Chapter 52

….IAN….
I returned, and she was out of my room, the clothes were neatly folded and hanged in my closet. She sure is a hard-working lady. The room was tidy and neatly dusted, did she get help from anyone.
I walked out of my room and into the garden where most of the workers spend their free time. I looked around and spotted Athenag.
'Athenag-ah…" I called .
'Yes, my Prince." She responded and walked towards me.
' How was your day?" I asked, and she chuckled
before replying. 'It was great."
'Why are you giggling?" I asked.
' You keep on stretching your neck and looking around like you lost something or someone's." She said, and I gulped.
'Of course, not… I'm going back to my room." I said and turned to leave.
' She's in her room." I don't know why but then I smirked and turned back to Athenag.
'. She wasn't the one I was looking for but then if she's in her room... I think I need her to do something for me." I said, and Athenag gave me the 'You are such a bad liar" look.
' Can you please call her and ask her to meet me at the pool side in three minutes?" I asked.
' Sure." She said with a chuckle and headed for
Gianna's room.
I immediately sat down when I saw her from the distance, I crosses my leg and sat comfortably in the chair.
'You called for me Your Majesty." She said politely. 'huh?"
' I was told you called for me." She replied with courtesy.
' Are you feeling unwell or something?" I asked out of surprise because this is so not the Gianna I know, what's with all these formalities?
'No Sir, I'm feeling fine." She replied, and my jaw dropped, I'm I talking to a double ganger of Gianna or something?
'Did you hit your head on something?" I asked her again and she looked at me.
'My head is perfectly fine. ' she replied and bowed
down her head.
'Okay…I just wanted to…you know what... it's okay I'll get someone to do it for me." I said to her.
'Why your Majesty? Did I do something wrong?" She asked with a soft tone.
' No, you didn't. You can go." I said to her and she bowed with courtesy before leaving.
It's no fun when she is so formal and being all polite. I secretly followed her as she walked to her door and went into her room.
Did anyone punish her or sometime? Did she receive and disturbing message from home?
Or is she just tired due to the chores I gave her. Was I too hard on her…I don't think so.
I shrugged, and I turned only to find Ma'am . staring at me with her arms crossed.
'Ahh, you scared me." I said jumping out of fear.
' She's been like that since she washed your clothes. She was really silent and hasn't been herself for the past five hours. I am disturbed in her sudden change of behavior. I tried to ask but then she told me it was nothing and that she's just feeling down." Ma'am . explained, and I nodded.
'Oh okay. I'll be going then." I said to her, but she pulled me back.
' I came to inform you that dinner is ready, since we couldn't find you anywhere near the pool or in the pool, I decided to come check here and here you are. The King and Queen are already at the table. I'll ask you to hurry and join them quickly…and also…I heard we have some guests too."
' Visitors?"
'Yeah… you will get to know them when you get there." She said and left me all curious.
I went back to my room and changed my clothes before heading for the dining room.
'There you are son, we were getting worried." Mom said with a smile the moment I entered the dining room. I looked across the table and it was Aurora and her family; the King and Queen were present.
' I'm sorry for being late." I apologized as I sat down.
' Don't worry about that, we just hope you wouldn't be late on your wedding day." The King of Sol Empire said, and I chuckled softly.
' He sure wouldn't." My dad said and they all chuckled.
Aurora was seated right opposite to me and we were facing each other, she smiled as our eyes met and I forced a smile.
There was complete silence as we ate, I heard footsteps from the entrance of the dining room, I turned around and it was her. She was in her uniform and her bow was neatly attached to her hair, she looked cute like those maids from anime movies.
She greeted and placed the tray with the neatly sliced fruits on the table and stepped back.
' Gianna?" Aurora called, and she looked up at her.
' How are you doing. It's been a while." Aurora added, and I was stunned like seriously, what's going on today?
' I'm doing great. I hope you are doing well as well." Gianna replied with a smile and I placed my fork and knife on the table as I just looked at them, from Aurora to Gianna.
' Are you a maid here?" Aurora asked.
'As you can see , I am, and I am the crowned Prince's personal maid/ assistant." Gianna replied and Aurora's gaze turned to mine.
' Oh, I see, but why didn't you get yourself a male assistant instead of a female?" Aurora asked me.
' I am not the first crowned Prince to have a female maid. It's more like a tradition in the families." I replied, and she went… 'Oh Okay."
' You do look good in your uniform, it suits you so well as if you were born to be a maid." Aurora's words were cold.
' I know right… but I think I rock the uniform so well that I look like a model for the maid's uniform." Gianna replied sarcastically and I held back the laughter that was trying so hard to come out.
' I will take my leave now. Enjoy your meal your majesties." Gianna said with a bow before leaving the dining room.
I looked at Ma'am . who was also holding back and we both smiled at each other.
' Your new maid seems to be very straight forward when talking." Aurora's father said.
' She was being honest I think. She does rock the uniform so well anyone might mistake her for a model." I said with no care in the world and continued to chew on the piece of meat.
I was told Aurora will be spending some days with us, but her parents will be leaving early tomorrow morning, so I should make sure to keep Aurora company. Am I going to be tied to her and keep her company forever? I mean she knows her way around the Castle.
I heard noises from the ballroom, it was screams and laughter. I hurried there it was Zoe, Waylon, Hyung Jun and Sandra.
' Hey come over here." Waylon said as he waved me to come over but then Gianna came out of nowhere from behind me and ran to hug Waylon.
' I miss you so much you have no idea how hard it was to breathe when you weren't around." Waylon said to Gianna.
'Aww really? I miss you too." She said and hugged him again, I cleared my throat and they disengaged the hug.
Zoe pulled Gianna with her and Sandra and they rushed out of the ballroom to take pictures.
' I hope you aren't giving her a hard time." Waylon said and I chuckled.
' Well just a little."
' A little, I bet you made her hand wash your clothes and gave her hard chores because her hands look thinner and pale."
' I just made her hand wash my clothes just once that's all. I'm trying to be nice."
' You being nice is like the first snow fall, it occurs once every year."axel Jun blurted out.
' That's so true. I just hope he doesn't worn my poor Gianna out." Waylon said with a safe tone.
' And Gianna will make sure to put him in his place too."axel replied and they both burst out laughing.
'Oh, you two are so bad, you are now siding with her instead of me."
' What else do you expect when you're all cold and mean."axel stated.
' umm I saw Aurora on my way here, what's she doing here?" Waylon asked and I heaved a sigh.
' She'll be spending some days here, but her parents will be leaving tomorrow morning. I've been told to keep her company during her stay here." I replied and he shook his head sideways.
' I'm not that worried about you keeping her company, I'm worried she's going to give Gianna a tough time." Waylon said with a sad look.
' But I trust my Gianna, she wouldn't allow her to go scot free." He added.
'You should've seen her being sarcastic towards Aurora during dinner… you've got no worries, if she wasn't afraid to be that way in front of her parents and ours, she can defend herself very well."
' Woah…Did you just speak for Gianna?"axel words sounded funny.
' I was just making a point…who want to play some tennis in the tennis training room?" I asked changing the subject and they both said yes.
I headed towards my chambers for a shower, I was startled when I held the door knob and it already open. Did I forget to lock it before leaving?
I slowly opened the door so not to draw the attention of whoever was inside but then someone pulled the door from the other side and I nearly slipped and fall.
' Why do you think a thief came into your Chambers?" It was Gianna.
' What are you doing here?" I asked, and she smiled.
' I'm sorry your majesty but I was really curious about something."
'And what is that thing that you are curious about?" I asked her.
' Are you good at fighting?" She asked me, and I shook my head with disbelieve.
' Is that what you wanted to know so bad? Do I look like a kick boxer or a kun fu dude?"
' Umm no…but then can you throw a punch?" She asked.
' Which man can't throw a punch…wait what's up with your sudden change of behavior…you are acting really strangely."
'Oh, am I?" She asked, and I chuckled.
' First you talk to me formally all of a sudden and then…" I paused when I noticed she had her left hand behind her since I saw her.
'What are you hiding?" I asked 'What?"
' What are you hiding behind you?" 'Nothing."
' Then let me have a look at your left hand." ' I can't."
' It's an order…show me your left hand." I ordered, and she nodded as she brought out her left hand and she held a black hoodie.
' What were you planning to do with my hoodie?" I asked her, and she looked up at me sadly.
' I was just curious about something and wanted to clear my doubt. Actually, I've been looking for a stranger who saved my life twice and when I saw this hoodie, it looked similar to his…why I'm even telling you about him… I'm sorry if I bothered you. I'll out it back and leave right away." She said and was about putting it down, but I held her hand.
' No…don't go…yet. Tell me more about that stranger." I insisted.
' I thought you were going to shower."
' Yeah I will you just tell me more about this stranger."
' Okay, I don't get a chance to see his face or say thank you. He saved me from some thugs at my mom's noodle shop and also saved me from getting hit by a truck. He was so cool at the restaurant, he was able to beat them so fast that I can't recall it. He wore a black hoodie similar to this one and had a silver strand of hair, he was tall and his eyes were so bright and warm even though he had a cold tone of voice."
' So why do you want to meet him again?"
' I want to thank him for what he did for me. I didn't get the chance to say Thank you and that I appreciate him a lot." She replied with sincerity.
' I see…"
' So, are you going to help me find him?" she asked. ' Nope." I said and shrugged.
'Huh?"
' I mean anyone can own a black hoodie, this is mine and I don't think I'll even help you if I were him. I bet you went sassy on those thugs." I said sarcastically, and she groaned.
' You are so unbelievable… I can't believe I just wasted my time explaining…hurrgggh why did I even explain it to you in the first place." She groaned and I looked at her with my lips twitching into a smirk.
' Can you please excuse me…I need to shower." I said to her and she went 'Okay" but was still in my chambers.
' Aren't you going to leave?"
'oh no I'm not, I'm going to out this back where I took it." She replied walking towards my closet, I watched her as she opened it, placed the hoodie on top of the well-arranged once, I thought she was going to leave but then she screamed and scattered all the neatly folded clothes.
'HEY!! WHAT'S GOTTEN INTO YOU!" I yelled at her
and I think she nearly jumped out of her skin.
' That's what you get for making me explain such an important thing to you and then reply sarcastically. Ugggh I can't believe I was all polite thinking you might be him. I was right you can't even throw a punch. I bet I'm way better that you when it comes to fighting. Ah!!!" She said out loud scratching her hair hardly that she scattered her hair all over her face.
' Well I'm not bothered. You just got yourself another work to do… you are the one who's going to fold the clothes back in the end." I said without a care in the world and headed for the bathroom.
'Ah…I'm going to go crazy if I stay too long here." I heard her cry out.
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….AURORA….
I can't believe she spoke so sarcastically at me during dinner andian backed her up. How dare she!!
I feel suffocated right now with all those noise makers in the castle. Zoe is all over the place taking pictures and making videos with that second class no body. Those two have taken over IG, Zoe now has a blue tick and I bet the other one too will soon be having one.
I can't believe it was a waste of time when I made that dude hack her account, she gets on my nerves so much.
I stood on the balcony on the third floor and I watched from below as I saw that newbie walk out of door. She turned and roared loudly in anger.
' You will definitely hear from me and I'll make sure he teaches you a lesson!" I heard her scream at someone.
' He wouldn't even want to help you. He knows the rules. Get your noisy self out of there and go help in the kitchen!" That wasian.
He threw a napkin at her and slammed the door and I watched as she murmured and headed for the Royal kitchen.
This is my chance to teach her a lesson, I took the elevator and went down to the corridor.
'Hey! Low class orchid!" I called, and she was still walking ahead.
' Hey! Can't you hear me call you?" I said walking up to her and standing in front of her.
' You called out for a low-class orchid, but my name is Gianna…"Gianna" so I don't think you called me." She snapped at me and I could believe my ears.
' Do you have any idea who I am here?"
' Yeah, I do, the spoilt hypocritical Princess who has two face and is now the fiancé of the crowned Prince. I know who you are." She replied looking right at me.
'Hey...how dare you…say such nasty things about me."
' You asked if I knew who you are here, and I answered didn't I?"
'I can't believe I'm listening to your nonsense."
' I never asked you to. Besides you were the one who blocked my path. If you would excuse me… I have some chores to attend to." She said and was about to step away when I held her by the hair.
' I'm going to teach you a lesson for insulting me, I'll make sure that my stay here will make you bow to me with trembling knees." I whispered to her with clenched teeth.
'Are you done?" She asked…I thought she would even ask me to let go of her hair.
'You…"
' You wouldn't want to blow your cover 'princess" because the other workers are watching." She said with a chuckle and I looked around with the corner of my eyes and it was true, some of the workers were watching.
' You better be a good girl because I can have you fired at any time. This isn't over." I said and patting her hair with a grin and walked away.
'You can't have them fire me, only the Prince has the right to do so, I think you shouldn't waste your breath on that." I heard her say from behind.
'Argggghhhhh!!" I screamed scattering my makeup kits in the dressing table making some fall to the floor.
She pisses me off, she gets on my nerves, I can't stand the sight of her arrogant behavior. I must get her fired!! I must get her fired no matter what.
I pulled my phone out of my purse and dialed in Hannah's number.
' Bae… what's going on?"
'Hannah are you out of the country already?"
'Of course not, I had a change of plans and would be staying for the holidays."
' Then can you come to the Grand Castle?" ' You mean your soon to be Kingdom?"
' Yeah, and you can't believe who works here as my fiancé's personal maid/assistant…"
'A celebrity?" 'Of course not."
'You know I'm not that good at guessing, tell me already!"
' It's that low class twerp." 'What!?"
'Yeah, and she had the guts to talk to me sarcastically during last night's dinner in front of my parents andian's."
' So, what are you planning to do?"
' Why don't you come over and we have some fun by making her miserable?"
'That's a great idea. Let me pack up some stuffs and I'll be there before you know it."
' Hurry okay. Bye." 'Bye bae."
I hanged up and sat behind the dressing mirror with my make-up kits scattered, I stood up and called for one of the maids.
' Have Gianna clean my room." I ordered.
' I'm sorry my Princess but Gianna serves only the crowned Prince." The maid replied.
'What do you mean by that, it's an order from the future Queen, bring her here immediately!"
' That wouldn't be possible Princess." I heard a voice and turned to findian standing there with both hands in his pocket.
' She only obeys my order and that of the Queen and King, she doesn't run errands for anyone except me, that's why she's classified as 'my personal maid" I think it will be best if you got someone else because she's on an errand." He said to me with zero expression on his face and I just looked at him.
' Dear, can you please tidy up her room and make sure to do it perfectly." He ordered the maid and she nodded.