One year ago
Her Highness was working in her study room, she opened her drawer and took out a few pictures. She started looking at the pictures.
Her Royal Highness was a woman who was with a very imposing personality. She had been running city D very well. Nothing went past her eyes, she kept her eyes on everything whether it was her family or her estate. She lost her husband at a very young age and left with a son who was still a baby she had to take over her husband's duties which made her very sensitive to everything. To her, duty always came first. The traditions, pride, and dignity were her three keywords. All the responsibilities of the huge estate made her a bit harsh in her actions. Her hard rules and a keen sense of business had made her the best candidate for the head of the Royal Association of City D. She taught the values of being a royal to her son King Stephen William who was the successor of City D. But her duty sometimes makes relationships harder for her.
The only decision that Her Highness took with her heart rather than her mind was when she had to send her oldest granddaughter, the apple of her eye, away from her when she was 5 years old. It is often said that grandchildren are more precious than their own children and this was totally true in her case. Her oldest granddaughter was supposed to be the heir after her father and for this reason, her life had been put in danger. There were constant attacks on the little princess since she was born so her Highness took a big decision to save her 14 years ago, she sent her away with her very loyal servant Mr. James and spread the rumors to the whole world that she was kidnapped.
She kept tabs on her granddaughter but no one in the family was allowed to contact her. She just wanted to hide her little princess from danger but also wanted her close to herself.
She was sent to City A, where she grew up like just another ordinary girl. But no matter what the exterior is the blue blood is too strong to let anyone win. Her little princess has forgotten her real identity but the spark she carried with her was like a princess.
Her Highness was looking at her second granddaughter's picture which is not old only by looking anyone can say it's the latest photo, In the photo, she was in a party at a hotshot club in City K. Then she heard a knock on the door, she quickly put back the pictures in the drawer and answered, "Come in"
A man in an elegant suit came inside and greeted her "her Highness" with a little bow.
"Oh, Leo, come to have a seat", Leo smiled and took the seat beside the couch where her Highness was sitting. They both started discussing things related to the business in the cities K and D.
After the discussion, Leo left the study room.
Leo was technically the oldest grandson in law of the Royal family. When Leo was nine and Andrea was five the alliance had fixed at that time and they got engaged. But soon after their engagement Andrea has been kidnapped.
This alliance made him really irresistible among ladies. He was single and engaged at the same time. This alliance made it really easy for him to come out of a relationship or slip into one. He knew his look, money, and title are his advantages and he had enough brain to use them to his needs. Ladies called him 'Prince Perfect' and the media called him 'Prince Beastly'. Leo was fine with both the titles. It kept his mark on the place when he was not there. He was a wicked combination of brashness and responsibility. Nothing can make him falter from his duties. His father King Richard Smith believed that it was the influence of Her Highness teaching on him. Leo lost his mother at a young age and after Andrea got kidnapped Leo got her share of love from Her Highness and Amelia. He was considered the son of two families, Royals and Smith's.
Leo is known as a man of no weakness but there is a law of nature that everyone has bound to have a weakness in some way. Leo's weakness is his sister Jennifer. He loved her to the core of existence. He replaced the place of a mother in Jennifer's life. His sister got everything without asking, her every wish was fulfilled by Leo. But even with all that pampering, she became the most down to earth person of the Smith family. She was the only girl in the world whom Leo can tolerate more than two hours.
Jennifer was a person who kept the human alive in him so that the beast in him does not take over. She knew her brother was a pleaser and a sweet talker. She just does not have to let the responsibilities of a prince and her own brother's ambition take over his softer side and his real side which he works so hard on suppressing.
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Inside Smith's hotel club,
Jennifer saw her brother dancing with a woman. It was 2 am in the morning so she decided to intervene.
"Brother tomorrow you have a meeting with an architect related to the new hotel, I think we should leave now", she said smiling at her brother.
Leo gave his sister a very annoyed look and then sighed, "you are right, let's go".
He turned to the girl he was dancing with and whispered in her ear, "Tomorrow night at my place sweetheart" he left with Jennifer to the penthouse of his hotel without turning back for even once, the girl with whom he was dancing got little hurt because of his actions but didn't mind even a little.
"Brother you are sometimes too much, I don't want any random girl in my penthouse, I hope you understand" Jennifer declared her thoughts to her brother.
"As you say princess", Leo agreed without a qualm. They both knew Leo will do what he wants to do no matter what happens or who tells him to stop.