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Chapter 34 - IN THE POOL chapter 34

Lady Gwen pushed her, the lady Celine into the water and there was a great splash.

They waited , no one was forth coming... It was like years ago, before the war. When two enemies were once best of friends.

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" I thought you'd die a miserable death like a loser. Didn't you tell me you've mastered the butterfly ", the crown prince Alexandro said and handed him, the crown prince Logan Seth a towel to dey himself.

" I did, but it left me like when one dies. I was totally scared shit", he said and they laughed. " You're also dripping wet, Alex ", he said and he shook his head.

" I'm okay".

That was when the cold came, the breeze showing up at the wrong time. Alex shivered. " Help me with the towel", he said and Seth shook his head.

" You said you were perfectly fine ", he said and Alex pouted. Seth tossed the towel to him.

"I'll be better than you"

"Yeah, right"...

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" Are you even an idiot, do you want to die?" The crown prince was screaming at his friend , Seth.

"Maybe", he said and sat down.

He wanted to die at the lake he, the crown prince Alexandro loved so much. Were they even friends?

" Why, you jerk?"

"Mother isn't feeling well and father is out. The maids are treating me badly and mother isn't saying anything about it", he said as tears rolled down his face.

That was why a seven year old prince wanted to die.

" If you die, what would happen to me_", Alex looked at Seth. "_ are you even my friend or you're sick of me?" , He said and turned to leave him out in the cold not caring if he followed him.

"I... Wanted to die, but when I was in the water I thought of Alex Aiden, but... I couldn't swim out", Seth said .

Alexandro stopped and turned to him and hugged him. " If you died, I'd have no friends and I won't smile anymore"...

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"Lady Celine ", lady Gwen called but no answer.

Without thinking, the crown prince Alexandro jumped into the water, he searched for her. After what seemed like a minute or two, he brought her out.

" My lord, are you okay?", She asked as he came up into the boat with the lady Celine. " Take us to the shore, now!" That was an order. She paddled to the shore while he was trying to restor her breathing.

He decided to use the initiative that he had used before in her when she was in the pool. He bent to put his mouth to hers when the lady Gwen stopped him.

"I'm quite an expert in that", she said and he stepped back.

Lady Gwen used the mouth to mouth resuscitation. And soon, Celine coughed out. "Are you alright, lady Celine?" He asked and she nodded.

He stared at her boring holes into her ivory skin.

Why is he staring at me? Crap!

Celine laughed to lighten the mood. He still bored strange holes that made her stand up. " I'm okay", she said and he came beside her.

" It's enough for today", he said.

"Your majesty, you're having lunch with the queen now", a maid said and he turned sharply to her. The poor maid looked away.

"Cancel it. She should eat on her own", he said and the maid with lady Gwen gasped. The maid whom very soon would

leave the palace after the queen's dethronement bowed.

"You don't look okay, my lady", he said and she shifted from. Why was lady Gwen now boring holes into her skin.

Was I meant to incomplete? Sour joke.

"I'm fine", she said.

Then, athought came to her. A thought so dreadful that it could cause heart failure... Well, to those who were worthy of heart failure.

"You still don't look...", She cut him off by holding her head. "Maybe a little headache, but I can manage", she said and he held her.

Celine made to walk on her own but fell.

Let's see how long you can hold this, lady Gwen.

Lady Gwen stared helplessly as he, the crown prince Alexandro held her and even claimed to want to carry her to his room!

" Let me..."

"I can manage", Celine said and slightly pushed the crown prince Alexandro. Lady Gwen gasped.

She deserves to be beheaded!

"I must carry you". And he carried her, but, lady Gwen stopped him. " Your highness, the maids could do that", she said. He didn't spare her one glance, he walked off.

Such a sweet bully.

Celine watched the lady Gwen until she couldn't see her. That feeling of anger and jealousy that made her face less attractive.

Ha, fancy me act Cinderella.

I'm starting to enjoy this.

Shit. Where's he taking me to?

" Drop me, you..." She couldn't complete her statement. What would she say. Except she was tired of living, then she could blurt out those insulting words.

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What did she feel if not anger, despair, jealousy then finally, disgust. All these feels ngs in one body.

When that stupid lady Celine had hit her hard and she was bleeding, the only thing he could say was that he hated weak ladies.

Wasn't she weak now ? Why then did he pick her up to treat her in his own room? She was weak that she couldn't swim.

That lady Celine couldn't do archery, she couldn't swim, and he still said he hated weak women? What a joke.

She was going to show him that she he was not weak.

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" Put me down", she said and he put her down on a chair . "Are you okay?" He asked and she nodded. "I just wanted to make your wife a little bit jealous", she said and he frowned.

" She's not", he said and Celine gulped. Those eyes, no matter the words said never melted. " Oh, sorry", she said and stretched.

" I thought you could swim", he said and she laughed. "I can"

That was a white lie. She only knew the basics like putting your legs inside the water to feel the mood. The others... What a sour joke.

" Why didn't you save yourself?" He asked.

"Well, the force was too much and..."

" Shhhh. I believe you", he said . That meant he didn't.

" Come on, I can swim", she coaxed him, but he nodded. " I do. You're the one stressing yourself"

"But, you sound like you do..." He held her lips tight. Then let it be.

"Sweetheart, I'm not saying a thing about it"

Eh! Sweetheart?