Chapter 296 DAMIEN IS PRINCE?
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"Damien come come my son." Elizabeth made it more obvious. If this woman is his mother, then he didn't take after her at all. Because compared to Damien, her talent mentor, his mother is an angel. When he neared them, "Aunt Evelyn." Damien greeted her first. Evelyn is his favorite Aunt, the one that scolds him for his bad doing when he was little. She was the most scary person to him back then. He recalled viewing her as a red dragon, because each time she arrived in the palace with her kids, she was always so angry. And would leave almost immediately. But before she left, she would scold him for the tiniest things.
But through the years, she got softer, and whenever she was here to complain about Noah and his sister to the queen, she would smile and talk to him. She became one of the nicest people to him.
"Aunt Admiral, Aunt Molly. Duchess Sharon." He greeted with a slight bow.
"Prince Damien, it is nice to see you." The women greeted him one after another. Elizabeth didn't wait for them to finish speaking as she stepped in.
"Anna this is my son prince Damien, Damien this is Anna." Anna was too shocked to speak. She would never have guessed Damien was a prince.
Though he had a gentle nature, he never looked or behaved like royalty. "I already met her mother, no need to be formal." Damien said taking a seat next to Anna since it was the only available space there. Evelyn who saw this frowned. This people, are they really trying to impress her daughter in law?
She looked around in search of her son or daughter, but couldn't them anywhere. Where is Noah when you need him the most?
"Oh you already met?" Elizabeth feigned Innocence even if she knew, Damien had been the one to invite her to the diamond award just so she could wear Anna the crown and also invite her to this party.
"He was my talent hunt mentor for the first competition for the diamond crown." Anna explained.
"Oh my silly son. And I am sure you won?" Elizabeth asked, so much pride oozing from her. She wouldn't hesitate to brag about her son to the other women. A soon to be king and a multi talented young man. What's there not to brag about?
"She didn't unfortunately." Evelyn laughed but quickly composed herself. Her action only making the queen glare at her. If they haven't been long time friends and if her brother wasn't the king, she would have kicked her out.
"Damien isn't only gifted with royal duties, he has learned to interact and mingle with his people. After all, that is what the next king should do, isn't it?" Elizabeth asked and all the other ladies there nodded except one person. The one who stylishly glared at the pronce. Elizabeth brushed off the competition failing like it never existed.
"Do you know I and his father had warned him not to mentor anyone anymore. Damien is just so multi talented and stylishly stubborn. But in a good way, because of he wasn't stubborn, how would he have met you." Elizabeth continued to praise her son and Anna nodded in agreement.
Damien is a reserved man, that is why when he told her he's found a girl he likes, Elizabeth promised to do everything in her power to make Anna his. She didn't care if Anna was already in a relationship. She wanted her son married to Anna and Noah one else. You know what they say, when royalty has their eyes on you, not even God can save you from them.
"You look so beautiful tonight." Damien whispered next to her ears and she smiled. Though she her heart didn't skip like Noah compliments did to her, she still liked his compliments. Noah already told her countless times of how beautiful she looked tonight, so she knew she was. She had spent hours to dress up for that silly his and of hers.
Anna didn't respond to his compliments, she was still trying to reminisce everything that just happened. Damien is really a prince, it is no wonder he had a his section of the biggest museum in all of Crownsville dedicated to him and his talent, and he lied about knowing the owner. Now that she thought about it, his lies seemed funny because she's a liar herself and has lied about a lot. Just like her marriage to Noah. The only person that knows her for who she is, is Noah.
"You lied to me." Anna whispered just for both of them to hear. She had seen Damien, not only as a mentor but also her friend. But what balanced everything is the fact that he's a prince and also related to Noah Declan.
"I'm sorry, can we perhaps go somewhere to talk. I'll explain everything to you." Anna opened her lips to explain when she saw Noah returning. Her eyes went wide and she quickly created more distance between herself and Damien. Noah had threatened to kill anyone she got close to, no matter who they are. She has seen how inhumane her hubby can be and the last thing she needs if get his hands stained with someone's blood because of her.
Damien who had her attention until this moment, noticed how her attention had quickly shifted from him to something else. Something he couldn't understand. And he noticed how she tried to create distance between them. The same thing happened on stage when he tried to congratulate her, she had refused to hug him and moved away from him. He felt bad, be cause the Anna he met would never behave that way.
He only needed a day around her to know the kind of person she is. She's the first person that never discriminated or judged him for his looks when other girls ran away.
It's quite unfortunate Damien has taken his father's ugliness and not his mother's beautiful features.
As he followed her eyes, he saw her staring at the man she had called her bodyguard the other day. The same man that refused her to accept his invitation. He frowned.
