13 Reason #11: We are Not Meant To Be

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Confrontation

While I was trying to preoccupy myself with my future business plans and not think about the prince, I was suddenly disturbed by a surprise visit when the door unexpectedly  slams wide open with a man walking in and yelled,

"Ivuuyiiii !!"

"Your Highness?!!!"

I was startled when Prince Leon came in, and he was incognito as he wore his commoner outfit with a black cloak.

"Ivfuyyy...." he called out my name while he mumbled with his words "*hiccup* I'm sworry..... Pweez don't hate mwee... *hiccup*"

Then as he started to cry, he hugged and laid his body weight onto me, and it made me feel seriously confused until my grandfather came in and explained the whole situation. 

"hohoho, his highness appears to be quite weak at holding his liquor. He'll need more training in the future"

"Grandpapa! What happened? Did you do this?"

"My future grandson in law was feeling a little down, so I only gave him a few pints to cheer him up. Who knew his tolerance towards alcohol to be so weak..."

Mr Omer said in a disappointed tone as if it was not his fault that the prince got drunk.

<OF COURSE! He is only 17. still considered a Minor, for goodness sake!> 

But then she realizes that the bar was nowhere near her store, so she asks, 

"But how did you wind up here at my shop?"

"—— sigh, this young man was feeling sad about you two fighting earlier on. After he got drunk, he ran over here, shouting your name."

When Ivy heard that, she turned red from embarrassment.

"Granddaughter, be easy with him. You two try to work things out with each other later. Anyhow, we can't bring him back to the palace looking like this. Do you have a room somewhere where he can rest?"

"Uh, yes. We can use my room upstairs. I have a bed there."

Once they've carried the prince to bed, her grandfather left while she stayed back and took care of the prince instead.

While the Prince slept on her bed, she took off his overcoat and unbuttoned his shirt so that he could sleep comfortably.

Then as she tried to put his clothes away, the prince suddenly hugged her from behind and mumbled.

"*hiccup* I wuzz wrong.... *hiccup*

Pweeez don't hate mweee..... dun hate me pweezz"

"What is this boy talking about?"

His words made her puzzled, but when she saw tears falling from his eyes, she couldn't help but feel the need to comfort him first.

So when she turns around to see his crying face that looked like a cute pouting dog, she briskly combs his hair with her fingers while she tries to comfort the big boy.

"There there, Silly boy," she says as she gently wipes his tears away.

"Nobody could ever hate you. You are the male lead, after all."

But he continues to hug her tightly and weep that it made her thought.

<He is still so cute. I guess boys stay the same even when they grow up.>

After that, she gently tucks him into bed and then lays next to him while he clung to her in his arms.

Then they rest their heads on the bed together and comfort each other to sleep just like how they used to when they were just a child.

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When the prince woke up,

He had a headache so bad that he felt like his brain  was about to split into half.

"Ugh..... where am I?"

He groaned while he tried to recall the last thing he did after he passed out.

But then, when he felt someone's body warmth by his side, he turns his head and saw,

<IVY! >

He shouts in his mind before he could even call out her name, for he had already fallen out of bed in disbelief.

Then as he fell, he made the ground trembled, and as a result, it woke up Ivy from her sleep.

Then as she slowly rises and rubs her eyes, she yawns out loud and said

"Har...Good Morning.... your highness....are you feeling better now?..."

The prince looked at Ivy and blinked his eyes twice, then when he noticed his shirt was fully unbuttoned and

that the fact they were sleeping together in bed made him immediately stood up and yelled

"I will take responsibility!"

"Huh?" she tilted her head when she heard the boy's words," What are you talking about?"

The prince blushes as he began to stammer,

"We...We.... didn't we .... together ....in bed... last night?"

"Huhhhh?!"

Her face instantly turned red, and she immediately tells him that nothing happened.

"Nothing happened?"

The prince continued to look confused.

"Yes, NOTHING HAPPEN. You were drunk yesterday, and you kept yelling, don't hate me, and you won't let go of me, so we just laid together on the bed.

I can assure you, your highness, that - NOTHING.HAPPEN."

"Oh, I see...."

Prince Leon started to look disappointed as he held his gaze down.

"And just so you know. I don't hate you."

"Huh? What?" he looks up at her, feeling surprised.

"Yesterday, you were crying, and you kept asking me not to hate you. So since you're awake, I just wanted you to know.

I don't hate you. I never hated you before, and I won't hate you.

not now, not then, not ever."

The Prince's eyes widen with awe when he saw her staring at him with her sparkling unwavering gaze.

But that only lasted for a moment, for he quickly shies away as he felt embarrassed with her words.

"Your highness, I need to know." she started to ask in a serious tone. "Why are you avoiding me?"

He immediately looked back at her when he heard her question, and even though he still felt uneasy about confronting her, he also thought it was about time for him to face the truth.

"I've heard from Miss Gracie. She told me that you plan to annul our engagement."

"Oh..." she said while she started to frown, "so you knew."

"yes, your highness. That is true. Your highness is turning 18 and coming of age. We are now adults, and I think it's about time we look for the people that we truly love, and so if your highness could annul..."

"BUT I LOVE YOU!"

The Prince yelled loudly as he stares at her.

Then the room became silent, and Ivy was in a daze as she could not believe what she had heard.

At that very moment, she immediately tried to make sense in her head.

<Wait, wait, wait—> she said in her head

<The Novel's ending should be the prince and princess, not me. < p>

So now, why has he just declared his love to me? How is that possible?

The Male lead is not supposed to like the villainess!>

She cannot fathom what was happening.

So she just stood there, thinking long and hard about what to say.

Then the prince slowly marched towards her while his pressuring gaze made her back away until she leans against the wall.

Just when he reached close to her, he silently placed both hands on the wall, making her trapped between his arms, leaving no space for her to turn.

Their face was close, and their hearts were pounding loudly.

Then the prince gazed at her directly with his calm blue eyes as he repeated his words to her again.

"I love you, Ivy."

But Ivy remained speechless as she could not process that data.

Her brain and heart were fighting viciously, causing her whole body to fail.

"There is no need to reply."

The Prince said, then softly held her in his arms.

"Sorry to confess like this. This wasn't supposed to be the plan, but I was really at my wit's end.

And I won't cancel engagement no matter what."

After ending his speech with that final note, he exits the room while Ivy stayed behind, trying to process what had just happened.

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(Author: This episode was supposed to be apart of the last chapter, so this chapter is shorter.

Even though it is just a short one, I tried my best to make sure that it will make your heart flutter so much that you'll re-read it a couple more times. Lol

Let me know if you do. ('∀`)

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