Chapter three

Laura was on top of Calvin on his bed wearing only her underwear. She was in his penthouse in Avinton, she came to visit him.

Calvin was shirtless and his hair was a mess. His muscular arms wrapped around Luara's waist which made her feel very comfortable.

"I want to ask you something, Laura," Calvin said with his voice as thick as the Amazon forest. "Can I?"

"You can ask, Your Highness." She replied to him and rested her head on his chest. She was very excited that Calvin wanted to ask her about something, he rarely asked her questions.

'Maybe he wants to propose to me?' She thought and she smiled sheepishly at the thought of her and Calvin getting married.

"I want to buy another penthouse this one is getting old. Where do you think is the best location?" Calvin asked and she frowned.

The excitement she had faded like smoke in the air.

"Oh." She exclaimed sadly and turned her gaze away from him. Calvin never talked about her what he always did was talk about himself or him buying properties and so on and this hurts Laura.

"Duban?" She decided to answer him even though she was not interested. All she wanted to hear from him was how much he loved her.

"Nah, I want it far away from the Castle..."

Clavin's phone rang preventing him from completing his statement and he picked it up from the side of the bed.

"Hello?" He said into the phone.

After making a call for about a minute Calvin dropped the phone and let out a tired sigh. Laura knew that this was goodbye.

"I have some important things to attend to." He told Laura and he got up picked up his trousers and shirt, and put them on.  When he was properly dressed he came to her and kissed her on the forehead before leaving the room.

Their relationship was getting worse not better and Laura could not do anything about it, she loved him, but it seemed like Calvin did not love her. He was always busy and the little time they spent together, he used it to sleep with her or talk about his position and wealth.

She let out a sigh and got up from the bed.

She slowly put on her clothes and went to the kitchen, she took a cold bottle of beer and sank into one of his cushions in his living room.

His living room was very big and expensive. It was painted white, the floor was covered with the finest and most shiny wood, and the living room had a beer parlour with wines worth thousands of dollars.

Calvin's living room showed that he loved luxury.

Laura called her best friend, Angel when she started feeling bored. Her Angel have been friends since they were little. She was one of the few people Laura could talk to any time she felt lonely or sad.

Angel was tall and beautiful, she had pretty hazel eyes and long blonde hair.

"How's your prince charming doing?" Angel teased and giggled. Angel was one of the many people excited about Laura's relationship with Calvin. Because of Laura's relationship with him, Angel had been able to see Calvin a few times and benefit from his wealth and influence.

"He just left," Laura whimpered and took a sip from the beer can. "I am tired of the way he acts recently, he is getting more terrible it seems like he doesn't love me...I don't know what to do, Angel."

"Do you want to break up with him?"  Angel asked and Laura remained silent for a little. It had never crossed her mind to break up with Calvin, she wanted to be with him, and she loved him.

"No, I don't." She replied to Angel honestly. "I love him so much but it is painful seeing him treat me this way, he is always busy, and he doesn't spend time with me, all he wants is sex, sex and sex and nothing more. He doesn't ask about my welfare, he doesn't even talk about me." Laura said almost crying on the phone.

"He is a prince he should be busy, but I think he cares for you, I think he loves you, Prince Calvin is a nice person and you fucking a prince always is a bonus," Angel said and giggled. "Where are you now?"

"I'm in his stupid penthouse all alone while he attends a meeting that is more important than I am." Laura folded herself on the couch as she said. "Here is big and I am lonely." Laura sniffed.

"Don't worry everything will be fine." Angel tried consoling Laura. "Maybe when you are back we could hang out?"

"Sure, I'd love that."

**********

Once a week every chef, gardener, servant, maid, and attendance was to meet with the house mistress and Thursdays were chosen for the meetings.

Today was Thursday, and every attendant, maid, servant, chef and Gardners gathered together and waited patiently for the house mistress to arrive and start this meeting. This meeting was mainly for informing them of any changes made in the palace or assigning new duties and making an important announcement.

The house mistress walked into the worker's quarters frowning more than usual--she always frowned but there was an exception today, she was very angry.

The house mistress whose name was Gabriella Kent was a tall woman in her 50s who rarely smiled, her family had served the palace and the King for decades.

All the servants were scared of her, they knew what she was capable of, she could make their lives miserable in the palace or worse fire them.

She stood still and her hands were balled into fists, her eyes which had some wrinkles around them blinked furiously.

Kate was very afraid because she sensed that this meeting was about her.

"It has come to my notice that one of you, yes, one of you fools is trying to seduce the princes."

Everywhere became rowdy and all the female servants, attendants, chefs and maids began murmuring,

'Who is the person?'

'A slut is among us.'

'I swear I have never spoken to any of the princes.'

'I rarely see the princes.'

'We are all doomed.'

The male servants were relaxed because this was no concern to them.

Kate was quiet because she was the one Gabriella was referring to. She was in big trouble. Her heart was pounding against her chest and she was sweating profusely.

"Silence." The house Mistress shouted and the room became as silent as a graveyard.

"I haven't found out who that person is, but if I found out," Gabriella ran her thumb across her throat and gritted her teeth. "It would be better if that person didn't come here because I will deal with that fool who doesn't know her place, that fool that dares tries to seduce their royal highnesses, that fool that disobeyed me, that fool that dares to disobey the King and Queen's order...I just pity that fool, not only her but her friends too will face the same judgement she will face because they are all birds of the same feathers and they need to be plucked out from this castle."

Everyone began murmuring again, everyone was scared but they were not as scared as Kate whose legs were shaking already.

'What have I done?' Kate said to herself.

And those female servants who normally had sex with Calvin were afraid too, but they were quite relaxed because Calvin had promised he would protect them from anything in this Castle.

Megan was afraid because she knew who the person was, it was her best friend and when the house mistress mentioned her dealing with her friends too, she became more afraid, she needed this job to take care of her family, she had no father, her mother was sick and her younger brother was still in school, she had to take care of her mother and brother.

"You all are dismissed, get out of my sight!" Gabriella stormed and everyone started running, resuming their duties or going to their rooms.

Kate entered her room very depressed, she did not know what to do, so she lay on her bed and began crying. Megan and the other girls--Victoria and Alaska--entered. Kate quickly cleaned up her tears and pretended like everything was alright.

"I can't believe this, while will an ordinary servant be trying to seduce the prince?" Victoria said shaking her head slowly.

"It only means one thing, that person is a slutty bitch and doesn't know her place." Alaska spat, and Kate felt a sharp pain in her chest because she was the one that they were talking about.

Kate and Megan waited for the other girls to leave the room before they started discussing the situation at hand.

"I am afraid, Megan," Kate told Megan with a worried voice.

"What if you are not the one?"

"I am the one."

"You only talked to his Highness, Prince Chadwick, you didn't seduce him."

"It's not that." Kate bent her head low, she knew that it was not about Chad it was about Calvin.

"Then what is it? Or are you saying you did seduce him?"

"No, I didn't, I won't do such...Something happened," Kate's eyes were fixed on the floor and she played with her fingers.

"What happened?"

Kate told Megan everything that happened and Megan became surprised.

"So it is you, his Highness must have reported this to the house mistress...but why will he do such?"

"I don't know." Tears began rolling down Kate's cheeks. "Please don't tell anyone about this." Kate begged Megan and Megan hugged her.

"Trust me I won't tell a word to anyone."

*******

While Tiana was in the hallway with her attendant Kirsten, she saw people rushing towards the entrance she was clueless about what was happening.

Then Rita came to her shouting, "It's Prince Chad."

"What is he doing in our school?" Tiana asked.

"I do not know." Rita rolled her eyes, "But this is the perfect time for you to talk with him again."

'How will I approach him with this much crowd around him?' Tiana thought. 'Why did he even come here?'

Tiana caught a glimpse of him and her cheeks flushed and became red.

'He was so handsome she thought.

"Why are you just standing right here? Go and meet him." Kirsten urged her and she shut her eyes.

"No, I can't..." Her cheeks became redder.

"Why?"

"I'm... shy," she stammered, then Kirsten put her hands around her,

"Do not worry, you will be fine." Kirsten smiled and Tiana nodded.

She walked slowly towards him, the hallway was crowded and it was difficult. Someone pushed her and she fell to the floor. Then someone stretched their hand and she took it and the person lifted her, she thought it was Chad but it was not him.

"I'm sorry about that." He apologized and bent down to pick her books on the floor before they got trampled on.

"It is no problem." He handed over the books to her and then he noticed that there was a bruise on her hand. He insisted on treating it but Tiana was a bit reluctant he did not stop so she finally allowed him to treat it and they both went to the first aid room.

He treated the bruise so gently and Tiana was a bit shy as he was treating her.

"Are you a medical student?" She asked when she saw that he was treating her with so much professionalism.

"Yeah, I am a medical student currently at the 300 level."

"That's nice."

"I'm Jake by the way."

"I'm Tiana."

"You know I can't let a pretty girl like you be injured."

"It wasn't that bad." She pouted her lips and he chuckled.

"I save lives and I can put a smile on a pretty girl's face too." He looked at her and his eyes met hers, he was so handsome that she had not seen anyone like him, he had a shade of blue eyes that seemed like they were purple, his lips were full and pink in colour and his hair fell over his face.

Tiana's eyes widened.

'Who was he?'

"Your eyes..." She muttered.

"It makes me look like a freak right?" He chuckled revealing his dimples.

"No, they are beautiful."

He placed a plaster on the part of her hand that was bruised.

"Really?"

"Yes, I haven't seen anything like it before..."

"Do you want to hang out later?" He asked and she started contemplating on what to tell him, she just met him some minutes ago and he was freakingly handsome.

"Yes." She said and smiled.

He collected her number and then he kissed her hand that was bruised.

"It'll make it heal faster." He said chuckling and she blushed. "I'll be going now, see you later and it was nice meeting you, Tiana." He winked at her and left.

Tiana went back to where Kirsten was.

"Did you talk to him?" Kirsten asked, with her eyes as wide as large saucers.

"Did you take his number?" Rita asked out of curiosity.

"No, I didn't," Tiana told her two friends about Jake how he was handsome and how he treated her bruise. She pointed at the decorated plaster in her hand.

"Damn, your so fortunate, why don't hot guys meet me too." Rita cried and Kirsten and Tiana laughed.

"Did you take his number?"

"He took mine and he promised me to text me."

"That's good." Rita smiled. "Let's go to the concert."

"What concert?" Tiana asked.

"Prince Chad is holding a concert right here in our school this evening."

"Really? Why didn't I know about it?"

"I guess he wanted to surprise the school or something like that."

"This would be the first time I'd be attending Chad's concert." Tiana chirped. "I can't wait."

**********

The sky was painted reddish-orange by the sunset and students gathered at the school arena for Chad's concert. The arena was full as everyone in the school was there, they all wanted to see him or if they were fortunate enough touch him.

When darkness started to fall in, then blue lights started shining all over the arena and Prince Chad came on the stage singing everyone started shouting and their phones were up recording him.

He pulled his shirt revealing his tattooed body and then threw his shirt to them and they grabbed it.

While he was singing someone climbed the stage and instead of Chad's bodyguards stopping him from coming close to him like most celebrities they did not, Chad hugged the person and sang with the person.

Chad was loved by his fans both nationally and internationally, he was nice, kind and caring, and he treated his fans with gentleness and kindness...

But was Prince Chad really nice?