XVI

(A/N: Sorry for late update, I'm currently fixing the plot of this story. By the way, thank you for all your votes and comments! I hope you continue to support this story til the end! Love you all! GOD bless. Enjoy reading!)

XVI

Sunrays met my face once someone opened the curtain on the window. I yawned, but never opened my eyes. Instead, I laid on my stomach to prevent the irritating heat to touch my face.

We arrived early this morning on a magnificent island located in Brazil. I wanted to ask Prince Alexander what this place called, however, I was so tired in our travel and all I wanted to do was to close my eyes and rested anywhere, so I had no chance to ask him anymore.

I had no idea how long I slept that day. Based on my common sense, it was nearly sunset because the heat from the sun was sticky and wounding, unlike to what we got during the sunrise.

I finally sat on the bed, when sleepiness slipped away, and looked around me. It was a room made of glass and cement. Big windows and a double door were made of clear glasses that you could see the outside through it. The bed was in the middle, while a walk-in wardrobe covered a cement wall on the east side.

I was still wearing my red dress. I forgot to change last night, because I chose the bed than the wardrobe. I went to the bathroom to do the necessary things to clean myself. I did not hesitate to look at the mirror because I knew what face I would see there. Then, I wore a simple t-shirt and a pair of shorts from the walk-in wardrobe, which I wondered where it came from, or whose the owner of these clothes.

Maybe I would ask her later about lending me some clothes. I needed to change no matter what.

I opened a wood door, and saw a relaxing atmosphere of a living room. Maybe, that was the reason Prince Alexander brought me here; he wanted to rest and closed temporarily the distressing world behind those horizons. The horizon looked amazing because of the fight between the orange, blue and yellow.

"Oh, Alecsh, I want more!" I heard a girl laugh from outside of the cabin. I thought we were alone here. Thank goodness, there were people living here.

"Princess, what do you want your knight to do?" that happy and playful voice was Prince Alexander. I peeked through the window, and saw him with the two other kids playing in the sand.

"Bring me to the castle!" the little girl, which I assumed had same age with Chance, giggled and rode on Prince Alexander's back. I was shocked for a moment and all I knew they were already looking at me.

Prince Alexander waved his hand, like saying 'come here'. I did what he had gestured. I cautiously looked at the mirror located in the living room. I looked as pale as a coupon bond because of lack of makeup. Wait, I did not need to be beautiful no one needed to be impressed here in the island.

When I stepped outside, the sun kissed my skin, but I already enjoyed it now than in the bedroom earlier.

The Prince smiled at me and said, "I already wondering if you will still wake up or not until we come back again in England."

I grimaced. "Sleeping is my first love, you know," I stared at the young girl who looked at me as if I was a celebrity. She smiled when my attention caught by her cute face. "Hi, what is your name?"

"Hello, my name ish Paulina, and you?" the confidence in her little voice made me wonder if Chance could speak like that. If Hana spoke nonstop, Chance was a different story. He could say words, but very limited. I suddenly felt how much I missed them.

"I am Shirley," I looked at Prince Alexander when I said, "His Highness' personal accountant."

"Acc—what? He shaid to me, you are hish Prinsh..." her words stopped once Prince Alexander covered her little mouth with his big hand.

I walked toward them, and patted his hand away from the little girl, "What are you doing?" I kneeled in front of Paulina, "Are you all right?" She beamed and nodded. My eyes rounded toward the Prince, who bullied anyone, regardless of the age. "Don't do that again, okay?"

I gazed at Paulina, who got a very lovely brown eyes, almost same color to her skin. Her dark hair waved until her waist. She would be a beautiful woman once she grew up.

"How old are you?" I curiously asked her.

"Shicsh," she answered immediately.

"Oh, you are one year older than Chance, he is five years old."

"Who ish Chansh?"

I hugged her, for her not to see my watery eyes. I really missed my brother. Once I hugged this child, I was imagining her to be Chance; I hope I could see him soon. "He is my brother," I replied to her.

Someone cleared his throat; we broke our embrace and looked at the Prince who stood behind me. He carried a baby boy, and I cannot help but to smile to see him in that situation. Prince Alexander, who absorbed all the issues created in the entire universe, knew how to carry a baby.

I stood in front of him and looked at the young boy who had the same eyes with Paulina, but he had lighter skin than, I supposed, his sister.

"How old is he?" I enthusiastically said. Honestly, I really loved children. Since I was the oldest child in our family, I took care of my siblings from Elena to Chance. That was why I had this kind of instinct when I saw a baby or a kid; I could not escape the excitement I felt inside my body.

"One year old," Paulina was the one who answered.

"Can I cuddle him?" I bit my lower lip, especially, when the toddler laughed viewing his four teeth in front of his mouth. How cute is he? I could not give a word to describe.

"Are you sure you know how to handle a baby?" Prince Alexander questioned while putting the young boy in my arms.

"Of course," I rolled my eyes, irritated from his lack of trust on my skills.

-----

I spent the next couple of hours playing with Paulina and Daniel, the baby's name. Prince Alexander also joined us, and I enjoyed somewhat his new branch of persona. He was not the man I knew in the palace. He was just a simple man here, almost ordinary. If I did not know that he was a Prince, I would think he lived normally and no pressure surrounded him.

We built a castle on the sand, played tag on the beach and ate cookies that prepared by Monica. She was the caretaker of this villa, and at the same time, the mother of these cute children.

I learned that she always brought her kids here when Prince Alexander was around. He liked them and, Paulina and Daniel felt the same way to him. I witnessed his natural smile and laugh while we enjoyed the company of the children. I wished I always saw those smiles even inside the Palace.

After we ate dinner, Monica and her offspring said good-bye to us. They lived in a nearby island, and only went here twice a week to maintain the cleanliness of the island.

Prince Alexander was very comfortable on a couch while switching the channels on the LEV TV. I sat next to him, but it did not get his attention.

Therefore, I spoke, "You love children don't you?"

He nodded. "Yes, they give me peace of mind that I need most."

I looked at the TV, too, and said, "You're thirty-two, right? Why do you not get married, yet, and have children? Than having affairs with different women, why not to find a bride who will bring you down on your knees?"

Saying those words made me swallow a heavy lump in my throat. I wanted him to get married so he would stop being so stupid in joining affairs with different women. But why was it so hard for me to think of him married to another girl? I wanted him to discontinue from his relationship to his mistresses, yet I also did not want to see him to be married to a different woman.

His green eyes became daggers on my face and I had no idea what those looks meant. "I don't think there is a woman who will love me, without glancing at my title."

"Don't say that," I sighed, "I mean, not all women are next to your title. There is at least one woman who will love you in eternity. The pair of your heart, the half of your soul. The woman who is designed to be your second half."

"Who is she?" he asked as if I knew the answer.

In the back of my mind, I was like somewhat knew who she was. If only I could see the future, I would tell him now that she was waiting for him. I did not know why I was too concerned to make him believe that there was a woman who was born to be his partner in facing this life.

My heart galloped when he steadied his stare to me. Patiently waiting for my response.

I shook my head. "I don't know."