"But Clara, you can't just let this poor asshole harass us this way, he wouldn't ever have respect for us and you in particular no matter who you later become!" Linn emphasized.
She kept insisting that her daughter do something. "It's not a small position, being a Duchess!"
With time, Clara's anger was fuming. It increased as her mother was talking more to her. "Mom, you don't need to worry, I'll handle this. Take Fred to the nearest clinic, then the physiotherapist will take care of his condition."
Linn was now happy, she could now go away with her son. While they went away, she picked up her phone to call Leo, her ex-husband. This call hit Leo while he was inside the car with the Princess, Melissa.
Melissa was such a free person, she gestured to him to pick the call with a smile. He was surprised by this gesture. He tapped on the accept button.
"Hello, why are you calling me now?" His voice was stern and filled with disgust.
"Heyy, listen to me. If you want good and not trouble, you call my mom now, ask for her location and go there right now and kneel and apologize to them."
He laughed at the kneel. "And if I don't, what will happen?" He didn't waste time to reply.
"Gosh! You're proving stubborn?"
"Well, I think you're just kidding!" He chuckled with a great sarcastic tone. "You weren't like this, Clara. Who changed you?"
"Because I've changed," she curtly said.
"Sorry to say so, I've likely changed too."
Clara gasped at Leo's boldness.
Shock and irritation took over Clara as the person she was talking to wasn't even bothered at all.
"Next time filter out some statements from your mouth before you spit them out, I'm not the kind of man you use to treat so badly!" Leo knew this would really hurt his ex-wife, he repeated one of her statements in a proud way, then ended the call.
"What the fuck! Leo has the audacity to end my call! Has he forgotten who I am?"
"I'll surely teach him a lesson!" She dropped her phone into her bag, then walked up her car murmuring with anger to herself.
When the call was done, Melissa began to speak to her.
"Was that your ex-wife?" She asked with a grin. Leo was glad she couldn't get to hear all the shit Clara said to him.
"Yes, your highness!"
"Call me Melissa!" Leo was surprised but he had no option other than to comply.
"Yes, she once told me you are excellent at mental healing."
"Who?" He got shocked.
"Your wife," Melissa jerked her head to the left. "But that was almost three months ago, she spoke so nicely of you, I wonder why she would have to treat you this way now!"
Leo's jaw dropped. He couldn't believe his wife who despised him would recommend him to the princess. He thought she hated him all round.
The truth was now getting unveiled by Leo as of how Princess Melissa got to know of him. It turned out to be that the location she stated on the call the Royal Clinic which was the best in the country. It had the VIP departments and was mostly attended by members of the royal family and the elite class.
"My brother is waiting for us at the hospital," she heaved, probably she wanted to say something which hurt her so much. Leo was wondering what was going on, who he's gonna be treating. His heart was occupied by so much thoughts at the moment.
She gestured to him to get into the car.
She drove him to the hospital, then took him to the special ward. It was VIP. Meanwhile she hadn't told him what was wrong.
Opening the door, he saw the king lying in a critical state. He almost stepped backward, he was shocked to realize he would be treating the king of all people, then he was curious to know what's wrong with him, even before he got to examine him.
"Here's my younger brother, Prince Colton." Melissa introduced him to him.
This was his first time dealing directly with members of the royal family. Colton descended his eyes on him, scanning him with disgust from head to toe.
"Oh, he looks like this in real life?" He questioned, his face showed he didn't believe in his capabilities. "Well, just give me a handshake. I thought he was an outstanding medical expert. Are you sure such a person like him deserves to lay hands on the king?"
"Hmm," Leo sighed silently so that he could not be heard. He was secretly pissef by this. "Well, I might excuse you, your highness, if you don't believe in my capabilities."
He knew what Colton was expecting, lots of explanations and telling of his achievement to make him believe but he wasn't ready for all these.
"The king has a traumatic brain injury which makes him unstable. Don't listen to him but treat the king. He judges by appearance, I've warned him several times!" Melissa gave him a pleading gaze which made him decide to set to work.
"I'll try my best!" As he responded, he was also promising himself this.
"No wonder the king acts ruthless and disorderly at times, he has some mental issues!" Leo wondered inside of him. But he tried his best not to judge, it wasn't his fault after all. He was keen on making the king well, this time around not really because of money but out of his love for serving his country, according to news, the king hasn't been able to rule for some time now, Melissa has been the Acting royalty kept in his place for the meantime. Leo wanted to use this chance well. This was a great privilege. "A lot of doctors, both foreign and local had been employed to treat his traumatic brain injury but none could, some say surgery would be needed while others say it's pre-cancer symptoms, others tumors but all were wrong.""And you didn't believe any of them?" Leo replied to Melissa's complaints."Why would I believe them?" She shrugged her shoulders. "When they tried all they could but couldn't bring him back to a good, conscious state?" "Oh. So why do you believe in me?"
Though Leo was still confident in his skills, he felt it was needed he withdrew on time, he didn't want any further accusations from the royal family member."These people wouldn't believe me no matter what I do, it's best I withdraw now!" Picking his phone, he was about to leave. Melissa sensed this, she became unhappy. "Please begin the treatment, you don't have to mind all these bunch of fools!" She gingered, before he leaves. "If it's only you, your highness, I'd stay but I'd like to fulfill their wish so that they might have peace of mind." He insisted. "And I insist," the senior doctor said. "If you like you take it, if you don't like it, you leave, my princess," he said with a very serious face. "From the facts I've derived about the king's condition, it's a sign of cerebral palsy. He would be bedridden for life in the next three months if no surgery is conducted on him."Colton was back into the room without them knowing. "I know what she's trying to do, she wants the king
Leo slapped the king behind his right ear and then his left ear, twice. He began to massage it slowly, people standing around wondered why he was doing, especially the doctor that said he would kneel before him should he revive the king. "What's this fool doing here, let him get out of here. He's only going to compound issues!" He moved forward to push Leo off the side of the king's bed but Melissa came up in front of him, standing on his way and giving him deadly stares. "If you go near him again, I'll stab you!"He was scared and retreated. Before a calm and loving princess which everyone loved could say this, then it was serious. "Why are you always bent on causing confusion here?" She talked back at him. The doctor tried to avoid the gaze. Everyone's attention once returned to Leo and the king, when they watched his heartbeat and pulse, it was reversing back to normal. The next moment the king was seated on his bed, calm and quite thoughtful. "What's happening? What happened
Melissa and Leo sat in the backseat of a silver Benz.“Mr. Leo, this is the royal family’s honor crest. I'll love you to have this as a sign of recognition, you've been a great, useful help to us today! It's a thing to remember!" “With this, you will be treated as an honored guest in any event held at the palace and outside, you will be a VIP and you will be treated as such. I haven't forgotten my promise of marrying you as well, you know, you're such a nice, cool guy, don't know why your ex-wife let you go.”“Princess, I don’t need this.” Leo shook his head. He sensed if he collected, it would look like he's greedy or saved the king because of what he'd gain. “Don’t worry, Leo. This is just a personal gesture,” Melissa said with a smile. "You need to accept it for memory's sake!" “That’s very kind of you, Princess. Thank you very much.” Leo bowed and accepted the card.This was a golden gift with a diamond glass over it. Since it was a gift from her, it would come in handy. As the
"What?” Leo was as shocked as hell. He never thought this is what Melissa would say. Taking a closer look, he found that her beauty was different from Clara’s. She was more slender, had bigger boobs and ass, long straight hair, her face was very smooth, her skin glowing like she used a body treatment from space. She could ensnare men with her bewitching charms.“Why are you so shocked?” Melissa’s breasts heaved as she laughed heartily at Leo’s face. Her scent caught him in this seduction. It was all Leo could do to tear his eyes away from her voluptuous curves. The more he looked at her, the harder it was not to gawk at her figure. He was being tempted so hard. “Leo, back to the issue at hand. I need to ask a favor from you again.” Melissa ’s expression grew serious, like she wasn't the one that just tried to seduce him.“What is it?” Leo asked.“You know that all my bodyguards are stationed at the hospital, so I don’t have anybody to protect me. Now that this incident has happened,
"Clara, nice to meet you. How may I be of help to you?” Leo’s eyes widened when he saw Clara walking toward him, but his gaze turned cold in a moment.“What a coincidence seeing you here.”Clara choked back the speech she had prepared to explain herself and greeted Leo stiffly, especially seeing the princess. She thought she was with him for only that day. If someone had told her this was her ex's new love interest, she wouldn't have believed it. Who would have thought that it was true? Although they were divorced, Clara felt a little uncomfortable seeing her ex-husband being with another woman. She was kind of jealous. “Leo, is she a friend of yours?” Melissa asked. She sized Clara up with her eyes, scanning her from head to toe. She was hostile towards Clara, seeing her as not her class. Clara widened her eyes, is the princess who was her acquaintance no longer recognizing her but this was an act from the princess. “She’s my ex-wife,” Leo replied.“Really?” Melissa opened her eye
Seeing Clara walking with the princess and her ex towards him, Henry became puzzled. "Hey baby, what's going on here?" The princess' approaching scared him. She was staring at him directly because of his panic, her influence made him want to dissolve away."Henry, this is my ex." Clara then turned towards him. "Leo, this is my recent man!" She feigned a smile, "I'm glad I met him immediately after we divorced.""When you should even be sad losing him?" Melissa asked."Who, your highness?" She pretended as if she didn't know."Your ex I mean, you know you've lost a jewel. His type is rare among men?"Clara blinked her eyes, forcing to look away, although her emotions were getting more and more obvious but she couldn't help. She didn't want to show it but pretended as though all is well with her being with Henry."I see no reason, with due respect, your highness," he bowed. ".... how you should take happiness in such a person as this wretched idiot!""Who knows perhaps my poverty and f
The evening was set for the introduction of companies that would be enlisted into the Royal Business Affiliates, these were groups of companies that would be partnering directly with the royal family, each of them had their Ambassadors who would be representing them. Clara stood in for the Verizon Group, though not a great company, it was believed that at least she stood a chance being that she was the Duchess. Right there, she wanted to get into this so her position would skyrocket. "This would be a great milestone for me," she leaned and whispered to Elene who giggled. "I might likely become the next prime minister of this country!" Clara made a little dance but with a wide smile. "Elene, what do you think?" Elene blushed, giggling. "That would be great! I can't wait for the list to be announced. It would be kudos to us!" Elene was glad because if her Duchess could move up to such a great position as the prime minister, her position and salary as well would also move up. No lon