Adonis stepped out of the bus the moment it stopped at the bus station where he was supposed to come off at and headed straight to board a taxi that would take him to the address, not allowing himself to be disturbed by the gazes of people he passed by.When he got into a taxi, he noticed the man's skeptic gaze through the rear mirror observing him. Adonis could guess the thoughts that ran through the man's head at that moment. If it wasn't the thought on how bodily wretched he looked, it was definitely one how he wouldn't be able to pay the cab transportation fee. Adonis said nothing and just ignored it.He told the address of the place he was headed to and got the cab fee amount as $3.50 in reply. The man spoke his words with hinted doubt in Adonis' capability to even be able to pay the meager amount. The car began to move and Adonis made the scenery of the people and buildings being sped past his focus as he mentally encouraged himself on what had happened earlier. He couldn't wa

A mellow rock and roll jazz played from the speakers and Oliver bobbed his head in a rhythm to the beat as he wheeled the steering, but he was soon disturbed when his phone blared up a call ringtone.He took up the phone from the passengers seat beside him, wore on his connected earpods, and slid the answer button.“Yes?” he said in a level voice.“Your highness,” the familiar voice on the other line boomed. “There's bad news. ”Oliver glanced into the phone again to properly view what the caller ID was and saw that it was his Richie, his trusted guard who'd always been his ears and eyes whenever he wasn't in the palace. There was an uprise of curiousity in him and he yearned to know what this bad new was, because whenever Richie said there was bad news, there was bad news.“What's it, Rich?” he probed, swerving the car to an empty lane as he drove.“The King found his first son, your highness.” Richie reported. That dropped like a bombshell inside of Oliver.“What?”He knew about it,

He attempted shaking off the nervous feeling that engulfed him each moment he thought about the tribunal and the fact that it was fast approaching. Even as the king had assured him that he would talk to one of the Kingmakers to excuse him, he couldn't help but worry about it. What if they didn't let him go and then he would have no choice but to go?He wavered the thought from his mind and at that moment, his phone blared up its usual incessant ring beside him on his bed. He glanced at it briefly, noting the caller ID as JESSE as he picked it up.“Hello?” he spoke, expectant on why Jesse had called him. Jesse was one of the palace workers the King used to pass over information to him whenever he wasn't in the palace and there was something important he needed to know. And as every one of Jesse's calls were important, he wondered what important detail Jesse had for him from the king.“You're highness, ” Jesse addressed. “There's news. ”“What news?” Adonis inquired with inspired curios

“Don’t!” Everyone turned their attention to the woman dressed in a corporate yet fancy dressing, a woman they’d rarely ever seen with their eyes, rushing out frantically towards the scene. Everyone watched her in silence as she approached them, directly towards Adonis. The wealthy man was piqued by confusion as the woman he’d told Adonis would never pay him attention was right in front of them, offering Adonis a welcoming look. “Sir,” Don Louisa said with an acknowledging smile, her fingers interlocked on her body-fitting pencil skirt. Everyone was perplexed at the words she had just uttered and thereby, they started to mutter. “I was informed that you had arrived so I had to literally rush down.” “These people weren’t very welcoming, ” Adonis replied, glancing at the guards and all that were there. Don Louisa’s gaze fell on everyone, causing them to be silent. “Doesn’t everyone have work to do!?” she snapped. At that moment, the crowd began to dissipate, even though they were heap

The court was packed up with a crowd of civilians than it had ever been since it’s establishment and people still flocked in with regards to the court hearing. It had become a date almost everyone in the city had set since the incident the previous day with Mr. Dan's fashion industry. Every one wanted to see this prince that had been rumored to have caused the bankruptcy with their eyes, as it piqued their interests a lot more that he was the King's lost but found son. Not everyone was allowed into the court, but they stayed in wait outside as info from the reporters in the court room already came to them. Harriet and her mother were among the batch of people who’d came that was allowed into the court to witness the tribunal with their eyes. Harriet wanted to see him again – Adonis, for no better reason than to confirm the identity he’d proclaimed to her. And also the second Prince, who's identity she wasn’t familiar with, but as she had heard from her friends, was amassed with gor