in the meeting
"my king I understand when you say you need to rule both kingdoms, but the time hasn't come yet for you to rule any of them, I don't think we need to combine them right away" one elder said
"I hear you, but how many of you here will say want to be ruled by women?, I'm not saying they can't rule, but we deal with a lot here, no woman can endure the stress and everything else that comes with being a chief, so imagine the mistakes, then picture this kingdom in 5 years time, you will be poor and if I don't merge it now, in that 5 years, no other kingdom will negotiate to merge since you will be very desperate, they will just rule you over, so right now I'm offering a solution to a future problem, we are preventing the problems I'm forsseing" Randy said
"so what's your plan?" another elder asked
"you will continue your lives normally, nothing will change, just the name 9f the kingdom and that there's a new king, otherwise your lives will be the same If not better, my kingdom is rich, your children will have job opportunities and that's a promise, we will provide bursaries for the kids that are performing very well in school and we plan on building a complex, if you give me your permission then everything will be in motion" Randy said sounding convincing
"that's good news, but you need to bring the queen here to give us her word that she too is in agreement because we can't sell her kingdom without her knowledge" a very strict elder
"the queen you mean my wife I guess, I have spoken to her, I have a paperwork here for you to sign, then she too with her mother will sign, then starting from tomorrow, your lives will be completely different" he had a smirk on.
the 10 elders all signed then Randy took the files to his wife to sign
"what the hell Randy, does mom even know about this?" Manuela was raged
"listen Manuela, have I ever let you down?" she shook her head no
"then why don't you trust me on this one babe, listen to me, this will not only benefit your people, but you too, you will be able to move in with me and have a life we've always wanted, you and I are meant to be in the city, not here, we are destined for bugger things, not to be stuck here in the name of being royalty, my love please, your mother will surely keep the house, and she's royalty she'll get the respect she deserves, she will also be given the position she deserves here, and she can still rule this part of the kingdom but with my father's rules, it's not like she will be forgotten" Randy had Manuela in her arms brushing her back, this made him sick to his stomach, he felt very cheap for sleeping with a woman he doesn't love for his father's selfish reasons
"I'm not sure if mom will see it that way, what if she refuses?" Manuela asked
"my love, your mother gave up her power when she gave me the throne, I make decisions, but because I respect and love you, I inform you 9f everything I plan, so I will let you handle your mother, but so long please sign here" he handed her a pen, she signed without reading every detail
Manuela went to talk to her mother while Randy made a call to his father.
"we only have one signature left, but Manuela will handle it, I think by tomorrow we will have this kingdom to ourselves, but father as its drafted on the contract, you will provide those jobs and bursaries please, we need to keep our words to gain trust and respect from these people, by the way I have already spoken to the contractors for the mall, I just need this signature then I'll give them a go ahead" he explained to his father
"you did well my son, I knew I could always count on you" his father said
"don't forget why I'm doing this, it's for love, not you" he said, Manuela then walked in
"who's love?" she asked
"my love for you, I love you my queen, and I am willing to go extra miles to see you happy, I can't wait to leave this place and go to the city" he said throwing himself on the bed
"and pray your father lives long because if not we are back here" Manuela joked, Randy forced himself to laugh "by the way, mom wants to talk to you now" he stood up and headed to his mother in law
"my queen you called for me" he mocked
"you still call me that when you are about to steal my kingdom from me, how dare you?" she snapped
"you are the one that begged me to sit on your throne, I'm only doing what's right for this kingdom, as the king of this kingdom of course" Randy said
"wow, so you convinced the elders and my daughter, but rest assured that I will fight for my throne, I will not allow you and your stupid father to take what's rightfully mine" she roared
"no one is stealing anything from you, I'm the king, and believe me when I tell you that your people are not willing to be led by a woman, just be thankful that your stupid daughter will be the queen of this village when I finally succeed my father" Randy said
"my stupid daughter?" the queen asked
"yes, do you honestly believe I'd still be with a pornstar if it wasn't of this kingdom?" he laughed "thanks for your signature though, and I'm being merciful towards you since you will keep your house and your position in the council as a royalty, but the rules will be my stupid fathers rules which you will obey along the people you used to rule" he stood up and left
"your mom is something else, I thought she was supportive of our relationship, you know she asked me why I'm still with you, I think she feels like I'm using you to get the throne, but it doesn't matter because you know me too well, you know I hate this throne, and that's why I'm doing this right?" he said, Manuela kept quiet "Manuela?" he called her
"now that I have already signed and convinced mom to, I feel like a fool, I regret this, my father would not allow this, he would have fought for his kingdom but here I am failing him" she said letting tears fall
"so you say you don't love ke enough?" he asked
"I didn't say anything about live Randy, I'm talking about our kingdom, the throne my father fought for with his brother for over 30 years and I'm letting it go just like this, without a fight?" she was still crying
"fight for what Manuela, I'm not forcing you to give me tye throne, remember I was supposed to be running my successful firm but I sacrificed that for your throne, and your elders refused to be ruled by a woman, so neither you nor your mother will ever sit on that throne, I did this for you, you will be queen of this kingdom when my dad dies, is that not enough?" he sat on the couch across the bed
"I just feel like I'm failing my father" she said
"so you'd rather have your uncle be the king?" Randy was very annoyed and it was obvious, Manuela shrugged "it's fine, I'll gpnback to the elders and tell them to prepare a coronation for your uncle because Manuela I'm going back to the city, my firm needs me, I can't wait two more months here, and don't come running after me, stay here in your father's kingdom and fight for the throne with your uncle for him since that's what you say he'd love, to see you trapped her doing what you don't love" he then took his phone and pretended to call someone
"hy man, yeah no I need you to council that scholarship program we prepared for kwagga kingdom, yes, of course I will need then for my kingdom but not this one anymore, good man sorry for wasting your time, thanks bye" he then scrolled his phone doing nothing
"what scholarship is that?" Manuela asked
"you didn't read the papers you signed? I have promised to provide jobs here and bursaries also to build a mall, that will be coming from my father's pockets, so we'd rather develop our kingdom more since yours if fine like this" he wasn't looking at her
"I didn't know about the scholarship and the mall, but still doesn't feel right Randy, you can't expect me to be happy for betraying my dead father" she said
"what betrayal are you talking about, we are not merging the kingdoms anymore so you can relax" he was still scrolling down on his phone, this time he was looking at yildiz and Nathan on social media, Nathan posted a video of them dancing together, they're both good dancers and he was jealous, Manuela grabbed the phone from him
"oh this is where your attention is?" she shouted
"what's wrong?" he was calm
"what do you mean what's wrong, you're looking at another woman while I'm here with you?" she complained
"is the woman the only person you see on that video, don't you see Nathan, my best friend?" he emphasized the best friend part
"are they dating?" she asked a bit clamer
"yes and they are happy, how I wish I wasn't royalty, how I wish I had a very cheerful life like theirs" Manuela sat next to him
"babe, I understand why you're merging the kingdoms, I give you my permission, I want to see you happy, and I know you're not happy here let's do this then head to the city" she said
"really?" he asked acting surprised
"yes, you've loved me with my faults, you're the rarest kind of husband any lady could ever ask for, I'll do this for you" they hugged then had sex.