????Journey To The
Beauty Land????
(Once upon a kingdom…)
CHAPTER 27&28
By: Tofunmi Nikky
★★★★★
Luciano searched almost each and every nooks of the school’s building but couldn’t find Sabrina. Perhaps she’s left for home and couldn’t stay back because of what happened. But he needed to see her, and they have to talk things throu-gh. He’s going to tell her that he never meant it, but fuc-k ! he meant it and didn’t really did that to give Roselia a show but because at that time he really wants to.
Realizing he was walking towards the restroom, he made to turn away but stopped the movement when he saw Roselia coming out of the girl’s restroom with a huge smirk plastered on her face.
He stylishly turned around and made sure she was gone before running towards the restroom.
“Could she be here?”he thought, leaning forward and his eyes glimmed with shock when he heard the sound of sniffing, indicating someone was inside.
As in on cue, loud bangs began to sound on door from inside.
“Somebody help!”hearing her voice made him stand back upright immediately. His hands folds into fists, knowing this was Roselia’s handiwork. He could have punched on the wall if Sabrina didn’t bang on the door again with urgency.
He hurriedly withdrawn his phone from his pocket and placed it by his ear, one of his guards picking up the phone at the first ring.
“Hey Draco, get me the keys to the female restroom. Now.”After placing the order across to him, he ended the call.
Putting his phone back in his back pocket, he was suspicious when he could no longer hear any voice nor sound from inside. In a panic that someone has gone wrong, he knew he was running out of patience when he lifted his foot upward and jerked the door.
Once, twice, thrice and… The door flew open and a triumphant sigh escaped his breath.
Sabrina quickly stood up from the floor she was seated and charged for outside. Her breathing stopped alongside her walk when she saw who was at the door.
“Lucian.”She cooed softly, fluttering her lashes in bewilderment.
“Sabrina. C’mon, let’s get out of here.”he said to her, ignoring the shocked expression on her face.
She nodded and they both left the premises of the restroom, walking side by side in silence.
Luciano had his hands inside his well fitted trouser pockets as they walked. He knew he had to say something as they were about turning the corner and leads to the cafeteria.
“About what happened…”he started.
“…. it’s a mistake?”even though she shouldn’t have spoken, she found herself completing his sentence for him. A hint of pain shoots throu-ghher heart at her own words. She didn’t regret ki-ssing him, but what if he does? There’s a huge chance he did that to prove something to Roselia, which caused her heart to hammer against her chest.
Hearing that, he stopped and held her in place, placing his hands on her shoulders.
“No, that wasn’t what I wanted to say. For all I know, it wasn’t mistake.”he told her, looking into her pair of ocean blue eyes.
At that, she wanted to smile but decided not to show it to her face, instead, she did internally.
“Okay.”she only nodded, and he smiled slightly, stepping back.
He walked few feet further and sat down on the long bench located at the front of the school’s gym. He patted the space beside him and nodding, she awkwardly sat down beside him. It was a little space left between them and she can’t help sneaking a glance at it. She so much want to fill up the space, get closer to him but she has no such boldness.
“About what you said that am not from this world, she said the same thing.”his voice got her out of her thinking trance, causing her to furrow her brows confusingly.
“Who?”she couldn’t help asking.
“The lady we saw while at the parking lot. I think her name is Rosalyn…”he creased his forehead uncertainly as he spoke.
“Roselia, not Rosalyn.”she corrected, shifting more further into the seat and resting her back for comfortability.
“Not like I care about her name.”he chuckled and says as Sabrina laughed slightly.
“What did she want?”She arched her brow at him and asked. Of course, she knew what Roselia could possibly want. She knew why she was down here at where wasn’t even her world. And she knew she has to convince him not to follow her back or listen to whatever she says.
“She suddenly came to the palace yesterday and started muttering shits about me being her fuc-k ing ‘hubby’ when am not even married. I told her she must have mistook the palace for where she’s going and had to tell her to go. Then, this morning; she was at the parking lot waiting for me again. Again, she came to meet me and said all those words that qualifies me as hers, which I clearly wasn’t.”he explained, before he heard his phone flashing in his pocket.
“You shouldn’t mind her. She’s…”As she spoke and tried to convince him, he was already rising from seat and staring down at something at his phone that was held so tight in his hand.
“Sorry but I have to go.”He only spared her a little glance before briskly walking away. Her nerves cracked and she immediately rose up on her feet too, knowing something is wrong. And she also noticed the look in his eyes when he glanced back at her. His eyes were roaming with indecision before he walked away.
She quickly ran back into the clas-sto get her backpack. Whatever way she has to go throu-gh, she’s going to make sure she stops him.
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CAFETARIA★★
Roselia watched from the door, scanning the room for a certain handsome and muscularly built masculine figure that was hers and hers alone. And not coming in contact with any sight that was his, she starts to wonder if he was still on his way.
She decided to wait, since she’d just sent him the text message just a few minutes ago.
“Roselia.”The de-ep familiar voice of her father reached her hearing and she turned, meeting face-to-face with him. Her father stood before her with a huge frown decked on his face, and Roselia knew it was either her father was unpleased with her.
“Father, what are you doing here? You aren’t supposed to be here.”she mumbled, her eyes bobbing in their sockets as she leaned a little closer to him.
“Same question goes to you, Roselia. Your mother told me you came to his world so you can bring him back. You left the palace and came down here, Roselia. Is it really worth it?”her father asked, clearly amused with his daughter’s actions.
“It’s worth it, father. Have you forgotten we are betrothed to each other and on our wedding day, he left me father. He left with the promise to come back but never did. Yes, I became his Queen but isn’t he supposed to be beside me ruling our land instead of me being in control of everything.”she said, her throat turning sore as she yelled. She’s shut off the listening ears of the whole cafeteria so there was no way either of them could hear a word from their conversation.
“Roselia, it’s not done that way. He’s going to willingly come back when the times comes, I want you back to the land right now!”her father instructed but she shook her head negatively.
She looked out of the cafeteria’s door and sighting Luciano, she smiled to herself.
“You can go back home, Father. I’m not even the least ready to go back with you.”And with that, she left him on the stand.
Knowing she needed to change her location for the most peaceful place, she decided to text him again.
To Hubby: Location changed, let’s meets somewhere else.
She then sent him the address and smiled when she saw Luciano stopping halfway the cafeteria and walking out her with a not so pleased look on his enchanting face.
Immediately creating a tunnel, she walked into it.
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Sabrina saw Ronald leaning against his car door and chatting away on his phone. She decided to take the opportunity and ask him for a ride instead of boarding a taxi or telling her brother- Austen- who wouldn’t take her because of the excuse that it’s still school’s period.
“Ronald, I need your a-ssistance.”she rushed her words, stopping before him and sliding her backpack across her shoulders.
He looked up from his phone…
“What help can I offer you, Rina?”he asked with a playful smirk on his li-ps as he winked at her.
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MELANIE’S LOUNGE★★
Roselia looked at herself in the mirror and smiled brightly at her look. She’s changed her clothing and was now dressed in a purple bikini. She shot herself a wink and immediately rushed for the door when she heard the door bell ringing.
“Come in.”she chirped almost too happily as she opened the door, letting him in.
He took her hand off the doorknob and sli-pped his on it, deciding to handle it himself for the fact that he doesn’t have the littlest trust for her.
“Tell me whatever the hell you called me here for as I can’t wait to get out of here. I have a whole lot of work loads on my desk.”he interrupted her before she could whine sa-ssily as planned.
“Well, if you’ll at least come in.”she shrugged a shoulder and turned around, ushering him in.
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“What on earth is he doing here?”Sabrina kept cussing as Ronald and her walked throu-ghthe lounge. He shakes his head at her, wanting no more than to be out of her.
Before she could walk further, he twirls her around after grabbing her wrist.
“Rina, we can go back to school. He’s clearly busy with someone else.”Ronald spoke, raising up his hands and cupping her cheeks. He started leaning his head towards her…
“I’m here for something and not for you.”she spat, jerking his hands off her face and walking away.
She stopped when she saw Luciano at the far hallway stepping into a room and shutting the door behind him.
Without waiting for Ronald, she ran with every ounce of energy left in her. A minute later, she held her breath on getting to the door.
She pushed her body against the door, her patience running out.
“What the fuc-k ?!”she gasped aloud as she the door went opened, screeching her to a suddenly stop. Ronald also stepped closer and peeked a look inside, his jaw dropping at the not so good sight.
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TBC