CHAPTER FIFTEEN

She folded the clothes neatly and placed them in a corner on the bed and began to fold the clothes on the floor, then she heard a knock on the door, "Araromi a feminine voice called from outside and she stopped what she was doing and began to walk towards the door to see who it was but before she could reach for the knob, the door flung open and an elegant woman in a royal robe Walked in and she instantly rscongnised who it was and bowed her head to show respect.

It's the second queen, Araromi's mother.

"Good morning your highness" she greeted and the woman smiled before saying,

"morning my dear, you are Ewa right?" she asked and she nodded her head

"the girl that was helped by the king"

"yes"

"sorry about that, am not good with memorizing people's faces"

"oh" was all she said

"where is Araromi and what are you doing In his room?"

"he asked me to clean it"

"why did he ask you to do that when they are maids to do that for him"

"I crossed my line with him, so he asked me to clean his room as punishment"

"is that why he turned the room upside down, how childish" she said and laughed, " I will check for him in the throne room, you can continue with what you are doing" the queen said and left the room.

" see, even his mom thinks his action his childish, his mother his nice, his sister his nice, his younger brother his nice but he his the most heartless man have ever met, though he was nice enough to take me to the river, but what's so great about that,he even pinned me to the wall, he is a jerk infact a pervert to be more precise"she said to herself.

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"that girl is mannerless, she insulted me and even spoke back at brother Ara" Shewa said to the king

"what are you trying to prove by bringing that up?" Araromi said

"she needs to be punished so she will know how to talk to royalties and next time she wouldn't run her mouth anyhow"

"you are to be blamed for that Shewa" Iwa intervened, " you are the one who always pick on the girl each time you see her, you embarrassed yourself"

"your highness please allow me to punish her?" Shewa said to the king

"she is currently observing her punishment" Araromi spoke

"What punishment did you give to her?" the king asked

"I asked her to clean my room"

"That's no punishment" Shewa yelled

"she is right and that's her punishment for talking back at you"

"Shewa caused it, she called her a wench for no reason"

"we were all there your highness, Shewa provoked her", the first prince, Ajisafe added

" but still, insulting a princess is a punishable offence. As long as she resides in this palace, she doesn't have the right to insult or talk back at any of you, so Shewa go ahead and punish her" the king said

"thank you your royal highness"

"your highness,you should also tell Shewa to stay away from that girl if she isn't comfortable around her and also make it clear to her that Ewa is nobody slave" Araromi said and stood on his feet

"you heard what your brother said Shewa"

"yes your royal highness" she replied and bowed her head with a wicked smile on her face

"and also warn her to stay away from me for the meantime"

"Ara you are taking this too far" the king said and he walked away. He met his mother on the way and walked pass her without uttering a word, "Ara" she called but he didn't answer her.

"what's wrong with him?" she asked herself and continued with her journey.

Eliza finished cleaning Araromi's room and left for her room. When she reached her room, a bowl of food was already placed on her bed and she went into the bathroom to freshen up and sat down to her meal, when she finished her meal, she decided to go to the garden, it's the only place in the palace she could go to. She reached the garden and stood in front of a rose flower and looked around to make sure Araromi wasn't there watching her secretly. "that bad man" she said to the flower, "how dare him tell me to clean his room, he even pinned me to the wall" she continued, "if I had learnt taekwondo back in my school days, I would have kicked him and punch him and teach him a lesson he will never forget" She Said to the rose flower, throwing kicks and punches in the air and she brought her actions to an abrupt stop when she noticed some movement behind her and she turned around to see three maids staring at her and she smiled nervously, "how can I help you?" she asked

"princess Shewa sent us to you" one of the ladies said and before she could say another word, they dragged her violently by the arm and began to drag her out of the garden.

"let me go" she yelled,"where are you taking me to, I have legs, I can walk myself" she shouted but the maid didn't listen to her, they kept on dragging and released her when they got to an open space. The princesses and princess were all there with a worried look on their face, except from Shewa, who had a wicked smile on her face and Araromi whose expression was blank. Shewa stepped forward and said,

"you will be getting punished for insulting me and talking back at brother Ara yesterday"

"the prince has punished me already, ask him"

"that isn't a punishment, I will be giving you a proper one"

"what do you want from me, why are you doing this" she said

"look at you, still running your mouth, keep quiet!" she ordered

"you started it" she said and her eyes met Iwa gaze who shook her head for her to stop talking.

"I don't have the luxury of time to start chatting with you, lay on that bench, you will be flogged 100 times, that's my punishment" She said and Eliza narrowed her eyes.