Consulate

Elise made her way to speak with Queen Clarisse without even stopping at the front desk but was still stopped by a huge security guard who held her tightly

¨Madam! What is your business here!? Leave your things on the floor right now¨ the security staff started enclosing on her but stopped at a woman´s commanding voice

¨Tim, Josh stand down right this moment¨ Charlotte said strongly and narrowed her eyes at them. She was standing there in all her glory with a tight black dressing skirt along with a deep V-neck black dressing blazer that showed a light brown button up shirt that stopped right above the end of the blazer. She was putting off sexy and discreet pretty well along with her black heels.

Elise´s brain fried at the moment she took in the other woman and almost forgot how to breathe. She´d been so into her own head that she didn´t realized she was being called

¨Elise!¨ Charlotte got closer to the other woman with a smirk

¨Uh? Yes?¨ Elise said while blushing

¨Come with me¨ Charlotte said and left for the library with an extra sway of her hips while letting Queen Clarisse know the other woman was there through her ear piece

¨Go ahead and take a sit, I´ll let her know you´re here¨ Charlotte said while guiding her towards the couch before adding with a flirty smile ¨Would you like anything¨

Charlotte had always been interest in women and felt really attracted to the woman so she couldn't help herself. She knew Elise was single since she´d been gathering information on the woman; she was not about to make any advances on someone already involved in a relationship. She truly enjoyed the woman´s wit, intellect and knowledge but was scared since she was bound to go back to Genovia and didn´t really know what would happen

¨I…Uh…¨ Elise said while stuttering cutely at the other woman ¨Water please¨

Charlotte stepped away to get the water while Clarisse made her way into the library making her assistant take an instant shift towards a professional mode

¨Your highness¨ Elise said while standing up and waiting for the Queen to sit back down to do the same

¨Charlotte, please take a sit as well¨ Clarisse said and turned to Elise ¨What have you found?¨

¨Nicholas Deveruox's bank account has been linked to some strange things. He´s been having an extra bank account to the Bahamas and they were linked to human trafficking. Both of the perpetrators had 100 thousand deposits the day before the attack¨ Elise informed the Queen and her personal Attaché corps member

¨Charlotte?¨ Clarisse sighted ¨What have you found?¨

¨Vizconde Mabrey was seen keeping contact with the fired board member Irving Ravitz who had been investigated for human trafficking and prostitution by the Interpol the moment he was let go of Elias & Clark¨ she answered dutifully

¨Given that Genovia´s annual ball is to be held in 14 days I need you to let police know right now. I want nothing of this to get out since we´ll have both Deveruox and Mabrey there and I know, for a fact, Ravitz is being followed by one of my PI¨ Queen Clarisse said strongly before adding

¨Charlotte, start the rumor Amelia will decline and make it fast. No one messes with my family¨

¨Of course your highness¨ Charlotte said before standing up and left right away. It was not the first time she needed to start a rumor. At the closing of the door the Queen asked Elise softly

¨How´s the girl? Mary¨

¨Stable; the bullet went through without any major damage and her rib was not fully broken so it´s sealing quickly¨ Elise said dutifully ¨ I might need her help ¨

They kept talking for a little while until Elise decided she needed to sleep for a change so she left for her apartment.

Clarisse sat in the library with a cup of tea while thinking how to make those foolish men go down. They´d decided to wait until the Annual ball which was two weeks away.

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It had been three days, now Thursday, and Miranda along with the girls had been loving staying at the consulate. The girls were overjoyed at having her mother´s attention those two days they has been away from school and Miranda had been away from work.

They´d been given a few classes about Genovia´s history by Clarisse at their own asking and found themselves falling in love with the country

The whole family was enjoying lunch together and preparing things for Saturday night for the Annual celebration. Everyone had been told about the rumor of Andrea not accepting and asked to act the part everywhere they went and Clarisse had even agreed to let the girls answer any questions they were asked by their classmates but still having the rumor in mind.

The relationship between the Princess of Genovia and the Ice Queen of Runway had made it to every single magazine. The surprising thing for Miranda was the fact that every single opinion from the press and comments on the online websites were truly supportive and lovely; apparently all of them had been more than happy at seeing the dragon smiling and laughing for a change.

¨So, how was school today sweeties? ¨ Clarisse asked the twins making both of them complain non-stop about how the kids at school had started asking to have play dates with them slightly shocking the adults

¨You two are more than welcome to have play dates here if you wish to girls¨ Clarisse said smiling softly

¨We know Clari¨ Caroline started

¨We don´t want to¨ Cassidy kept going

¨They had been mean to us until the news about Mom´s relationship came out and the news of us staying here didn´t help¨ Caro added

¨Besides they didn´t even bother to ask how we were after what happened last Monday¨ Cassidy finished with a slightly shaking voice

¨Have they always been like this bobbsies?¨ Miranda asked while side hugging her daughter since she was sat right next to her. Ever since the events at the townhouse Miranda had been closer to her girls and, now that she had more time to spend with them since she had been working during the mornings at Runway and during the afternoon at the consulate.

¨Yes mommy, we only have a couple of friends. Michelle and Jessie are the only ones who have been there and want to play without problems¨ Cassidy told them

¨Well and how about you two have a play date with them sweeties? It´s a good thing to have time with whom you consider friends¨ Andy said softly trying to divert the subject of their mean friends

Lunch kept going great when Joe interrupted them along with a tired looking Mary who had an awkward look at being there. The sight of the young Latina made the girls run to them and hug her tightly making the woman flinch at the force of the hug without making any sound of discomfort.

¨How are you? Are you ok? What happened in your shoulder? Caroline started since they hadn´t really been told what had happened while they´d been in their rooms away from danger

¨Bobbsiees please be careful, she´s injured¨ Miranda said standing along with everyone and making their way towards the young woman

¨Thank you for protecting us! For protecting me! We missed you so much! I´m so sorry!¨ Cassidy kept going while a few tears went down her eyes which made Mary kneeled down and hug her tightly while kissing the side of her head

¨No, mi amor; Why are you sorry mi Chiquita? I´m so glad I could protect you! I missed you as well beautiful¨ Mary said softly at the girls and switched to hug Caroline before brushing away the tears on Cassidy´s eyes

¨You got hurt because of me, I´m so sorry Maria¨ Cassidy said crying which made Mary kiss Caroline and switch fast towards Cassidy hugging her as tight as she could before letting go and cupping the girls cheek

¨Mi amor, I want you to listen well, both of you¨ she started and made sure she got both their attention but mostly Cassidy´s ¨None of this was neither your fault nor your responsibility. I protected you because I could and I wanted to, do you understand?¨

At the twin teary eyes but nodding heads she kissed each of their foreheads until Caroline asked softly

¨I don´t understand something…¨ she started and at Maria´s smile she continued with a slight blush ¨what does ¨mi chiquita¨ mean? ¨

Mary chuckled at the little girl´s pronunciation and hugged her again while the other adults laughed softly.

¨It means ¨my little one¨ sweetie; I might need to teach you some Spanish if I'll be spending time with you¨ Maria explained and stood up while chuckling

¨That doesn´t include swearing words M¨ Andy said while chuckling and hugging her sissy

¨I make no promises¨

The answer made everyone chuckle. After hugging her sister, Mary turned towards the Queen and extended her hand

¨Hello your highness, it´s a pleasure to meet you again¨ she had not expected a hug from the older woman

¨I believe you´ve earned getting past formalities sweet one. Call me Clarisse and I can´t thank you enough for all you´ve done for my granddaughter and our family. I´ve heard a lot about you¨ Clarisse said while letting her go

¨All bad I hope¨ Mary chuckled making them laugh. She´d always felt overwhelmed at being in the end of so much gratitude.

¨Joe, could you please take Maria´s things to one of the rooms?¨ Clarisse said to Joe who bowed and then turned to the rest

¨Your Mag…¨ Mary started but corrected herself at the narrowed eyes it got her ¨Clarisse, I have an apartment, I don´t want to impose. There´s no…¨ she didn´t get to finish since her sissy interrupted straight away

¨Maria, we´re not going through this yet again¨ Andy said glaring at the Latina

¨It´s not like I can´t go back to my apartment. I have work things to settle and this is unnecessary¨ Maria said tightly making her thoughts clear. She didn´t want to be a burden and was uncomfortable at being taken care of

¨Maria, you will never be a burden and you are family. This is your home and we can settle your work from here¨ Clarisse said making the Latina mumble an apology and blush while rubbing the back of her neck

¨Now that it´s settled i´ll be leaving you. I have meetings to attend but feel free to call this your home Maria¨ Clarisse said while getting a hug from the twins and leaving the women and girls on their own

¨So? How about we get some tea?¨ Miranda said softly while side hugging the young Latina getting a small smile from the chastised woman

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I apologize for updating the same chapter twice; If i´m being honest i was wasted when updating it so yeah... sorry
I hope you enjoy this one :P
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