"How could I possibly cooperate with someone like you?" The elevator doors seemed to carry up the two people who to be facing each other inside.
"Oh!"
"A person like you doesn't even know how to respect someone older than you,"
She was Greisy who looked away towards the closed elevator door, she was reluctant to look at the face of the Crown Prince who was now sitting on a long chair on the side of the elevator wall.
The Crown Prince folded his legs followed by his arms. "You that have never been loved, how can you know about human nature?" He smiled disdainfully, "Hm," then chuckled slightly without looking at Greisy who was still standing in front of him.
"What do you mean?"
"I'm telling you the truth, you're just a woman who's been relying on yourself all your life, so how could you possibly know about human nature?" the Crown Prince continued, disdainfully.
"Akkh, shit!" the elevator door stopped suddenly, Greisy almost fell, her body seemed to be bent sideways and her hands were touching the wall. "I don't want to, you can punish me for canceling our cooperation and you can also kill me if you want." With a heavy heart, Greisy stepped out of the elevator door that had been opened, into the luxurious corridor that captivated the eye when she saw, even when she was angry, the beauty of the place was still able to captivate her heart.
How come?
In front of her was a long and curved aquarium like a building wall that rises to the roof of the corridor.
The aquarium contained blue water and beautiful colorful corals as well as thousands of ornamental fish that swim back and forth, also up and down.
"Hm, I'm pretty sure you'll change your mind in less than half an hour."
Hearing the Crown Prince's words, Greisy suddenly turned her body and then she widened her eyes when she saw the man's mischievous smile widening followed by the elevator door which slowly closed and brought the Crown Prince down.
"Bullshit, I said I don't want then I don't want to," Greisy gritted her teeth furiously, she screamed at the elevator doors that were actually closed.
"Welcome, Your Majesty," said an old man.
Greisy never stopped being surprised, she turned around quickly after the old man came and gave Greisy a sign of respect.
"Ahh, Grandpa, you don't have to be so polite!" Greisy approached the old man who had stood up straight and smiled gently for her.
"Please follow me, Your Majesty!"
"No!" Greisy refused the old man's request while lowering her head. "I will stand here until Crown Prince comes back and punishes me." Then she told him why she was still standing in front of the elevator door.
"Try to rethink your decision, Your Majesty!" The old man tried to seduce the stubborn Greisy.
"I'm pretty sure, Grandpa."
"But wherever you are, you'll stay in the same place that always hurt you and even more. Are you sure you want coming back to Exile Area?" The old man took out a cell phone from the pocket of the black suit he was wearing.
Then with his black eyes and black hair not turning white that seemed to move because the wind from an open building window, he looked intently at the mobile phone screen that was already lit in his hand.
"I... I'm sure, Grandpa! How could I dare hurt a noble family in my own country."
Greisy still lowered her head, she didn't intend to look at the wrinkled old man in front of her.
The old man who was much taller than Greisy, approached the woman and handed her the cellphone, "Even though you have been hurt by them?" then Greisy accepted it with wide eyes and bloodshot eyes.
'Mommy, Mommy...' a teenage girl seemed to hug a woman she knew very well on the old man's cell phone screen.
One by one a photo of togetherness was shown by the cellphone with a slightly faster timeframe.
"Hmmm," The woman's tears fell from the pain that was so deep in her heart.
"All noble families also know, that the wife of Queen Protector Classa has adopted a daughter and loves her so much." The old man looked provocative, he smiled slyly then grabbed a headset and hooked it into the ear canal, "she's allowed up!" Then he gave an order to someone behind the headset he was wearing.
Greisy couldn't take it anymore, how could the mother she so desperately wanted, choose to take care of another girl instead of taking care of her while she had to survive in Exile Area and always yearn for her love?
Tuukkk.. tukkk.. tukkk...!
"I just want to rest, Grandpa!" Because she was so sad, she could no longer stand up, but when she wanted to return the phone to the old man, a young woman with wavy hair and pounding footsteps from the high heels she was wearing, come...
"Akkh!" And she pushed Greisy's body so that the woman fell and released the cellphone from her hand.
"You..." The woman approached Greisy who looked surprised at her arrival and disgraceful behavior. That woman who had a round face, already Greisy knew her identity. Yeah... She was the adopted daughter of her mother. "What did you do to my mother? How dare you hurt her heart, how dare you come to this kingdom's territory and humiliate her, you trash!" cursed the woman suddenly.
"Me?!" And that made Greisy grit her teeth in anger, because she was so angry while holding the woman's hand that was about to grab her hair.
"You, who else if not you? You useless one at least stop humiliating my mother!" Greisy smiled bitterly, "Akh .." she quickly threw the woman's hand in front of her until the woman fell to the floor, then Greisy immediately stood up.
"Ella!!" A man seemed to walk fast and called the name of the woman who had just come and attacked Greisy.
"Haa.."
"Your Excellency!" the old man saluted the man's arrival.
"Your Excellency!" The woman called Ella immediately stood up and lowered her head.
"You pushed her?" The tall man in military uniform who had just arrived, stopped his footsteps and stood right in front of Greisy. "For now, you have not married to Chyrill yet, so please, stop hurting Ella!" the man ordered. He was the Prince of the Country – Ewald Alley.
"Oh," Greisy quickly wiped the tears that rolled down her cheeks. "Then?"
"Grei, I know you, you weren't this kind of woman before, I'm sorry, maybe it was my fault that I canceled our wedding to my heart's will so I beg you, don't hurt the person who have nothing to do with our problem!" the very handsome man said in a very gentle tone. And quite surprisingly the whole corridor was filled with several other people and most of them were bodyguards from the Prince of Country who had been following the man. "Cancel your marriage to Chyrill and marry me! I agree to our marriage, this is for our common good."
"Ewald!" Again, the words of the Prince of Country surprised the occupant of the corridor who heard the man's words at that time, "Ewald Alley!" Even the woman who was called 'Ella' was no less surprised to shout the name of a handsome man in front of Greisy Hawysia.
"Your Majesty, what exactly did you change your mind for?" Greisy was getting angrier, she even knew very well the facial expressions and doubts of the body movements of a prince in front of her.
"To be honest, you actually don't even deserve to the title of Royal Queen, let alone marry into the royal family, even so, I will drop my pride for my mother, for the sake of Chyrill who might regret marrying you later," replied the Prince of Country, increasingly insulting.
"Oh!" And that made Greisy smile bitterly, "Your Majesty, I'm sorry! I refuse your wish and of course, I will marry a great man like the Crown Prince,"
"So you've made your decision, Babe?" The elevator doors opened, everyone seemed to salute the man who had walked up and stood behind Greisy then when Greisy was about to turn around because she was surprised, the man quickly hugged her from behind and rested his chin on the woman's shoulder, "Tomorrow we're getting married, right?"
"Yeah, Chyrill, I want marrying to you,"
"Grei, please don't do it!" asked Prince of the country who saw Greisy in Crown Prince's arm.