Chapter 42 - The Crown Prince Shall Be Mine

" Emmy, wake up, please … can you hear me?"

Fade voices were reaching Emmy's ears, she found it familiar and slowly she opened her eyes to see the worried expression on her husband's face. Thinking of the kiss, she blushed like a red rose which made Alex panicked more.

" Emmy, talk to me. Sorry, my dear, I was so excited that I couldn't stop myself from kissing you hard. I am really sorry. Please, have some water."

Emmy nodded her head and with the help from Alex, she leaned over the headrest of the bed and observed that she was inside their room. She drank the lukewarm water from the cup which Alex had fetched for her. Seeing the worried expression on his face, Emmy's heart was quite happy.

" Emmy, are you fine? I can get the best female physician to look at you, please."

Emmy fought really hard with her mind but still, no words came up to her mouth, she wanted to say how fortunate she was feeling to be loved back by the same person whom she had started to love. Her eyes teared up and she held onto his hands.

" Alex, I love you too."

Closing her eyes, she confessed her feelings to the person who was grinning like an idiot, after hearing her confession. Emmy felt agitated but puckered up her courage to peck at his cheek. This time Alex's heart was blooming with joy after receiving her sweet gift. He wanted to taste her lips once more but got worried because of her condition.

" Now our love is sealed for eternity, you can't escape my dear wife. "

" Enough of this wife thing, alright. Our relationship just started an hour ago, so currently I'm your lover, you will have to do a lot of hard work to make me your fiance then only come and talk about being your wife.

" You can have whatever you want, Emmy, can you promise me one thing please?"

Emmy looked at Alex questioningly yet he stayed silent. Watching his silence, she understood what was bothering him.

" Alex, whatever happened to my family, whether the Salian clan had a role in it or not, our relationship won't be affected by it. I, Emmentina Esbertraz, promise you that our relationship can be ended only by death. I will stay truthful to you and together will tackle the difficulties coming into our lives. But…."

" But what ?"

Emmy hesitated to answer his question, the fear of losing him suddenly surged up in her mind. Of course, that woman was his first in every term, so how could Emmy replace her in Alex's life?

" What if Lamia comes back? If she comes back for you, I won't stop you okay, she is your first woman, who got tormented just because of your indecisiveness. So, when she returns, I will rightfully leave your side to her."

The chill in Alex's eyes was clear and Emmy could feel that he was getting furious, but she was rock solid in taking this particular decision.

" Even if she comes back, I'm yours… ONLY YOURS Emmy...remember that."

Alex stressed each syllable of his sentence making Emmy a little uncomfortable yet she smiled and hugged her lover dearly. She knew this would work every time, Alex calmed down and patted her head.

" Take rest for a while, let me meet the elders to discuss when to visit the palace to announce our engagement."

Covering Emmy with the blanket, Alex came out and saw Mike as well as Jordan waiting for him outside the room.

" Brother, things are a bit faster than what we had thought, that woman's imprudent arrival shows that the Agnartic king has made plans to devour our clan by having you as their bait."

" Alex, I'm sure Victor is playing along with them and my instincts are never wrong. I think Victor will target Emmy and Agnartic princess may have eyes on you. So both of them will try to separate you two."

" Does the second prince think I'm still that forlorn prince who actually tried to take his own life after being misled by that guy? This time I will have him his own medicine. We just need to put our guard around our respective partners. When the time arrives, I have to present our father a huge surprise which will pop out his eyes. "

The three men went to meet the elders to discuss the position of the crown princess and the proposal of the Agnartic clan princess. Elders were over the moon hearing their crown prince's decisions and they happily nodded unanimously declaring their verdict.

Meanwhile, at the palace, the king and the queen welcomed the battle goddess of the Agnartic clan, Arona Agnartic warmly. This woman had an air of integrity emanating from her, the red velvet robe doubled her fierce attitude and well portrayed her conceited nature.

" Princess, you might be tired after the long trip, the pearl courtyard has been allocated for your rest while you are here."

The queen never gave up any chance to butter up this princess, she knew that her son had some underground relationship with this haughty woman but still she didn't want such a daughter-in-law for herself who was hard to be controlled. So, she planned to sacrifice Alex in order to save her son from this woman's clutches but she didn't know that the one who was controlling the whole plot was none other than her own son, where even the king, queen, and this mighty princess were just his pawns.

" I see that the crown prince is absent from the court, was he not informed about my arrival?"

Hearing this the king was not happy with the lack of respect in the Agnartic lady's attitude yet he smiled and answered, " Sorry, he was called upon by the elders yesterday and is still at the Acasta Palace."

After excusing herself, Arona reached the pearl courtyard with her maids, when suddenly a servant rushed near her to give a scroll.

" You have a strong rival, we have to act together to set them apart. Meet me at the usual place."

Arona tore up the scroll after reading it completely, her face showed a twisted expression as she was fuming with anger.

" Another rival, huh, I have destroyed all those who came in between the crown prince and myself.. So what? even if a dozen more pop out from the sky, I'm the best and the crown prince shall be mine forever."