Became The King's Woman

CHAPTER 6

[this episode shows the background of the story]

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Uhmm, Ivanka, you mentioned na 15 years ka nang attendant ni Argus diba?

"Uhm yeah' why?

"Curious lang ako. S-sino siya?"

"Sino siya? You mean..."

"Okay let me rephrase my question, a-anong klaseng tao siya. I wanna know who and what he is." Saad ko.

"I'm so sorry Sab, I'm your friend now but i can't disclose to you anything especially if it's about Argus. You'll find the answer to your question on your own kapag kasal na kayo."

"Ivanka please. I promise I'll keep it to myself. Gusto ko lang na tulungan ang sarili ko at magagawa ko lamang yun kung tutulungan mo akong kilalanin siya. Ivanka I know nothing about the man I'm about to marry and honestly natatakot ako. Sa mga naririnig ko palang about him and sa mga kilos niyo ay alam kong it's going to be hard for me. Please Ivanka, please!" Pagmamakaawa ko nung bumuntong hininga siya bago nagtungo sa pinto at inilock iyun.
Naglakad siya pabalik sa akin at naupo din siya sa kama beside me.

"Sab, ngayun ko lang ito gagawin. I'm always strict and stern when it comes to these kinds of matters but okay, I'll tell you something about him." Panimula niya habang nakatitig sa aking mga mata.

"Argus is actually not Argus. He's someone with a royal blood. He's a runaway crown prince to be exact."

"C-crown prince?" Hindi ko makapaniwalang saad.

"Unbelievable right? But it's true. 15 years ago he made an exit from their Kingdom, The Kingdom Of Siam. Yes, he's a crown prince from Thailand."

"P-pero bakit siya nandito ngayun sa Pilipinas living on his own?"

"There's an incident that happened 20 years ago. He had lost his beloved only brother, the original crown prince. The son of his father's royal noble consort. Argus is the King's son to the Queen but he was not chosen to be the crown prince as what he supposed to be.

The King loves his Queen so much that he doesn't even wanna marry another woman but it's a rule that a King must have more than 1 wife and a maximum of five. So the king married another woman but just one consort only as he loves his queen. Unfortunately, the queen never loved the king and had multiple affair on another man as soon as she can exit the palace if the King isn't around.

That caused emotional damaged to the King to the point of losing his sanity. He started hating the queen and their son Gi (Argus). Argus has always been the King's treasure and he cherished him dearly but because of the queens flirtious deeds, he seems lost his father and the King lost one son as he only valued Ji, Argus's brother. Since then no what Argus does or how much effort he exert to make his father proud of him, the King has nothing to say but disappointment.

Everyone turned their back from Argus except for prince Ri. Prince Ri became his only family who gave him love and support even if they are still young. But he also lost him. One day the noble consort too escape the palace to elope with his palace guard whom she had relationship with leaving the King. The noble consort even brought Ri with her and hid here in the Philippines, the King got furious and mobilized hundreds of the palace guards to go after the noble consort. They eventually found them on a yacht so they'were bombed right on sight."

Tahimik lamang akong nakikinig sa kwento niya at hindi makapaniwala sa mga naririnig ko.

Argus and the queen were the only ones left in the palace with the King. The King have totally lost his sanity knowing that he's the reason why his beloved son Ri went missing. They don't know if he's alive or not since his body wasn't retrieved but his mother and the palace guard corpse were retrieved.

Since the King isn't in the right state of mind, the queen continued with her lewd deeds and was even caught by Argus several times on act. He hate his father for neglecting him and seeing him as nothing but disappointment but he hates his mother more. For him everything bad happened because of his mother. He also hates Ri's mother for her lewd deeds also the reason why Ri, the only family that he has went missing.

One day he asked his father if he can exit the palace and find Ri and vouch that he'll never comeback without his beloved brother."

"And then what happened?"I curiously asked.

"When he came here in the Philippines, he has all the money and resources. He has brought some of his palace guards to protect him. He bought this whole island to be his own palace. That's when he met my bestfriend Sabina, the daughter of the former owner of this land."

Nagulat ako sa pangalang binanggit niyang iyun.

"S-Sabina?"Nanlalaki ang mga matang bulalas ko.

"Yez, Sabina is my bestfriend, the first ever woman Argus loved. After Ri, Sabina is the only person he trusted, loved, and cared about so much that he even willing to leave everything behind, except for the continues operation he's doing to find his brother. Everything between them was fine, bright and wonderful but then Sabina commit the same lewd deeds as his mother and the noble consort whom he hates the most."

"A-anong ginawa niya?"

"Sabina cheated on him. She had an affair multiple times in their 10 years of marriaged."

"Wait, they got married?"

"Yes. Argus married Sabina as soon as he fell for her. But then for ten years Sabina had an affair and slept with different men multiples times."

"Anu? But why Sabina cheated on him?"

"You wanna know the reason? It's because Sabina was never contended to the things that Argus can give just like his mother and Ri's mother who'd never contended to what the king can give. Sabina said that Argus works all day, kind and was too gentle and that's boring for her. She wants someone who is hardcore and wild at nahanap niya yun sa mga lalaking naging kabit niya. When Argus found it out, he almost lost his sanity just like his father. He even almost killed himself, thankfully I was there to aid him and brought him to the hospital immediately. He went on a coma for almost a year and when he came back alive he turned into a whole different person. He hates women. For him we are all the same motha-f*ckers who doesn't like and appreciate love but just wants to be just played and f*cked by men.

"Hah? P-pero hindi lahat..." mahina kong depensa.

"Well, he has a trauma on women. Since then he became womanizer who plays and f*cks women who give interest in him. He hates commitment. He also hates everything that is colourful, he hates everything that can remind him of Sabina. Sabina liked colourful stuff and that's why he turned everything in his possession white and crystal clear. Sabina is an islander so she doesn't mind if she looks tan, dirty, or messy. She liked mess, stuff or even her own self. Argus hates those kinds now. Remember when you first come here, the clothes you're using is colourful. I knew right away that what's inside your luggage are of the same kind so I'd better threw them than let Argus sees it. Your whole appearance looks exactly like Sabina. Argus doesn't want to face you in that state so he asked me to transform you into a different Sabina. A whiter, cleaner, balmier and more beautiful Sabina. "

"K-kaya ba kung anu-anong pinagga-gawa niyo sa akin?"

"Yes, exactly. By the way, he also become short tempered now. Just as what his father always tells him, he doesn't like disappointments. Pero ang pinakaayaw niya sa lahat yung niloloko siya. I think that's his trauma. Well, make sense."

"N-nanaintindihan ko. Ang hindi ko lang maintindihan is that why he agreed to marry me kung ayaw niya sa mga babae, sa commitment, at ayaw niya sa mga nakakapag-paala-ala sa kanya kay Sabina eh magkapangalan kami and as you said we looked exactly the same?"

"I like to think na alam ko ang sagot jan but I'm sorry Sab, siya lamang ang makakasagot niyan. As his friend and employee, tanging ang mga nasabi ko lamang sa iyo ang mga maaari kong sabihin tungkol sa kanya.

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