Chapter 258 - Two Hundred And Fifty-eight: The Fraudster (2/2)
”What truth? That you're the prince that's been giving me anxiety since I landed in Lincolnshire? How's that shocking?”
”No, there's more to that,” He said.
My eyes widened, ”You're keeping another secret from me,” It slowly dawned on me, ”What's indeed your motive of approaching me?”
He grabbed my hand, ”I have something important to tell you,”
”Yeah, sure. It's going to be extremely shocking,”
”It is,”
”Try me,” I urged him.
Our eyes met, my breath hitched. There was just something about that gaze that made me feel butterflies in my stomach. I couldn't possibly be attracted to this fraudster - I'll believe he's a prince when I see the evidence.
”Emily, the truth is… I'm not who you think -”
”You've said that before, go straight to the point,” I interrupted him.
He swallowed and I saw him flex his fingers, was he nervous? Why was he nervous? Am the one who should be nervous!
”Emily, I'm -”
My phone rang.
”Sorry, I have to take this call,” I said to him with uncertainty. If he was a serial killer, he definitely would not allow me to answer this.
”Sure, I have all the time in the world,” He shrugged.
I gave him a thankful nod- at least I'm not dying anytime soon. I picked up, ”What is it Cecil and if you are calling to inquire if I'm having a good time at the party, then you-”
”Akim is in the hospital,”
”What?!” I shrieked, drawing attention from that fraudster.
”W-where,” I choked, ”What hospital?”
She gave me the address, I ended the call
”What is it, Emily?” He grabbed me as soon as I wanted to leave.
”No, you have to let me go. My son, he's in the hospital,”
His eyes showed deep concern when he heard that but I was too disoriented to take note of that.
”Come, I'll take you there,”
”No, you don't have to bother…” I was still saying when he grabbed my hand and began to lead me out with powerful strides. One look at him and one might think he was more worried than me.
However, he hardly made it out of the hallway when those guards from earlier caught up to us.
”I believe you've had enough fun already, Prince Kai?” One of them who seems to be the head guard said.
”Tell the queen I'll come to see her when I'm done,” He said to them but none of them budged out of his way.
”She wants to meet you, now” He enunciated the ”Now”
”Fine,” He gave in, then turned to me, ”I'll come to the hospital once I'm done here, one of them would take you there, alright”
I was speechless, he was Prince Kai? I was communicating with him all this while yet I had no idea nor did I believe him when he told me? But then, I was more concerned about the safety of my son.
I found myself nodding as a response.
”You take her,” Kai said to that headguard.
”But my prince...” the others protested. It seems this man had a high status here.
”It's either you take her while I see the queen or you don't escort her and I don't see the queen, there are no two ways about it,” He conditioned.
”Fine,” the head guard said.
”If a hair on her head gets hurt, forget about your life,” He warned the man to my surprise. Why was he so concerned about me? We didn't even know each other until tonight.
”I'll see you later,” He smiled at me before leaving with the rest of the guards. I would ask him why he's so kind to me the next we meet but at the moment, my son was my priority.
Thanks to the guard who I came to know as Dominic, I didn't get to miss my way, arriving in the hospital as quickly as possible. Akim had been stabilized but then, I got the news that shook my world.
”Your son has leukemia and he needs a bone marrow transplant as soon as possible. You should ask family members
if they are willing to donate their stem cells, and then we can conduct tests to determine if they are a match for the patient,”
Yeah, exactly, who?