Chapter 51: Elder sister?
[London]
Next few weeks went by peacefully for Dylan and Isabella. There holidays were soon going to end. And since both of them got campus employment, they had to join early and started working with their advisors.
They would go together in the morning and return together in the evening.
"Dylan. Dinner is ready. Come and eat." Isabella called him from the kitchen. Dylan was busy getting some assignments done in the bedroom. He smiled hearing her voice. Married life felt good. It was as if all the barriers between them vanished.
"I don't have any work tomorrow. I will drop you first and then meet Kyle. Call me whenever your work is done." Dylan got into his husband mode, making Isabella roll her eyes at him.
"I can go and come back on my own."
She wasn't a little kid whose parents had to daily drop them off at school and pick them up in the afternoon.
"I know you can. I am just making sure that the world knows Isabella is not single anymore." And he winked, making his wife blush and throw an almond at him which he effortlessly caught in his mouth.
They talked some trivial matters, future plans and laughed on jokes before finishing the dinner. Dylan took upon himself to wash the dished while Isabella went to have relaxing shower.
"Who are you?" Dylan questioned, making sure to keep his voice down so that Isabella couldn't listen in the shower.
These days he was able to feel whenever someone peeked through whatever portal it is.
Lawrence's presence was overbearing, impossible to miss. He would know it right away that his father-in-law is watching.
Aliza's presence was gentle and soothing. Though he couldn't grasp it at first, he could clearly identify her presence now.
But there was also someone else peeing most of the times. And weird thing is that they wouldn't talk. Lawrence and Aliza never tried to hide their presence, and asked him many questions about this world.
But this someone would be very quiet, as if spying. Most irritating thing is that they wouldn't even stop when Dylan and Isabella were getting intimate.
Atleast Lawrence and Aliza would immediately disappear as soon as they see their daughter in flirting mood. But this one seemed like a jobless pervert.
"Who are you? Why are shamelessly spying on a husband and wife?" Dylan questioned again. He knew the person was still there.
'I-I am Stella. Isabella's elder sister. We are twins.'
Dylan raised his brows. Elder sister? Twin? Wow.. Wait.. Stella?
"Stella? Are you the same Stella who was here before Isabella?" Dylan asked to confirm.
'Uhh.. I guess so. I don't remember much but my parents did tell me that I was lost in human realm for a while'
Dylan wasn't very surprised. His Isabella was indeed an angel fallen from sky. As for Stella, he didn't have any impression what so ever about her.
"Nice to know you Stella. Is there anything you want to say?" Dylan asked. If no, then he wanted her to stop peeping into their moments.
Stella got the hint too.
'No. N-Nothing. Nice to know you too. I will leave now.'
Dylan felt the connection disappear. Good. He finished doing the dishes, checked the doors and windows, turned off the living room lights before going into their bedroom.
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[Mythiopia]
Stella sat straight on her bed with an embarrassed expression on her face. She didn't expect Dylan would catch her.
She had indeed been spying on Isabella for a while now. She wanted to see her temperament and personality.
"How dare he talk like that to the eldest princess. He didn't even bother to address you with your title your highness" Her personal maid Carrie accused Dylan. A bunch of maids behind her nodded their heads too.
Stella pursed her lips. She too felt weird when Dylan addressed her directly using her name. None except her parents addressed her like that.
"It's fine. Their customs are a lot different from ours." Stella said and took a deep breathe. She didn't know why she suddenly got nervous.
"I heard her majesty the queen has arranged for a group of best seamstresses and tailors in the kingdom to prepare attires for princess Isabella and her husband." Another maid chirped in. Their gossips were never ending.
"Huh? The don't think the king will accept that man as princess Isabella's husband. How can the crown princess get married to a man with no background?" a young maid voiced out her unwanted opinion.
"The queen has accepted him wholeheartedly. And the king also seems to have accepted the situation." Another maid spoke.
"Hmm.. I actually thought that the king might marry her to prince Calhoun." Carrie commented. Stella clenched his fists as soon as she heard this. Calhoun? No way. She was about to reprimand her when her pixie appeared in the chamber.
"You all have got quite daring, didn't you now? How about put forth your opinions and conclusions infront of his majesty?" Pixel glared at the maids, making them gulp. They weren't afraid of pixel. But they were afraid of pixel complaining to the king. The pixie had done it before.
"Get lost now." The pixie ordered and the maids looked at the princess. Stella nodded and everyone hurried out of her chamber.
"Now you started giving orders on my behalf?" Stella asked coldly. She was very irritated right now.
"Since you are not doing your job of keeping your maids in their limits, I have to do it for you." Pixel countered. This was her duty. The king gave her Stella so that she can guide her.
"And it will be better if you stop spying on the crown princess and her husband." Pixie advised. Stella gritted her teeth feeling her anger raise.
"I wasn't spying. I was just curious about her." Stella said in her defense. Pixel gave her a side eye and sat on the rim of a flower vase.
Stella sighed and calmed herself down. She cannot lose her composure for every small matter like this. Especially not after she saw how calm and composed Isabella remains all the time.
"Did father really plan on a proposal for Calhoun and Isabella?" Stella asked after a while.
Pixel shrugged her tiny shoulders.
"His majesty is in no hurry to marry off his daughters. And even if he had an plans, they doesn't matter anymore. Crown princess had already chosen her prince." Pixel reminded. Not many knew about Isabella.
Lawrence initially didn't want anyone else to know about this expect for Aliza, Stella and Dexter. But then Stella went ahead and spoke about this in front of her maids and Lawrence had to cast a spell on them to stop them from revealing anything to outsiders.
Stella thought of Dylan. She didn't know how any girl could fall for a poor man like him. Except for a ridiculously handsome face, Dylan had nothing to offer.
"How can he be titled as a prince? He is just a normal human, with no recognition even in the human realm. It will tarnish the reputation of the royal family if he given a place here." Stella said expressing her displeasure at the thought of accepting Dylan into the family.
"He already became a part of the family as soon as your sister married him princess." Pixel said making Stella's mood all time low.
"I am going to talk to my mother"