Chapter 696: A Proposal
Her Highness Crown Princess Isidora Rosalind Sterling was nothing if not practical. In fact, her friends had sometimes accused her of being too practical, even unemotional. Yet tonight, as she sat alone by the edge of the swimming pool, gazing up at the expanse of stars, she felt a rare wave of pensiveness and helplessness.
She was going to be twenty one soon. Which meant, it was time for her to become the Queen of Estania. She was ready and she knew it. But there were somethings that she needed to do, before doing that. The first thing she wanted to do was fall in love and know heartbreak. Becauase if she ever did fall in love, it would definitely end in heartbreak.
Even though they’d been able to change many things over time, her father and Evana9 as a minister had been unable to change the law for Royal marriage. All of them knew of course that the ministers believed that this would be the most effective way to control her. But she had no intention of letting them use that.
She smiled and played with the ring in her hand. It was a promisary ring that she’d brought for herself. To remember the promise she’d made to the young Dora. That she would snatch all happiness from the hands of these money grubbing politicians. Unknown to them, while they were focused on her, she had been gathering information about them. Information that would not just bring them to their knees in front of her but keep them there.
Her own thoughts befuddled her. On the one side was her innocent childish side, who still dreamt of her own lover and a happy marriage while the other was the one who had been taught to analyse things and approach everything pragmatically.
Her moment of silence was suddenly broken by the sound of hurried footsteps and noise. She straightened up and stared at the door as a man suddenly burst on to the terrace. Suddenly, there were security personnal blocking the entrance and closing the door as the man walked towards her. Isidora watched as the man hurried towards where she stood, probably not even realising that someone was here other than him.
As he paused to take a breath, Isidora could not help but admire the man’s beauty. And he was beautiful, at least by the moonlight. His jaw looked so chiseled, that it might as well have been sculpted and his slightly tousled hair... it made her wonder if he’d been in bed, sleepig soundly before he just jumped up, wore a suit and decided he was going to...the admiration however, disappeared when she realized who the man was...
Prince Kael Ignis. The youngest son of the royal house of Ignis. So, the rumors that she’d been hearing were true. Prince Kael Ignis had been exiled from the small island Petravi. Presumably to study but the consensus was that he was too much of a playboy, had even seduced his own older brother’s ex fiance, which meant that his parents wanted him out of the way, while they searched a wife for the crown prince. One who would not fall for his younger brother’s charms.
"Are you staring at me?"
Isidora widened her eyes as she realized that while she’d been shocked by the man’s identity, he’d realized that he was not alone. She narrowed her eyes," Staring? More like glaring. You just ruined my peace with your entrance."
She watched as the man’s lips kicked up in a smile and he said," Aww. I’m sorry." As he said this, he walked closer to her, opening his arms for a casual hug," Here, let me help you with a hug...Oh my, you are such a beauty..."