ANTHALIA IVVANOVICH: The Substitute Bride

Chapter 3

Erine

"Come on Baxter! You're too spaced out!"

Napahalakhak lamang si Ezekiel ng makitang mas naging agresibo ang pag atake ni Baxter sa kanya, they are having a physical and close combat in his backyard

"Damn you Ezekiel!"
He hurt his ego. He laughed again and lunged into him, they're both in the ground trying to put someone still on the dirty ground while attempting to stand , nanatiling nakahiga sa sahig si Baxter habang pinipigilan siya ni Ezekiel na makabangon.

"I won" he smiled triumphantly.

My brother. Tch.

"Enough with that." I said, and walk out of the rose garden where I've been watching them.

"You were there all along?"

He got his grin back, he's offering a hand to Baxter who's still on the ground. But he didn't accept it.

"That's probably why there's someone here who's spaced out" he chuckled and I just glare at him.

"Shut up. Father needs you in his chamber"

"Yeah be there, but wait. oh sister, you should try dueling with Bax , he can teach you martial arts , you could be as cool as that girl in the tournament before ,damn cool.."

I just stare at him
"Get off now Ezekiel, you've been repeatedly talking about that girl it so annoying."

I am very much aware Ezekiel even hire investigators to track down the girl. He's too curious like a cat. He said he's never seen a girl who could fight like that and so brave to face the tournament and even win.

"I'm going."

Ng makaalis siya ay binalingan ko si Baxter na masinsinan akong pinapanood.

"What are you still doing here? You should be back in the Philippines now."

He smiled innocently

"Not until with you."

Ezekiel

I remember again that girl ,tch that girl been haunting me for days now. My investigators having a hard time tracking her down , they told me it is as if her information were blocked or intentionally removed. That made her more mysterious than before.

I enter my father's chamber. He's feeding hawkey his silver Sharp beak falcon.

"Sit down, I have something to tell you."

I sat down the sofa near his working table, there's champagne in the coffee table so I put in a glass and drink. He sat in front of me and drink in his goblet .

"Princess Equija is back, She's already in his father's possession as of now."

My smiles couldn't falter now. I'm so happy with the news, Equija was out of the track for a month after the announcement of our engagement.

I only met her once. That was when she's 8 and I'm 12 in a royal engagement party of my half Brother Riyo and Alicia. She's crying then while playing the piano in our veranda.

"Hey princess why are you crying?"

She stopped playing and stare at me.

"I'll miss my sister." My younger self nod.
"Hmmm"