The Royal Contract

"Are you sure you know what you are doing? Remember, this is our daughter's life you are messing with." Laura asked her husband, who was looking outside of his window.

They were also on their way to the palace to attend the celebration this evening. And then spend an entire week with Alex and his family. 

Laura was not sure if she should stop her husband or help him with his plan. She knew that her husband only wanted what was best for Daniella, but sometimes his methods were over the top. She felt that instead of helping their daughter, he ended up driving her further away from them.

"Don't worry. I have thoroughly thought of this. I won't do anything that would hurt Daniella. I just want the best for her." Ethan gave his wife a soft kiss while holding her hand for reassurance.

"I just worry that she might hate us for meddling with her affairs." She loved her daughter so much, and she missed her dearly.

Ever since she moved away, she could not help but slightly resent her husband for causing the rift in their family. His manipulations and undermining tactics in his business dealings were the roots of the problem. Then, add his incessant matchmaking that sealed their fate as a family.

Now, she was not sure if his plans were for the good of Daniella or his interest. Once Daniella married Alex, there was a possibility that she would move with Alex back to his hometown. That would mean that her husband would lose his only heir in his empire.

"I only want to make sure that she knows what she is getting into." Ethan insisted as he rationalized his reason for doing this.

He was not about to let his daughter marry someone they did not know, even if he was the king of their kingdom. His daughter had always been his world, and he did everything he could to secure her future. He was not going to let just one man ruin it by taking her away from her family and her birthright.

"I hope you know what you are doing because if you once again drive Daniella away from us, it will be the last straw," Laura warned her husband. 

She had put up with many things he did with their lives and their family, especially with their daughter. But she was not going to stand idle if he did it once again. Their daughter had been through enough after what Nick did to her.

Although she could not blame her husband for it, she would blame him for this if he screwed up their daughter's happiness.

"Are you sure that our daughter is going to go through with this? Will she marry Alex? Have you spoken to her about this?" Ethan wanted to know more about it. 

Although his wife already told him that she was as clueless as he was, he could not help but wonder what pushed their daughter to such a hasty decision. Daniella usually shared everything that was happening to her with her mother. For something this big, he could not believe that Daniella never told her mother about it.

"I already told you. I only learned about Dani's relationship with Alex the same day that you did. About the wedding, we were both there when Frederick told us about it." She tapped on his hand to convince him that she was not keeping anything from him.

She was also not sure why her daughter never shared this information with her. Usually, when something important was about to happen to her or had already happened, she was the first person she would call about it, even when she moved out of their home. 

She suddenly felt sad that her daughter did not feel like sharing things with her. Did she stop trusting her mother about her life and secrets? She could not help but feel a bit hurt by her daughter's recent actions.

"So, what are we going to do at the palace during the week? What are your plans?" She asked her husband, who was still busy contemplating on his side.

She had every intention of supporting her daughter if marrying Alex was what she wanted. She would do everything in her power to make that happen if it meant giving her daughter what she most desired.

She just wished that her husband was also on the same page as hers. She did not want them to end up fighting. Because this time, she would not have any second thought of going against her husband if she had to for their daughter's happiness.

"Get to know Alex and his family. Find out if Alexander truly loves Daniella, or if he was only using her for something he wanted to gain." Ethan voiced out his motives to his wife. "Learn more about the people that our daughter would share her life with."

Ethan knew that not everything written in black and white meant one thing. There would always be hidden meanings under the black ink that you could not see on the plain white paper without carefully examining it. He just wanted to thoroughly decipher all Alex's secrets because no man could be that clean.

All his investigators could not dig any dirt about him. Except for the fact that he had kept his identity as the prince of Blackstone a secret, nothing else was amiss about his business dealings, past relationships, or personal life. 

He was not the womanizer that he initially thought. As his records showed, he only had a couple of serious relationships they could dig up.

"I hope not, but if Alex is only using our daughter. I am permitting you to do what you think is best." She informed her husband.

Because if she found out that Alex was no different from Nick, she had no problem if her husband did what he thought was best under the situation. She would not allow Alex to hurt her daughter.

"I intend to," Ethan assured her wife. 

He did not believe in death as the worse punishment, but he believed in revenge. Nick thought that he had got away with what he had done. He was wrong. He was just about to begin.

If Alex were in the same boat as Nick, he too would suffer in his hands. And it would be worse than death.