Eleanor's POV
So many things were running through my head. Towards reaching the contest committee meeting room, I caught up with my mom, the queen, standing with my best friend, Anna. These were two loving people I couldn't love less. Each time I saw them, my heart glowed. The same thing occurred here, as I saw them the anger reduced.
My mom became the first to turn to see me. She immediately left Anna and walked towards me with her arms stretched wide, her eyes cascaded on my face, her lips twisted to her side, same with her face while she carried dull eyes. This is one expression she shows whenever she's not alright and here, she'd seen my face.
Upon reaching me, she hugged me, then pulled out to grab both cheeks of mine with her hands. “What's going on, baby girl?” Even when she's the queen and I was an adult, she didn't stop petting me.
“Mom, you can already see that I'm angry!” I grunted, giving off a frown.
“What happened?” She and Anna chorused, Anna was now right beside me, grabbing my arms while looking at me with curiosity.
“Didn't you like the eight finalists? Guess they didn't meet your standard of beauty, wealth and discipline?” She wondered, I shook my head.
“Then what's the main issue, are they that abusive?” Mom asked. I sniffed in a bit, waiting for a few seconds for my heart to release a little tension. It was beating too hard and I couldn't resist such tension.
“The eight finalists I saw are exactly the same men I engaged in a one night stand with from which I got Carl. I'm so angry that the nanny let Carl out, now they have gotten a clue that one of them is his father.”
“Argh!” The queen raised her hand to cover her mouth, Anna’s jaw dropped. This was a top secret we didn't want anyone to know lest it would result in the world's greatest scandal for royals.
“I don't know what to do now?” I complained, staring somewhere far away. “I–”
“So where were you heading to?” Mom interrupted the next thing I was going to say.
“I wanted to go ask the contest committee to–”
“Hhe eh–” I exclaimed as I suddenly remembered Adela’s words. “I forgot!” Mom and Anna fixed their stares so much on me, they must have really been curious right now.
“While going to meet the committee to resolve the harem, I was lucky to overhear Adela. She was talking on the phone about sponsoring two of the finalists. She hired them with the sum of a billion dollars.”
“Huh?” Anna turned around to my very face while my mom froze. She looked aghast, like someone frightened by a ghost.
“What did you just say?” The moment Anna said this, the moment Adela approached from the hallway I came from. So she was coming this way? I eyed mom and Anna immediately.
“Let's do as if we were saying something else.” I quickly whispered to them. “I don't want her to know I heard what she said. Let it be a surprise when I kick them all out of the palace.” I said this, then pretended like nothing really serious was going on.
“Hiii, your majesty!” She bowed to my mom whom she's always cordial with, to me she gave a smile but I saw her sinister nature hidden behind the smile. She waved at my best friend, Anna. We pretended likewise, not showing any sign of hurt.
“Sis, how's your contest going on?” She asked.
I smiled. “Going on fine! I just came to get something from my best friend,” I lied, giving off a very innocent face that probably must have deceived her into thinking I'm telling the truth.
“Okay.”
The moment she passed off, we returned to our conversation where I got to tell the entire story to mom and Anna, leaving no stone unturned.
“So I want to dissolve it!” I repeated my mind.
Mom touched me on the arm, making me look at her. “You don't do that, if you're afraid of being exposed with your secret son, don't make it obvious then that you don't want the guys contesting. Their anger could be fuelled by this and they do the unbelievable.”
I stopped to think about what my mom just said. There's a real sense embedded in her idea. I turned to Anna and she nodded, meaning she supported what my mom thought.
So now the right option for me was to screen out the names of the two candidates she talked of. I wasn't gonna take this action that same day I overheard her saying this as I felt she might suspect. Since all the finalists had come to stay in the palace, I let three days pass, then I headed to the large room where the seven stayed.
It's almost like a dormitory but to soothe them, I'd ordered it to be decorated to the most luxurious style. Even though they are eight, each person has his own individual space.
So I stormed towards the room early in the morning, I checked my watch and it was 8:30 AM. This is the time all of them are supposed to be ready for breakfast. I'd gotten the pictures of Constantine and Viktor. I'll screen them out, leaving six.
I bagged in without knocking, hoping to see a room full of guys, then I scanned out the two, pointing at them and giving an excuse as to why I didn't need them in my harem again. To my shock, the room was empty as I scanned from the left, since it was very large, just like a mini-hall. The moment my eyes drifted towards the right, I screamed in shock, stepping backward with my eyes poked out wide.
“Constantine!”
“Viktor?” I shouted their names. They were stark naked with rock-hard eight pack abs and most spectacular, their cock so long and big dangling. My eyes fell to the floor. I've never seen men this gorgeous. I felt like some aura of bliss sweep across me. My eyes slowly closed.
“Gosh! Goddess takes my life. I can't withstand this sort of heat.” I muttered, looking up to the ceiling.