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Published at 29th of December 2018 11:25:17 AM


Chapter 26

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Edmond was entertaining the Dukes and other business people that his father invited. Lester and Reina were also in the ball eyeing Edmond. Lester had been ordered to guard Gia while she is in the Palace. There are lots of political issues in Denmark. There is also a possibility that some of the Ministers don't want Gia to be the Crown Queen for the reason that she's a commoner. Prince Edmond doesn't have a proof yet that will show that Gia Vitoria has a royal blood.

"You got a beautiful young lady." Duke Poul astound as he glanced at Gia Vitoria.

"But she's still commoner, Prince Edmond. You should marry the one who is a royal blood." Duke Anders insisted. He glanced at his daughter Lady Elaine. "Someone who can take care of the kingdom." Edmond frowned and he chinned up. "Elaine has been counsel by your father for the instance that Miss James will reject you."

"I am fully aware of that Duke Anders, but now Princess Gia and I will get married soon and there's no arrangement will be held. I may not have an accurate proof to justify that she's a royal blood but I love her and I am marrying her."

Duke Anders forced a smile. The other Duke just let the little argument between them. Some of them are at the side of Duke Anders and some are on the Prince's side.

"Love is something you can't force, Duke Anders. I believe that Prince Edmond is just following his heart." Duke Poul speaks. Edmond nods at him.

"But isn't it the right time to follow what's on the Rules of the Crown Prince's that they should marry someone who has a royal blood." Duke Fogh speaks.

"For God's sake, this is 20th century and at the year of 2040, we don't need that shitty rule here. Father will abandon it anyway." Edmond told them in low voice. His inappropriate words makes Duke Fogh and Anders frown. Duke Poul wanted to laughs but he just makes a little chuckle.

Reina was listening to them a few meters away from the Dukes and the Prince. She smiles a little but upset to Duke Fogh and Duke Anders. She glanced at Lady Elaine who is secretly looking at the Prince. She knows that Elaine is in love with the Prince but the Prince didn't notice it. He never opens his heart and mind to anyone but to Gia.

Gia smiles on other ladies though she had read the conversations of the Dukes with the Prince. She is reading their lips all this time and she felt uncomfortable with it. She thought that there is better than her to be put as a Queen. Lester asked Gia for a dance and she took his request. They dance slowly on the middle of the ball room.

"Don't worry, Your Highness, he's in love with you." Lester cheered her up. She gave him a bemused face. "Oh! Don't deny it! You are in love with him too. No need to hide it because he's on your spell." Lester winked.

"I think that this is all wrong." She told. Lester's playful smile disappears. "I should not be the one to be the Crown Queen. It should be someone who has a royal Blood. I am no royal blood. I am just a young artist and a billionaire."

"Oh c'mon Vitoria, this true love can break the spell and the werewolves are able to fall in love with their soul mate without anyone to sacrifice because of that spell."

"Take care of Reina, okay?" she tapped his cheek and they went out the dance floor.

Edmond approached them with wonderful smiles on his lips. He kissed his Princess on cheek stepping back and he offers his hand to her with a bow.

"Can I have a dance with you my future Queen?" Edmond asked.

Gia felt a sudden distress on him calling her his future Queen. But she smiles as she took his hand. The band started the music. Then when they are in the dance floor with his hand on her waist and the other is holding her hand, her hand is placed on her shoulder. The old men sing the "Can't help falling in love with you." Edmond lean his cheeks on hers while they are dancing slowly on the soft music. Edmond sings along with band.

"But I can't help falling in love with you... Shall I stay? Would it be a sin, if I can't help falling in love with you..." he sings that makes her tickles. The song is too old but he had improvised it just to sing it for her. "Like a river flows surely to the sea, darling so it goes, some things are meant to be... take my hand, take my whole life too for I can't help falling in love with you..." he keep singing on her ear. She closed her eyes and feel his warm breathe and romantic words. "For I can't help, falling in love with you."

"Why I am so loved by you?" she asked. He smiles at her looking directly into her unmatched eyes.

"Because, I am so in love with you." he told. He put down their hands and he took her hand. "C'mon, I wanted to have my prize." She was bewilder and she let him grabbed her outside the ball. They went to the very familiar place, the place where he first brings a girl. It is the sacred place for him because it is his mother's secret garden that he promised that his only love will bring him there.

"Of course, the secret garden of yours!" Gia snapped.

Edmond smiles as he open the door. They went inside and he closed the door behind him. He let go of her hand as she look around. There are billions of stars above and there is single post that gives light on the garden. There are many fireflies that she bet that the gardener make a plan on how to keep them alive and keep them in multiplying.

Edmond gets a scissor and he cut the most beautiful rose. He bit his lips when he got torn by the rose. He sipped his bleeding forefinger. He hides it at his back and he faced Gia who is wondering around the garden, just like déjà vu. When she felt him at her back she turns to him. He extends his arms to her giving her the rose. She smiles at him that makes him smile with love. She took it and smells it.

"Yes, the same flower you gave to me." She said flushing.

"You are the only girl that I am giving roses of my mother."

"Thank you, Ed."

"You're welcome. But the reason we are here is because I wanted something from you." he told. She kept her herself to be an open minded and not thinking about that he's going to ask her sexual intercourse. "I need your promise and pledge." He said stepping closer to her.

She nods signing him that she's listening. He pulls something from his pocket and he showed her a glass cube with a rose inside. The small rose is on the water and it is glowing. It is an immortal rose for now. The water that has a chemical inside keeps the rose from decaying.

"What is it?" she asked.

"I need you to promise in this rose that you won't break the engagement no matter what happen."

"Why?" she asked as she caress his cheek.

"Because, I want you to be mine for eternity and I don't want anyone but you." he told as he holds her hand on his cheek. "I promise that I am not going to leave you. I promise that I will love you always." He pledged. She put her palm on the top of the cube.

"I promise that I won't break the engagement no matter what happen. I promise that I," she looked into his eyes. "That I will take your love to eternity." She kissed his lips and he kissed back.

"We are going to bury this now." He told as he took her hand leading her to the middle of the garden. He took a little shovel for gardening and started digging on the grass. She kneels beside him while he is digging. She placed the cube on the hole. "Did you promise that you won't break my love for you?" he asked.

"Yes, I promise." She swears. "I think it's better if we plant a rose on the whole." She suggested. He smiles.

"I found unique of planting a rose in this deep night." he giggles.

"Unique is good, if you know." She winked.

After they had planted a stem of rose on the hole they had watered it. Then Edmond walk to the blanket that are on the bushes that he put before the party. He rolled it on the grass and they sat on it. She lay on the blanket, making herself comfortable while gazing on the stars above. Edmond smiles and he lie beside her. He offer his arms on her and she move to pillow on his arms.

"Let's catch some shooting stars. I wanted to make a wish."

"That's undying wishes of yours." She teased.

"I just want to wish that you are able to love me back."

"Am I not enough? I am here beside you."

"Yes, but I wanted to know that you love me too. That will make a true love between two people in opposite sex."

"Those shooting stars don't really fulfill your wishes. They are just a symbol for hope. It is for the people, not to lose their hopes."

"I agree, love. That's why I am not losing hope when I waited years just to be with you. I am starting to feel that you love me too." She didn't react on his words. She knows too but she is just afraid of something.

"Where's my dog, by the way?" she asked.

"Oh! He's with Princess Isabel." He cuddles her hair and she move to his chest. "Can I ask you a question?"

"You are already asking." He laughs a little.

"Yeah, okay. So can we make out?" he asked.

"By you mean make out, is it kiss and cuddle?" she asked.

"Yes, also snog and smooch." He grins.

"Oh," she furrows thinking narrowly. "Did dad tell you not to do that?" she asked.

"C'mon... it's just for fun." He grins. She sat up and looks down at him.

"Well, I think it's not a fun thing to do. But I know something fun to do than making out." She smiles playfully.

"Okay... I'm listening." He grins. "I hope it include sex..." she smack on his stomach. He grunted and holds his stomach.

"Do you know that we got filmed on my party when you propose to me?" he shook his head. "Well, we did get filmed and it scattered all over the world. It had stated that it is the most erotic kiss in the world." He just laughs at it but it bothers her so much.

"Let's just let them film our kissing scenes."

"It's a scandal if we make out here."

"Yes. I don't care..."

"Because you are a man and you doesn't care if you had uploaded sex video on internet!" her temper got hotter that makes her face red. Edmond sit up kissing her lips to shut her and at the same time to calm her. "Okay, I don't care about it too but think about who you are."

"I'm sorry, just can't help kissing you." he whispered and he started kissing her lips down to her jaw line. He traces her throat with his lips and move back to her lips again. The sound of crickets and frogs are around the garden. His loud kisses too blended on the sounds. She pushed him down that makes him lay his back on the blanket. "Ow..."

"I like kissing you as much as you like too." She told and she bent over planting a kiss on his lips. She lies beside him pillowing his chest. He smiles and patted her naked back. He circles his fingers on her smooth flawless back. That makes her sleepy.

"Gia?"

"Hmm?"

"If I die, what are you going to do?" he asked. She stopped and she clenched her fist on his coat.

"I will kill you again." She said huskily. "I hate people that will say they love me and then will leave me." She said listening to his heartbeat. He almost cursed to himself for asking about it. He just wanted to know. But then it makes him think about her dog that was murdered in their house. She is very furious and wanted to kill the murderer.

"I'm sorry." He said. "What about kids?" he asked.

"What?" she bemused.

"How many babies do you want?" he asked.

"I don't know... are we too early to talk about it?"

"No, just right in time." He grins. "I wanted as many as we can make." Gia groans and she pinch his sides. He squeal but she make him steady. "You can't ignore that I love kids and babies."

"Whatever, Edmond." She snorted. Edmond giggles and he kissed the top of her head. "You sound like dad asking mum to make 10 babies."

"Just ten?" he asked giggling.

"Shut up... I am not a cat or a dog that can release five babies at the same time."

"But I wanted to have at least triplets or twin."

"You are asking too much!"

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Edmond took his whole day together with Gia and Prince on the garden. They are having a picnic then reading books. If Edmond got bored he will pull Gia to kiss her over and over again. Sometimes they take a nap on the picnic blankets then cuddle each other. Gia laid her head on his shoulder while she is above Edmond's head. He turns his head to her and he is facing her chest. She's sketching something on a small pad. He kissed her chest and laid his head back.

"Hey, I was thinking about making out with you here since you wanted to." She said that makes him giggles.

"Really?"

"No." she mocked. "It seems you show no interest on me."

"What? Hey, I am showing how interested I am to you. You know that, because you are stalking me back." He grinned.

She frowned at him. Edmond rolls over her and he is facing her down while he is above her head. He prop his elbows at the sides of her head and he kissed her lips. She kisses him back parting his lips as they kiss passionately. Prince is just lying on the blanket sleeping and ignoring them.

Elaine was spying them on the garden. She saw how sweet and romantic they are. Kissing there and there like they own the time and the world. She felt jealous. She is jealous on Gia. She is supposed to be there not Gia. Her father told her that she will marry the Prince. The king had recommended a lot of royal ladies for the Prince to choose his Queen. But the Prince refused it all and concentrates to only one. She has to do something to break the engagement. She has to. Gia giggles and stopping Edmond from tickling her.

"Stop it!"

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Gia was walking around to look for Edmond. She took Prince to find Edmond. They told that he is on the garden. When she got there 30 meters away, she found Lady Elaine with Edmond laughing like they knew each other in very long time. She knows that Elaine is his childhood friend and Elaine is the supposed to be the Crown Princess. She knows that Elaine loves him more than anything. She stopped and watch them for a while Elaine stepped forward to him and she hugged him. Edmond hugged her back but it breaks her heart when Elaine kissed her fiancé on lips. She turns back and breathes slowly while her heart is breaking into pieces. She walks away and just leaves.

Prince is running towards Edmond and Elaine. Edmond was shocked when Elaine kissed him. When Prince started barking at them like a mad dog Edmond had pushed Elaine and he looked at her in the eyes bewildered.

"Why did you do that?" he asked. She stepped back from him.

"I'm sorry." She nods her head.

"You should be. I am engage Elaine, you know that."

"Yes, I know." She said. Prince didn't stop barking at Elaine. "I hate that I am in love with you." she gritted and her eyes become cloudy. She turns back from him. "Stupid dog!" she barks at the dog. Edmond calm Prince and patted him.

"Where's Gia?" he asked the dog. The dog avoided him and barks at him. "Don't be jealous, Prince." He tried to convince the dog. The dog let him pat him and he cuddles to Edmond whimpering.

He found Gia playing chess with his father and talking about leaving Denmark. He just stood there watching them and listening.

"There are lots of things I need to do in Ireland."

"Like what?" he asked.

"Since Christmas is coming I am going to pack something to send to Africa. It's our tradition during Christmas."

"Oh, I see. You also send money for the charity. Your family is the kindest people I know in this world."

"Yes, mum and dad are always aware to everything, so am I. I told myself that I don't need money for happiness because I was born that way, so on my businesses I always put my income to the charity and people who needs help."

"I heard a lot about you from your father. Those things are just the characteristics of a rightful Queen, so I don't have a doubt on you."

"Thank you." she smiles a little. She check mate his King and the King laughs.

"I thought no one can defeat me in this game."

"Gia," Edmond finally interrupted. His hands are at his side and he looks lonely. They looked at him. "Are you leaving?" he asked walking towards them.

"I think I should leave you alone." The King stands and he leaves to give them privacy. Edmond stood at her side and she looked up at him.

"Yes, I am leaving."

"Why?" he asked. "Can you at least stay for two more days?"

"I'm sorry." She stood. "I need to leave." She turned back from him but he held her arm to stop her.

"Did something happen?" he asked. She did not bother asking about him and Elaine in the garden. She shook her head.

"No, nothing. I just want to leave right now." She said. He felt so sad and so lonely. It might be something bad that he did. "I have a lot of things to fix in Ireland." She explained. Edmond kissed her head.

"I love you, you know that." He told her directly to her eyes. She wiped some glittering lip gloss on his lips.

"I know." She said kissing his cheek and she leaves.




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