The Royals [Completed]

5 | You Can't Hide Anymore

"What else Baekhyun asked you to do?"

Joy crossed her legs, and leaned back on the chair as she stared down at Hera. The girl in front of her played with her fingers, looking everywhere but her expression of nervousness covering her face wholly.

"Don't be scared," Princess said. "I have connections, you can't do anything without me knowing that. Baekhyun underestimates his soon to be wife," she tilted her head. "Trust me, he isn't going to be mad at you. He actually likes you."

Hera lifted her head and blinked. "Like me?"

"Forbidden fruit," Joy sighed. "That's what you are to him, but I really don't care till we get married."

Hera frowned. "Huh?" she looked at Joy as if she was a crazy woman. "You think Baekhyun has interest in me? And, you don't have any problem with that?"

Joy shrugged. "As I said he can do anything he wants until we're married," she said, surprising Hera yet again. "And, don't worry about your brother. I have checked with the facts regarding him. This year the Royal family is funding one of the university students, and I'm sure Suho is going to get selected with his performance from last year."

Hera's mouth fell open in shock. "Do you rich people have some kind of habit of checking someone else's life?"

Joy sighed, and stood up from the seat. "Baekhyun's guard was around the corner, so he already knows what you have told me. Don't bother to pretend, and just live on. He won't do anything."

Hera was baffled. She didn't know if she should be surprised or shocked or angry. She felt like a toy for the Royals, and didn't like it. "I'm not a gold digger," she said just when the princess was about to leave the place.

Joy halted her steps. "I hope you are genuinely friends with Taehyung now. I'm helping your brother," she glanced at Hera over her shoulder. "He enjoys your company."

"I wasn't friends with Taehyung for that," Hera defended herself. "I'm sorry that I even thought of accepting Baekhyun's offer, but I'm not a gold digger."

Princess Joy sighed. "I don't care," she replied with a shrug, and walked away with her head held high. But, just when she turned around the corner, she leaned back on the wall and pushed a hand over her mouth. Tears fell down her cheeks, and she tried to take deep breaths to calm herself down. "Don't cry. Don't cry," she fanned herself. "It's okay. It's going to be okay," she told herself.