The Terrific Crown Prince

The truly girl Luke is looking for

Agatha and her family came home with very embarrassed faces. She threw her face on the sofa. "Oh, I'm so embarrassed." Mrs. Samuel provided her comments.

"You're not the only one who feels it, mom. Me too." Agatha rolled her eyes. She didn't want to fight with her mother but that woman who was half a century old, often made her angry.

“Oh, what should we do now? We are heavily in debt and have lost a wealthy son-in-law. Samuel, I don't want to be poor.” Mrs. Samuel said firmly to her husband. "You should know that I've never lived in poverty before."

Samuel closed his eyes. "I know. Be patient! I'll find a way. You don't have to rush me like that. in a situation like this, we should jointly seek all solutions to the problems we face.”

"I still have a plan although I don't know whether it will work or not." Agatha also joined in. As a child, she didn't want anything to happen to her parents' relationship. Agatha wants the family to be as harmonious as before. She had often heard her mother berate Samuel for cheating on her. Even though the man had repented, Mrs Samuel never forgave the mistake. until now, She still hates Eloise.

"What's your plan, honey?" Mrs. Samuel looked at her daughter with eyes full of hope.

"I will drop my pride in front of Luke. As long as he lived with us, he was a good man. he never did anything cruel and was always patient with what we all did. I will kneel before him asking for a second chance. I have to make it back to be mine.”

Samuel Philip and his wife nodded their heads in agreement with his daughter's words. "You are right honey. Prince Luke loved you very much in the past. there's no way that feeling of love goes away in a few days.”

Agatha took a deep breath and then exhaled. “If this plan doesn't work, I plan to have Mr. Victor involved in my plan. When we spent one night at the Villa, Mr. Victor told me about his dislike of royalty. Mr. Victor's influence is quite large. I'm sure she has strong guts. Besides, Mr. Victor is a very cunning person.”

“Be an ally of the prince or be his enemy. Yeah, we have to do one of the two options so you can get your position back, honey. When Luke became a poor man, he was faithful to be by your side. He can't just throw you away once he's back in his former position.”

“But I have some conditions. You guys have to help me.” Agatha looked at her parents. "Especially you, mom. You have to promise me."

Mrs. Samuel exhaled. "Okay! I will promise if I get the appropriate benefits.”

“son-in-law of a conglomerate or crown prince. Really good benefits, right?”

Mrs. Samuel nodded her head. “say! What deal do you want?”

“First, you have to help me and dad think of a solution for our plan. You can't be as indifferent as you are right now. We are family and should help each other. We can't blame each other, for a while you also have to save your finances."

“Are you still upset with the treatment I did? Agatha, you are being too overbearing.”

“Mom…” Agatha looked at her mother a little sternly. "We are in a difficult situation. You're the one who just said that you don't want to be poor. We have to be smart and restrain ourselves this time.”

“All right!” Mrs. Samuel obeyed very forcibly.

"The second thing I want is, I want you to do house cleaning like cooking and mopping."

“Agatha, I've never done anything like that before. Do you want to make my hands look rough?”

Agatha shook her head. “Mom… please!” Agatha growled for the umpteenth time at her mother's spoiled and selfish attitude. "My dad and I are trying to find a loan and get things back to normal. So, I beg you to understand.”

"Unlucky!" Mrs. Samuel cursed thinly but she didn't have another word to say. She had no other choice. Agatha nodded her head.

"Good! I assume we are all in agreement with my plan.”

Samuel Philip and his wife nodded their heads. Agatha then returned to her room. She saw a suitcase in the corner of the room. Inside the suitcase were Agatha's clothes. She had fully prepared herself when she was picked up to go to the palace. In fact all in vain. Agatha lay down on the bed. The woman was crying. She was disappointed, angry, and ashamed. All those feelings jumbled together to produce tears.

***

The morning breeze blew Eloise's head. The woman who lived in a shabby and cramped hut with several other court ladies sat down. She glanced at the clock ticking on the wall. It's four in the morning. Eloise began to prepare for the routine she was living.

Four years ago, Eloise was sold by her grandfather and father to work for the palace. She was made a lowly slave. As a low-class slave, Eloise did menial and dirty work. She was even given far less time off compared to the other ladies-in-waiting. Eloise has been used to multitasking since she was little. She didn't need to adapt much anymore.

Eloise's accommodation and meals were also inadequate. She was never even allowed to touch the main palace unless it was related to dirty work. Eloise also often gets tormented by co-workers who have a higher status than her. Eloise's life was very miserable but the twinkle of enthusiasm never faded from her one bit. She is always grateful every day.

Today Eloise started her day in the stables. She has to clean the horse stables and clean the animal's body. even animals were treated better than Eloise.

"Hey, how are you, Slayer?"

Eloise greeted the crown prince's favorite horse. Upon entering the palace, Eloise had no idea about the crown prince. However, after several months there, Eloise was very surprised when she found out who Luke was. She had saved that boy ten years ago.

"I don't know anyone else who dared to approach my horse while I was away." Luke's voice caught Eloise by surprise. The woman had just thought about Luke but the man was already near her by this time. Eloise immediately bowed respectfully. She was told that she must not look the Crown Prince directly in the eye. She also had to back away a few meters from Luke.

Luke got closer which made Eloise cornered. “I'm sorry, your highness. I don't mean to get close to your horse. I just cleaned the cage.”

"But I saw you talking to him."

“I apologize for being presumptuous. Slayer is more comfortable to talk to, your highness.” Eloise gave her explanation again.

“Are you going to keep your head down like that? How dare you speak without looking me in the eye?” he growled.

Eloise hesitated for a moment. She was ordered not to look the crown prince or queen in the eye, but the prince's orders were also absolute. "Sorry, Your Highness. I was ordered not to look you in the eye."

"Going against my orders is the same as bringing yourself closer to death."

Eloise gulped down her saliva. The woman was very scared. She dared to look at the crown prince. Luke smiled a little. "Now stand up!" Eloise obeyed Luke's orders. Luke smiled even more.

“You don't even look surprised to look at me, have you forgotten about me?”

Eloise shook her head. "I don't understand what you mean, your highness." Eloise tried to lie.

“Eloise, do you know my reign in this palace? Are you trying to belittle me now?”

Eloise stuttered. She shook her head quickly. "I don't mean to belittle you, your highness."

Luke exhaled. He opened his shirt a bit then revealed the scar on his neck. "I'm sure you still remember this wound. You once tried to kill me when you hit my head in the woods when you tried to take me to your family's hay barn. Little girl ten years ago, how could you contradict me?”

“I'm sorry, your highness. At that time I tried to save your life but because of my helplessness, I made you fall several times. I accidentally bumped your head. Really! I'm not trying to kill you.”

Luke smiled faintly. He was happy to confirm everything that Eloise was indeed the woman he was looking for. At this moment he was not wrong anymore.