*THE HOLLEN SERIES 04*
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*?? RICHES AND ROYALTY ??*
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Sebastian’s POV
The unpleasantness had subsided from my father when Emily and myself were required to join him in the dinning room for dinner the following evening.
He sat strongly at the head of the table and I sat on his right with Princess Naomi opposite from me and Emily sat down next to her.
In this Palace, the King sat at the head of the table and immediate royals and family sat on the right of him. Invited guests and women sat on the left and opposite their companions.
While dinner was being served, my cousin walked in. Tall, with confident strides and a bright beam of smile displa-ying on his face that everyone claims to have somewhat of a close resemblance to mine. He sat down beside me and patted me in a manly manner on my back.
“Ah, my favorite cousin. It’s nice to see you again,” he greeted.
“What are you doing here?” I asked him. I knew my father had threatened my position but I never thought it would be so suddenly.
“I was invited,” he answered coolly, “Thanks for the invite Uncle,” he directed to my father, “It’s been too long.”
“You’re always welcome, David,” my father said back and I slowly shook my head before tasting my wine.
“Ohhh, and we have company,” David’s voice came again and his eyes latched onto Emily who was now beginning to look flush and unsettled.
“My company,” I said to him so he could take his eyes off her.
David laughed a revolting, sly laugh before gathering himself again and remembering his manners at the table. “Please pardon my outburst.”
I wanted to wring his ne-ck off his shoulders but I was more concerned on why he laughed after I told him that Emily was my company.
“Am I missing something?” I asked. I couldn’t shake the odd feeling away nor save it for later.
“Uncle, what do you usually do with leftovers? Meals that are damaged, distasteful or just upsetting to look at?” David asked my father while ignoring my question.
“That’s easy. We get rid of it by giving it to the unfortunates.”
David laughed nastily again, “I couldn’t agree more,” he finished, without taking his eyes off Emily for once.
Princess Naomi ate off her plate like if no one else was in the same room with her and she wasn’t pa-rtaking in any conversations but I didn’t blame her. Dinner was uncomfortable and it felt like secrets were being hung in the air.
“Emily, how’s your dinner?” David asked and that was the last draw he was going to take at her.
My fists hit the table, making everyone leap with fear, including my father.
“What the fu-ck David!” I exclaimed.
“SEBASTIAN!” My father tried to match my tone which he did successfully but my attention wasn’t in his direction. I was locked on David.
“Oh..I’m sorry Sebastian.. I honestly meant no disrespect.. I was just being friendly to your company,” David stuttered.
“Don’t,” I cautioned him and I felt pure heat in the palm of my hands since my blood was now running hot and I was eager to knock my cousin off the high horse my father wanted to put him on.
“All this ruckus is very impolite, and as men, the two of you should be ashamed of yourselves. I was expecting this behavior from these two,” my father calmly said as he looked over to the ladies.
“Sorry to disappoint, Your Majesty,” Emily said back to him and I caught the tiny smile he showed but as quick as light, it vanished.
Dinner resumed but when it was time for dessert, David started up again with a load of silly questions that wasn’t meaningful to my father who would sigh loudly and ru-b his temples before answering to David.
“Sebastian, what made you walk out on your wedding?” David asked me now.
“It’s none of your business,” I simply answered.
“In a bit, just a tiny tiny bit, I think that it is because I really hope that you didn’t walk out because of her,” he motioned to Emily.
“And what if I did?” I locked my eyes onto Emily now and I knew something was wrong. I felt it.
“You’re not going to tell him, or I guess you didn’t know I would have been here. I’m the last person you were expecting to see, huh?” David asked her and all the blood ran from her face. She used a napkin to wipe away invisible sweat.
“Can I please be excused, I nee-d to use the washroom,” she cut in. Without waiting for approval, she got up and left.
“I’ll be right back,” I said shortly after and excused myself as well. I followed her to the bathroom but waited outside until she did her business.
I gently walked her back into the washroom when she was throu-ghso that we weren’t having the conversation in the hallway.
“I want one thing from you right now and that’s the truth. What’s your relation with my cousin?” I rigidly asked her as my eyes narrowed in on her overwrou-ght posture.
“Seb..I..we..him and I.”
“Spit.It.Out,” I controlled my patience.
“David and I sle-pt together.”
‘Blood came to a boil’ would be an un-derstatement and I raked my fin-gers throu-ghmy hair, strands being wrecked from the pull.
“You sle-pt with my cousin?” I asked. I didn’t have to ask because she just confirmed it with her own mouth but my mind didn’t want to comprehend. “How many times?”
“Sebastian, I swear I didn’t know that he was your cousin. If I had known then I wouldn’t…”
“How Many TIMES!” I cut with my voice raising a whole lot.
“Once,” she answered and lowered her head with shame.
I left the washroom and left her there.
*THE HOLLEN SERIES 04*
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Emily’s POV
I left the washroom and caught Sebastian just in time before his fist collided with David’s face. Sebastian already had him pinned up against the wall by his throat but I moved between them, trying to use myself to calm the murderous tension.
He released David, who started gasping for air and clenching his che-st.
Sebastian had snapped.
I never saw that angry side of him and I was to be blame for him acting in that kind of matter.
I hated family drama and the unfriendly atmosphere it can cause but I knew that when David walked in the room, that he wouldn’t be able to control his emotions because I had hurt him when I called off everything with him and he was not expecting that to happen.
A loud scene erupted Sebastian, David and King. I ran back to the washroom and cried my eyes out and to hide myself because I was so ashamed. The door pushed in and a happy looking Princess walked in.
“You know, people with common lives are always full of drama and you’ve managed to bring it here. Just face it Emily, you don’t belong here and you’re not fit to be by Sebastian’s side.” She had a look of satisfaction on her face and in her eyes as she stood in front of me.
“I bet Sebastian wouldn’t agree with that,” I said and turned to the mirror so I can clean my face off.
“Oh please, you sle-pt with his cousin. Family means everything for a Kingdom and you drove a wedge between them.”
“They already had problems before me. I’m pa-rtial to blame.”
“You’re the whole cause of this ruckus happening outside because you pop your legs open for his own cousin.There’s nothing lady-like about you and maybe your mother raised you to be a …..”
“Say another other word about my mother, I dare you.” I was already in her face. When it came to my mother’s name, I could care less who it was, and her being a Princess didn’t make a difference to me.
She made two step backwards from fear but that mouth of hers wouldn’t shut. “Do you really think that Sebastian is going to choose you over me now and get married to you?”
“He would. He loves me!”
“HAHAHAHAHA!” she laughed hysterically.
“And his baby,” I finished and all her laughter came to an abrupt stop. Her face drained as it dawned on her that I was here for a reason and she had no weight over me because as she said, family means everything to a Kingdom and there was no where on earth that Sebastian would neglect his child to please her or anyone.
“Yeah, well we’ll just see about that,” she said with a sour look and left the washroom. I shook my head at her pathetic attempt to intimidate me.
Nice try Pincess.
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It was three days later when I found Sebastian on his balcony, wrecking of an apple flavored Vodka. His eyes were gazed at the lawn and surroundings as he sat in complete silence, sipping from the bottle every ten seconds as if programmed to do so. He had given me the cold shoulder and kept an odd distance and to make matters even worse, we had separate rooms because it was the King’s orders.
“Seb.” I broke the silence. He turned to me with a low sigh and droopy red eyes.
“What?” he asked.
“You nee-d to stop this.”
“Stop what, drinking my worries away? The woman my heart desi-res..sle-pt with..my rival cousin..if it was the other way around,” he said and twirled his index fin-gerin the air, “How would you feel?”
He was drunk. His speech and twirling fin-gersaid it all.
“Seb, I un-derstand that but you also have to un-derstand that this happened before I even knew you were here. I wish I could go back in time and change everything.” I dropped to his sitting level and tried to put my arms around me but he brushed them away.
“Just leave me alone, Emily. It hurts.” He took another mouthful of the devilish alcohol before setting it down on a small table beside him. I used that opportunity to snatch it away.
“HEY!” He tried to get it back but I tossed it into the be-droom and it rolled un-derneath the be-d.
“You nee-d to stop because this isn’t going to help you. Get some rest Sebastian and I’ll talk to you in the morning.” He allowed me to take his hand and I guided him into his be-droom and onto his be-d.
“It hurts because I care so much about you,” he mumbled but I heard what he said clearly. He got un-derneath the covers and I watched him fall asleep in perfect peace before returning to my own be-droom.
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The next morning, I woke up with the morning sickness that usually comes with pregnancies. After five minutes of vomiting and spitting, I made my way to find Sebastian and I was hoping that he wasn’t hungover and that his se-nses were now back intact but as I approached his be-droom, Princess Naomi was making her way out of it.
TO BE CONTINUED….