Friction

The King aimed his right hand to his son, using his power he freezes Zain instantly from the neck down to his toe. He doesn't want to do it but he has no other choice, his eldest son is now a walking time bomb!

Zain was seething in anger upon realizing that he can't move his body. "Let me go Father!" he shouted.

"No son... I'm sorry... but from now on we will have you under watch, you can't take away Jessy from us, she still needs to fulfill the prophecy... don't be selfish!" the King explained.

Then Zain started laughing...his triumphant laughter filled the entire room. "You can never take my wife away from me, now that she is one month pregnant! We are going to be a proud parent soon and there's nothing you can do about it!"

The King and Queen's mouth went agape.

Oh no!

The royal couple continues to stare at each other, seemingly at loss with what words to say.

"B-but why Jessy didn't tell us that she was pregnant?" the Queen whispered into her husband's ear.

The King sighed. "I think we need to talk with Jessy again before you will bring her to Adam tonight," he said.

Zain heard what his parents were talking about, he becomes increasingly frustrated and agitated after hearing that they will bring Jessy to meet Adam tonight. "No! Don't you dare bring my wife to that bastard brother of mine! I won't allow it! Please unfreeze me, Father, I begged you!"

The King doesn't want to hear any more of Zain's shouting, he finally freezes his son's head, freezing the tears that were rolling down his face as well. Then he released a very long sigh... feeling so torn inside.

"What we're gonna do with Zain, my King?" the Queen asked in a trembling voice. Her heart was aching for her eldest son.

"In the meantime, let's put him in a prison-like room. He can no longer be freed from now on, it's either he will harm himself or harm others because of his anger and irrational thinking. Let's decide later if he will show remorse... for now let's just observe him," the King said. His decision hurt him the most but being a father he has to do the right thing or else...feel sorry later. "Just stay here and watch over Zain, I will go out to prepare the prison room for him."

The King left the room, leaving the Queen inside, crying her heart out in front of her son. The devastating consequences of her actions bring good fortune to one son while destroying the other.

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After settling Prince Zain in a prison room, the Queen and King were facing Jessy again inside the study room. While Princess Abigail was pretending reading a book in the corner.

"Jessy, is there something you want to tell us?" the Queen said.

"M-mother...what do you mean?" Jessy's brows furrowed in confusion.

"Zain told us that you are one month pregnant, is it true?" the King asked.

Jessy gasp, her hands automatically went to her abdomen. How can she become pregnant? If there's someone who will get pregnant it should be Hannah who was having regular sexual intercourse with her husband, not her.

"Tell us the truth, Jessy," the Queen coaxed her.

Jessy scratches her head. "Let me explain...this...hmm...can I go out for a minute I need to bring Hannah here," she said.

"Why do you need Hannah to be here?" the King frowned.

Jessy swallowed the lump in her throat. "B-because... on the night of my wedding with Zain, I switch image with her. The woman you saw getting married to your son on that night was not me, it's Hannah and she was also the same woman whom your eldest son was having sex with every night. In short, Hannah was the one who is one month pregnant, not me," she explained hurriedly.

The look on the royal's couple's faces was priceless... Jessy smiled in amusement.

"You!" the Queen can only gasp.

But the King was laughing. "Smart move, Jessy! Now we don't have any problem anymore."

The Queen elbowed her husband.

"What---?" the King complained.

"What do you think Zain will think about this? Not only he felt that he was robbed of everything but just thinking about it... the one he married on that night is not Jessy, the one he was having sexual intercourse regularly is not his wife and the one who was carrying his child is not the woman he loves but it's another person... what do you think he will feel? He will surely go crazy over this! It will be too much for him to take," the Queen explained in a grim voice.

The King's face suddenly becomes serious. He was quick to forget what his eldest son would feel if he will know all this. "Hmmm, this is a big problem indeed..." he massages his temple getting a pounding headache all of a sudden.