Romancing My Royalty

Chapter 19

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IVORY

"WE heard what you did, Ivory," iyon ang paunang bungad sa akin ni Daddy nang tumawag siya matapos kong mag-freshen up. The disappointment in me flashed immediately inside. Minsan na nga lang mangumusta si Daddy pero kapag patungkol sa mga pinanggawa ko ay agad na sumasagap sa kanyang isipan na hindi maganda.

Two times every day tumatawag si Mommy para kamustuhahin ako the past month pero these days ay limitado na lang din dahil alam kong abala ang mga magulang ko. Naiintindihan ko sila pero nasasaktan talaga ako sa tuwing tumutawag lamang si Daddy kapag assume niyang may ginawa na naman akong masama.

Sumagap na naman sa kanyang radar ang patungkol sa amin ni Rasquin. They didn't like this kind of news.

"How are you, too, Dad?" I softly mocked him cause I died inside. Nakikita lang talaga niya ang mga mali ko, kung mali man ang pakikipaglapit kay Rasquin.

"It isn't a good idea to associate yourself with the prince. Sinabi ng Lolo mo na nakikipagrelasyon ka sa prinsipe then spend a night with him. Isn't it inapproriate? You're too old to understand these things, Ivory. Ang akala namin magbabago ka kapag nabantayan ka nang maigi. Have you learned your lessons?"

"Yes, I've already understood what is a good and a bad idea among these things, Dad. The thing I can't understand is your objection between my life's choices. This is my life. Ako iyong magiging masaya o magiging malungkot kapag nakikialam kayo sa mga desisyon ko sa buhay."

"How dare you say those things?!"

I felt so heartbroken because of my father, him without asking my welfare? Kung humihinga pa ba ako, kung nakakain ba ako, kung ayos lang ba ang lagay ng puso ko?

"As long as I am breathing, Ivory, I will question your life's decisions which are bad and inappropriate! The prince is to be married to another girl that will not be you. Whatever their monarchy's law, you can't just barge in and let him break it."

I sighed and let him shout whatever he wanted. Inilapag ko sa kama ang aking cellphone kasi naka-loud speaker naman. I would let my heart break even more, the pain wasn't enough.

"And you're not fit to be his duchess! You're irresponsible, careless, unsociable...everything a duchess shouldn't be! Do you understand me?! Ivory!"

"Opo, Dad," saka mabilisan kong pinatay ang tawag dahil sa iritasyon. "Couldn't agree more." bulong ko sa aking sarili.

I wasn't anyone deserving or anyone that was better. I didn't know what to do with my life. I wanted to find my way. The only thing I was certain right at this moment was to grab the opportunity of being with Rasquin. Because I wanted to know the road I could take if I would take this course with him.

Maybe because being married to him would be my freedom.

Because being with him, I would be happy.

Rasquin would be my only certain thing right now.

Because my family had underestimated me so much for how many years that I couldn't take the political course. I wanted to try to take that path and applied it to the Cambrevian people if this fate would allow me to.

I wiped my tears away and exhaled the pain inside. In the quite room, iyong hikbi ko lang ang aking naririnig kaya mas lalong bumibigat ang aking pakiramdam. Patuloy ang pagbagsak ng mga luha ko dahil samut-saring emosyon na ang nanalaytay sa akin.

A cute buzz in the door sounded. Immediately, I wiped my tears by grabbing some tissues on the side table. I assumed this would be the foods that would be sent by the pantry as Senator Sanchez had said a while ago.