? ROYAL STRUGGLE FOR LOVE ?
? Who’s
My
Baby’s
Father ?
Story by:- ????????Racheal Dennis ??????????
Episode 26?
? Elena’s POV ?
Seconds turned minutes, minutes turned hours, hours turned day and day turned days.
It’s been a couple of days since Harry forgave me, and all has been going on smoothly between us. My aunt still hasn’t forgive me yet, but I didn’t let it bother me too much, I know she’ll come around very soon.
I hear the oven timer ding, then I rushed over to the oven with a wide grin on my face. I open it and take out the chocolate cake I was baking, I placed it on the counter and inhale deeply. I close my eyes as I Inhale and released a long satisfied sigh.
I turn off the oven, I bring out a small plate and knife, then I turned to the cake.
“Ermm, what about the popcorn?” A voice asked me.
I raised my head and see Gabrielle standing before me, showing me the plate of popcorn that I baked ten minutes ago.
I completely forgot that Gabrielle is still here. Currently we’re watching a movie, ok don’t judge me, but we’re watching “the little mermaid”. I so much love this cartoon, I’m obsessed with it.
I pass Gabrielle a mischievous smile.
“Of course I’m gonna eat it” I replied her.
“You’re gonna eat the popcorn together with the cake?” She asked.
I nod.
“Yep, with the yogurt too”
She rolled her eyes at me.
“Weird combination”
“Whatever! Come on, help me take out the yogurt from the fridge”
She nods and walk towards the fridge. I cut a large part of cake into my plate, then we head back to the living room.
I make myself comfortable on the sofa and leans back on the headrest. I take the remote control and click on the play button, then the little mermaid starts playing.
Immediately the movie starts, I dig into my cake. If I put a piece of cake in my mouth, I’ll accompany it with some popcorn. I smiled at the taste I’m getting, Ah! So refreshing.
I moaned softly as I chew. Gabrielle pass me a disgusting look, but I didn’t let that break my enjoyment.
“Humph! I’m tired of this little mermaid, can we watch something else?” Gabrielle asked, well more like complained.
I nod.
“So which one do you recommend?” She asked me.
I quickly swallowed the food in my mouth.
“Cinderella!” I replied.
“Really?”
“Yep!”
She ponders on it for a moment, then she shakes her head in disagreement.
“No! You’ve already found your prince charming” she said.
I looked at her confused.
“Yeah, so what does that have to do with us watching cinderella?” I asked her.
“Obviously, I’ll get jealous of you as we watch it”
Oh! So that’s it. Hmm, she does make sense though.
“So let’s watch something else” she said.
“Ok, what about….” I trail off and pretend as if I’m thinking about what to say. “Sleeping Beauty!”
Gabrielle groaned frustratingly.
“Why does it have to be cartoons?”
“Because I love cartoons?”
“Why?” She asked.
I put a piece of cake in my mouth and a little popcorn too, then I take a spoonful of my yogurt.
“Because everything is possible in cartoons”
“Like blue rain falling from the sky?” She asked in a mocking tone.
“Yeah! That and much more. So….. Sleeping Beauty?” I asked making a cute puppy eyes.
She stays silent for a moment.
“Fine!” She said.
I smiled and rushed towards the DVD player, I slot in the sleeping beauty before going back to my sofa and continue devouring my cake and popcorn.
Halfway through the movie, I begin to yawn sleepily. My eyes starts getting heavier, buy I try to blink the sleep away.
“Elena, you’ve yawned more than seven times already. Just go to sleep if you’re feeling sleepy” Gabrielle said.
I shake my head.
“No, I don’t want to. I’ve been sleeping all morning” I told her.
“Yeah, you’ve been sleeping a lot this period. Are you sick?” She asked.
She used her palm to feel my temperature.
“Your temperature is normal” then she suddenly gasped loudly and averts her gaze to my stomach. “It makes sense now!”
“What makes sense?” I asked her, looking down at myself in confusion.
“The.. the… The weird combination of food, the sleepiness and the tiredness. It all makes perfect sense!” She exclaimed.
I see her eyes twinkling in excitement. I put my hands on her shoulder and keep her still.
“Elle, can you please tell me what you mean?”
“Elena, you.. you’re…” She paused and gaze at my stomach for a split second. “You’re pregnant!”
I look at her as if she’s grown two heads. Then I burst into fits of laughter, she too joined me in my laughter.
“Elle, you can make a good comedian” I said.
She stopped laughing.
“Elena, I’m serious”
“Oh! That would have been a fine joke, cause I’m not giving you any nephew or niece soon. Harry and I still have a long way to go, so don’t have high hopes yet” I told her.
“I know I’m right. You’re pregnant, Elena. Don’t tell me you and Harry haven’t been doing it”
“We have done it once, but that’s that. It’s only that one time and since then things haven’t been going on well, you know with Stephano’s issue. I don’t want Harry to feel like all I know and talk about is sex”
“But …”
“And besides I haven’t heard of someone getting pregnant just six days after having sex” I told her.
She sighed.
“Elena, anything is possible”
“Nah-ah. Not your n this case”
She frowns a little.
“Then when was your last period?” She asked.
“19th of last month, that’s two weeks ago”
She smiles.
“Exactly! Two weeks ago you weren’t married to my brother, but now you are so it’s very possible” she said.
I laughed briefly.
“Your theory is very funny, Elle. But it doesn’t mean I’m pregnant”
“Fine! Let’s wait for next week, if you miss your period then we’ll know you’re pregnant for sure” she suggests.
“Deal” I replied.
I stand up and stretch my body, Gabrielle quickly stand up and stops me from stretching.
“Easy there, we can’t be too careless” she said.
I rolled my eyes. I guess she so much want to have a nephew or niece to play with. Well I just hope this Stephano case ends soon then I’ll give her want she desire.
“Elle, it’s 3:44pm. Harry will come down from his study anytime soon, maybe I should get so sleep before I prepare dinner”
“Don’t you have maids for that?” She asked.
“Harry prefers it when I cook for him” I replied.
“Ok, but don’t over stress yourself”
“I won’t”
” Ok then. I’m off”
She heads out, while I head upstairs to I and Harry’s room.
? Prince Harry’s POV ?
“Your highness, I went back to the club today and got news from Mr Ravi that Tom has stopped working there since the night of the incident” Mark reports to me.
I angrily throw the file I was holding on the table and bang my hand on it.
Today is the 5th day already and I still haven’t got any leads, everytime that I feel as if I’m getting closer, the ball will just roll forward.
“What are we going to do now? How can we track him down? He’s the only one that can clear my wife’s name” I said in a low angry voice.
“Mr Ravi gave me his home address, though” he said.
His home address? Then there’s still hope, we can find him to his house.
“That’s good”
“Should I go over to his home tonight?”
“No! We can’t be too rash, it might scare him. I’ll personally go tomorrow and interrogate him”
“Yes, your highness”
I sigh and pinch the bridge of my nose. Then I glanced at the wall clock, it’s 5:27pm. I’m starving, I’m sure Elena has prepared dinner by now.
“I’ll head downstairs for dinner. You should head over to your apartment, you deserve a long rest” I told him.
“Thank you, your highness!” He leaves.
I also stand up and head towards the door.
The sweet aroma of mashed potatoes swifts across my nose and I inhale deeply. Then I perceive my favorite, pasta. The hunger that has been striking me increases at once.
I take long strides toward the dinning room and I drool at the quantity of dishes laying on the table. Elena rushed to my side with a bright smile. I wrap my arms around her waist and kissed her tempo.
“Baby, This is a lot of food, are we having a party?” I asked her.
“Nope! I’m just craving them” she answered.
I chuckled.
” All of them?” I asked again.
The food I’m seeing is so much that it can feed more than twenty people. Ok, I exaggerate a little bit, but the food is much.
“Yes, quick, quick. Sit down let’s eat” she said and leads me to a chair, I sit down and she sits next to me.
She puts some pasta on my plate, as it’s my favorite. I inhale the aroma and close my eyes to savour it.
I quickly deep my spoon in and takes a spoonful to my mouth. I blinked rapidly as I tried to swallow it.
I look at Elena, she’s busy munching on the pasta. She seems to be enjoying it, but I don’t see why she’d enjoy it. The pasta lacks pepper and it has a bland taste. This is how she has been cooking most of her food for sometime now.
? Elena’s POV ?
I feel Harry’s gaze on me, so I raised my head and saw him staring at me strangely. He’s not eating his food.
“Why are you not eating?” I asked him.
“Hmm. D-did you forget to use pepper?”
“No”
“But I didn’t taste pepper” he said.
I looked at him surprised. The pasta literally has too much pepper in my mouth, I even think the spices I used are too much.
“Are you sick?” Maybe that’s why he couldn’t taste the pepper.
He frowns a little.
“Nevermind” he look around the table and his gaze meets with my cup of tea. “Luckily you brought me a cup of tea” he tries to carry the tea, but I pushed his hand away.
“It’s mine” I said.
“Yours?” His tone sounds surprising.
“Yes”
“That’s weird” he said.
“What is weird about it?” I asked.
“You don’t like tea, remember”
Yeah, that’s right. Tea makes me hungry, but I find it satisfying this period.
“Well, I like it now” I replied.
He shrugged and nod. His eyes land on the watermelon I kept aside.
“Watermelon too? You hate watermelon!”
I blinked rapidly and smiled nervously.
“I love it now”
He sighs confused. He raised his hands up in surrender.
“I’m not gonna ask. But it’s confusing how you suddenly turned to a foodie overnight” he mumbled.
I simply smiles at him and continue with my food.
“Maybe I’m just adding weight” I told him.
My aunt usually complain that I don’t eat enough, now that I have large appetite why not take advantage of it, right.
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