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Chapter 16 - Preparations

Travis looked at the flushed out Victor and raised his eyes. Victor was unable to understand what happened to him, he was so confused about feeling some emotions towards Mia.

"What happened to me? Why can't I avert my eyes from her? Do I really suffer from a split personality disorder?" Victor questioned his not so sane mind.

"This is suffocating" Mia muttered pulling the gown that trapped her body.

"You will get adjusted to it and we will do the required alterations, according to your size. You are almost like Hazel, I think we just need to take a few measurements for altering according to you. Don't worry" Travis assured her.

"Thank you" Mia mumbled.

"Had your breakfast?" Travis questioned.

"Yes," Mia replied.

"What did you have?" Travis questioned.

"Don't you know?" Mia quizzed back.

"Answer my questions," Travis was a bit serious.

"What is the point of answering the questions to which you already have answers?" Mia questioned back.

"Because this is the first rule of the Royal Family, no matter who questions you, you need to answer them with respect. Even if the question is posed by the staff or servants you be answering to that if any such question arises which you can't answer you should be giving a reply which doesn't hurt anyone. Respect is most important. You need to learn that" Travis taught Mia.

Mia looked at Victor who is busy speaking to someone, she was unable to understand anything. She is in the deepest of confusion, struggling between her heart and mind.

"Now tell me what did you have?" Travis questioned her again.

"Waffles, caramel pancake, Maple syrup muffin, espresso coffee, Scrambled eggs sausage, chocolate donut, orange juice" Mia read the menu she just ate.

"Did you eat tummy full?"

"Yes, they are so yummy," Mia said contended.

"Good, you are not going to have that from now" Travis exploded a bomb on her head.

"Whaaat??" Mia stretched.

Victor who was just done speaking walked to them. Travis signaled him to take the talk further.

"Hazel being born in a Royal Family, always grabbed attention. She made style statements in every appearance, she was very much particular about her diet. She never skipped her diet, no matter what and from now on you will have to stick by her diet schedule until the time we leave to my personal mansion" Victor instructed.

"What did she use to have?" though Mia wanted to shrike she controlled that not wanting to hear more lectures from this not so handsome hearted men.

Travis immediately passed her his tablet and Mia's eyes bulged out going through every slide.

"She barely ate, what was this? Boiled Broccoli and lettuce for dinner on alternative days for dinner? How does that even suffice? Are you people planning to kill me?" Mia cried showing them Hazel's dinner chart.

"As I said, we can modify that to your taste later, but for the first few weeks you need to be exactly doing what we are going to teach you, no one should even have any slightest of the doubt. We have more haters than the well-wishers. You need to be careful so that I will be careful and eventually your husband will be careful" Victor was beyond frustrated after the call and he was in no mood to handle Mia's questions and doubts.

Victor knew her husband is the only key holding Mia, he knew her husband is the seal that can keep her locked, though he never wanted to use that on her. Mia's unending questions are not helping him, who is doomed under the pit in any way.

Mia gave Victor a disgusting look, she was hating this man who is playing with her life to the core.

"Only if I didn't pick him for a ride.. how peaceful my life would have been" Mia sighed to herself.

"Really, would you be able to afford your husband's treatment in such a case?" Mia's subconscious taunted her.

"True that I can never continue his treatment with the little so amount I was earning, but I was not strangling with problems from all the sides. I was doing my job, without any threats or warnings. I used to be a free bird" Mia answered back her subconscious.

"Really? You were a free bird? Umm... I think that was in your previous birth. You never lived Mia, all you did is just existing and struggling for others. You had threats from every man, from your house owner to the gatekeeper, everyone lusted after you. Warnings are never new to you, life itself is problematic to you. So better you stop whining and just accept the truth. You have worked all your life, and now when you are getting to live like a Princess; though it's just for a few months you are crying on that. Crazy idiot you are" Mia's subconscious went on a roll.

"Mia... Mia" Victor shook her by shoulders.

"Where were you lost?" Travis questioned.

"Sorry it was just an important discussion between my inner conscious and me" Mia muttered.

"Do you really have Split Personality Disorder?" Victor wondered

Mia nodded her head in 'No'

"Hazel… you are Hazel from now. Make yourself ready to be answered when being called out as Hazel and you will be addressed as Mrs. Victor Cunningham, be prepared for that and I don't know how you will explain yourself but I don't want to see any hint of sadness in those eyes of yours. Paparazzi might use it to their benefit and blows thing out of proportion. Now prepare yourself for learning etiquettes" ordering Mia Victor walked out of the room.

"What was that Victor? What was the sudden change of tone?" Travis who followed Victor questioned him.

"There's some news," Victor looked tensed.

"Your expression says that we should be serious about that" Travis pressed Victor's shoulder.

"Look over here" Victor fisted his mobile in Travis's hand.

"Holy crap, what the shit is this?" Travis shrieked as soon as his eyes scanned the matter