"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
Leo stared at the documents which were handed over to him, Jeff stood by his side and was staring at what he was going to do with them. He thought about this for a while, then a thought rang in his mind."Yes, I know what to do exactly, I'll make her work under me. I'll make her join the royal family but she would be under me, let's see what Henry would do." He grinned with a sinister expression.Jeff saw him nodding his head and didn't know what was going on, he became confused."Hope there's no issue, sir?" "What?" Leo widened his eyes, influencing him."No.... Nothing!" He stammered. He tried to remove his eyes away from staring into his face. It seemed as though Leo was persisting, so he decided to explain further."I just saw you shaking your head, and grinning......" He stammered, towards the end his voice trailed. Leo wasn't happy with this, he raised his eyes and glared at him briefly. "I'm sorry!" He apologized."I didn't mean to meddle in your business.""Good!" Leo nodded,
"How come we are the first to be chosen into the Affiliates?" The head of the Verizon Group who just arrived not long ago asked, he was shocked as well. He didn't expect this. Seeing the top companies that were contesting to be among the eight, he wondered. "Yes, Verizon is a small group but we made it!" His deputy said. "I wonder why they wouldn't care to know who made this happen!" Henry whispered into Clara's ears. He was eager to hear his name talked about. Clara who was so glad and enthusiastic to let people know that it's her fiance who related to the princess about this moved ahead to let them know. "All thanks to my fiance, he actually spoke with the princess, delivering good words to her which has brought us to this position!" Elene moved forward to the head of the company and complained to him how Leo was going to spoil their plan, seeing that no one could challenge Leo, she decided to meet with this stout, no-nonsense president of the group. "I want to see him cautione
For the while they were together, Leo had never had Clara insult him to the point of bringing in their sexual secret to the public, she even lied against him just to shame him. "What a surprise! I thought you were a good woman." "And I thought you were a good man, a good husband, not knowing you were hiding your true identity to eat from my pocket." This pissed Leo so much. "What does she means?" He narrowed his eyes, raising his eyes, he looked at her sternly in the eyes. "Do you think I wouldn't survive without you?" After all he did for her, she had the guts to say this against him. She didn't know but he greatly helped him to the position of Duchess she was. With his skills, he had cured one of the Royal Officials who were in charge of appointing positions of authority, he refused a pay at the end of the treatment. "What do you want?" He could recall the man asking him upon resisting his payment. "Favor my wife in this contest!" That was his only wish and this helped a lot to
The princess was there in her office watching everything that was going on, after witnessing the call of names of the companies qualified, she returned back in to her office in the hall which was overseeing where the ceremony was going on. Leo was glad to see Henry in trouble, he was acting too pride.As these men brought out their guns and other weapons such as their jack knife, Henry shook, even Clara and Elene, they couldn't talk any longer, then they looked at him and he gave them a wicked stare.Though no one suspected this to be the handiwork of the princess, he did, he felt for Clara alone, the love he had for her before she became his ex wouldn't make him so heartless as not to consider her. Outwardly he pretended like he didn't care."How would you assault a feared warrior like me?" Jack thundered as he and his men approached them, they were redressing back."If you move again, we shoot you!" Jack threatened. Clara turned her eyes to look at the entire guests who were just st
Leo received a call, when he checked his phone it was from the princess. He hurriedly picked it leaving the thugs and everyone gathered in the hall in a state of suspense. "Hello," he called, since he didn't mention the princess, no one knew who he was talking to."Yes, why are you so bothered about your ex, I thought you had separated from her?" From the tone, she was really angry and jealous. Leo grew suspicious. "You sent people to kill her so I can be yours?" Clara raised her head from the ground where she was lying, she was hearing this with looks of shock on her face, especially as she heard him talking of these men being sent to kill her. Leo was so angry that he couldn't control his statement even being in the midst of people. "It must be the princess!" Clara suspected. "But why is she doing this to me?" Henry was annoyed and started planning if there could be any available way to take the princess out. She was after his love interest, he couldn't watch and see this happe