The next few days she had been busy practicing for the competition, as usual her vacation time was spent for practicing for competitions , she's lucky to have Sandy, she made her life easier,accompanying her whereever she goes,fixing her litters. Also to her mom who had always been supportive of her choosen sport she never complain as long as she's enjoying, but very worried when she's injured, her mom had invested so much for her emotional and financial needs.
They were in Thailand for the International game, they have an intense game, thailanders are their strong contenders. She's happy when she saw her mom cheering for their team, she's seated at the bench together with the parents of some of her teammates.
After the game she go with Sandy and her teammates at the hotel they were booked for a week, Her mom decided she will stay and bond with Darlene's mom,
" Ma'am, are you Ms.Lira Gilla?", the frontdesk officer ask.
" Yes ma'am! that's me!" she answered.
" Somebody is looking for you today!", she politely said. she signalled for Sandy to go to their room and she did carrying her bag.
" What's his name?", she asked.
" Patrick Zuelli", the lady answered.
" Patrick Zuelli? I don't know someone with such name", Lira wondered.
" They were waiting for you at the waiting area ma'am, they we"re also guest of this hotel booked at the king suite", the lady said.
" They might be a volleyball fans", she thought while going to the direction of the waiting area. She is shocked when she saw who's in the waiting area waiting for her.
" Oh hello! you're also here? are you on a trip?", she asked when she saw the prince.
" I came to visit my future wife", he said.
" Really? she's also here? what a coincidence, but I am happy for you! I think that's the right decision to make", she said.
" Yes, she's also here! I want to take her back to my country to be my wife", the prince said.
" Wow! that's nice to know, how sweet of you to do that! Am I invited to come on your wedding?", Lira asked intended as a joke.
" Of course! the wedding will not forego without you! ", the prince said smiling.
" How cute! you gave me so much importance on your wedding,thank you ", Lira told the prince.
" May I know the name of the girl?", she asked.
" Lira!", the prince responded.
" Wow! we have the same name", Lira replied without expecting that the prince is referring to her.
" Yes, Lira Marie Eine Gilla is her name", the prince answered.
" Lira....? what?", all she want to say was suspended in mid air.
" I want you to be my wife!", the prince declared.
" Wait! I'm only seventeen, not ready for the responsibility of a wife", Lira said.
" It doesn't matter if you're older or younger what's important is that I love you and I want you to be my wife", the prince declared.
" He is the prince?", she doesn't notice that Darlene is standing at her back.
" Yes he is!", she answered in a small voice. She doesn't know how her mom will react to such news.
" What? you're too young for marriage", her mom reacted the same way she react.
" That's what I told him mom," she said.
what a disasttrous vacation she had, she never expected it to be this way. That night they had dine with the prince at the hotel restaurant, her mom hadn't eaten much, she's so tense that her voice slightly broke off.
" you know how it was in Yunisha! a woman we decided to marry had no right to deny us what we want", the prince said.
" I know that, but my daughter was raised in a country where marriage is not imposed on someone who is not ready! in New Zealand she can choose whom she'll marry", her mom explained.
" Are you denying me the right to choose your daughtet as my wife?", the prince asked.
" No of course not! but I don't want to imposed on my daughter a loveless marriage", Alicia said.
" You know what will happened to your family if you will not give your daughter to me in marriage", the prince warned.
" Yes,!yes, I know what will happened to my family if I will not follow tradition!", her mom said.
" What do you mean mom? what is that tradition?", Lira asked.
" You're grandpa will be strip off of his title, and I don't know if he is ready to be send out of our country and lost everything he has right now." her mom explained.
" What? that's unfair mom! why you never told me such thing?", Lira asked.
" Because I never thought that a prince will be interested to marry you! how about you can't you just please give him a chance", Her mom said.
" Mom! I'm not ready for marriage, I'm too young and I want to be a doctor", Lira said.
" Yes, I know! honey", Alicia explained.
" I will not be hindrance to your dreams, you can still be a doctor if you really want, but that won't be necessary because you don't need to work in the future as my wife all you need to do is to bear my children and take care of my kingdom!", the prince said.
" Mom?", she looked at her mom, she just nodded as if agreeing with what the prince said.
" How old are you now? it seems you're too old for me!" , Lira said.
" I'm thirty five, I don't care that much about your opinion of me", the prince said.
" You're goodlooking, I'm sure many women in Yunisha will be willing to marry you but why me?", Lira asked.
" You're the one I want, I will make you my queen", the prince promised.
" But...!", Lira said.
" No more buts! I want you to be at Yunisha when this game is over, besides this sport is not so queenly", the prince said.
" Yes, we will, please give us time until next month", Alicia told the prince and he agreed.
" Then it's settled, I expect you by the end of next month." the prince said.