PRINCE CHARMING BREAKS SILENCE

Zach got down wearing his trousers, pulling a long face, "Get ready. We are going to the hospital."

"Huh?" Lily opened her eyes wide to get a closer hold of his facial expressions, "Are you out of mind? When you did this, you have to take responsibility."

"Well", he smirked, "That's why let's take precautions from the first day." Saying so, he lifted her from the bed & carried her inside the bathroom. Lily blushed hard at his gesture.

30 minutes later

Lily was sitting in front of the mirror, wearing a loose lace green frock. Zach was busy blow drying her hair. He was wearing a loose white shirt & a pair of vertically striped trousers. She studied his facial features closely, only to realize that he was not that bad-looking.

"Let's go", Zach put down the blower.

Lily stood up silently and followed him out of the door & downstairs. But, once they stepped into the living room, they got the shock of their lives.

Dozens of reporters & cameramen were bustling around his Villa. Both of them stopped dead in their tracks. Lily gritted her teeth angrily, "What's the meaning of all these?"

Zach shook his head helplessly, "No idea."

He was about to make Lily hide when one of the reporters pointed at them through the glass windows. All the cameras were focused on them. Both of them forgot how to react for a while. The reporters looked like they'd break in to snap them together.

When they finally reacted, both of them ran upstairs. Zach ringed to the security guards outside, "What're all these? How can they enter the Villa without my permission?"

"Sir", the voice on the other end was detached, "How can we two control the crowd? There are still hoards of reporters waiting to take & Madam's interview. They say that you've agreed to clarify the doubts regarding the scandal of Miss Alice."

"Scandal? Interview?" Zach was extremely confused, "I don't know what you're talking about."

"Sir, that's your problem", The guard hung up.

"How mean!?" Zach muttered under his breath.

"What's wrong?" Lily asked whiles she nestled on the plump sofa in the picture window, "How did they get in?"

She then glanced at the giant gate through them. She could still make out the crowd & noise in the distance. She noticed Zach deep in thought. Suddenly, he spoke in his deep voice, "Check the newsfeed."

She raised her eyebrows with confusion, but, nevertheless, she opened the browser in her tablet.

"ZACH & LILY'S SECRET REVEALED; PLAN BACKFIRES"

"INVOLVED IN KIDNAPPING & PHYSICAL TORTURE; PRINCE CHARMING BREAKS SILENCE'

"AMNESTY ENTERTAINMENT PROVIDES CLARIFICATION WITH SOLID EVIDENCE ON THEIR OFFICIAL WEBSITE"

" 'THAT NIGHT, I GOT THE BOSS'S CALL, FOR HELP. CALLED ME, INSTEAD OF HIS ASSISTANT' - ALICE BUDS"

" 'WE KEPT QUIET BECAUSE OUR BOSS WANTED TO' - PR HEAD, RILEY MILLER"

"THE KING OF INTERVIEWS REFUSED TO AN INTERVIEW- SOURCES, SAYS THAT HE IS RECOVERING"

"This...how...", Lily stuttered with utter confusion, her voice barely audible. Zach drifted back from his deep thought when the tablet hit the sofa top. He frowned before he grabbed the table from the sofa & clicked on the link.