The Crown Prince's Love
Chapter 54

I frowned, slapped his hand away, and looked around, searching for Desmond.

My heart raced as various thoughts flooded my mind, fearing he might be stuck in the dark hole or that Hecate had already taken his life.

"Desmond!" I screamed his name.

"Where are..."

I stopped talking as he approached, looking alright. He crouched to my level and smiled. "Are you alright, Randy?"

Instead of replying, I pulled him into a tight embrace, momentarily forgetting we weren't alone and revealing our deepest secrets, but I couldn't bear the fact that he could disappear from my face any moment.

I had forgotten that anyone was around me except for Desmond until I heard the beeping of someone's phone, followed by others until everyone's phones started beeping.

What is that stupid noise?

Is something happening?

I didn't know what the beeping sound was, releasing Randy, I noticed the judgmental stares around us.

The forest filled with murmurs of the students and my voice suddenly echoed from one of the student's phones.

"I love you, and I am not going to let you die!" My recorded voice resounded, and I exchanged looks with Desmond as his voice also played.

"I love you too!" Desmond's voice echoed.

We both exchanged glances. It was the confession made a few nights ago when I discovered Desmond was dying.

Someone had recorded us and then shared it with everyone, revealing our deepest secrets.

The students began murmuring among themselves, and then someone uttered the word I never expected to hear.

"The crown prince is gay!"

"The crown prince is gay!"

The words resounded in my head over and over until I felt something shaking me back to reality.

It was Noah who was kneeling by my side.

"Say something and stop acting like a coward!" he yelled angrily at me and then hit me in the face.

My eyes widened, and I looked toward him. "I have already called Father, and he has already sent the royal guards here."

I blinked but didn't say anything. I looked around until my eyes landed on Desmond, who was standing, covering his face with his hands. Our eyes met, and he smiled at me.

Why the hell was he smiling?

Our secrets were revealed, and he was smiling, acting like everything was perfect when we both knew that it wasn't.

"So the crown prince is gay! I can't believe that," one of the students commented, whispering, but I could still hear her.

"No wonder he never had a girlfriend. This is his real identity," another one commented.

"Who would have thought that the two best friends were gays?" Another student commented and then tutted. "Ridiculous," he added.

"Enough!" Mr. Lumin shouted at them. "Everyone return to your tents and give the crown prince space," he instructed, but instead of following his orders, they all started murmuring among themselves while pointing judging fingers at me and Desmond.

I clenched my fists as I lowered my head, thinking about who could have gone to such lengths to expose Desmond and me.

There were only four of us present at the library that night, which means that either John or Ana had recorded us and then started spreading the news.

They had waited perfectly for this moment to reveal our deepest secrets because everyone was present, and we would be humiliated.

I looked up to see that Ana and John were talking while staring at their phones. I growled silently as I stood up from the ground heading towards them. How dare they?

I clenched my fists tightly.

Ana had always looked for a reason to separate Desmond and me, and I wouldn't be surprised if she was the one behind the whole thing.

At the same time, John might harbor some hatred for me because it was when he arrived that bad things started happening. Nobody else was around the library around the time that Desmond and I were speaking. They were the perfect suspects, and no one needed to tell me that they were not the ones who had released the audio.

I grinned wickedly as I reached their front, and they raised their heads to face me.

"Prince Randy...."

"Why are you standing in front of us?" John asked.

"Pathetic boy!" I grabbed him by the collar of his shirt and pushed him backward.

I raised my hand and punched him in the face. "How dare you go around spreading audio about us! You dare to record us!" I pushed him to the ground.

I got on top of him and continuously punched him in the face.

"Randy!" Desmond shouted as he rushed to my side and tried to grab my hand. "Please stop this!" he pleaded, but they fell on deaf ears.

I was no longer in control. I was mad.

"Randy!" he yelled my name again.

I turned to face him, and with a push of my hand, Desmond was sent flying towards Sonnia's feet.

"What the hell are you doing, Randy?" Sonnia yelled as she helped Desmond from the ground.

"I am going to kill him!" My voice grew louder, and more dangerous, to the point that even I was afraid of what I could do to John.

I immediately let go of John, who jumped to his feet and rushed away.

The royal bodyguards rushed to my side and grabbed my hand, pinning it behind me.

I sucked in my breath and then let it out. I fluttered my eyes open and noticed the eyes were on me again, and it was not only the eyes, their phones were also out, capturing every moment. "Fuck you all!" I shouted at them.

"That is enough, Randy. Don't create more scenes than you already have! Take him to the car," he ordered the guards.

"Yes, Your Highness," they replied and pulled me up from the ground, pushing me out of the forest.

I walked past Desmond, who was rubbing his hands from the pain of hitting the ground. Our eyes met for a brief moment, and I could see that he also had a judging look on his face. Was he judging me? I pondered.

"Desmond..." I tried to say something, but instead, he walked past me. Then I turned to see where he was heading and saw that it was in front of Ana.

"I know that this must have been you!" Desmond accused her.