Hidden Princess

Chapter 28: Trip down memory lane 4

"Aruzian prince?"

Erick stood up and took a bow to address the king in front of him. "Your majesty, it is a pleasure to meet you again." Michael was astounded by the young boy's manners. If only my baby could be like that too.

"Ah! The pleasure is all mine. It's not everyday that you can get to see the Aruzian prince. I can see that you are acquainted with my daughter." Erick was shocked to see as to how such a nice person could have a daughter that was a she-devil. But, he couldn't say that out loud. Some thoughts he kept to himself. The next thing he saw was what shocked him even more. Elayna had turned to her father with an innocent look that could melt anyone's heart. She then dragged him away to a distance.

"Father you could have told me how he looked like at the very least so that I couldn't make a fool of myself and make a good first impression." When Michael saw how his daughter looking so humiliated, he would have at the very least described how he looked for her. But, what was done, was done. All they could do at the moment is to change how he viewed her. "Well then baby, all you could do is make a good second impression. Now go on." He said while dragging her back to where Erick was standing. Erick had seen how that mean girl acted like such the perfect daughter to her father and wondered how she could do that and still maintain a clean conscious.

"Well then, I am going to let you kids talk, I don't want to bother." With that, he left without even giving a second glance. Erick sat back down on the bench behind him. "Just so you know, I hate two-faced people the most." Elayna sat beside him and studied his face. How can such a handsome person have such a nasty attitude? But this is not the time to say how horrible he his, it is time to do some sucking up.

"My deepest apologies for my horrible behavior. I am not particularly having a good day so far." After saying that, she pouted and hung her head down, her hair covering her face. Erick looked at the girl beside him and thought, I have to hand it to her, she is really good at pretending.

"You do know you can drop the act right? Cause i am not buying your whole pity show. Just be the horrible self that you are. You said that you wanted to make a good second impression right? Yeah, that, not happening, like ever." After saying what he had to, he stood up and walked to the edge, not that far from Elayna. This dude can read me like a book. Ugh! He is just like mother!

"I wonder how you plan on getting so much as a dance with that horrible personality of yours. So much so, a wife?" Erick too a glance at the girl sitting on the bench and scoffed very haughtily.

"Please, getting a wife, is as easy as blinking to me. But you wanna bet if i can get a dance?" Elayna was intrigued by that, she wanted this guy to lose so bad and get him off of his high horse.

"Sure I wanna bet, but that depends on how confident you are to believe that you can dance with ten princesses in one hour. Oh! and the princesses have to approach you, not the other way around." After that, she let out an evil laughter that gave Erick the chills. She can be so scary, but anyway, what's ten princesses to worry about? But wait, did she just say that the girls have to approach me?

"Letting the girls approach me, is just lowering my dignity, what am I? A little wallflower that everyone comes to take a look at?"

"Yes, yes you are. So are you gonna do this or what?" Erick contemplated for a while, its not that he doubted his attractiveness, its just that being approached didn't sit with him well. But anyways, he would do anything to make this girl lose, she annoyed him to the core.

"Fine, I'll do your silly bet. But if I win, you have to work as my personal servant for two weeks at my place. Deal?" Elayna stood up and took a hold of Erick's outstretched hand.