Chapter One:
Royal Sex Scandal!
Private photographs of Princess leaked to press.
Love hath no fury like a (wo)man scorned!
Princess Isabella a victim of revenge porn.
Even Royals do dirty deeds…
"Your father is on his way here."
"Of course he is." My voice cracks from all the crying I've been doing this morning.
How could he do this to me?
"Bella…" Riley closes the newspaper he's been looking at, his eyes full of pity.
"Don't." I hold my hand up to stop whatever else he was going to say. "I don't know how I can turn around from this," I start to cry again. "Maybe I should just abdicate before I've even become Queen…"
The door into the sitting room flings open so hard it bounces off the wall, it makes Riley jump in his chair and if the current situation wasn't so dire, I'd laugh. My father storms into the room and comes to stand at the table clutching even more newspapers. I've never seen him look so angry.
"Dad…"
"Don't even speak to me." He spits the words out, and throws down the newspapers he's holding, except for one of the tabloid ones, and begins to read. "It is believed that explicit photos of Princess Bella have been leaked by none other than her recent ex boyfriend, Felix Romano.
"Her Royal Highness and Romano's three year relationship ended recently. It is not known why they separated, but it appears that it was not amicable.
"There are a series of photographs that have been leaked, some appear to have been taken by the Princess herself…"
"Stop. Please," I whisper.
My father ignores me and continues to read. "While others appear to have been taken by Romano. It is obvious that these photographs were never supposed to be shared with others… We tried getting in contact with representatives for the Princess, but Kensington Palace was unavailable for comment last night… The…"
"Stop!" I stand up from my chair and grab the newspaper my father is holding and fling it back down on the table. "Stop it. I know what I've done."
His eyes narrow, and I've never been more afraid of my father than in this moment. "Do you? Do you have any idea what this has done? What this will mean for our… for your reputation?!" He starts to pace.
"I didn't do this! Felix did this!"
"No, but you weren't exactly an unwilling participant!"
I sit back down in the chair and put my head in my hands. "I'm sorry."
"Sorry isn't exactly good enough right now, though, is it, Bella?"
I hear my father talking quietly to Riley, and then the door is shut as hard as it was opened.
I lay my head down on the table and sob.