The Late Princess [#Shines2017]

3. Eavesdropping Is A Bad Thing To Do!

Later that night - Luciana's room:

I was lying flat on my bed and rolling from one end to the other. Everything that happened looked so surreal. Did I dream it all? All those doubts vanished away when I looked at the beautiful ring on my finger. A huge grin broke out on my lips. I swear my cheeks are gonna hurt.

The door to my room burst open and I stood up straight quickly. It was none other than my evil cousin, Taylor. I mustered up all I could and glared at her as much as possible to which she grinned. " Looks like someone is happy." She wiggled her eyebrows which made me give up my glare.

"Actually I am!" I squealed and ran towards her. I literally jumped on her and hugged her tight. "Do you know what happened? Do you know what happened?" I shook her furiously so much that if she were a doll, all her body parts would have fallen down in pieces.

"Woah! Woah!" She caught hold of my shoulder and made me stand still. I kept grinning at her as she examined my face. "I didn't know Marc had such an effect on you!"

"What?!" I shrieked and pushed her away. "No! It wasn't Marc!"

"What? No marc?" She groaned. "If it's not him, who was it?"

I grinned. This was an opportunity I wasn't going to let go. If there was a way to make Taylor suffer, it was to keep her in suspense. Yes, she would eventually find out because her mind can never accept not knowing something. And it was really fun watching her squirm and suffer, trying to figure out who it was. I ain't cruel but she deserves at least that much for ditching me.

"I am not going to tell you." I cooed

"What?" Her eyes widened and she gasped. A smirk grew out on her lips a few seconds later. "You know that you can't bear not telling me right?"

I shrugged. "Yeah, I know. But it's fun watching you suffer till that. So I'll enjoy as long as I can."

She groaned. "Since when did you become the evil cousin? That's my role."

I pinched her cheeks and smiled. "I know."

The room bell rang. Yep, I have a bell to my room. Again it was some weird safety measure. Only those who were a part of the family could enter using their finger print. I walked towards the small monitor that was next to the door. It was the monitor to the security camera that was outside my door. A talk, white guy with black hair was standing there. He was wearing a blue uniform.

"Is that a security guard?" I asked.

Taylor walked up beside me and peeked at the monitor. She scratched her hair. "What is Nicholas doing here?"

"So that was the Nicholas you flirted with?" I raised my eyebrows

"Yep." She said popping the 'p'. She quickly pressed the red voice button and spoke into the speaker. "What do you want Nicholas?" Woah, why was she being so cold?

His cheeks flushed red as he recognised that it was Taylor. He cleared his throat and composed himself. He looked at the camera as he spoke, "Mr.Anderson would like to see you, mam."

She pressed the button again and spoke. "Which Anderson and which you? You know that there are two Mr.Andersons in the house and two 'you's in this room right?"

"Taylor!" I reprimanded her and pushed her away from the caller booth. I pressed the button and leaned forward. "I'm sorry for my cousin's rude behaviour, Nicholas." She glared at me and turned away. "Is my father asking for me?"

"Yes ma'am. He is."

"Okay. Tell him, I'll be there in a minute."

"Okay ma'am." He nodded and walked away.