SMIlLE, ALEXANDRO chapter eighteen.

Alexandro was thinking fast, that old man was just a mere pawn, he wondered who next it will be . Just then, Celine came waving at him. "Your highness, I was looking for you. Are you done with the court meeting?" She asked looking at him . He frowned. "Why?" She laughed. "You don't answer a question with a question ", she said and he nodded. "I was bored and you came to my mind". The crown prince Alexandro looked intently at her making her to shift her gaze to the floor. "Okay", he said as if deciding that she was worth his time. "Tell me about your childhood", she said as they went out of the palace and into the garden. He said nothing and she frowned. "Don't tell me your childhood was all boring"

"It was", he said truthfully. She rolled her eyes. "During the war, how were you living. I'm sure you knew how the commoners suffered", she said and he stopped. "When I met you, I told you how messy my childhood was, don't tell me you've forgot?" His voice was hard, but she strangely felt hurt by those words. " Then, tell me how you lived. Don't lie". She looked at him and smiled. " I don't lie", she said . "Even if it cost you your own very life?" Celine nodded. "I won't lie"

"Then I'll ask you, why did you get so close to me?"

I hate lies. But in this situation, I have no choice but to

"Let's say it was a sour fate that brought us", she said and he nodded. " I'll ask you now, do you always treat ladies like shit, like when you were little?" She asked and without thinking, he said, "I believe how I treat them is fine, I don't care how they feel I treat them". Celine laughed. "No wonder they say, the crown prince knows no woman".

"Eh ?"

Crown prince Alexandro looked dryly at her and said," When you slept with me , did you knowingly add sedatives to the drink?" Celine was surprised. This was the first time she was hearing this. "No. I just knew this now". How possible. Then her eyes sparked wide, she gasped. "I'm guessing the queen doesn't know this". Crown prince Alexandro nodded. Celine held her neck. "If she knew, I would've been beheaded or something"

"No, I would not have let that happen"

Seriously, when your opinions aren't even heard in the court. What a laugh.

Celine thought for a while looking for the perfect question to ask . "I would've punished the person who served the drinks, but,I simply can't remember the face"

It must be that brat, Logan. But why was he surprised that... That cunning fool.

"Did you ever have friends? I'm sure you didn't. And who was that if you did? ", she asked and his expression changed from dangerously serene to worst.

"I'm sorry I did ask", she muttered. Then he said. " I did"

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I'll come to see you everyday, even if we are having issues". He had said that to someone. What drew them apart was time...

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"Infact, he was so close to me that it tore us apart. He was an only friend and_" he looked at her, then continued."_ I'm not saying his name", crown prince Alexandro said and Celine understood. "Lady Celine, why are you always happy?" The question was weird for her, but not for someone who always frowned like a military dictator. "Because life is full of shit. Even if you're happy or unhappy, life's still full of shit ". He wasn't surprised that this lady would use some foul words. "Now, there's this question that I always wanted to ask you". She kept silent for dramatics sake. Crown prince Alexandro nodded for her to go on. "Do you ever smile? Like, have you ever?" She asked and he said,"That's simple, I don't feel like smiling". Celine laughed. "I thought you'd say the same thing I said". "But it's good to smile once in a while ". She said twitching his lips. He pushed her and she fell on the grass. He didn't looked pitiful. His looks were like a you- deserved it kind of look. She laughed letting it slide. She stood and walked to him almost covering the distance between them. "If I do something funny, why don't you at least smile?" He made another step and she moved away. "I don't feel like smiling ". He kept walking towards her until she met a small bush. "Do you even have a disease or something, if I do something funny, smile!" He moved closer and she almost fell, he caught her. "Why the hell did you move forward "

"Because you kept moving ". She made to hit him and he held held her. "Let me go". She dragged her hand with force and they fell. He on her. Crown prince Alexandro surveyed this lips with his eyes, it was full . He scoffed.

Just then, lady Gwen came to the garden. "Your high...". Her eyes were as wide as the formidable forest. The crown prince Alexandro stood to his feet without helping Celine up. "I'll leave first"

"That brat", she cursed and stood on her own to face this stupid girl.

"What did you think you were doing?"

"You saw it. His chest is so mature and hard that I broke a skull. And his lips, just looking at it, I already felt it in my mouth". Thank God for poetics...

"You...", She said and Celine scoffed. "What are you doing here. I always see you in the palace and you are not even among this royal family" , she said crudely. "Are you?" Lady Gwen asked and Celine thought. " Technically, yes. I slept with the crown prince, so, yes". Celine turned to leave and lady Gwen dragged her hair. "Shit! Let go of me" . Using her gangster skill, she elbowed her. Then used her knee to hit her stomach. Lady Gwen fell to the ground bleeding from her mouth.

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Crown prince Alexandro was about leaving the garden, when he remembered that he had forgot his paintbrush. He went back and was in time to see the stunt this lady Celine played. He came closer and called her." Lady Celine". She turned to see the crown prince Alexandro who earlier had said he was leaving. He looked at lady Gwen and back at Celine. Lady Gwen made herself look so pitiful, holding her stomach and crying. He ignored her.

"I dropped my brush, did you see it?"

Suddenly shy, Celine looked around

Luckily for her, she saw it, but it was broken. She picked it up and handed to him." It seems I or she stepped on it", she said . The crown prince took it from her and broke it. He looked once more at lady Gwen. " Anyone here?". Some maids rushed and bowed. "Take her away and call the physician". He turned and started to walk away, but Celine and lady Gwen heard him hoss disgustingly. "I hate weak women".

Who cared? If he liked tough women so be it. Her mission was to make him fall in love and break his heart. Then and only then would she find her freedom...