Chapter 10:

Louis [POV] 

      The thought of my new feisty fiancee  lingered in my mind. She was indeed very beautiful,even  my men were dazed by her beauty. She has the kind of beauty that could make any man lose his goddamn mind.  She remains  adamant to my instructions , I had to instruct my men to watch over her, I don't want her running off with my heir. I could still hear the sound of  her voice in my head .  I have to be careful, I need to stay far away from her before I get addicted. 

     After destroying the contract I had with Penelope, she still kept on bugging me with her  incessant text messages. I guess she felt disappointed for not being the one enjoying the privilege of becoming my wife. I think it's about time she learnt she was of no importance to me anymore and move on with her ruined career. This new development was a bit of relief, if I had made such a mistake my son would have lived with the stain attached to his supposed, mother's name. I just hope Amelia has no dark secrets of her own that could do worse.

Amelia....... a!

The sound of her name was so exotic... Strange and different.

I had my lawyer's  compensate Penelope for her time, that was enough to keep her mouth shut for a while. 

       In another continent,  far from home I wonder what my father had been cooking up since our last meeting, especially my step mother. 

I need to get my hands on Nora's murderer before someone else does. Her killer is still out there in the open, no matter how much I hate her for lying to me, she was my responsibility. The frustrating part is that I had no idea if her killer was linked to me or her father, that man had a secret that could destroy his family, he had entrusted Nora to me and I failed. 

I still needed  to update him about her pregnancy, I need to know who she had dated before me. 

      I pulled out of my limo, entered the hotel I would be staying in for the time being before I and Amelia would leave for Spain. The doormen open the door, bowing their heads . The hotel manager had been notified before my arrival. 

My Luxurious suite  was set just the way I like it. 

    I wasted so much energy arguing with Amelia, I lost track of time. I wonder why she seems so mad at me. Had we met before, truly she looks so familiar but I can't place a finger at where we met. Could she be an angry ex lover I had abandoned 

Noo......

I always made sure my ex lovers had good breakup settlements.

Or did I abandon her after a one night stand. That's crazy cause the last time I had a one night stand,  it was during my days in college. 

      I wonder what grudge she has on me , I still had time to find out. I can't deny the fact that she was quite attractive . 

I wonder how she would be feeling after reading the contract. I bet she would be thanking her lucky stars for such an opportunity. 

     Sophisticated women like her are mostly intrigued by Wealth and power. In no short period of time she will fall in place with my rules. Every woman I had a brief relationship with played according to my rules, once I tell them what to do, they obey. Now she feels different about her current situation  but money could change people, power intoxicates them.  

     I had read through her files, learnt about her parents who were well-known archaeologists. They were quite a charming couple, they both died together during their retreat trip and left her an orphan. 

It might have been hard for her having to lose both parents at once. 

Her parents had made proper  provision for her so she went to a boarding school. They weren't poor and left a sustainable amount for her to complete her studies throughout her  university days  She finished with a second class upper degree, in her first job hunt she was lucky to be retained where she had worked as an intern in one of the biggest banks in New York as an accountant. 

    It still baffles me, why give up an outstanding opportunity just to become a mother.  She plans  on having a child  without any  support from a male companion. 

Hmm! 

I contemplated.

Why would a lady with so much going on in the early stage of her bright career give it up for a baby with no support from its father? . 

      Glad I won't be dealing with any boyfriend drama. 

The Fertility clinic played with both our lives . I should have sued them by now, if not for the fact that our situation must be  kept in total secrecy to prevent the media from spreading the news and  destroy my element of surprise. I lost two months already. The plan needed  to be hastened up. 

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      The following days, I decided to reconstruct my plans over again. I made deep inquiries about my miscalculated steps  and came up with a better way to deal with them. I haven't informed my friends about what was going on. 

I knew they might be worried but the more confidential it stays, the better. I know I can trust them but I can't trust the people around them especially Sebastian, he could be a big mouth when drunk. 

        I had an important meeting with Nora's father, Lord Elliott. I need to inform him about what I found out concerning his daughter's murderer. 

       Lord Elliott is my father's closest ally,I needed his alliance that's why I had been playing by his rules to gain his trust.

That man has so many secrets  and it was so hard to win him over. 

Before Nora's death, he had issues with someone he had adamantly refused to inform me about before putting Nora in my care. Her death had scattered so many plans I had worked hard for. 

Marrying Nora was purely her father's aim to strengthen his  influence and gain control of state politics, my initial plan was to turn the table around. 

He had evaded me since she died, now is the time to face him and sought out our differences. 

    He didn't reply to my invitation for a long time and refused to give me an answer, I wonder what had made him change his mind. He must be up to something and I seem to be the key he needs.

As the heir apparent to the throne, I had to do everything possible to make stronger allies unless my stepmother would gain more hands in power.

    She could be so persuasive even with my mother's clan strongly behind me. I still have a lot of royal clans I need by my side. The last time I undermined my enemy they struck harder. The forces are getting stronger, my step mother is really building her webs and converting them to her side. 

I know she might have already tried getting  Lord Elliott  to her side since his only daughter died under my watch or he might  be playing us both. Lord Elliot is a cunning man. 

    When I entered the meeting lounge he was already waiting for me. 

"Lord Elliott, you arrived right on time" I said, taking my seat on the grand chair next to him. 

" I'm glad you accepted my invitation, " I started. 

" I  decided to put our past behind us besides I had taken you as my son." he smiled 

That was odd, something is definitely up, the last time we met at Nora's funeral, he nearly bounced on me. 

Today he looks calmer and calculative . 

" You should thank my niece for making it possible, " he revealed. 

" Kina" 

I was a bit surprised.

I should have seen this coming. I and Kina dated back then when we were  in college. After some time, she became boring, always trying to make me break and fall for her. So I ended things between us. 

The last time we met was at my engagement ceremony with her cousin Nora. She had added some hips and boobs looking a lot sexier but we had a mutual understanding our relationship had ended long ago. 

   So now Nora was gone. The next alternative was Kina. Kina is an orphan and grew under her uncle's watch,she was now going to be his new puppet.

I remembered back then when we dated she complained a lot about her cousins treating her as an outcast. How they didn't like her, we clicked since we suffered from the similar situation.

     Growing up, Kina and Nora were never close even when we were engaged Nora got irritated anytime Kina was mentioned.  The old man thought I was Ignorant and couldn't see past the political game he was playing. 

" Kina, it's been a while since I last saw her" I said faking interest in my voice. 

" Good... Good,  let's put the past behind us"

he suggested. 

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    The preparation to leave for Spain was ready. I wanted us to leave very early that morning, Lord Elliott's sudden arrival in New York with Kina had me troubled.  The longer we stayed, he might try to key in to my plans and find out about Amelia and the baby. 

    Amelia arrived with her luggage looking sleepy and tired. I tried to deny myself about how anxious I was to see Amelia again, her boldness brings me a whole different feeling. The more she ignores me the more intrigued  I get. I can't wait to take her back to my territory where I can control and restrict her movement. I want to feel her rage when I tell her that,the more feisty she becomes, the more attractive I find her. 

      It's been a week since our last encounter, I knew I had frightened her a lot. I noticed she had added a little, yet sexy wearing a green knee length   high band skirt that matches her milk colored V neck top, it revealed a bit of her middle breast line even if it was well covered when she caught me staring, she plastered her hand on her waist like a furious mother who was about to scold her child. She left me and entered my private jet. When I finally joined her, she was looking marvelously at my Luxurious jet. I designed it myself, it was my little mansion in the sky.