“So, what were you saying about being the son of our king?” David taunted, making all his friends laugh at and make fun of Jeremiah.The only ones who refused to do that were Kristin and Brenda, who had both taken a liking to Jeremiah, and that infuriated Desmond, because how dare Kristin have eyes for another guy when he was right there?The reason the two girls acted differently from everyone else was because they weren’t friends with anyone in the group, so they didn’t feel obligated to join them in what they were doing to Jeremiah.The group of visitors consisted of David, his four friends from college, Benson, who was his best friend and roommate in college, Desmond, who was Benson’s cousin, and then Kristin and Brenda. David had wanted to visit the estate, so he invited his friends from his department in college, who had told him about wanting to see what the castle looked like in person, and Benson, who had already visited the place before.Hearing about the visit, Desmond, wh
At their university, though David was a sophomore, he was the most eligible bachelor to every female who knew him, and that even included the teachers. Everyone knew that he was royalty and incredibly rich, so they wanted to do what they could to either be his friend or date him if they were girls and Kristin was no different.Knowing that Kristin, his crush, had a crush on David who was someone he could never compete with, once they arrived at the estate, Desmond pulled Benson to the side and asked him for a favor. The favor was to separate Kristin from David, so he could get the opportunity to woo her and give her reasons to like him, as she had been all over David since they arrived and started their tour of the estate.Agreeing to help out his cousin, Benson separated everyone into two groups. David took his friends and continued the tour of the estate, while Benson took Desmond, Kristin, and Brenda on a separate tour of the inside of the castle. They had just started their cas
All the guards who responded to the emergency call sent out by David when he pressed the bottom on his phone, had been in the throne room when Jeremiah had his meeting with Reginald. After the meeting was over and Jeremiah left with Kingston, they all were made to swear to keep everything they had heard and witnessed in the throne room a secret just like Reginald told Jeremiah they would.Reginald also told them to refer to Jeremiah as “Young Master” when other people were around as his identity as Lord Crimson was a serious and sensitive information that should be kept secret at all cost. It became extremely ironic the moment they all walked through the door and appeared in the corridor, hoping to take care of the nuisance bothering David, only to see Jeremiah and recognize him as their Lord Crimson and young master.It was like a funny joke and the only person being made fun of was David.On the flip side, Jeremiah who recognized all the guards and knew that they weren’t going to
Every guard who held someone pulled that person to the corner beside the door.“You too,” Jeremiah told Kristin and Brenda and the two girls' eyes widened. “Are we also supposed to go on our knees?” Kristin asked and Jeremiah shook his head.“No. You two are exempted from any punishment but like I said, I want everyone in one place so just follow them and stand in the corner” he instructed and they nodded.The two girls followed the guards who pulled the rest of David’s friends and they went to stand at the corner beside the door. “Not him,” Jeremiah told the guard who was pulling Benson to the corner.“I have something different in mind for him,” Jeremiah said and the guard assigned to Benson nodded.“Bring him over here” Jeremiah instructed and the guard pulled Benson over to him, making Benson stand beside David who was still speechless about everything that was going on. “Here he is, young master,” the guard said after positioning Benson to stand properly in front of Jeremiah.
Lynette’s eyes blinked rapidly. What kind of question did Jeremiah just ask her?Did he even know the weight of it?Did he mean to tell her that even after Benson had groveled and apologized like a sniveling dog, he was still going to be punished if she didn’t like the apology and chose not to accept it?That was just crazy. Also, what a massive burden to put on her, who was just a simple maid.And what about David? This was his best friend being punished after all.Would he just stand there and watch that happen in front of him, or would he, afterward, want to do something to her for allowing his best friend to receive another round of the punishment?It was something to think about because, at the end of the day, Jeremiah wouldn’t be around forever, so could he even stop David from getting retribution afterward if that’s what he wanted?During their conversation, after leaving the dining room, Jeremiah told Lynette that he was going to return home and wouldn’t be in Crimson Fall fo
Girls their ages were usually able to act wickedly and vindictively if they wanted, so shouldn’t coming up with suitable punishments for the five on their knees be easy for them? He thought.“You two!” Jeremiah said, and the two girls jolted.“Yes, young master?” Kristin said.“Your names are Kristin and…?” Jeremiah asked, ignorant of Brenda’s name ‘cause nobody had mentioned it yet. “Brenda, young master. My name is Brenda,” Brenda replied, while Kristin looked happy that Jeremiah remembered her name after just hearing it once.He really was paying attention to her, she thought.“Alright, Kristin and Brenda. Do you mind helping me out here?” Jeremiah asked, and the two girls looked at each other with confusion before staring at him with questioning expressions.“Help you with what exactly?” Kristin asked.“I need to teach these five a lesson for what they did but nothing comes to mind. Do you two have any ideas?” Jeremiah asked, and the two girls’ eyes widened.Did Jeremiah, the kin
Jeremiah and David strolled to Reginald’s study and stood by the door, which, by the design, showed that it protected a room meant for the king. “Is this it?” Jeremiah asked, hands in his pockets as he looked up and down the door with intrigue.“That’s right. This is uncles— I mean your father's study,” David said, still finding it difficult to refer to Reginald as Jeremiah’s father.It was understandable because finding out that Reginald had a son was a very recent development and getting used to it would take some time. “Alright then,” Jeremiah said, gesturing that David should go ahead and knock on the door. Though he was going to do that anyway, David, who had always done what he wanted and, as such, didn’t like being made to feel like someone’s errand boy, grumbled discretely.He faced the door, took a deep breath, sighed, and then knocked.After a second, they heard “Who is it?” It was Reginald’s voice.“Uncle, it’s David,” David answered. There was silence and then footste
“What?!” David exclaimed as he sprung up from his chair. All he saw after hearing what Reginald said was red, and for a moment he had forgotten where he was and how to act. A few seconds later, he snapped back to his senses and calmed down. David looked at everyone in the room, all three of them staring at him with annoyance, and he realized just how much he had messed up. To think that he would lash out in front of and, more importantly, at the king like that. What a bad impression to give at a moment when he needed to give the best impression possible. “Sorry about that, uncle” David bowed his head and apologized. “Don’t just apologize to me. Apologize to both of them because you disrespected both of them too” Reginald instructed. David looked at Jeremiah and Kingston who were at his two sides then he cleared his throat and said “I sincerely apologize for my explosive and rude behavior” “Good, now sit,” Reginald said and David looked at him. “Thank you, uncle,” Da