Prince Felix's Obsession

Chapter 3

After leaving my work as a sales girl, I returned to idle in my rented apartment. I have a few months left to renew my rent, but there's no hope of money to do that, I'd just be thrown out if I can't pay on time.

I sigh in great frustration with tears dropping from my eyes as I try to play a video game on my phone to wile away time. Just then a call from an unknown number flashes on my screen pausing the game automatically. I grunt in anger, Who's this that is calling me when I'm about to play the most important part of my game? I stamp my feet on the floor in anger. I don't usually pick up calls with numbers unsaved in my lists but in this case, my spirit tells me to answer.

I click the accept button and take it to my ear, "Hello, who's calling?"

"Hi Mary!" The husky voice says on the other side. It sounds familiar but I don't remember where I heard it.

"Please who are you?" I need to know who I'm talking with and confirm. Recently there are a lot of cases on the internet, featuring scammers who take advantage of unsuspecting individuals to get vital information about their life, most especially their bank details with the aid of great fabricated stories with justifiable nature, and at the end, they get to defraud their victims of money and other valuable assets. I don't have any they would take from me right now, so I have nothing much to fear.

The caller keeps quiet but for a while before his voice comes up again. "I'm Prince Felix, I just decided to reconnect with you!" My heart skips, I almost drop my phone on the floor as I hear this. What a f**k! He's calling me again after about three months. What does he wants? I'm utterly puzzled with this call, I'm nothing but just an ordinary girl no one even notices only me, how is it that a famous prince like this gets to call me back. Now I'm torned between excitement on him remembering me and anger for being the cause of losing my job.

"Why're you calling, Your Highness?" I get so eager to get response to this. It's just so puzzling especially as Prince Felix is married but without a kid. He got married to his wife who is now the Princess of America about three years ago. I get mixed feelings upon Felix's call because of his super flirtatious lifestyle where he can't steady with one woman in his life but moves from one girl to another. I wonder if it's the same thing he wants to do with me but I'm no one compared to the super-classy models and actresses he deals with.

"I just wanted to ask how you're doing, how your work is going on." He replies after a minute of silence but his tone tells more than that, it has some undercurrents of interest.

"I was sacked," I snap, saying in a sorrowful tone. A gasp escapes his throat, a gasp I can hear clearly.

"What was wrong, I mean, I can't believe this?"

"Hmm," I scoff, rolling my eyes. Aren't you the one that caused it? I wanted to say but something holds me back, it would sound disrespectful. "I can't really relate but...but I was found indiligent, I didn't complete my duty before the set time." I put this up rather, I listen back at it and it sounds nice, better than what I intended to say earlier.

"Has it been long, which day was that?"

"The day we met!" Immediately, silence fills the space between us, Felix can't say a word. This persists until I feel that he has ended the call from his end, I withdraw it from my ear to check but he's still on, why isn't he saying something then? "Your Highness?"

"Yes," his voice finally comes up. "I'm so sad to hear this, I mean, come on, that's so bad. But I see you as a diligent girl, why would that happen to you?"

"Hmm," I exhale heavily, this question is a huge temptation, how will I answer it without saying what I wish to avoid the most. "It happened that way and I needed to accept it." I just manage to say, it sounds abstract but it's better simple like that.

"So what're you doing now?"

"Nothing!".

"Would you like working with me?"

"Wha..?" I gasp, I think I didn't hear him quite well or it's a dream. "How would that be possible, you're in America and I'm in England, you see the distance between us?" I speak with a nervous tone, it's very surprising.

"It doesn't matter."

"But I don't get what you mean?" The true character of Felix flies into my memory. He's a flirt that loves hooking up with girls even when he's already married. What type of a job does he means? Could it be that he's referring to my greatest suspicion?

"All challenges concerning our distance and other factors wouldn't bother if you accept." His statement drops with an aura of authority leaving me pondering, would I be able to cope with his attitude. If I work for him, that means I'll to a great extent be under his authority and he might want to try me out like he does to other girls. I shake my head in reluctance.

"I'm sorry but I might.."

"You don't have to bother, nothing to fear. I'm just seeking to help you get on with life. You just can't stay unemployed. Think about it."

"You're the prince, where will I work?"

"In my company or as my Personal Assistant."

"I'm sorry, I don't have the qualifications, looking for low paying jobs. I never went to college, so I'm ineligible for this." I reply, a bit confident, this would be such a great opportunity for me but I don't see myself working as a PA to this charming and seductive prince when he already has a wife. I'd be so close in this position and series of temptation might come along the way. I would love to work in his multi-billionaire fashion company and institute which according to Forbes has over three hundred thousand staff, but I have no paper qualifications.

He keeps silent for a while, before he finally sighs in frustration. I feel he's ready to say something else, "Can we meet personally and talk about this?"

"Where?" I say rolling my eyes, I don't wanna be tempted.

"In America."

I chuckle as he says this, I don't even have money to feed and he's talking of me meeting him in America.

"But I don't have the transport to come over?"

"I will send my private jet to come pick you up at the airport, don't worry." Oh my goodness! I chuckle, this must be a pure joke.

My heart begins to sink slowly into the unexpected excitement. A voice within me tells me it's real, Felix means what he has just said. Never in my life have I dreamt of one day taking a flight, talk less of being transported in a private jet to meet a prince who is the world's richest royal personality.

There's silence between us, I sense Felix being under great tension wondering if I'd decline again but who would be that foolish to forfeit this great opportunity? "Thanks so much Prince Felix," I finally said, trying hard to control my excitement. I feel that his tension is gone now I've accepted his offer.

"You're welcome," he replies with a cold, sexy voice and hangs up the call. Immediately I drop the phone on my bed, I jump up in excitement letting out such a loud scream which I believe some neighbors many meters away would hear. Today is the happiest day of ny life, a day I wouldn't easily forget, a day set down in the history of my life.

"America, here I come!" I scream so loud.