? ROYAL STRUGGLE FOR LOVE ?
? Who’s
My
Baby’s
Father ?
By: Racheal Dennis.
Two weeks later…
The past weeks have been so busy, with everyone making arrangements for the wedding.
The queen didn’t let my aunt go back home, she even prepared a mansion for her to make communication between them easier.
I haven’t had a proper sleep, my opinion is needed on every single thing. Ah! I never knew having a royal wedding will be this stressful.
Currently, I’m in Harry’s mansion, I finally manage to escape their clutches. I lay back on the couch in Harry’s living room, and close my eyes to enjoy the little peace and quiet I have now.
But nature is always against. The door burst open and my aunt, the queen and Gabrielle rushed in.
“There you are, Elena!” My aunt said.
They rushes to the couch and sits next to me. I see a magazine in the Queen’s hand.
“Elena, your aunt and I don’t know if you have a dream wedding, so…. Do you?” The queen asked.
I shake my head. She, my aunt and Gabrielle gasped, looking at me with a shocked expression, like I just said taboo.
“You don’t have a dream wedding? Why won’t you?” Gabrielle asked me.
“Well…. ” I scratched the back of my neck nervously. “I never really thought about my wedding, I… I didn’t think I’d…. ”
“It’s okay, dear. We’ve got you” the queen said. I guess she sensed my uneasiness.
She smiled at me and I returned the smile.
She, my aunt and Gabrielle went through the magazine and finally decided to have a Cinderella theme wedding.
“What’s your favorite color?” Gabrielle asked me.
“Uh… Purple?” I said unsure.
Why do they need to know my favorite color?
“So..” they placed the magazine on my lap and flip to the next page. “These are some wedding gowns, your aunt and I have gone through them and we want to choose from any of them” the queen told me.
I sigh tiredly. I think I’m starting to have a headache from all of this planning. I look at the wedding gowns, they all look beautiful and glamorous. But I don’t see me in any of them, I don’t know why but I don’t think I’ll be myself in it.
“Which one do you like?” My aunt asked eagerly, I can clearly see happiness written all over her face.
Seeing her like this, I can’t tell her that I don’t actually like any of the gown. I wish someone can do all this choosing and save me some troubles.
As God is the hearer of prayers, he heard mine. I see Harry walk in, he heads straight to me, a smile on his face. He stops in front of me and ksses my tempo.
Someone clearing their throats caught his attention. He turns to the queen, with a pretesious smile.
“Mom” he said.
“Hmm, so it’s true” the queen said.
He looks confused.
“what’s true?” He asks.
“That when a man gets married, he’ll forget his mother. You’re not even married yet and you’re already putting me in a corner” she replied and feigns being sad.
She wipes imaginary tears, and I take a peek at Harry. The look on his face is hilarious, he looked conflicted, not knowing what to do seeing the queen sad.
I shake my head. We all can clearly see that the queen is just acting, but my to be husband doesn’t see that.
“Mom, I didn’t forget you. You know I haven’t seen Elena for some days now, I just miss her and was so happy to see her home” he said trying to comfort his mother.
It’s true what he says. My aunt and his mom never gives me time to even eat good food.
“Say something, Mom. I’m sorry” he said.
Gabrielle couldn’t hold it in so she burst into fits of laughter, me and my aunt and the queen joined her. He looks more confused this time.
“Relax, Harry. I was just teasing you” his mom said.
I see Harry’s stance relax a little. He knots his brows together, I guess he is thinking about what just happened. Then he starts to laugh at his own foolishness.
“Why didn’t I know you were acting?” He asked himself.
We laughed him even more. Seeing this love between him and the queen makes me wonder why the queen would killed his mother. It’s so hard to believe.
What could be her motive? I’ll ask Gabrielle later about her findings.
“Can I borrow Elena for five minutes?” Harry asked, looking at their faces.
“No, you can’t. She’s about to choose her wedding gown” Gabrielle said.
“Good! Perfect timing!” He said.
I looked at him questioningly. Same with everyone else.
“Elena and I, we are going shopping for her wedding gown” he explained.
Phew! Thank God! Harry is my lucky star, he’s finally here to save me from all this stress. Even if it’s just twenty minutes.
I stand up abruptly and holds Harry’s arm.
“Good idea!” I said, then I pulled him closer and whisper in his ear. “They’ll try to persuade you, don’t agree”.
He smiled at me, and nod, then he ksses my forehead.
“No you can’t do that” my aunt said.
“Why?” He asked.
“It’s a bad omen for the groom to see the bride in her wedding dress before the wedding day” my aunt explained.
“Aunt, that is not true. They’re superstitious beliefs” he said.
“It is, Harry. I can’t let you go shopping with her” his mom said.
Harry stays silent. From his expression I can tell he wants to give in, then I pressed on his arm harder and put on a sweet, innocent smile on my face.
He winces from the pain, but he doesn’t show it, he puts on a smile too.
“What about we go together, she’ll enter the dressing room herself, that way I won’t look” he suggests.
“No. I don’t trust you” his Mom said.
“Gabrielle can come along” I said.
The queen look between Gabrielle and I, narrowing her eyes at us.
“Mom, don’t worry. I’m like a vigilante torch, I won’t let Harry take even a peek” she assured the queen.
The queen turned her gaze to my aunt and my aunt nod at her.
She sighed.
“Fine. You can go, but Gabrielle you have to watch Harry carefully” she said.
” Yes, ma’am” Gabrielle said.
I didn’t waste any time. I pull Harry towards the door in a lightning speed.
“Thank God I’m out of there. I would have died if I spent another ten minutes there” I said.
“Luckily I came in time, right?”
“Yeah” I said.
” Don’t I deserve a little reward?” He asks.
“Hmm, reward? Well that depends on how long you can continue to be a good boy” I said.
He frowns.
“I’m not a boy, I’m a man”
“Yeah, right”
“Are you doubting me?” He takes my hand and placed it on his dk. “Feel how manly I am” he said.
The sound of a clap makes us aware of where we are, outside.
“Can you please consider my innocent eyes?” Gabrielle asked.
I feel my cheeks warming up in embarrassment, and Harry coughs awkwardly.
“Let’s keep the lovey dovey stuff indoors, alright?” She said.
“I can play with my woman anywhere, anytime and anyplace. After all this is my territory” Harry said.
I $panked his a$$.
” Shut up Harry. Let’s go” I said.
“Babe! What was that for?” He whined.
I winked at Gabrielle and she chuckled.
“I swear, I will spank you harder than this when we get back” he said.
“I’m not coming back here” I told him.
“Oh, yes you are!” He replied.
“Let’s watch and see” I said.
“I’d totally enjoy it!” He said back.
I huffed and head towards the car with Gabrielle following me.
Mark open the door for me and I entered, Gabrielle also entered after me. Harry sits in the driver’s seat and start the car, then he hit the road.
*********
Fifteen minutes later……
We arrived at the mall. Harry park his car at the parking lot and quickly come over to my side and open the door for me.
“Thanks” I said and step out. Then we head inside.
“Welcome to GALAXY’S WEDDING DRESSER, your highnesses” a man greets us at the entrance of the mall.
I exchange looks with Gabrielle. I lean closer to her and whispers to her.
“How do they know you guys are royalties?”
She smiled.
“Everyone in the country knows, and besides, our cousin owns this mall” she explained and I nod in understanding.
Harry shake hands with the man and chuckles lightly.
“Andre, drop the formalities, we’re family” he said.
The man, whom I just know as Andre laughed.
“Please don’t say that, even if we are family, you’re still the crown prince. You deserve my respect” Andre said.
” Whatever you say, Andre. But today I’m not a prince here, it’s just Harry and his fiancée shopping for wedding dress, can you agree with that?”
“Yeah” Andre finally moved his gaze to me. “So are you gonna introduce me?”
“Oh, right!. Andre meet Elena my fiancee. And Elena meet Andre my cousin”
I put out my hand and shakes hand with Andre.
“It’s nice to meet you, Andre” I said.
“Same here. I can see you’re such a beauty, tell me again, why you are with this moroon cousin of mine” Andre said.
I pretend as if I’m thinking.
“Hmm, I don’t really know” I replied.
He leans forward and tilted his head, then whispered in my ear. Well, he said it loudly, like he wanted Harry to hear.
“How about you come with me instead, we can elope and get married somewhere else”
I chuckled wickedly. I think I’ll get along with this Andre guy just fine.
“Yeah!” I said.
From the side of my eye, I can see Gabrielle fighting to hold back her laughter.
“Yeah?” Harry pulled me away from Andre and brings me to his side. He puts his arm around my waist protectively and squeezes it possessively.
“You can’t run from me, you’re stuck with me!” He said his voice sounds very possessive, as if he’s daring Andre or me to say one word.
Andre just rolled his eyes.
“I’m just joking. But honestly you’re beautiful… No, gorgeous, Elena” Andre said.
I blush.
” Thank you!” I said.
“So… Can you take us to see the wedding dresses?” Gabrielle asked.
” Sure! This way!” Andre said and leads us through a hallway.
I see different wedding gowns as we walked by, even some girls are trying them out.
These dresses are very beautiful. Which makes me wonder why we didn’t stop to check them out. As if Harry is reading my thoughts, he said.
“Don’t look at those dresses, Princess. None of them matches your grace and elegance”
Then we arrived at a very big spacious hall. I stand still with my mouth wide open, cause the scene in front of me is incomparable. Wedding dresses of different kinds, different designs, different colors and different quality materials, hang on display. I guess this is the display room.
“Close your mouth, babe! You’ll catch a fly” Harry whispered in my ear.
I elbowed his rib cage and he winces a little.
“That hurt” he said.
“Serves you right” I replied.
“So.. Elena. This is the display room, all you have to do is point at the gown you want and wait for it in the dressing room” Andre said.
” Ok” I replied.
Gabrielle and I start to look around, but I still don’t like any of the dresses.
“What about that one” Gabrielle points at a gown.
It’s very beautiful. With flora design on it, but it’s very revealing.
I shake my head.
“That’s so not me, Gabrielle” I told her.
“Hmm, ok. Let’s keep looking” she said.
While we were still looking, I Harry comes in front of me with a gown in his hand. A smile on his face.
“Babe, take this” he gives it to me.
“Huh?”
“Go try it on” he said.
I feel the material. It’s soft and of high silk quality, then the price tag mistakenly flash in my eyes and my eyes grows wide, my mouth wide open.
This gown costs $580,000. I quickly give the gown back to Harry.
This gown is too cost, this amount of money will basically last me for this lifetime and even my next lifetime.
“Take it back” I told him.
“Why? You don’t like it?” He asked me.
“It’s not as if I don’t like it. It’s just….”
“Then try it on” he interupts me.
I shake my head.
“Return it back to its rack” I said.
“Wait… Is it the design? If you don’t like the design we can do some changes on it” he said.
“Elena, you can’t say no” Andre chipped in. “You can’t let my hard work go to waste” he said.
I look at him in confusion.
“It seems you don’t know” he takes my hand and leads me to a corner, I see Harry looking at the gown with a hint of sadness in his eyes.
He’s observing the gown, as if he’s looking for any fault that makes me not to accept it.
“That gown you are seeing, is a customized gown” he said.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“Harry, made me design that gown specially for you. Those are real pearls and it’s 1250 pearls in total. The silk itself is a rarest and most expensive kind of silk, he comes here regularly to supervise the designing himself” Andre said.
I feel my heart swallows as Andre told me how much effort Harry put in making that gown. I look at him in adoration, I swear my love and respect for him grows instantly.
“Please don’t let all his efforts go to waste, look how dare he is”
True. Harry is sad, maybe he thinks I don’t like the gown. I take a deep breath.
I guess I have to accept the gown now. I can’t let him down.
“Thanks for telling me this, Andre” I said.
I walked back to Harry and takes the gown from him, then I smack my lips on his. I kssed him slowly, softly and passionately for some minutes, then I pull away with a small smile.
He licks his lip and breaks in a smile.
“Okay, I don’t know what that was for, but I definitely enjoyed it” he said.
“It’s a thank you” I said.
“Thank me? For what?” He asks.
” For the gown. I love it!”
He laughs briefly.
“Come on. You don’t have thank me, it’s nothing. I just want you to be happy, cause you make me happy” he told me.
We look in each other’s eyes. Everything around us seems to disappear, it’s seems like it’s just the two of us. It feels like we’re in our own world and….
“Ok, that’s enough staring competition” Gabrielle said.
We break our gaze, and Harry scorned at her.
“Come on, let’s go try it on you” she said and begin to pull me towards the dressing room.
*********
I stripped off my clothes and Gabrielle helps me wear the gown.
I stand in front of the big mirror in the dressing room, to observe the gown.
The gown is a off-the-shoulder lace Oscar de la Renta gown, and the pearls in it sparkles to compliment my eyes. The gown hugged me and all my curves showed.
I swear I’m not sure this is me.
“Oh. My. God! This gown is insane!” Gabrielle exclaims.
I smiled. She’s right, the gown is beyond beautiful.
“Harry really put lots of work into this. Ah! I wish to have a fiancee who will treat me this way” she said.
Just then the door open and Harry rushed in. Gabrielle and I gasped loudly, shortly after Andre comes in.
“Andre, what is Harry doing here?” Gabrielle asked.
“Sorry, ladies. I tried to stop him, but I couldn’t hold him back” he said.
“Andre, my fiancée is changing here, get out” Harry chased Andre out.
” And you too Harry. Get out” Gabrielle commands, but Harry didn’t listen to her. He puts his hand in his wallet and hands Gabrielle his credit card.
“Anything you buy is on me” he tells her.
“Really?”
“Yeah” he replied. “And take Andre out” he said.
“Yes, sir” she said.
I open my mouth but no words came out. I thought she’s supposed to not let him come in.
When they are gone out, Harry turned to me with a smile.
“Your Mom said it’s a taboo for you to see me in this gown before the wedding” I said.
” Forget about what they say. It’s not real” he replied.
Then he look at me from head to toe. He lick his lip and his eyes darken in… Desire?.
“You look beautiful, but…. Something is missing” he said.
He takes out a small box from his pocket and open it. I looked at him mouth open and eyes wide open. I bet my eyeballs almost pull out from my eye socket.
Inside the box is a heart shaped diamond earrings and necklace.
“Is.. is.. this real diamond?” I asked him.
“Yes. And it’s called heart of Eternity” he said.
He takes it out of the box. He helped me put the earrings on my ears, then he puts the necklace on my neck. Then he takes a step back and stare at me.
“Perfect!” He said.
I blush and faced down. He comes closer to me and lifts my chin up, he look straight in my eyes and smile satisfactory.
“You’re more beautiful in this than I imagined” he said.
He leans closer and just when he’s about to crash his lips on mine, the door to the dressing room open.
“Harry, Elena! Mom, wants us home” Gabrielle said.
“Fk!!” Harry cur$ed under his breath. And I laughed.
“Get changed, I’ll have someone package it and deliver it to our mansion” he said.
I wait for him to go out so that I can change, but he stands still, not moving.
“Ermm, I wanna change” I told him.
“I know” he replied.
“Can you step out?” I asked.
“Why? You’ll soon be my wife” he said.
I rolled my eyes.
“I’ll soon be, I’m not yet your wife”
He Cross his arms across his chest and scoffed.
“I’m not going anywhere” he said.
“Oh, really? Well, that’s alright. I’ll just tell your Mom that you broke into the dressing room while I was trying out my wedding dress” I threatened him.
His expression changes from fierce Lion to a scardy little cat. I almost laugh at him, but I didn’t, I don’t want him to know that I’m just bluffing.
“Fine. You’re so mean” he whined and marches out.
I laughed as he went out. Harry behaves like a baby sometimes.
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