BURNING AFFECTION - EPISODE 42 AND 43

“Jimin” the minister called again but when he didn’t answer still, Riya tapped him and he slowly looked up at her

“How dare you touch me” he said hatefully

Seeing her face is just so so annoying

” What do you mean?, Let’s take the vows” Riya replied with a smile

Jimin looked at everyone and saw them looking at him, expecting him to stand

He stood reluctantly and the minister cleared his throat

“Miss Riya, you have to vow that you’ll always be a good wife to prince Jimin, getting married to him will make you one of the royals as from today, you’ll be addressed with respect as your highness … Vow to make him happy always and never do anything to deter the peace of this palace” the minister said

Riya raised her right hand

“I vow to always make prince Jimin happy and do everything that’ll bring peace in the palace, I’ll bear him cute babies and be a good wife to him then a good mother to our unborn babies…. Riya Park” she said and everyone clapped

” Your highness prince Jimin, vow to never leave her side, always stand by her, be a good husband and do everything to make her happy, getting married to her means you’re her husband, potential father of the babies she’ll bear….vow to always take care of her and not make this marriage a regret” the minister said

” No I can’t” Jimin replied

Everyone gasped at the sudden outburst

“This is your wedding, why are you refusing to say the vows” the minister said

” Cos I’m not interested!, I love someone else and nothing can ever make me love this idiot!” He spat, pointing at Riya

” Your highness….” Riya said

“Oh shut up!” Jimin interrupted

” What nonsense are you saying!” King Jung yelled

“I love Kimora!, Is that enough answer?, I’m in a relationship with her I can’t continue with this ridiculous wedding, it’s Kimora I love, she’s the only one I dream to get married to!’ he yelled and started walking out of the hall

“Bring Kimora to the execution ground, for having an affair with my second prince as a low maid, she’s getting executed, lock Jimin in for seven days” king Jung suddenly ordered and Jimin stopped on his tracks, he looked back in shock

“No…. no…no!!!” He screamed

End of Imagination***

“Jimin take the vows” queen Sera’s voice said

Jimin folded his shaking fist and started talking after raising his hand

“I vow to always be by her side, make her happy and be a good man..to her…. Jimin Jung” he said slowly, breathing heavily afterwards

” Riya Park, can you come forward for the change of surname in the book?” The minister said and Riya gladly stepped out

She took the brush and dipped it in the ink before writing Riya Jung boldly in the book

“Riya Jung” she said, facing everyone

“Welcome to Miryang palace” king Jung said and she bowed

” Yes your majesty”

She went back to sit but surprisingly Jimin is not on seat anymore, no one even knew when he left the hall

She sat worriedly, wondering why he left like that when her parents came over

“Mother* she smiled, standing to go hug her then her father afterwards

” Riya Jung” Mari said and Riya blushed

“Such a cool name, just like my husband” she said.

” Look at her showing off” Park Sun said and Riya laughed

“By the way where’s your husband?, We should say our greetings” Mari said

” He must be so tired, I think he went in already” she replied

“I hate her* Suzy said silently from her seat

“Hating again?” Sera replied and Royalty smiled

The smile disappeared from Royalty’s face when she felt weird inside

She held her tummy but it stopped behaving weird immediately

“Is it because I’ve not eaten?” She wondered, drinking more wine

“I just hate her long face, those carrying rumours that she’s beautiful are blind, I’m more beautiful, she’s ugly.. to me” Suzy said, drinking from her wine while glaring at Riya

“Your brother isn’t happy” Sera said sadly

” Why didn’t you just talk to father about it, this marriage will be sour, I can bet anything” Suzy said

” If I had talked to his majesty and he gets to know he’s into Kimora, Kimora will surely be dead by now cos his majesty will never spare her for having an affair with his prince, I know my husband better, he takes Miryang rules seriously” Sera replied

” Though I hate Kimora, I can’t help but pity her, seeing your lover getting married is one of the hardest things in the world” Suzy replied

” Sure, I wonder how she’ll be doing right now” Royalty said sadly

” You two” Sera said and they both looked at her

” Continue like this please, seeing you both behaving like real sisters has always been my wish, please continue” she said

” I’m trying” Suzy replied, still glaring at Riya

” I’ll continue” Royalty smiled and noticed Suzy is still glaring at Riya

“You’re still glaring at Riya” she said

“I’ve heard of her arrogance and proudness, I hate it, I can feel we won’t get along” Suzy replied

” Can’t believe this is coming from my daughter who was once an arrogant peacock herself and a proud one” Sera said

” Whatever” Suzy replied, leaving the hall

Sera held Royalty’s hand

” I saw how hard you’ve been trying to rebuild her, thanks a lot, I’ll always love you like my own” she said

” Thanks queen, I’ll always love you like my mother too” she smiled and hugged Sera

” What’s that brat doing with that foolish queen” Cal wondered, looking at them as he walked out of the hall.

****

Suzy walked through the hallway angrily, angry at everything that’s just happening

The sadness on Jimin’s face hurts to the bone, she loves him a lot and seeing him sad is sad for her too

All because of Riya… that only makes her hate Riya more

Riya appeared from the door that led to the kitchen and Suzy grimaced, looking at her hatefully

They walked past each other but Suzy suddenly stopped

“Stepping here is the biggest mistake you’ve ever made” she said and Riya stopped too

” Who the hell are you?, Oh the egoistic princess Suzy?, I’ve heard of your personality” she said

” My brother….is in love with another, you’ll just be a bed warmer, and that’s even if he’ll sleep with an ugly clown like you, he’d rather sit all night I know him” Suzy said and Riya came back to her

” In love with another?” She said and Suzy giggled

” Get curious till curiosity will grip your life, and I promise to frustrate you till you get fed up…ask of me around, I’m not the usual kind of princess” Suzy said and gave Riya an hateful look before starting to walk away but she suddenly stopped again

“You were talking about babies, you must be planning to get pregnant for Yul…his horse…cos my Jimin will never get down with an ugly clown” she said and left completely

” What was that, who does she think she is” Riya said, walking away too but coming across Royalty after a while

“You must be the second princess” she said with a ridiculous smile

Royalty looked at her like she’s a piece of rag

“So everyone here has my kind of personality, this should be interesting, I just can’t wait” Suzy said

” Now that I look at you very well, Suzy was right…you’re ugly” Royalty said

” What!, The Pretty daughter of the Park family is ugly?, How dare you”

” You won’t last, he loves another” Royalty said and left

” What’s the two of them talking about” she wondered

Royalty felt weird again after walking for a while

” I should really eat something, I’ve never been affected by hunger like this before” she thought.

*****
Kitchen**

” Bang!” Cory said, entering the kitchen, only Tania is there since they aren’t cooking any meal right now

“You have a knack for scaring me right?, Weirdo” she said

” The wedding was sad, I came to grab some wine” Cory said, taking a bottle of wine

” I didn’t attend but I heard it wasn’t fun, just like burial, I heard the prince was moody throughout” she replied

Cory came close and she bent back. “You look beautiful in this occasional robe” he whispered and she turned to a tomato immediately, blushing hard

“What… are you doing you’re too close…” She said, marching his feet, he stepped away

“Ouch!, You’re harsh” he said

“You asked for it” she replied and her eyes widened

” I’ve not seen Kimora since she left in the morning” she said and left the kitchen

Cory followed her and they left for her room together

“Kimora!” She beckoned, entering her room but she’s not there

“Did she go back into the forest to look for herbs?, Or is she with Ginelle?” She wondered, coming out but she stopped when she saw a note on her drawing table

She came back for it and took it

★ I think I’m dying soon ★ was written on it

Her eyes widened… “Kimora..” she muttered and ran out

Cory is still waiting…

“What does this mean…what does it mean” she said shakily, giving him the note

” Where’s she?” He asked after reading it

“She’s not in….my Kimora is not in where’s my friend!” She shouted fearfully

” Is this her handwriting?” Cory asked

“No it’s not, someone definitely wrote this and maybe…took her away… she’s sick and weak….who took my friend” she replied

” Kidnap?” Cory said

*****

Rachel’s room**

The maid came in slowly, making sure no one saw her, Rachel is waiting already

“Are you sure you did it?” Rachel asked

“Yes your highness, I did it just like you instructed” she replied

” But why isn’t she dead already, did I give you the slow poison instead?” She said and checked her drawer

The fast killer is there, .. ” I gave you the slow poison….well it’s still cool, no antidote, she’ll die after the poison would have eaten deep into her intestines.. and you….” She grabbed the maid’s neck and she trembled

” If anyone hears about this, you’re dead, I should have killed you, I didn’t because you’re my most trusted maid, understood?” She said

” Yyy…y…yes your highness” she stuttered and Rachel released her

She left the room and rushed to her room where she started crying immediately

She’s the senior among Rachel’s maids and she luckily got to be among the maids that’ll be serving wine at the wedding and when she was assigned to Sera, Rachel gave her poison and forced her to vow to add it to Sera’s wine

It’s the first time she’ll be serving Sera so she has no idea of the wine she takes, she just took one of the most expensive and served her, only for her to say it’s not her usual type then swap with Royalty

She sat on the ground and cried bitterly

“Princess Royalty is too kind to die…. She’ll die cos of me, she gave me a lot of robes and she’s always so kind, when father was sick she gave me money for his medicine, how can I be so cruel” she cried silently

She sniffed sorrowfully and stood

“I don’t deserve to live, I don’t” she said, running to the guards chamber to get a rope.

*****

Jimin’s room**

Jimin is sitting in the bathtub silently, he’s not crying out but in the inside, she’s broken

The water covered his head, he’s not wearing anything besides his short white garment knicker

The slow sounds of water bubbles is the only sound in the bathroom, it’s dead silent

He closed his eyes in the water, placing his palms on the edge of the tub

This day is surely the saddest day he has ever encountered

His head is behaving like it’s gonna burst anytime soon and the fact that Kimora will be insanely hurt or even crying right now is driving him insane and he just wishes to curse himself

He’s weak and sick, feeble and powerless right now, he looks vulnerable and yes, he is…

The sight of Riya disgusts and annoys him, he hates her!, So much that he feels like killing her..

“My fate is cruel..our fate is callous” he thought, letting out tears but the water swallowed it all

Cory came in immediately, he literally barged in, breathing heavily

“She’s not with Ginelle, she’s not in the forest nor her room, there’s a strange note in her room…I mean lady Kim” he said in a hurry

Jimin rushed to stand, he hurried out of the tub and took the note from him, he read it and faced Cory

“What the hell…is this?” He said, feeling like life has been blown out of his body.

*****

” You did a good job, I just want to see Jimin suffering for a while” Cal said to Darrin on getting to the hideout

” She’s inside” Darrin replied

“Bring her out, I should wound her first” Cal ordered and Darrin went in, he came out with weak Kimora whom he threw on the ground like a doll

She fell weakly, her body is shaking visibly

She was captured so easily cos it seems like as the wedding was going on, she lost more and more powers, she was lying helplessly weak on her bed and couldn’t move a finger

So when Darrin came in, he took her away easily, she couldn’t even move, her powers seems impotent that moment till now and it seems the whole world is against her

Petal isn’t even helping

Cal smiled, bending beside her . “You’re so unlucky to get involved with Jimin” he said and drew her hair, making her face him forcefully

” I’ll make you cry” he said and dropped her head, she fell back feebly

He walked to where her two hands are lying, he stood on them with his hard shoes that has small nails at the sole

“My hands!!!!” Kimora screamed with the remaining strength in her… Tears rushing down her pale sickly face…