? ROYAL STRUGGLE FOR LOVE ?
? Who’s
My
Baby’s
Father?
Story by:- Racheal Dennis ?? ??????
Episode 23?
? Elena’s POV ?
I wake up and groan in pain, my head is killing me. I guess it’s because I cried myself to sleep last night.
I remove the duvet from my body and step down from the bed.
Hold on a sec…duvet? Bed?
How did that happen? I remember sitting on the floor, crying until I fell asleep. Hmm, maybe I later crawled into bed myself. I look at the clock, it’s 6:45am.
Perfect timing. Harry should be in his gym right now, I’ll go ask him what he wants for breakfast. I wear my flip flops and rush downstairs to Harry’s gym.
I tried to push the door to the gym open, but it’s lock from inside. I knocked and wait for Harry to open up. After waiting for some minutes, the door open but it wasn’t Harry that comes out, it’s Mark. My face drop sadly.
“Good morning, your highness!” He greeted me.
“Erm good morning” I went on tiptoe and try to look inside the gym if I can see Harry, but I’m met with disappointment. “Erhm, it’s Harry inside?” I asked him.
“Yes, Princess” he replied.
“Ok, excuse me, I wanna go see him” I said.
I made to enter, but he blocks my path. I looked at him confused.
“Princess, pardon my boldness, but the Prince is training and he’d like you to relate whatever you want to tell to me and I’ll deliver it to him” he explained.
I take a step back. He’s giving me the cold shoulder, I guess I deserve that.
“I wanna know what he’ll like for breakfast”
“Please wait a moment, I should go ask him” he said, did a little bow and went inside.
I waited for about ten minutes. Then I see Mark comes out with a sour face.
“His highness said he’s not hungry, Princess”
“No. That’s not possible, can I go inside and….”
“Princess, the Prince said he doesn’t want any distractions and you should go back and rest”
I stay silent for a moment, looking at the door as if I can just teleport inside.
Then I nod.
“Thank you, Mark” I whispered.
Then I head back to our room. I know he said he’s not hungry because he’s angry with me, I’ll cook his favorite and send it to him myself. I’m sure he won’t reject it.
?Prince Harry’s POV ?
“She’s gone, your highness” Mark said.
I nod and take a large gulp from my bottle of vodka.
It’s 6:45am, way too early to drink and I know that. But I can only find consolation in alcohol right now.
I can’t seems to get that image out of my head. My wife wrapped in my brother’s arms, the image has been haunting me since last night, to the extent that I couldn’t sleep.
“Your highness, you should stop drinking. We still have to find evidence against Prince Stephano”
“Hmm, I know. Just let me drink some more” I told him.
I bring the bottle to my mouth but Mark takes it from me. I glared at him angrily, but my glare doesn’t faze him.
“Mark, you’re getting bolder and bolder everyday. How dare you take my bottle of vodka!”
“Forgive me your highness. But you have to stay sober to clear things up”
Hmm. He’s right I have to make Stephano pay for touching my wife and for everything he’s done.
I stand up from the floor I was sitting and sit on the couch in my gym.
“About the evidence, where do you suggest we start from?” I asked him.
“The video that was sent to you. We can show it to his Majesty” he suggests.
I nod. That’s a good idea.
Why didn’t I think of that?.
Yeah, because I am angry and I still am. But I need to make Stephano pay before I settle scores with my wife.
“Good. I’ll go take a shower then we’ll go to the palace”
I stand up and head to the bathroom in my gym.
Thirty minutes later…..
I enter the imperial palace. As I enter the palace, I see that the officials are already here, they’re whispering among themselves.
I ignore their whispers and walk straight to the front. Stephano is standing at a corner with cuffs on his hands, he has a wicked grin on his face.
“Greetings, Father” I greet my father.
“Harry, you are finally here. Do you have the evidence with you?” My dad asked.
“Yes, father” I replied. I turned to Mark and gestures for him to step forward with my phone.
He step forward and plays the video, showing it to everyone, then he finally hands the phone to my dad. My dad watched the video for some time, then he gives it back to mark.
“Father, last night this video was sent to me before I went to club and caught Stephano in the act. This video proves that Stephano indeed raped my wife” I explain.
Everywhere is silent. The officials starts whispering again, just when father was about to speak. Stephano interupts him.
“That video doesn’t count”
I snapped my neck to his direction, all attention settled on him.
“What do you mean?” I asked.
“That video doesn’t prove anything. The guy in the video could be anyone, after all nobody saw the guy’s face. Who knows…..” He trails off.
” Who knows what?” I asked.
” Who knows if you paid someone to do it just to frame me!” He said.
I gritted my teeth against each other.
Bloody manipulating bastard! He’s trying to turn this in me.
“Stephano! You know you’re lying!” I growled out.
He laughs.
“No, I’m not. I didn’t force your wife to do anything, she was willing to do it” he said.
Then an official step forward.
“Your majesty! I believe Prince Stephano, please look into this case well” the official said.
“Oh? You believe Stephano?” Dad paused and look between Stephano and the official. “Tell me. Why do you believe him?”
“Your majesty, forgive my boldness. But if princess Elena was here, I would have asked her why did she go to the club in the first place? And what did she intend to do there?”
“How dare you! You think you can question my wife’s character??!” I said lowly, anger coaxed my words.
“Sorry, your highness”
“Harry, calm down” my dad cautioned me.
“Prince Harry, according to prince Stephano’s testimony, he was drunk and so was the princess. So we shouldn’t hold prince Stephano accountable for what happened, they’re both at fault” another official said.
I take long strides toward him.
“My wife is not at fault, Stephano rapped her. My wife is responsible and wouldn’t do such things”
“But your highness, no responsible married woman would go to a night club with her husband by her side” the official said and the other agreed with him.
They are right but I’m not going to back down, I must defend my wife’s honor. After all, all this happening are part of Stephano’s plan.
“My wife is responsible and I won’t let you slander her!”
An official scoffed.
” The media thinks differently”
” What? The media knows about this? How?” I asked.
” That is what I don’t know, your highness. Here, see for yourself” he hands me a newspaper.
I hold the newspaper and it’s there on the front page headlines.
‘ Crown Princess of Peoria
Sleeps with brother-in-law’
How did the media know about this overnight? I turned to the next page.
‘ Prince Harry’s wife goes
To a club, is she a
Wh©re?’
A wh©re? How dare they refer to my wife as a wh©re?
I turned to Mark, asking him with my eye if he knows about this. He shakes his head in denial.
“Prince Harry, I see you haven’t read today’s paper” the official said.
I clenched my jaw.
” Your majesty, since the media is already involved in this, we must take action accordingly to save Peoria’s reputation” an official said.
” What do you mean, prime minister?” Dad asked.
“What I mean is, in this case now. We only have two choices, either Prince Harry divorce the Princess or he steps down and allow prince Stephano be crown prince”
There’s silence. I look at Stephano’s direction, the grin on his face has grown.
That snake! So this is what he was expecting, he knows it will result to this.
“Yes, your majesty. We can’t have a $lut for a crown Princess” another official said.
Immediately he said that, I rushed to him and land a punch on his face.
“Don’t you ever dare to call my wife that!”
“Guards, hold back the crown prince” dad ordered.
I see two guards rush towards me, but I didn’t let them touch me.
I knelt down in front of my dad.
Even if I have to face embarrassment, I’ll never abandon Elena at a time like this, I’ll never divorce her.
“Father, please. Give me a week, I’ll come back with solid evidence. But if I fail to provide solid evidence, then give the crown to Stephano. Please consider this” I plead.
My dad stays silent for a moment.
“Ok, you can have the one week” my dad said.
“Thank you, father. I’ll take my leave”
Then I exit the palace.
? Elena’s POV ?
I take the food on a tray and head to Harry’s study. Getting closer to the door, I heard things falling inside Harry’s office.
I quickly enter and a loud gasp escape my lips.
My eyes zoomed at the table in the study, everything on it is on the floor.
Files and laptop, the Harry flipped the table upside down. I see a dent on the wall and my eyes move to Harry’s hand. His knuckles are bleeding, Mark is trying to hold him down.
“How dare they?!” He keeps saying.
I dropped the tray on the ground and rushed to him.
“Harry what happened?” I asked in a panic voice.
I take his hand in mine, but he quickly removes it.
“Leave” he said, his eyes red and I see tears coming down from his eyes.
I made to wipe his tears but he holds my hand in a tight grip.
“Leave”
“But I need to know what happened”
“I said leave, Elena! Are you deaf? LEAVE!!”
I flinched back a little. Mark comes to me, and lead me out of the room.
” Princess, I think you should leave for now”
“But why? What happened to him?”
“It’s nothing you should worry about. Go back for now, I’ll try to calm him down”
I nod. God, what have I done to my marriage?
I run out of the house, I run to the only place where nobody will judge me.
To Gabrielle’s mansion.
?Prince Harry’s POV ?
I breath heavily as I try to calm myself down. Where can I get good enough evidence, Stephano can’t win like that.
I need to do something.
“Harry, I know you’re angry. But listen to me, I’m not talking to you as a bodyguard, I’m talking as your friend now. You should take it easy with Elena, she’s your wife”
I laugh sarcastically.
“Oh, she is? I don’t think so. If she’s my wife she wouldn’t have disobeyed me and lied to me. See what her actions have caused us”
“I know you’re hurt, but has it crossed your mind that Elena is hurting more?” He asks.
” As she should be” I said.
He sighs.
” It has already happened, are going to keep pushing her away now that she needs you most?”
Ok, he’s talking too much now.
” Mark, I’ll talk about Elena and I after all this is settled”
“But Harry….”
“Mark!” I interrupt him. ” Tell me, where can we get evidence from?” I asked him.
He stays silent for some minutes, thinking deeply. Then he suddenly snap his fingers.
“CCTV camera!” He shouts.
I look at him confused. I don’t understand him, cause my mind is not settled now.
“The club, they must have the evidence we need on the CCTV footage” he explained.
I nod. It’s true, and when we get this footage, Stephano won’t be able to escape this time.
“Brilliant! Go to the club and ask for the CCTV footage, we mustn’t waste any time”
” Yes, your highness!”
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