Filed to story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
“Oh,” the woman tucked her hair behind her ear, “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to say it that way,” she apologized.
Though Emily hasn’t told them in detail why she was here, from hanging out with her, they were able to ascertain what was wrong. Those longing eyes of hers belonged to a woman whose heart has been broken. Plus the few times they have witnessed her speaking to her son. Hence they surmised she had separated from her lover or divorced her husband. If only they knew it was both options.
“It’s okay, I understand,” Emily waved it away with a smile on her face, though her chest was hurting and it felt like she couldn’t breathe.
So when the meal she had ordered arrived, Emily quickly buried her face in her food signifying the end of the discussion or so she thought because she had hardly taken two spoons into her mouth when the concierge arrived at her table with news.
“Miss Emily?”
“That’s me,” She answered, wondering why she was being summoned.
“A guest is looking for you?”
“A guest?” she repeated, her brows furrowing contemplatively.
“Yeah”
Who could be looking for her? Aside from the royal family, her own family and friends had no idea what was going on in her life. She had lied to them claiming that she was in Lincolnshire having the best time of her life. Could it be Judy?
Oh my God! She stood up from her seat with lightning speed, feeling angry yet flustered at the same time. He was the only one who could do this, was he still angry about the lions?
But then, she had told him to give her space yet he broke that promise. How petty of him! Well, it was not like she would be leaving with him – unless he forced her home. Though furious with him, Emily still had a teeny hope he was here to drag her ass home. That way, she would hate his guts yet be with him. God, she was so stupid! The woman facepalmed mentally.
Emily was suddenly conscious of the way she looked. Not that she hadn’t taken her bath in twenty years or something, but she hadn’t put much thought into dressing up – and she couldn’t tell whether Judy would be impressed by it. Oh please, just shut up! She shunned off her inner mind.
But still, her heart was giddy and she was contemplating what to say to him as soon as they arrived at the lobby. However, just as she was about to open her mouth and ask him what he was doing here, Emily’s face was drained of all blood upon seeing who was in front of her.
The current antagonist in her life aka the one and only queen dowager of the kingdom of Lincolnshire. What the hell?! She was speechless.
“What are you doing here?” Emily asked when she finally found her voice. She didn’t make the usual courtesy bow since her mind was currently wild at the moment, plus the fact this woman was the most hated person in her life right now and this wasn’t her kingdom. In one word, she no longer had respect for her.
“Can we go to a more private place?” the queen added, “Preferably your room,”
Emily wanted to add that she had no right to make choices here but bite back her words, no matter, this human was a queen – she should show that politeness at the least.
“Fine, follow me,” She said tautly and led the way.
The journey to her hotel room was a very tense one. Even while they entered the elevator, none of them talked to each other till they reached their destination.
“What do you want from me? I’ve left your son as you wanted and you don’t have to worry about me interfering in his private life in the future. About Akim, we’d discuss his upbringing when I’m back. So if you’re here for this, then I’m more than happy to tell you that you made an unnecessary journey…. “
The rest of her words faltered when the queen suddenly plop down to her knees. It all happened so quickly that Emily had to use five minutes to process what was going on. The Queen was kneeling?!
“W-what are you doing?” she stammered. This was unbelievable. Never in history has it been written about a queen getting on her knees in front of a commoner.
“Get back with Judy,” The queen said to her astonishment.
Emily was so astounded her jaw simply flew open -?it was too good to be true. The queen was a very proud person and didn’t even bow to the enemy when her kingdom had been invaded, instead, she sent the prince away and fought tooth and nail to reclaim the throne.
But then, this queen was the one who was currently on her knees begging her to return to her son – the son she had warned her to stay clear of. Because of this unnecessary controversy, she had lost a child.
“Why now?” Emily asked, fighting against the tears threatening to spill, “Why accept me now?!” She yelled out of frustration.
“I’m so sorry, Emily,” the queen began to cry to her horror. The woman had been so prim all the time she saw her it didn’t occur to Emily that she was human too.
“I was blinded by my belief and our tradition that I didn’t see how much I was hurting both my son and you. But don’t worry, I’ve realized my mistakes now -“
“Yeah, exactly,” Emily said with sarcasm, “You realized your mistake at the expense of my child. So please return to wherever you came from – I’m afraid you might poison me this time,”
The third point of view:
Judy was in his office working on some important papers when his phone rang. Taking a look at his screen, he observed it was an unknown number and decided to ignore it. As the prince of his kingdom, a lot of people would sacrifice their life just to have his number.
A few times, some succeeded and after hearing their request, he helped them out – if their request was reasonable. But most times, it was women expressing their immeasurable love for him, which was why he decided to ignore this one – it could be one of his many secret admirers.
He ended the call, dedicating his attention back to his work. With his coronation around the corner, his workload increased and so did his problems.
His cabinet was not happy; he was getting crowned without a wife. Since the history of Lincolnshire, it has never been done that way, they would buzz into his ears at each meeting.
According to their tradition, the prince and his wife were to be married first before he would be coronated king and his wife, the queen.
Therefore one could imagine the kind of troubles the inner cabinet has been giving him. Though he could dismiss them off, being a prince wasn’t the same as being a president of a country.
A president could easily fire his ministers from their position but a prince couldn’t do so on a whim, why? He alone could not run the kingdom.
Most of his cabinet members were older, wise men, who had fought alongside the queen in reclaiming the kingdom during the rebellion. They had far more knowledge of the kingdom than him and thus needed their guidance, however, that doesn’t mean Judy was a pushover.
They had kept murmuring and whining their mouths all week about his leadership until he shut their mouth by reminding them of the prosperity brought into the kingdom ever since he became the crowned prince.
Surprisingly, Fiona’s father, who was the backbone of all the cabinet members had been on his side. Well, it wasn’t that unexpected since the man was trying to curry favor for the sake of his daughter. Though Judy had not exactly exiled her, Fiona has been on the run knowing she was dead once he laid his hand on her.
“Damn it!” Judy cursed out loud when his phone rang once more. This time he picked up the phone intending to give this strange caller a piece of his mind when he heard a familiar voice and froze.
“Hi honey, I know this sounds sudden, but I entered your kingdom without a Visa and now I’m stuck. Can you come and get me, please?”?she hung up.
For a full five minutes, even after the call ended, Judy stood unmoving until realization dawned on him. That was Emily’s voice? How is it that Emily was calling him? Didn’t she say she needed space from him? And what did she mean by having no visa, she needed no Visa to come to his…..
Emily was back?! It then clicked in his head. B-but how? He had been expecting her to stay away from him for a few months or even forever – worst nightmare.
“Oh my God!” Judy shot up to his feet with great suddenness. Emily was hinting at him to come pick her up from the airport.