But seeing that blue eyes looking at him with pitiful expression, he felt a bit bad. She looked so expectant and reliant on him. It reminded him of his sisters acting pitiful with him and invoked the inner brother in him.
"Just trust him, okay... He knows what he is doing," Jordan got the luggage from her hands and walked to the elevator.
"Bring cryptic at this ti?" Talia asked back but she received no reply.
Talia stared at the leaving back of Jordan with a frown. He didn’t even look back at her before getting inside the elevator. Forcefully pulling the luggage with all his might, it seed more like he was running away from her.
"You’re still not getting ready?" .
That irritating voice of Prince Lambert made Talia want to smash sothing on his face but with a grunt she went inside, banging the door.
She really cannot make the Dowager Queen wait.
"This monkey! She slamd the door at my face!" Prince Lambert grumbled.
"Co on, Berty boy... Don’t pick on her..." King Louis laughed from the other end of the line.
"You don’t know how much she angers ! I want to kill her myself!" Lambert gritted his teeth and Louis laughed from the other end.
" You cannot. Then you’ll be disowned. And... What’s the situation with her?" his voice turned serious.
"Huh! I won’t be disowned ever! You might lose your place, but I won’t! " Lambert puffed up his chest and sighed hearing the laugh from the other end,
" And her... He pointed a gun at her and he is leaving without a word and yet she still trusts him. It seems like she is serious with him..." he felt his voice getting lower as he looked at the door.
"Ah, bumr!" Louis said lazily, " Did he really ask great grandma’s blessing before he even proposed to MaryAnn ?" he beca a bit gossipy.
"Hmm" Prince Lambert replied. More than security assistance, Arthur wanted to talk straight with the Dowager Queen and to his surprise she agreed too. And that guy gave a deep bow and asked for the hand of her great granddaughter in marriage through the video call. He even apologised for being impolite for not being there personally.
Even Lambert was offended by Arthur’s brazen behaviours and expected their great grandmother to dismiss him but oddly their great grandmother didn’t seem repulsed by him.
Arthur said that he has to finish certain things before he proposes to her properly and his acts might not seem good at first look. And he also promised that he’d make her the happiest she’s ever been and protect her with his everything.
That prick!
Thankfully great grandma had so sense left and didn’t agree imdiately and asked him to coback after he finished what he had to do to make her life peaceful for her permission.
"Really? I admire him... That takes a lot of guts to ask for permission to get married. Man, I know I was terrified to talk with Lia’s parents... Especially after the ss I made... " King Louis reminisced his past.
"What else?" Lambert already lost his patience. He didn’t know why he was getting this irritated but he couldn’t help it.
"I was shocked beyond belief that soone had the guts to ask our Dowager Queen! I didn’t believe when she told he was serious about her..." King Louis didn’t care about the disinterested Lambert and continued,
"But It’s going to be hard to convince our people to let our Princess marry a foreigner. That too soone from Esteria... "
"What do you an? SHE is from Esteria! And so is he! Why should we even bother? And if you really care who she marries, forbid her from marrying that guy, choose soone else for her to marry. She owes us a lot! " Lambert interjected and there was a mont of silence from the other end.
Lambert really hated her. His entire family thinks she is one of theirs when she never thought of them as family.
"Lambert," the voice on the other end was soft yet authoritative, "I forbid you to speak this way about her. Whether she accepts it or not, she IS and WILL BE our family. And we will be supportive of her decisions. Now make sure not to make great grandmother wait for long. Get in," the call ended abruptly and Lambert stared at his phone and took in a deep breath.
’So, this is my line, huh? I can bash her with words as a joke but I can never speak anything truthful about her? Who is whose family? It seems like I’m the outsider now! ’
He kicked in fury and ended up hitting the wall and his toes hurt making him cuss.
Limping a bit, he opened the door and was surprised to see her already cleaned up, wearing a pale yellow jewel neckline dress with embellishnts along the neckline and a pearl earring.
"Make the call," she said with a slight smile in her neatly made up face and he could see why people liked her just without knowing much about her.
This kind of beauty... Will make one forget about everything that person might be about and make one blindly supportive.
Prince Lambert made the call from his secured laptop. Talia stood in the perfect angle and started the call with a proper curtsey.
"Good afternoon, Your Highness,"she spoke politely and sat in the couch after the Dowager Queen nodded.
" You weren’t in any deep trouble, were you? Did Lambert arrive at the right ti? " a clear voice with a clear posh accent that seed rigid ca r from the speakers.
Talia looked at the lady in the screen, well above ninety years old with a head full of grey hair and wrinkles adorning her face, looking stiffly at her.
At one look one might not see any emotions in that face, but when one looks at those eyes that have been through struggles and have seen everything life has to offer, there will be a faint affection hidden beneath that stoic expression.
This lady, very well can be called the ’Iron Lady of Rosandale’ stood beside her King and served the nation through great wars and helped in the rebuilding of the nation after the wars.
And even when she lost her son and grandson on the sa day, she pulled herself together, stood in front of the nation and gave words of hope so as the people will not be discouraged.
Talia had very little won in her life and this old lady in front of her, is her biggest inspiration.
" Yes, Ma’am, "she answered politely and she could see Lambert sitting beside her sighing in relief.
Talia could see the relief in the old Lady’s eyes bit she still maintained her strict look with her back straight and shoulders stiff.
" I heard from Louis that you are attending this year’s Spring Ball. Make sure you’re here before a month and attend the National Rembrance Day and also the Parades. I’ll arrange the travel plans for you."
As usual this was an order. Talia held herself back from rolling her eyes. She never promised she’d be there.
Lambert beside her held his laugh seeing the uncomfortable look on her face.
" I might not have made myself clear to His Majesty, Ma’am. I said I’ll try to be there this Spring." Talia was not willing to make any promises.
If she goes to Esteria, she cannot attend those Ball in Rosandale.
" I’ll send my personal seamstress to your place to take asurents of you. I’ll prepare all of your apparel and jewellery for all the festivities. Make sure to tell her your preferences. The feet citizens of our blessed nation will be exhilarated knowing you’d be here with them to celebrate.
And since you’ll be here, let’s invite Duke Oakley of Esteria to the ball too. The misunderstandings between our two great nations has been going on for too long. Now dear, have a good rest, " the Queen Dowager turned to look at Lambert not caring to listen to anything Talia might say.
It was her way of saying" You are dismissed. Now off you go! "
" Lambert, make sure your big sister has everything she needs before leaving"
*Blank*
The screen went dark. It was always that way with her. She says what she has to say and it is a divine mandate, everyone has to obey.
Talia and Lambert both looked at each other blankly.
"You were ordered to be there," Lambert said.
"You were ordered to serve ," Talia said.
In the end both of them sighed.
Talia couldn’t believe what she heard.
’The Rosandale Royalty is willing to bring a Duke from Esteria to their National Festival? And I’m ordered to be there. What is going on? ’
As Talia was thinking, Lambert interrupted her, "Just because you are a couple months older than , doesn’t make you my big sister. "
His entire face twitched as he said’ big sister’
Who is my big sister? I have no sister!
"Who wants to be your sister? I’m an only child!" Talia felt her skin crawl thinking of Lambert as her little brother. "I can begrudgingly accept you as my cousin. And that’s how close I can bear to be with you," she spoke from her heart.
"Sa here... Only I don’t even acknowledge you as my cousin!" he stuck out his tongue.
"So, you are ordered to be there and that too a month early," he couldn’t help but smile. Once ordered by their great grandmother, she has to follow.
"Yeah, what about it?" Talia shrugged.
There still is ti... Let’s see how everything’s going to go!
"You’re going to be there without a date?" he thought he was mocking her.
" Maybe... At least I’d be consistent. I never bring dates. But... What about you? Will you bring a new woman or the woman you are with now? Have you ever brought a single woman for two engagents? " she asked in a mocking tone and she couldn’t help but laugh.
This guy can almost be compared with Cyrus. Almost...
Cyrus had charm, unlike this guy who only had his title and the wealth attached to it for won to hang on to him.
" You... Orangutan!"he raised his hand to hit her.
Talia just snorted and stood up.
" What are you without your title, Prince Lambert? A playboy? You think won are into ’playboys’ these days? They are just there to get as much as they can from you before they find another man to settle with. Why don’t you settle? Find a woman of your heart and build a family," she said nonchalantly and locked the bedroom.
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