The Newly we'd are coming back home after two weeks of their honeymoon, celebrated in England. They had good time together without any troubles. Now that they are back in the castle, Brianna has to face a villain, Helena.
Gabriel has to get back to his duties as a prince. Helena just waited for everyone to leave when she follows Brianna to her room. Without a knock, she flew the door open. Brianna jumped up from the bed fearfully.
"Greetings to her majesty, princess Brianna. " Bowed, teasing her.
Brianna's heart pounding like she has seen a lioness.
"You insisted on marrying my nephew, now I will torture you, idiot!" She kept moving towards her with a belt. Brianna is now tense, she kept moving back until there was nowhere else to go for she has reached the wall.
Helena squeezed her cheeks tighter, graring on her face."Your marriage to prince Gabriel has come with a condition. " Say it firmly. Brianna widen her eyes in Surprise, "Surprised?" Raise a n eye brow, "Now listen, if you want to live in peace with me in this house, I demand you to not allow him touch you. No romance of what's so ever!" She pushed her off on bed, roughly. Brianna's eyes were filled with tears as she stare at her.
"And don't you dare to outsmart me,. because I have inset cameras in this room, watching every single act of yours. I'm warning you, Brianna, your action will. Impose a greater punishment, not only on you, but also your family. Disobeying my orders will make me punish your mother, as well as your siblings. Do not dare me." She walked out of the room, leaving her terrified.
Since morning, Brianna has been in her room, pondering upon princess Helena's threats She search around for the CCTV cameras, but she found non. Prince Gabriel came in at that moment and reach for her waist unexpectedly.
"How is princess of my heart doing?"
Surprisingly, Brianna pushed his hands off her waist, and move away nervously.
This really cought him by surprise. She then later realize to have hurt him. Shamefully, Brianna squeezed herself in a corner of the bed as tears rolled.
Gabriel wondered why she reacted cold with him, but she is his wife and he loves her, that he can not afford to see her cry, so he moved close, but she also move away.
"Honey, what's going on, did I do anything wrong?"
"No, just keep away from me!" she yelled at him.
"Ok, alright, but can you please tell me what wrong did I do, that you are avoiding me?"
Brianna said no further word, but only crying. Princess Helena was there in her bedroom, watching the drama."Awesome, now you are my girl. I will make sure you continue pissing him off until he send you out of the house, himself." She smile, sinisterly. Every single video of what is happening between Brianna and the prince, Helena sends it to Shelly, giving her hope that she still having a chance in the prince's life.
It is dinner time, the family gather at the dining table, to eat. Everyone was chatting, looking happy, but that wasn't the case with Brianna and prince Gabriel. Although they where sitting next to each other, there acting cold with each other.
"How is married life, my dear, are you happy?" Asked Helena.
Prince Gabby remained quiet for some time, Brianna looked down guiltly. Now every eye was on them. Hiding his pain and the challenge they where facing from everyone he said, "yes. We are very happy. Excuse me." Walk away suddenly and Brianna follow after him leaving everyone in suspension of what was going on between them.
"Very good, Brianna. keep provoking him." She thought.
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Days have passed and Brianna's cold action towards the prince still the same. Gabriel is not very happy with this marriage. With is situation, Shelly took advantage of that by getting close to the prince. She now visit the castle frequently, pretending to be a friend.
Gabriel isn't happy with his marriage, he now goes to clubs to pass time there, taking alcohol. His brother noticed that and he now Invite him out to discuss his new behavior. They sit at a royal cafe, just having wine as they talk.
"Gabriel, what's happening to you?"
"What do you mean, lord brother?"
"you rarely spend time with your wife, always out....
"She is the reason for everything that's happening between us, right now." He cut him short.
"How?"
"Let's not talk about it, I'm not in mood."
"We have to talk about it. Look, your wife isn't happy with you!"
"She is the one avoiding me, why won't She be happy?" raised his voice. " For six months now, I haven't touched her, because she keeps avoiding me. Now who isn't happy between us?"
Prince Lawrence is shocked to hear this. "Wait a minute, why would Brianna do that?"
"I don't know." Tears map up in his eyes.
"Have you tried to ask her why she is doing this?"
"She isn't saying anything to me, you ask her for me, maybe she will tell you, after all, you two have been friends for many years." He turned his look away, avoiding him, see his tears.
"Try talk to her this last time, please. If she won't say why she's doing so, then I will talk to her."
Gabriel nod, " I will try."
"Come on, chill up."
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Princess Shelly and Helena has been taunting Brianna since they were left alone. Telling her sort of words that her days are numbered, before she leaves the castle. The queen saved her when she showed up to find her being scolded.
"Helena, don't you have any shame?"
"Do you have shame yourself?"
Shelly was standing there, enjoying the drama as the queen and princess Helena went on quarreling.
"Your highness, please, forget it, I'm ok." She hold her back. "Come, let me take you to your room." She help her climb the stairs to her room.
As they leave, Shelly and Helena laughed and make an hi five. Shelly was about to leave when the princes shows up. As Soon as she saw Brianna coming, Shelly wrapped her hands around him and perked him on the cheek, posing a threat to Brianna that she is losing him to her.
Prince Lawrence noticed a sad look on her face, so he quickly acted, "Princess Brianna, aren't you coming to give your husband a hug? Come on, come, come, let me help you." He rushed to give her a hand, as she descends the stairs. Shelly and Helena was standing there, watching as prince Lawrence faces Brianna to hug the prince. Avoiding being questioned, she hugged him and pulled out as soon as possible.
Helena glanced an angry look at her then she left, "come on, let me escort you, princess Shelly. The two evil people walked out.
"I'll get you a cup of coffee, she Said, avoiding being with him, alone in the bedroom, but Gabriel said something that made her stay back.
"Leave it, I'm not hungry."
Brianna then stayed there without a word to say. Gabriel went over to her, holding her by a wrist, she freezed I'm fear. "Brianna, tell me something. Why have you decided to punish me, like this?"
She swallowed hard without an answer.
"Am I not a man enough for you, huh, tell me!" Now angry.
"Prince, you are hurting me!" Trying to free out from his grip, but he is too strong than she is.
"I am your husband, for cry out loud!" Yell on her face. "What do you want me to do, if you forbid me from touching you for no reason?" Panting angrily.
Brianna is now sweating in fear. She had no breathing space, from the wall she was pinned.
"I love you, Bri, please don't push me to look for what you can give me, from other women." He moved so close now that she could feel his breathing rate. Brianna was left with no choice than to give in, she felt sorry for him.
Slowly, Gabriel reached to her lips, gently kissing them and she respond. Slowly and slowly, he pulled her in his arms, wrap his hands around her waist, she wrapped hers around his neck and the kissing went on.
Now kissing alone isn't enough for him, he reached for her dress, which he slowly removed from her body, reached for her inner pants. He pushed her on bed gently, then removed his shirt, then trouser and it's happening.
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It is morning, prince Gabriel greeted everyone cheerfully as he pass over with a tray of breakfast, taking it to bed for his wife. Lawrence and Pumulo looked at each other and smiled and so did the king and queen did. Helena didn't get this act from the prince.
"Gabriel, aren't you joining us here on the dinning?"
"Sorry auntie, but my wife and I, will have our breakfast in our bedroom." He answered as he run up the stairs. Now she knows that something had happened between them, so she as well excused her self to the bedroom to check the cameras, not knowing that Lawrence and Pumulo had discovered about her hidden cameras, so they went on and disconnect them.
Lawrence made a gesture to pumulo to follow her. As soon as she entered the room, she reached to where she put the camera, only to find it was not there.
"Looking for this, mother?" Showed her the camera she has been looking for.
Terrified, Helena, now that her son has known about her evil plot against prince Gabriel and Brianna.
"When will you stop this evil, mum?" Raise his voice against her. "Why do you find so much pleasure in other people's sufferings, huh? You need to change, change or you will remain alone for the rest of your life!"
"Enough of lecturing me, how dare you!"
At that moment, Mandela came in. "What's going on, here?"
"Come on, tell him your evil acts, this time around."
Helena stayed silent, she didn't want her husband to find out. He had warn her severally to stop her evil, least he divorce her.
"What did your mother do, pumulo?" He asked him, while fixed his eyes on her.
"leave, this room, nothing happened, only a little miss understanding, that's all." push her son out from the room, so that he doesn't utter a single word to him.
"I already told you, Helena, if you dare ruin anyone's life again, that will be the end of our marriage." He warn her again as he walked to the bathroom. She sigh in relief.
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Three months later Brianna was discovered being pregnant. This was a great joy to the royal family, except Helena, as usual. Now Gabriel loves her even more. Twice she and him has visited her mother who also is very happy about her pregnancy, and so did her grandmothers and her friends.
In her fourth month, Brianna had a miscarriage after Helena pushed her out from the stairs and she landed on her belly. Helena visited Brianna when she was hospitalized, threatening to kill her young sister if she dares to reveal that she was the cause for her accident.
Brianna stayed a month, mourning for her child. Mrs Kumwenda requested that she stays with her in her house until she fully recovers, which the king granted. After a month she was back in the castle to face more troubles.
When she was away, Gabriel spends more time with Shelly at a club he usually visit for drinks. One night, he was so drunk that Shelly took advantage of him, by forcing herself on him.
That night he did not come back home. He got back to normal when it was already morning, only to find himself I. bed with Shelly. Gabriel felt like a fool and a traitor to his wife. She took a video of him with her in bed, using that as a threat to blackmailing him to accept her fake pregnancy.
When she discovered that Brianna is back in the castle, Princess Shelly moved in as well with the news that shocked the king, queen and the rest of the family, that she was pregnant for him.
Gabriel could not refuse because she had evidence of him, with her in bed. Before everyone, he accepted that, truly he wa as responsible of her pregnancy.
Brianna couldn't believe was shuttered, she lost strength and almost hit the ground, fortunately Lawrence reached for her on time. Helena and Shelly glaced a smile at each other.
When everyone was panicking, over Brianna's condition, Shelly and Helena where celebrating their Victory. A maiden were ordered to take Shelly's bags to her room. The royal doctor was invited to examine her who gave her an injection to help her sleep.
"She will be fine, make sure no one disturbs her." He then carried his medicinal kit bag and left.
The king was as disappointed as everyone were with Gabriel. His majesty left the room without a single word to him, so did the queen and the rest of the family. When he was alone in the room, he fell back on the couch, disappointed of himself. He looked at Brianna who was lying unconscious, he fell on his knees beside the bed and cried. "I'm really sorry my love, please forgive me. I swear I didn't mean to hurt you."
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For days, Brianna haven't spoken a word to him. They sleep and work up from the same bed without uttering a single word to each other, although Gabriel had tried to apologise to her for his mistakes, but Brianna only answered ok, and that's all he heard from her.
Shelly is on the mission to ruin Brianna, she secretly took the story of her pregnancy for the prince to the press, now it has gone viral. Everyone has learned about this hidden secret of the castle. The media people have crowded the castle yard, demanding to have an interview with prince Gabriel, concerning the matter.
The king had to answer for him, instead to say it was a mistake which Shelly herself came out on open that actually the king doesn't really know the truth of the matter and that it wasn't a mistake, Gabriel knew about everything.
Brianna and the prince where watching from on TV, in their room. She sit on the carpet, and weep.
"Brianna please, don't keep quiet, beat me, slap me, scold me, I will accept, but I'm begging you, do not act cold with me."
She rise up angrily, "What do you want me to do, huh?"She yelled. "You broke my heart into pieces, and then what? You didn't think of me when you did what you did! Now you want me to punish you, for what, Gabby." She wept hard.
"I swear Brianna, it wasn't my intention, I was drunk, I didn't even realize how it happened."
"To hell with your explanation, as though I care!" She yelled at him that the echo of her yelling reached down the stairs where everyone was.
Now they shift their concentration up, of what was happening in their room. The media wanted to interview the couple, now that they heard some noise coming from their room, but the protectors of the royal house send them out.
As soon as the media drama was over, Mrs Kumwenda came in with her own drama.
"Where is my daughter?" Very furious, without a single sign of respect for the king, she asked. Gabriel came down the stairs looking weary with tearful eyes. The moment Mr Grace Kumwenda saw him, she attacked him, harassing him, thrashing him.
"I thought I had told you to take care of my daughter, now you have brought shame upon her, you animal!!"She yelled, as she struggles to flee from the guards grip. This woman is stubborn when it comes to her children, that not even the stubborn Helena could challenge her. Helena only opened her mouth to speak, but she was made shut by a slap.
Daniel and Michie tried to plead with her, but no one could stop her.
"Mum stop, please." She shout from up.
Every eye turned towards her. She descends the stairs with her bags packed. Fear overwhelmed the Royal family. They watched fearfully as she approached with tears dripping off from her eyes.
When she reached to where the king and king where standing, she bowed then fell on her mother's arms and let her voice out sorrowfully. She cried in her arms as much as she could. The king, queen, the princes could be seen wiping tears.
"I'm sorry Mama, please forgive me." She cried.
After a while weeping, Mrs Kumwenda had to put herself together, "It's ok my child, I , your mother will still be ready to have you back." Wiped out the tears that kept rolling down her cheeks. "We will be leaving, I'm taking my daughter with me, your majesty." Bowed and turned while holding her hand. Daniel and Michie carrying the bags.
Prince Lawrence was looking for a way to stop Mrs Kumwenda from taking Brianna away, to shutter his aunt and her partner, Shelly. As they where about to exit the door, Lawrence called out to them. "Wait."
They stopped. Now everyone wonders of what he was doing. The happy faces of the two devil's turned gloomy.
He walked over tho Mrs Kumwenda with hands folded together, "Please don't take her away. I promise to take care of her, myself."
Mrs Kumwenda drop down his hands, You can not force her to remain in this place when the one who brought her in doesn't want her."
Lawrence now run back to Gabriel, shocking him to say something, "Come on, tell mama that you still want Brianna back, come, on!" Shocking him like a crazy man. Gabriel remained silent after Shelly looked at him, he remained her words that she will expose the video of him and her on social media, if he chose Brianna over her. Although his heart really wanted her back, but he was left without an option than to remain silent.
"Will you speak up, Gabby!" Now the queen shocking him, but still he choose to remain silent. Mrs Kumwenda took his silence for no Interest in Brianna. She turned to leave but again Lawrence stopped them.
"If he doesn't want her, then, I beg you to let her stay under my name, as my wife!"
Everyone eye on him. Now the king took him to be insane.
"Son, did you you hear what you've just said?"
"Yes father, I am absolutely aware of what I have just said. You of all people knew how much I loved Brianna. I gave up on her when I discovered that my dear brother had the same feelings for her. Now that he doesn't want her any more, don't you think i deserve this chance, father?" He questioned him with tears rolling down.
The king had no answer at the moment. then he asked the same question to the queen and lastly to Mrs Kumwenda.
Then he made a gesture to Brianna that speaks non verbal language and she understood what he was trying to say. she looked at her mother who let go of her hand.
"I am leaving her because your words had never been a lie." She hugged her and then left.
Now Shelly was clapping for him, for being such a drama kking. "WOW wow. Who would have thought that the elder prince had his eyes on his younger brother's Wife? What a taboo that you have allowed to befall this family, father in-law.
"Young lady, you are yet to be married to my son, so do not interfere in this family's affairs. I hope I make my self clear."
"She has every right, lord brother, for the fact that she is carrying an heir of this family." Helena defended her.
"Enough Helena! Her husband finally spoke. "can't you be reasonable, once in your life?"
On the other side, queen Lukundo and king Edmond were in a wrangle over their daughter's behavior. The king ordered the guards to go and pick up Shelly from Yashilan castle, but the queen stopped them.
"Enough, Lukundo! I will not let my daughter follow your footsteps, ending her life with a man who would never love her!"
She raise a hand and give him a slap for speaking the truth.
"Hit Me as much as you want, but I won't be like your parents, who imposed you on me!"
Eliza heard her father's statement and it shocked her that she let go of the plate in her hand.
Both the king and queen where surprised, that she heard everything.
Eliza run to her room when her mother wanted to speak to her and closed herself up.
The queen kept knocking on her door, pleading for her to open, but she only shout a , "go away!"
Now the king called her severally and finally she opened because she trust him more than the mother.
"Daddy tell me it's not true. is that why you and mother always fight, because you where forced to marry?"
The king stayed silent, he didn't want to answer her question, but she asked him to say it.
"Look honey, our marriage could have been an arranged marriage, but it doesn't mean we don't love each other. It's just that your mother, really provoke me."
She throw herself in his arms, "I'm sorry papa, I know you don't want to admit to me, but I know you have never been happy with mum." She pulled out and asked him another question while facing him. "You must have had another woman you love, right?"
The king's face turned gloomy, suddenly he look lost in thoughts. Protecting the secrets she has kept hidden to her children, from being revealed, Lukundo interrupted, their conversation. "Honey, I'm sorry for having slapped your dad. I promise it won't happen again." She draw her close, into a hug. They gaze at each other like enemies. The king's phone ring which made him walk out to answer.