Filed to story: Dumped by Scumbag Adored by Billionaire
For the first time, Julie felt Isabella really cared about him and a smile broke out on his face. Pedro as well.
“Now go!” She urged them to leave just before she ordered them, “Get me a bowl of water and a towel,”
Isabella had predicted accurately, no one had questioned their movement as they made their way over to the royal armory. If anything, the royal guards were in a hurry to defend the palace – or what’s left of the unconquered quarters.
“Okay, we now have a problem,” Julie muttered as soon as he got to the entrance door.
“Oh shit,” Pedro bowed his head, dejected, “Biometric door lock,” He didn’t need a prophet to tell him they were not authorized to use the door.
“We should have known this wouldn’t be easy,” Julie leaned against the door, running his hand through his hair. This was a perfect example of mission impossible, “What do we do now?”
“Find someone among the crowd of serious-looking guards with rifles who has the authorization to -“
“What are you two doing there?!” a stern-looking soldier pointed his rifle at them threateningly.
At once, Pedro and Julie lifted their hands in the air in surrender. However, Pedro whispered to his partner, “Is that the good guy or the bad one?”
“I don’t know. Either way, he doesn’t like us so much. Any idea on how to get out of this?” Julie asked him.
“Not if you’re faster than a bullet,” Pedro reminded him.
“Stop it!” The guard yelled at them, “Stop whispering to each other because it is clear that you both are up to no good. I’ll have to take you with him,”
“Uh oh,” Julie didn’t like that, “We can’t allow that,”
“Isabella would kill me. We have to find a way out of this,”
They both were already thinking of a plan as the royal guard slowly approached them. However, as soon as the guard was about to take another step, someone hit him from behind with the butt of a gun.
Julie and Pedro glance up, shocked, “Miss. Jacqueline?!”
Unlike the neat and prim Jacqueline they knew, this one looked as if she had a crazy fight. Her hair was disheveled and her clothes rumpled and torn at the shoulder.
“The kids were right, there is a rebellion,” She heaved, walking over to the door and pressed her finger on the scanner,?saying, “I don’t know what you both want in here but I’m guessing it’s for the greater good,”
They glanced at her gun, Jacqueline noticed that.
“It’s not loaded,” She explained, sensing their suspicion.
At once, the door opened with a strain and they walked in only to stop in their tracks.
“Holy mother of God,” Julie gasped, while Pedro had one thought in mind, “The twins would surely love it here,”
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“Come on, we need to go now,” Niles helped his wife Reina to her feet. No one had premeditated an attack by eleven in the night. Befitting her condition, Reina had gone to bed only to be awoken less than an hour later.
“Oh my God, the kids,” Reina realized, a look of terror on her face. A pang of guilt hit her at once, she should have believed her kids.
“The kids are safe,” at the moment, Niles didn’t dare to say that out loud. It was enough that his wife was pregnant and undergoing the stress of a potential coup, not to talk of the thought of her kids in danger. It wasn’t good for her condition.
“Get to the kids, they should be with Isabella,” Niles had an inkling they would be there, “Get them to the chapel, the others will be there as well – Judy says it’s safe,” he said to her 6just as he opened the door.
“What about you?” Reina held onto his shirt as he turned to leave. There was a great uproar in the corridor; the guards were heading out to defend the east wing while people ran helter scatter searching for a way out.
The situation at hand was a total definition of chaos and right now, Niles was about to head into chaos – she didn’t like it.
Niles stared down at her grip, his gaze softened as he could sense her worry, “I have to join the others in getting the other diplomats to the chapel. Some might be confused and trapped in this mayhem. You know how dangerous it is if one of them gets hurt – Lincolnshire might as well erase itself,”
“What about you? Aren’t you a visitor as well? What if you get hurt?” Reina couldn’t help but express her worry. She knew Niles, he wouldn’t hesitate to jump headfirst into danger if it meant his loved ones were safe.
For once, she just wished he was selfish. Perhaps, it might be the pregnancy or something, Reina became more emotional than usual – she didn’t want him always putting himself in danger.
“Nothing would happen to me,” Niles said to her but Reina was not convinced.
“Hey, hey,” He palmed her cheeks and rested his forehead on hers, “I’ll be fine, alright?”
Reina blinked away the tears, nodding to his words.
“You’re carrying my babies and this time, I’m going to watch them grow up. It’s a promise,” He said, then kissed her.
Reina responded to his kisses eagerly amid the pandemonium, knowing the dangers ahead. She didn’t want to let him go, but she couldn’t hold him back either.
“Be safe,” Was all she said to him.
Niles smiled at her, before leaving her.
Reina took a deep breath, this wasn’t the time to get emotional, there was work to do. Hence, she turned down the corridor, shoving against guards to get to the kid’s location.
Normally, she had been waking but that soon turned to a sprint and she barged into Isabella’s room, “Hey kids, we need to – Emily?” her eyes grew wide.
Emily was sitting up on the bed with a towel pressed to her temple.
“Reina,” She tried to stand, only to fall back down.
“What the hell happened to her?” she asked no one in particular, heading over to the edge of the bed where she squatted down.
“They attacked her, probably intending to kill,” Isabella answered.