The Lost Heir: Battle Of Royalties - Chapter 110

Asher covered Leon’s mouth when he was giving a sign that he would sneezed anytime soon.

“Do you want Liam to kill us all?” He glared at him.

If only the men knew from the start that the two will be having a private conversation about a sėnsɨtɨvė topic, then they shouldn’t have stayed. But it’s too late to leave now.

They’ll definitely make a noise once they start moving away. Guess they don’t have a choice but to listen to them. Diana will definitely be feel ashamed once she learned that they were eavesdropping. Ha-ha!

She’s totally in a different level from the rest of the women who were swarming to get the man’s attention.

“I am not demanding you to reciprocate my feelings. I am not even asking you to like me back. You know what, I get it. I know you don’t love me just as I do to you but you don’t have to shove it right to my face. You don’t have to ignore me any longer because….”

She paused for a second.

“Because I have decided to get rid of these annoying feelings. I’m sorry for causing you great distress. If only I knew you’d be keeping your distance away from me then I should have not told you about my growing feelings.”

Still, the man has his back facing the woman. Not that he doesn’t want to see her but he might give in when he sees her wistful eyes once again.

“But if my presence is bothering you and if going back to my country is the only way to set you free, then let it be. Though I hope you’ll talk to me and treat me just like before, because going back home with unsettled issues is not good especially for me. I hope we can go back to being friends until the day of my departure.”

With a heavy heart, Diana turned her heels and walked away.

‘Dang it! Why does it hurt so bad?’ She muttered within her as tears unconsciously rolled from her eyes.

On the other hand, Cole and the others tried so hard to walk away silently from the ranch. However, to their surprise, Liam caught them.

“I know you are all there. Do you have death wishes?” He stared at them murderously.

They halted in shock. Their knees were trembling in fear as they slowly turn around to face him.

“L-liam…” Cole faked a smile but he dared not to look in the man’s eyes. “H-how did you—-”

“Did you think I trained you all for nothing?”

Multi-tasking? No. It was actually a habit of him.

“S-sorry…” Leon and Gideon uttered in unison.

“I’ll think about your punishment later, for now, make sure all the horses are in good condition for tomorrow.”

“Liam!” Asher called out while Liam picked up his hat. “Is it true that the young miss confessed her love to you?”

He didn’t care for his life anymore. They will be punished anyway so why not teased the man a little bit. The men seemed to have understood what Asher wanted to do therefore they chimed in.

“Did you really reject her?” Cole chuckled taunting the man.

“Don’t you want to think about it one more time? You know, we—–”

“Do you really want to die?” Seeing Liam’s face, they gulped knowing that they successfully cheesed off the man. Whoaha!

“W-we will check the horses now!” Cole run to where the horses while the others followed. His totally…. Pissed off!

And as soon as the man left, the team laughed to their heart’s content. “That was quite a show!”

***It was already near midnight but still, Diana cannot sleep. She’s been tossing to and fro since the time he came back from the ranch.

Fudge! She stood up and trekked the dim hallway down to the kitchen to get something for her dry throat. But on her way down, she stopped her tracks when she saw two familiar silhouette of a man and a woman embracing each other at the balcony.

Oh, it was Suzette. She was about to continue walking when she suddenly got a glimpse of the man’s features after they broke away from each other’s embrace.

She stood frozen. Liam!

The man patted the woman’s hair and they were smiling sweetly at each other.

Seeing how sweetly they looked at each other, Diana dejectedly went back to her room. She closed the door and leaned on it. The scene before her a while ago kept replaying in her mind.

She teared up. She doesn’t want to but she cannot control the pain piercing her heart. It feels like thousands of needles were striking her already shattered heart.

Guess he really fell in love with the woman. Why won’t he? Suzette was also a beauty.

‘Old man, seemed like you got what you want’. She smiled painfully when she recalled what Daniel said before.

‘That’s okay, Diana. You knew it in the first place, right?’ She comforted herself over and over again.

She should have seen this one coming. But why is this scene familiar in some way? Then she remembered Grace.

She also thought that Grace was Liam’s lover at first, only to find out that she was wrong. He likes her as a little sister.

But if Suzette was just a sister to him then why were they embracing each other this late?

Only lovers do that!

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Early morning…

Everyone was done packing and preparing for their journey to Patar when Sonia called them out to have breakfast first.

The men gathered all the bags in the living room before settling themselves on the chairs.

“Sarah, come to the dining table after fixing your things, okay?” Lemuel uttered before he followed the men.

“Eh? Where’s Diana?” Asher suddenly asked as soon as Sarah took her seat opposite him.

“Ah, yeah, speaking of her, I haven’t seen her this morning.” Leon voiced.

“Really? I thought she’s here now so I didn’t check her room.” Sarah furrowed her brow. “Let me call on her….”

She was about to stand up when they saw her walking down the stairs unsteadily. The bag she was holding looked lighter unlike before. Since when did she unload her bag? The men thought.

Unknown to her, the people in the house were all looking at her in surprise. She was wearing her original outfit when they found her —- White plane shirt and tight jeans.

They can see her heaved a heavy sigh as she lazily threw her light bag pack on the soft couch and sat on it while ċȧrėssing her temple.

Fudge! She felt like having a fever! Her head was aching, guess it was because she only had an hour of sleep.

“Diana? Are you alright?”

“Sarah!” She yelped when she suddenly heard a voice. “You startled me!”

“I’ve been standing here for a few minutes now. Everyone’s waiting for you at the kitchen.”

“Oh, okay. I’m coming.” She stood up and followed her.

“Good morning everyone.” She lazily greeted the people whose eyes were on her since a while ago.

“Sweetheart, are you alright? Are you sick?” Sonia came to her and checked on her forehead. Only then did she notice all eyes on her.

“I’m… fine.” She faked a smile as she straightened her body.

“Are you sure? But your eyes… they were red and puffy. Have you been crying?” Sonia yelped worriedly and it caught the men’s attention.

Eh? She cried? Cole and the others looked at each other knowingly. Then their eyes suddenly fell onto Liam who glared at them murderously. Seemed like he was saying, ‘Don’t you dare say a word!’

“No! I… I didn’t cry! W-why should I?” She chuckled nervously. “Oh, you cooked a lot of food today, huh. What’s the occasion?” She tried diverting the topic but the men who heard everything last night couldn’t contain their laughter.

She was obviously evading the question! Did she cry over Liam? Dang!

“Did I say something funny?” She looked at them confused.

“No! Nothing in particular.” Asher smirked meaningfully. “Why don’t you eat to replenish your lost strength? Looked like the night exhausted you that much.” Diana felt something odd in his words but her muddled mind couldn’t grasp it properly.

Seeing the woman’s swollen eyes, Suzette placed a coffee beside her.

“You look exactly like someone who didn’t get a sleep all night.” She smiled sweetly. “Have a coffee, it will give you a little energy for your journey today.” Then she took a seat beside Liam.

Her sweet smile… it reminds her of last night.

“Thank you.” Diana muttered.

Some of the people have their own worlds as they conversed at each other while having breakfast, except Diana.

She can’t possibly match the energy of these people who got plenty of sleep last night.

She only ate a few since she doesn’t have the appetite to eat a lot. There are plenty of food she wanted to try but they all taste bland so she stood up and went to the living room. Then she fell her body on the couch and took a short nap. Judging at everyone’s mood, they might take at least 30 more minutes in the dining table.

Her weird actions were not hidden from Liam. She might not notice it but Liam kept looking at her from time to time. She only had a few bite before she headed to the couch.

Did she really had a sleepless night? Now he’s worried since he was thinking of the same reason as his boys.

“Miss Sonia, can we have some of the leftovers? I bet she’ll go hungry after a few hours on the road.” Liam requested.

“Sure, not a problem.” She grinned mischievously.

“I really don’t understand you.” Suzette suddenly voiced when the men all stood up.

“What do you mean?” He looked at her with furrowed brows.

“Why do keep on hurting her? Why did you reject her when in fact, you truly cared about her?” She stood up annoyed and left the shocked man.

“Yeah, I totally agree with her.” He didn’t notice Cole who were leaning on the wall near the doorway.

‘Why do keep on acting opposite your words?’ He hissed then left.