worried I was? I thought that something had happened to you!" I said.
She didn't say anything. She just sat there as she stared at me with her big blue eyes.
I remembered that the woman who took her in for the night had blue eyes too. In fact, their eyes were almost similar.
Was this just a coincidence?
"Besides, you have never liked staying with other people. When I asked you to stay with your uncle, you refused to do it. Why did you stay with her last night?" I asked her.
She still did not say anything. I sighed and continued to talk. I knew she could hear me, so I never stopped talking to her.
"Do you know how worried I was about you? I thought that someone had kidnapped you when I couldn't find you!
ADRAIN You need to be careful around strangers! She could have kidnapped you and sold you away! Why didn't you ask her to bring you to the palace?" I asked my daughter. She suddenly grabbed her writing pad that was on the bed and started to write on it. I sighed. When, at two years old, my daughter still hadn't said a word, I took her to the doctor, who told me that she was fine. She just chose not to speak. Now, at five, she still refused to say anything. But she was a genius. She learned how to write at a young age.She held up the writing pad for her. "What?! You want her to be your nanny?" I asked my daughter in shock. She nodded her head as she smiled at me. "But... you don't even know her! Why do you want her to be your nanny?" I asked her. She started writing on the pad again. "Because she's mommy!" Isabella wrote. I was shocked to hear this. My daughter had never called anyone else mummy since my fiance died and left her for me. Although there are lots of women who h
CAMILLA I had just gotten off work. I walked to my house slowly. I was still in shock over what happened this morning, but I was trying my best to forget it. How could I have saved the daughter of the crown prince if I did not even know that it was her? And why did I refuse to take anything from the crown prince when he asked me if I wanted anything? I knew that he would have given me a large sum of money as payment for saving his daughter if I had asked for it. But my pride got in the way, and I did not ask for anything. After he had gone, I started to regret that decision. I could really use a large sum of money. My family was struggling, and the amount I earned from my job each month was not enough for us to survive. I desperately needed another source of income, and I had been trying to get a second job but hadn't found anything yet. Why did I turn away such a good opportunity to make a lot of money? It is true that I did save the girl because I wanted to save her and I fe
ADRAIN I stood by my car as I watched her load up the back of the car with her clothes. I had watched her pack all of the belongings that she had just twenty minutes ago. I could see that she did not have a lot of stuff. I had no idea why I felt sorry for her. I had never been a sentimental person. So why do I feel bad that she's probably been living a hard life before this? "Hurry up! We need to get back to the palace as soon as possible."I said to her. She was having trouble putting her bag in the car. I shook my head and rolled my eyes. Then I walked over to her and helped her put her bag in the boot. She turned to face me, and her face hit my chest. I was stunned when it happened. Her scent immediately attacked my nostrils. I had never liked the perfume that most women used. In fact, it irritated me. But I just wanted to sniff Camilla all day. I felt that if I did it, it would make her run away from me, so I held myself back. We were both in that position for a few seco
CAMILLAI blinked my eyes as I looked at the prince in shock. Did he just ask me to get married to him? "Are you ....drunk your Highness?" I asked him. That was the only explanation I could think of for this. He had to be drunk. Adrian looked at me like I was crazy. "What?!" He asked me. "I think you may be drunk Your Highness. It's late and I think you should go to bed.... tomorrow....you'll realize that you just made a mistake" I said. He shook his head. "Why would you think I am drunk?" He asked me. "You just asked me to marry you? I am just Isabella's tutor....." I didn't finish what I was saying before he interrupted me. "I know you're her tutor. And she's attached to you. She even calls you her mother. She has never been so close to any other female before. You're the first. So it won't be a bad thing for us to get married. You can be her real mother then" Adrian said. I frowned. So he was offering to marry me just for his daughter's sake? I could not help but feel offen
ADRIANI looked at Camilla's serious face. I could tell she was seriously considering it. I hoped that she would accept to get married to me. She was the only one I knew who would agree to get married to me and get a divorce in two years without trying to play some other tricks. All of the women around me would do anything and everything to get married to me and to keep their position as Queen. I didn't want to deal with that drama."You're sure we are going to get a divorce in two years and go our separate ways? " She asked me. I nodded my head when she asked this. "Of course, I will let you go," I said. I couldn't help but be upset. Did she want to get away from me that much? Was she not attracted to him even in the slightest? I didn't know why I cared about this. I should be happy that she seemed not to care about who I was but I was bothered. How couldn't she like me at all?!"And when we get a divorce, I will give you a lot of compensation. I'd make sure as the former quee
ADRIAN"You are just going to get married the way they told you to? You know that you getting married is just their way of controlling you right? You can't fall for this. You need to stand your ground and let them know that you can't be pushed around!" Drake said. "If I don't get married, they are just going to tell me that I can't become the king because I refused to get married. I am going to get married. The only way they can control me is if my wife is someone that they can control. I am not going to be that stupid of course. I am going to marry someone they don't know. And someone they can't control for sure!" I said. Camilla seemed like a woman who has a lot of pride and backbone. She would not betray me so easily. Drake nodded his head. He seemed to understand what I was talking about. "That's great then. Do you already have a person in mind?" He asked. "Yes. I already spoke to her about it. So you should be getting prepared for the marriage now!" I said. Since I was gett
Camila's POVA knock on my door jolted me awake. I sat up in bed, looking at my bedside clock, realizing it was fifteen minutes before I was to wake up. The knock came again and I wondered who it was very early this morning. I walked over to the door as I tied my robe. I pulled the door open and I came face to face with Adrian who was staring down at me with crossed arms. "Your Highness…" I bowed my head. "What do you want from me this early morning, sir?" He handed me a black folder and I pulled it open, it was the contract I asked him to draft for us. "I brought the contract to you." He said and I looked up at him in disbelief. "It's 5 am in the Dawn, your highness." I pointed out and he just shrugged. "Are you trying to get me to read it while I'm still sleepy so you can take advantage of me through the contract, and add additional details we didn't agree on?""I'm not asking you to sign it standing on the spot so I guess I am being accused falsely here, young woman." He replied
ADRIAN'S POV"Your majesty, you can't marry that lady." The prime minister said as i sat comfortably on my chair. I looked at him with a raised eye brow."And why can I not marry the woman I love?" I asked him and he looked around to see everyone at the table supporting him with a slight nod. "We can't have a commoner be our queen Your Majesty. It is in the rules of the kingdom…""Then we can just change the rules. Do not forget I am the king. I make the rules and change the rules to fit the benefit of the kingdom and I know Camila is the best queen we can have in this kingdom." I replied. "You can't do this, Adrian. My daughter will benefit your kingdom and the bond between our two kingdoms. Seat of Rossi and Seat of Trace will benefit a lot from each other if this marriage between you and Eliza goes on." King Trace tried to explain to me and I knew well they all just wanted to manipulate my seat of power for his selfish reasons best known to him."Maybe she can be of very good use