loid exandar ( Grand duke ) - standing in front of window and slightly smile and turned towards emperor - I still can't believe what happened just now
Emperor lean backwards tiredly - Don't start now.
Loid sit on sofa - This what happens when you over do with any one . Now forget about it , and try to get closer to empress Rihanna, instead of do jealousy with her .
Emperor shockedly looked at grand duke loid - how you know about this.
Loid sighs - I'm your childhood bestfriend , i know everything about you .
Emperor rolled his eyes and stand up from chair - There is no doubt she is beautiful and intelligent but still I don't get attracted to her in that way .
Grand duke deeply think and slightly smirk - I'm not telling you to get closer to her in romantic way , just work with her , go to different kingdoms together , infact join your offices together , so that everyone in kingdom also talk about you work as well .
Emperor deeply think about it - I think you are right.
Time skip at empress office
Rihanna was to focused on her work that she don't even notice that emperor enter .
Emperor - I think you are really busy
By sudden voice I get shocked and suddenly look up , emperor was stand there . - oh uhm have you any work with me ?
Emperor clear his throat - uhm , I thought it would be better if we merge our offices .
Rihanna get shocked - Is I'm hearing right ( she thought ) - you really want to merge our offices ,
Emperor with arrogant voice - ofcourse, I don't have time to joke around, and yes tomorrow we have to visit a kingdom together, ( leaves )
She shockedy looking at him leaving - what happened to him .
Pov
Emperor and rihanna both visiting kingdoms together and they merge there offices ( to work togather) Rihanna going to leave the room suddenly here feet slip and going to fall but emperor catch her in his arms , ( both looking at each other eyes ) suddenly Rihanna shaped out and leave immediately while blushing. Both of them slowly try to understand each other , emperor was looking at rihanna while she was busy in her work .
Time skip
Nita with smiling face - your majesty is your first time travel with emperor
Aria with her sparkling eyes - wow , it's so romantic .
Rihanna nervously smile - it just a work trip nothing else ( but i hope one day we do a normal family trip togather ) sip the tea ( calmy )
Head maid arrived in room - your majesty, designer had arrived.
Rihanna - call him in .
She nod and call him
Designer and his workers start suggesting dresses to empress .
Sofia enter the room and saw new designs - wow this designs is so beautiful and it's also look beautiful on my perfect slim body .
Designer whisper to Rihanna - your majesty I also need to design dress for her ( disgust tone )
Rihanna don't know what to say - I can't say no Beacuse she get this treatment form beginning ( she thought )
Then suddenly emperor enter the room - what happening here .
Sofia take a dress and start showing to emperor - look this dress look good on me , right
Emperor with cold ( mostly harsh ) voice - your punishment is not over yet .
Sofia widen open .
Emperor - as a punishment you can't wear any new dress for whole year , and help the servants with work .
Both head and designer try to hide there laugh
both emperor Rihanna eyes meet ( he leaves )
Why my heart suddenly start pounding ( emperor thought )
Rihanna was standing near a window in a deep thought .
Nita notice Rihanna - your majesty is something happend you not look fine .
Rihanna with serious eyes and tone - I still don't know emperor true fillings towards Sofia .
Nita slightly laugh - you think emperor still had feelings for her .
Rihanna sighs - sometimes when people emotions get hurt, it's obvious to act this way . I just don't want to no more miscommunication, I'm going to ask emperor about this .
Start walking towards office .
Sofia notice - where is she going ( flinch eyebrows ) start following her secretly
Rihanna enter the office and go towards emperor.
Emperor - what happened?
Rihanna - I want to ask something,
Emperor slightly nod his head - alright.
Both sit on sofa - now tell me what you want to ask . ( her face look more serious now )
Rihanna take deep breath - Do you have feelings for Sofia .
Emperor eyes widen open - wha-what type of question is this .
Rihanna with cold tone - just answer my question
Emperor keep silent for a minute
Rihanna pov : his silence says everything, ( I get up ) your silence says everything , ( about to leave )
Emperor hold his wrist , pull her and kiss her on lips .
Rihanna get shocked with sudden kiss .
Emperor - I love you , I never got courage to say this , my feelings start developing for you when when we start working together , and as for Sofia I always treat her like my sister nothing else.
For moment I don't know what to say , but I happy , i tell my feelings .
Both emperor and Rihanna kiss each other .
( Sofia saw everything from outside , start bitting her lips and evily smirk - I don't let you steel my things from me , empress throne belongs to me only to me ( eyes color change in red - leave from there )
She come back side of a garden and enter a small old house ( which she use as hideout )
Every where was magic liquids and magic items.
She drink a magic liquid ( a green mana surrounded her body ( her eyes truned back to normal )
Time skip
Rihanna was sighing some documents but then suddenly she start blushing ( thinking about emperor and her moments )
Nita and Aria looking at rihanna confusedly - why his majesty blushing like that.
Sofia come in and Bow - I'm glad you allow me to come here
Rihanna looked up - so what you want to ask me .
Sofia with teary eyes - I'm so sorry your majesty because of me you handle so much . Please forgive ( Bow )
Rihanna dougtly looked at Sofia - uhm, okay I will come
Sofia bow and leave
Rihanna - How can she become so polite suddenly ( she thought )
Nita observed Rihanna worriedness - is something wrong your majesty's
Rihanna - let's see
Time skip
Emperor is blushing while seeping the tea
Grand duke loid notice it - is something good happens
Emperor suddenly snap out of his thinking - "huh " no nothing
Grand duke get up - come , let's go for a walk , you should keep your self healthy
Emperor roll his eyes - forget , I'm healthy and in good shape
Grand duke sighs and hold his right arm - being in good shape doesn't mean you are fully healthy now come ( forcefully get up the emperor )
Emperor stare at grand duke - alright , no one can win against you , let go
( Both leave the room )
Sofia orders the servants - make sure everything is perfect
Sofia opened the tea lid of tea port and take out white poison powder ( looked left and right , everyone is busy in doing there work ) she take that opportunity and pour the poison powder in tea , mix it with spoon and close the lid .
Servant 1 - is this sugar you add .
Sofia get startled - "huh" of ofcourse I add sugar ( get nervous ) what else I add , now get lost from here )
Servants leave
Sofia sighs in relief - ( only I if my witch powers is strong I don't have to do all this , but once I get the crown , I will become most powerful witch , she thought ) evilly smirk
Time skip
Both Rihanna and Sofia and sit opposite to each other
Sofia slightly smile and pick up the tea and pour the tea in glass cup ( I hope you like this tea favor because it's my favorite) looked at rihanna.
Rihanna looked at cup filled with slightly brown colored tea , pick it up and about to take a sip
Sofia slightly smirk - hurry up and drink it ( she thought )
Rihanna suddenly stop and looked at Sofia With her sharp purple eyes ( I think you should be the one who drink if first )
Sofia get nervous - Huh ?
Rihanna raise her one eyebrow - why you can't drink it you said it's your favorite right ?
Sofia nervously gulp - of-ofcourse I can drink it .
Rihanna slightly push the cup towards her - Then drink it .
Sofia pick the cup and get it near to her lips
Rihanna carefully watching her .
Take the sip . And put the cup down
( smile at rihanna ) see , now I think you also should drink .
Rihanna also take the sip from it .
Both emperor and grand duke passing by suddenly emperor eyes fell on rihanna and Sofia
Rihanna fell from chair and become unconscious
Emperor eyes widen open he run fast as he can towards rihanna and take her into her arms
Wh-What happend to her ( asked in worried tone )
Sofia eyes get teary - i don't know , we both we just talking, but then suddenly she become unconscious right after sip the tea
Grand duke flinch his eyes brows - what , it means tea has poison in it .
Sofia become shocked and cover her mouth with hands ( doing a acting ) - wh-what who do such disgusting thing .
Emperor get up with rihanna on her both hands and shouts loudly - call the doctor right now
Servant 1 - we already called the doctor
Emperor run towards the room followed by grand duke .
Sofia hand start getting blue and her heart keep racing fast , nerves are visible on whole body
Sofia pov
( I can't able to breath, it feel like something break all my bones and twisted all my body in 360°angle ( run towards her hideout )
Enter in the hide out - all the young looking body skin pill off and another old looking body come out from it
Flash back
Sofia who was the real daughter of head maid and real friend and kind friend of empreror who is always help others is killed by this witch just after her mother death
Take out all the bones from body and start wearing it as a dress, and doing all the bad things , emperor also get suspicious of her behavior but didn't say anything. The witch real name is - Nina she wants the crown so badly, that she can do anything for it .
End of Flashback
Nina looked at her old looking hands - my beautiful hands become like this Beacuse of that bitch Rihanna, ( smirk ) she is so dumb, she think she can defeat me, the poison had only little effect on my body , but that Rihanna going to die little by little every second , she feel like someone crushed all her bones twice , because I add extra poison ( evily laughs )
You really think you can kill me this way
Nina looked at door empress and emperor was standing there
Emprore eyes was widen open - yo-you killed the real Sofia. How dare you ( shouts as lungs out )
Nina get shocked - how you,
Rihanna smile - how I'm alive right, because I didn't gulp the tea , I just touch the cup . And then i acts to become unconscious
Grand duke with death glare - how can you do such thing to a human.
Empreror tightly close her palms - catch her ( shout )
Knights going to attack her and mage created a protection cover around empress ,emprore and grand duke .
She says a magic spell - kinosa ( a big blast happend there and fog spread everywhere )
Both empress and emperor close there eyes due to fog and slowly slowly opened - all the knights are laying on the ground .
Grand duke in worried tone and looking around - where is she gone .
Haaaaaaaaa ( a voice come from sky )
They looked at up and Nina was floating there - I will come here again , with double powers and take all the kingdom my hands ( looked empress ) and disapperad.
Both empress and grand duke sighs in relief thank God she gone - they hear the sobbing and looked behind Empreror was crying while looking Sofia body in such bad condition ( I'm so sorry I break my promise and can't able to protect you , my heart really feel heavy heavy now ) continue sobbing.
Empress put her hand on Empreror should - I know you are in pain right now and I can't stop you from crying, cry as much as you want unless you don't feel lighter , but atleast now we get Sofia body back now we can do her funeral properly and she don't need to suffer anymore
Empreror continuesly sobbing
( One day that witch surely get her karma back and suffer more pain than she gave to Sofia and others - rihanna thought ) looked up with sparkle pruple eyes.
Years passed by and both empreror and empress live there peaceful life , empress gave birth to her first baby boy and named him james emperor looked at his baby and pick him up ( looked at rihanna and thank her ) , Rihanna younget brother , father and mother visit her for congratulation her new born baby , Rihanna eyes get teary while seen her family after so long ( both mother and father hug her and she hug them back ) mother apologized to her with teary eyes . - it's okay , I already forgive you . ( say while smileing )
Rihanna younger brother playing up and down with baby James ( sister he is so cute just like me , right ) brightly smile at rihanna.
Rihanna smile back - right.
Volume 2 ended .
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