Ch. 33

SERGIUS

“I called the shots here, not you. So just please leave me alone right now,” I said to them as most of them just walked out of my tent. I do not want to talk to anybody right now, and I do not want to see anybody.

I said to my beta before he finally left. That was a clear warning to him, and I bet he is not going to allow anybody to come in here to see me, knowing clearly well that I had actually demanded that nobody would see me today.

Then I just slumped on my bed as I sat down. Yes, I was happy. Happy for the fact that my heir was born. But then a lot of things were frustrating me right now. The words that Cyprus had said to me really frustrated me. Yes, I might have, can’t I just be happy that my heir was born safe and sound?

But yes, then I see Fiona. I wonder if she's still unconscious or if she has woken up already. I thought to myself, I'm going to show Cyprus what I am made of, and I'm going to show him who is superior. I'll make him understand that I am superior to him. I thought to myself as I smiled wildly with a grin on my face.

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CTPRUS

I sat beside Fiona on her bed as she was lying there looking really weak while I caressed her.

“How are you feeling now? Are you feeling okay? Do you need anything? Do you want water? I can get you anything you want, just name it already,” I said as she looked up at me and smiled weakly.

“No, I don't need anything. What I need right now is you, and you're already here with me. What more could I need if you're here beside me?” she said to me as I smiled sadly back at her.

“You would be fine. I wish I could just take all this pain away from you. I wish there was a lot easier way for me to have done this for you, but there isn't. Trust me, I wouldn't have allowed you to take the hard way if there was a second option,” I said to her.

“I hate seeing you in so much pain as this, and you know that better than anyone else. Just get well soon for me and please. Don't give me that smile, it makes me feel awkward, and it makes me feel really angry at myself for making you go through this kind of pain. Sergius is to blame for all of this,” I said to her, and she just looked at me and raised her hands to touch my cheeks.

“Just calm down already, Cyprus. I am fine, trust me. As long as you are here with I and my baby is also here with me alive, then there is nothing more I want in this world. And please don't talk about Sergius, not now. I thought you were trying to pet me and you were here with me. Do we always have to bring Sergius into our own personal matters now? Can't we just be in peace without mentioning Sergius's name?” she said to me as I just looked at her and smiled.

“Okay, anything you want, my queen,” I said to her as she smiled broadly at me. That smile, that smile was the only thing I always wanted from her. I always, always wanted her to smile, and I promised myself right then that I would never do anything to make that smile go away.

I will do everything in my power to make sure that smile is always on her face, I promised myself as I looked down at her, caressing her hair continually. Her hair was so soft that I really loved to touch it, and I think she also loved it when I caressed her hair.

Then all of a sudden something struck me as I stood up and walked over to the crib that was inside the room where the newborn baby was laid. As I looked into the crib and saw him, he was a cute little boy, but one thing about him made the anger inside me boil within him more.

He looks a lot like Sergius. He has the same hair color and eye color as Sergius. His external features are just screaming Sergius. There is no denying it. Now am I going to explain this to the elders in the court that this child is actually mine? I made all of them believe that I was actually the one who impregnated Fiona.

But right now, how am I going to correct my mistake? How am I going to make them understand that this child is not Sergius's but mine? There is no excuse now because there is nothing I say or do that will make them believe me. It doesn't even have my eye color, and me and Sergius never had the same eye color.

Yes, we might have the same hair, but our eye colors are different, and this child has the same eye color. As science dictates, there is no need to run any tests or anything to prove that this baby is Sergius's child. He was one child I had loved right from when he was in his mother's womb.

But right now, me seeing him and seeing Sergius's face on him made me feel a part of me want to hate him. But he's just a poor innocent child, and I can't just hate him just like that, I thought to myself before my brother came right into the room.

He bowed before me as I looked directly at him.

“It better be important for you to have come to disturb me,” I said to him as he just looked at me.

“Actually, Cyprus, I really came here to deliver Sergius's message.”

“What? A message? Why?”

I hope he doesn’t have any fishy plans in mind.