Veronica's Pov
Chris had always been my second option aside from Blake, he also had those features in a man which I always wanted and was so proud of, but he wasn't Blake and so Blake remained unbeatable.
The fact that he was able to satisfy me whenever Blake neglected me ,was one of the reasons I always went back for more . Although he was the actual father of my daughter Flora, but he knew nothing about it and didn't intend letting him know anytime soon.
I preferred Blake to be the father of my child, she would some day become a queen in another Kingdom and I the queen mother. Blake seemef to be avoiding me so much and I had no other option than to go over to Chris when you always had my time and was always ready for me.
I have known Chris my love, for a long time, as far back as high school days, when we all attended the same school with Blake and Maria my late friend.
Maria was always with Blake and I was always with Chris. Out connection was nice and all admired us whenever they saw us. Although I saw the attraction people gave us whenever we were seeing that I wasn't really contented with it . I was very much attracted to Blake and that was when my whole attention was all through those days.
After Maria died Chris father had followed him out of the country to further his studies. we lost contact back then and after a few months , I discovered I had taken in for Flora. I was also taken to the different part of the country where I wasn't nobela father to give birth to her so that people wouldn't know what happened. after I had my daughter that was when I returned back to New Orleans so make black.
Chris returned five years later and I never got to tell him that I had his daughter. he also didn't know that I had given birth to any child at all and I said that to keep it that way. Chris leaves at noblesville I whenever we wanted to see you're headed down there first help his mother had gotten separated from his father years ago and she stayed in New Orleans she decided to stay away from New Orleans in order to get rid of thoughts of his mother who left him.
When he said that he was staying at New Orleans ,I got super excited because I knew it was be better that way. He wouldn't be able to find out that I had a child for him and hide her away in another man's house. Chris and Blake were never friends , they had both been at loggerheads back then in school.
They were both good in school work and competited in topping the class everytime. This was why they always had issues with each other and fought alot. Chris was always intimidated by Blake because he felt that Blake was the prince and the teachers favoured him the more because of his status.
I knew very well that Blake was good for sure and it had nothing to do with his status even though he was loved by all the teachers in school. Since Chris returned ,he decided not to visit New Orleans because he learnt that Blake was already the next king of the country and he was also going to be directly under his rule.
Chris had invited me over to spend the weekend with him at his house and I had to leave New Orleans to Noblesville to see him. Flora had wanted to go with me ,but I explained to her that I was going to be so busy and would also return with lots of goodies for her.
I got to Noblesville that evening and I was so glad to see Chris. He was as cheerful as always and had that cute and welcoming smile of his as always. I was so disappointed when I discovered that he didn't cook anything. He was a good cook unlike Blake who knew nothing about cooking.
if there was anything I missed about Chris that was his cooking, that was always very delicious. It was also cool that he wanted us to eat out. I agreed and after I had rested a bit from my journey ,we took off to an expensive eatery.
Chris had always wanted us to get married to each other, but I didn't want that. Blake was always a better option for me and I also didn't want to let Chris go as well. I had planned that once Blake and I ended up together, then I was going to let Chris go.
A lot of people loved Chris , especially the ladies and this made me so jealous whenever he was admired if we were both out on a date. Chris took me to one of my favorite restaurants at Noblesville , he knew exactly what I loved and was always out to make sure he accomplished it.
He placed an order for us I was served a hot plate of spaghetti bolognese with some fried chicken and freshly squeezed juice. the meal was so delicious but there was no way I could compare it to what he would have made if we were at his place . I could understand that he was very tired and I just had a long day at work and couldn't get himself to prepare anything in the kitchen.
As we both devoured the delicious meal , I sighted Blake's junior sister. She was a medical student in Noblesville ,but I didn't expect to see her there. She was always an indoor kind of person and she never loved eating out, it was totally the same for all of them at the royal family.
They all avoided eating out ,so they wouldn't get poisoned. I wondered what had brought her here and there was no way I would let her see me with Chris. It was going to raise unnecessary suspicions and of course she was Blake's favourite, he would believe whatever she tells him about me.
I didn't want Chris to know what was happening. he could get so suspicious and I was hiding from someone so I gently excused myself when I told him that I needed to make use of the restroom. I didn't know if I got up on time but one thing I was so pissed that she didn't see me as I left for the restroom.
I had to spend some time in the rest room to make sure that I was able to get rid of her before walking back into the restaurant. it was as if she didn't want to leave the restaurant at all as the time you was passing by fast. I got so worried when Chris started calling my line, I was so sure he wouldn't understand why I had left him back then and what I was doing at the rest room for so long.
I watched hee from the door as she say down and started making her own orders. I knew that if I stayed back there I would end up wasting my whole time in there. I had to watch her very closely and the moment she had a eyes fixed on the television which showed some hip hop jams, I quickly sneaked out fast.
Chris saw me walking out so fast and he immediately followed up, calling out my name and asking where I was going to. I had to remain focused on leaving that place as I didn't even try turning back. This was to ensure that she didn't get to see my face , even if she must have heard my name when Chris called.
I got to Chris's Car and waited for him there. He joined me really quick and asked what was happening. I told him that I was having a running stomach and it would be better I returned back to his residents so I could take some drugs.
I speedily got into the car , making sure the glasses where not whined down. As soon as we got home to Chris's place, he handed over some pills to me for my running stomach, which I pretended to have taken immediately.
He was so worried and asked if I wanted to visit the hospital. I told him not to bother much , that I was going to be fine having taken those pills. He smiled and told me that I should inform him immediately I I had a more troubles with my stomach.
He also added that it might have been the badly prepared Spaghetti Bolognese that had made me purge. He was going to return to the eatery the next day to lay some complaints on it. I had to stop him and I told him that in as much as I had a very light stomach it wasn't necessary for him to go and cause any problems at the eatery.
we chatted for a very long time as it's got quite late. Christian raised up a topic which he thought was quite important for us. He explained that we had been dating for quite a long time now and here I thought it over for us to take it to the next level.
I was sure the angle he was trying to drive at and if only he knew that I wasn't in the right frame of mind for what he was about to say he wouldn't even bring it up.
I nearly had to cut it short and explain to him that I knew he was talking about the both of us getting married and at that point that was the last thing on my mind. For such my statement made him sad ,but I cared less about it. I wasn't going to settle with Chris now when I wasn't so sure if Blake wasn't going to settle down with me.
Chris wouldn't give me the affluence and name which I was sure Blake would give me. he was just like every normal regular guy in town. the only difference about Chris was that he was filthy rich and he had those good looks and characteristics, but they were none to be compared with that which Blake possessed.
I could see the look on his face and it was that of doubt and sadness. I wasn't going to let him leave me either, so I told him that I still had lots of work to do as a model and getting married now would only pull down my dreams. I still wanted to win more competitions and get more famous around the world.
He explained that most times being famous does not grantee a better life but what was the most important is to create a family with the ones you love most . I knew what he said was true and that was the reason I wanted to settle down with Blake and have a family together with him and stop for sure I wasn't interested in modelling again I had already on a lot of awards and in the country and was very famous.
I was already at the stage of retiring from my modelling jobs but I couldn't bring myself to tell him because that was the only excuse I had to stay away from noblesville whenever I was in New Orleans.
I told him that I would be ready to settle down the next year , of course the king was already very sick and it was so obvious at this point that he wouldn't make it out alive, reasons why Blake should be crowned the next king of the country. if that happens that means he will be compelled to get married.
That will be my chance to get married to Blake instead of Chris before the deadline I had just given him. Everybody in New Orleans were already disturbed about the absence of the King. Since the king fell ill, Blake had been the one appearing in public places to standing for his father and people were already beginning to murmuring and gossiping about the Kings situation.
The council members had stated that they would have to try as much as possible to install a new king at least someone who will be an acting King before the current King passes away. I know that as soon as I become the Queen then I would have nothing to do with Chris anymore. he would automatically have no other choice than to forget everything because by then I would have possessed so much power within me.
He wasn't in good terms with Blake and he would have to stay clear from anything that concerned him by then.
Chris didn't want to pressurize me into fixing a date for our marriage so he went with what I had just told him already. he went ahead to tell me that he would wait for me till the next year and hopefully I wouldn't turn him down by then. he also stated that he had a surprise for me and wanted us to travel out on a summer holiday to another country..
This wasn't something I knew we could turn down easily and at the same time this wasn't a time for me to leave the country at all. if I did leave , then I would be giving Blake a chance to get close to another lady and it might be a threat to me sitting on the throne as it's next queen. I also thought about my daughter flora and I knew that there was no way I was going to leave her behind.
She loved me so much and she would insist on going with me to any country I spoke off. The queen on the other hand wouldn't even allow it. She was in full support to my relationship to her son and she wouldn't take my travelling as an excuse at all.
In other not to make any rash decisions or raise any suspicions that would make Chris believe that there was actually something wrong ,I only smiled and told him that I would have to think about the trip first before we make it happen.
He was happy that at least I didn't kick against it and he promised that he would make every bit of it fun. My phone rang and I saw a call from Naomi the palace Maid. She was that closet to me and my personal informant in the palace.
She had called to tell me that Liliana was coming to the palace and the council had plans on making her the next queen. I knew Blake wasn't around and there was no way I would let that happen. I tried telling Chris that I was leaving the next morning, but he wasn't having it at all.
" You just arrived and we haven't been in touch for a month. You are going nowhere babe", he said angrily.