PHILIP'S POV
"where have you been going to all this time?" Miss Sarah asked the moment I stepped inside my room."outside, I just bought some painting" I answered casually.She doesn't know anything about Amelia but I am planning to tell her."painting? you already bought a lot" she answered. She looks so frustrated.I opened the empty room which is supposed to be the room where I paint but then I lost my interest on it years ago already.I placed the painting beside many paintings which I bought from Amelia.It is not true that my cousin bought it. It was me all along.I told her that I will help her from her financial problems but she don't want to. She won't accept the money. She said that she will do it, she said that she will earn the money and support herself.I was so frustrated that's why I decided to just buy her paintings and I know that she won't accept it if she knew that it's just my way on helping her. That's why I don't want her to paint hard things, I just kept on telling her to paint simple things."who is it? is it a girl?" Miss Sarah asked. Without me noticing, she's already at my back."yeah" I answered.She quickly stood in front of me as if she's too excited to hear my story."okay okay, I'll tell you" I answered.I told her about Amelia and she was smiling the whole time."you like her" she said after it."do I?" I asked. She nodded.I thought about it over and over again. I thought about it the whole night.Upon thinking, I realized that I really like her.Really.Even without enough sleep, I quickly woke up and fixed myself. It's another day and I can't wait to see her again.I dressed up like how I dressed up for her, I don't like her to know that I'm a Prince, she might get uncomfortable.After fixing myself, I got down on the kitchen and fetched some bread and a jar of milk plus I told Miss Sarah to prepare some waffles with maple syrup. She said yes right away without second thought.She said that she'll help me to get Amelia's heart.I won't confess to Amelia, I'll just let her feel it.Actions speaks louder than words.Plus, she might feel uncomfortable when she knew that I like her.I sat in the table where we're going to have breakfast. In a royal family, things like this happen.Dad of course looked at me with judging eyes."why are you wearing those? you are a Prince, why don't you act like one?" Dad pointed out. Now, it's my clothing.It's Mom who answered ,"let him be, Hon. He knows what he's doing"I looked at Mom and she just winked at me.My little sister put a strawberry on my table. She can't speak properly yet."thank you, my princess" I pinched her nose.She just gave me a sweet smile.After the breakfast, I quickly go to Miss Sarah and she handed me a paper bag.I smelled it and I can smell the maple syrup.Mom suddenly came from nowhere and here I am hiding the paper bag.I am so nervous as ever while she's walking towards me. I looked at Miss Sarah and she just smiled there.She picked up two apples from the box of apples and put it in the paper bag which I tried so much to hide."get that girl, Son" she cheered me up. I looked at Miss Sarah and she just shrugged."Miss, you told my Mom?" I asked. I heared Mom laughed."don't scold your Nanny. I heared you two talking and talked to her after that to confirm it. My son is already a grown up man, I believe in you. Just go pursue her" she said.My heart feels more at ease now.AMELIA'S POV"come back, Amelia. Please" Mom begged while she's on her knees. My tears keeps on escaping my eyes as I pull her from the floor but she won't stand up."just please come back" she begged while still on her knees."As much I as I want to go back, I don't want to suffer from you again" I cried. I didn't even tried to hide the truth, I didn't even tried to hide my tears."please, just please come back my daughter" she said again while kneeling.Early in the morning and she knocked in my door, I opened the door and she hugged me which is at my shock never happened before.And here she is, crying and begging me to come back.I mean, for what?"Mom, I have already forgave you and my brother but I don't want to suffer from the two of you again. I don't want to go back to the place where I have been hurt the most. I won't ever go back the place that drained me so much" I cried.They have already abandoned me so what are all this for?He face changed from very gentle to very scary. She stood up, wiped away her tears and at my shock, she slapped me in the face with full force."your heart is like a rock. Now I know why your father chose to leave you" she said and slapped me one more time with tears flowing from her eyes as well.I touched my cheeks as it starts to hurt like it burns."from now on, I won't ever beg you again" she left and slammed the door.I sat there and cried.Am I wrong for not going back? is it my mistake that Dad chose to run away?When my heart feels heavy, there's a place where I go to.I left the shop and walked. My feet have brought me to a field where no one lives. There's one three in the middle of nowhere and that's where I sat down.I cried and cried and screamed everything. No one's going to hear me anyway.At least here I can let out everything without any judgements.PHILIP'S POVI kept on knocking on her door but she's not responding.Her neighbor got out again and said that she left while crying.My heart felt heavy by the thought of her crying. What happened?I searched for her over and over again but I can't find her.Where could she be? I'm going crazy.AMELIA'S POV"so, who is she?" I asked and smiled at Philip, "it seems like, she has a grudge against me" I tried to laugh, but Philip didn't. "She's-she's Princess Dahlia" he answered and stopped eating the strawberries. I nodded. She's pretty. "she's your fiancee. She must be angry that I am here" I answered. "both my parents like you more, plus, I can't stand her attitude" she answered. "why? both of you are in the same level. You look good together too" I answered. "Amelia" he called and held my hand. "Philip" I called as well. "If it is not you, it's not anyone right. You're the only one I like and if there's someone I want to get married with, it's obviously you" he answered."but, how about her?" I asked. "don't mind her. She won't bother us anymore" he answered. I just nodded. I don't want to keep thinking about it, but I just can't. I wanna know more about her."is there anything you're curious about?" he asked.Did he read my mind?"a lot actually" I answered. T
AMELIA'S POV Today is my third day here in the castle. Almost feel like forever indeed. I decided to stay here and not leave as I don't want to leave Philip. I don't want to hurt Philip, but it is already me who is hurting. I don't think so if this is still healthy, but otherwise, as long as he is happy, I am happy. I sat on top of my bed and from here I looked around.Today, the Queen asked me to have tea with her, but I said I couldn't. I said that I am not feeling well which is absolutely a lie since I am feeling very well today, in fact I have a lot of energies. It's just that, as much as I can, I don't want to be in the same place as her. When she's around, it feels suffocating. Before, I look up at her so much that I even admire the entire her, her personality, her looks, how she moves. But, now that I already know how she thinks, she's kinda selfish indeed. Another day, anothrer day of missing home. Philip said that he'll do anything so that I can feel the same comf
AMELIA'S POVI stayed with Princess Sophie since she was crying over and over again. Now, she took me somewhere outside the Palace. Now, I just realized that the palace indeed is so wide, both from the inside and outside."Now, what should we do?" I asked since she brought me to an empty field. "We are going to my tree house" she smiled.Tree House.I suddenly remembered Gone. Is she eating well? does she still remember me? does she even miss me? does she still go to my shop? how's Charles?As I was about to tear up again, I contained my tears and smiled at Sophie."Are we there yet?" I asked."a bit more, Princess Amelia" she politely answered. "Okay, Princess Amelia will be patient" I answered and smiled at her.I looked around and it somewhat feels less suffocating here. I feel like I am more comfortable here.As we continue to walk, we reached a big tree house. Wow, it is huger than I thought it would be."This is yours?" I asked."yes, my brother built it for me" she answered w
AMELIA'S POV"why did you do that?" I asked Philip as we walk inside the Castle.We just had breakfast and Philip said he'll tour me around.Well, he might as well do so since I'm planning on leaving tonight. I just wanna leave today, this is not comfortable.Well, the pros is that I can experience being a Princess and have proper conversations with the royals. But then, my conscience just can't.I don't like lying. "love?" Philip suddenly called so I got back from my consciousness."yes, love?" I asked and smiled."you were dozing off. Is something wrong?" he asked. He seems pretty worried. "did I just did that?" I asked."yeah. Is something wrong, love? what's our problem?" he asked. That made me smile. He always is the one who have concern on me."no, there's nothing wrong. So, what did you just said again?" I asked, of course I should divert the topic. "I said that I love you" he whispered to me.I hit him."Philip, stop" I said with my authoritative voice."okay, my Prince
AMELIA'S POV"that's your reaction? really? I'm quite disappointed" I answered truthfully. I mean, there's no point in lying though. I'll say my thoughts anyways. It's only the two of us, I know he doesn't mind me being honest with him. He giggled. "come here" he said, but ended up being the one who actually came to me and gave me a hug.I sniffed and smelled his scent. "you smells nice" I said and let go of him. "glad you liked it" he responded. "I didn't said that I liked it" I answered. "but you just said that I smells nice, that means you like it" he insisted.I grinned."not because you smells nice, doesn't me I like it" I answered again.What's with this fuss by the way?"then, don't you like me smelling nice?" he asked."of course I do" I answered."that's my girl" he hugged me again.We're just talking nonsense when we heard a knock coming from the door."Princess Amelia? the breakfast is ready. Please proceed to the garden" a sweet voice said. I looked at Philip."sho
AMELIA'S POVAfter having a little chitchat with Sophie, I put her to sleep since it's midnight and she needs to sleep more. In my shock, Philip entered the room right after Sophie slept. "what are you doing here?" I asked in a whisper, scared that I might woke Sophie up. "here to visit you, I waited for you outside but you're not coming back" he whispered as well. I pulled him out of the room so that we won't wake Sophie up. Yeah, I remembered her name."you have been waiting?" I asked. He scratched the back of his head."yeah" he smiled."for how long?" I asked. "how long have you been inside? that's how long I has been waiting. I saw you left your room and saw how scared you were when you heard Sophie's cry" he laughed. I immediately hit him."then you know that I was lost. Why didn't you approached me?" I asked with a big question mark on my face.He gave me a genuine smile. The smile he always give me everytime he stares at me."I just wanna watch my Princess" he smiled ,"y