Chapter 4 black tulip

Sabrina looked at the dresses in her closet, sighing. She should attend the social event of the evening, her country's politics, she should represent her people. Who knows, maybe she'd meet some interesting people? She picked out a long blue dress, she would be dressed to kill and the fabric was fine and expensive, made from pure silk to order for her with everything. She spent the day as she was, in other words, a princess, but on the bright side... the party was scheduled for nine o'clock in the evening, and all the guests arrived and settled down in the hall.

William wore a very slim chalk-stripe suit in a discreet, light black color, while Richard wore a brown suit. Everyone was waiting for the master of ceremonies to announce the news. The son was drinking Scotch whisky while his father chatted about golf and politics with some Arab and Persian shakes, Indian millionaires, etc. That's when he saw her. Their gazes met for half a minute.

Sabrina is mesmerized as she looks at him. He greeted her silently. She was dressed to kill in a light blue long dress and her hair was elegantly tied up with a clip made of exotic jewels in the colors of her country. Richard noticed the instant attraction between the two and smiled. Perhaps his son had good reason to enjoy life. She had a light drink, without too much alcohol, and the young man approached slowly, chatting to people on the way. His friend Diego came over more casually and also attracted Sabrina's attention. He and William greeted each other and together they occupied a space near where Sabrina was standing. William started drinking champagne. This vacation at the Casa Roja hotel/resort promised to be hectic, Sabrina preferred to smile and keep to herself:

"How are you? Good evening?" he said.

"Good evening, miss, enjoying the party?" said Diego "It's a very luxurious hotel, isn't it? "

"Yes, it's very luxurious and beautiful here...."

Diego didn't even notice. Sabrina couldn't take her eyes off William and he couldn't take his off her. He excused himself and led her to where Richard was, introducing her with all the respect and formality required at the moment. She sat down next to him, and ignored Diego until she was sitting next to Richard. The others were a little drunk, and everything indicated that the party would continue well into the night. The young people stayed and the adults, who were already a bit insecure and paying the price, gradually left.

Sabrina needed to breathe, and her heart began to beat harder for William.

When she laid eyes on William, she was instantly attracted. He was perfect! The perfect summer romance or flirt. Perhaps a lifeboat option. Ah! The two of them were invited to a private party that would last all night.

A normal party? No. It would scare the purest of the pure...

They talked a lot and surrendered to the heat of the moment, a genuine, youthful passion. Sabrina had never felt so happy...so maybe it was a good choice. Sabrina and William drank a lot and went to a private corner to exchange contacts, they could repeat the experience other times...as long as they kept it secret...William looked at her. beautiful and mysterious. Sabrina drank wine and laughed at his jokes. It wasn't too late. It was an unusual place.

The one who didn't like it was Diego. Sabrina had barely spoken to him yet, she saw him and gave him a huge smile that made her heart leap. She had decided to keep the two of them under review. The party went on as normal and the evening progressed.

Some well-dressed and armed people enter the room and Richard gets up with Lucas to where the people are standing with a small suitcase in his hand and hands it to the dark-haired man with the straight hair. He beckons Richard to come closer. He was very serious.

They inspect the hall and catch sight of the young princess.

the party was over.

Diego looked at William, who stared back at him...

Sabrina kissed each of them to ease the tension.

Diego and William were estranged the next day. They both agreed that Sabrina was a beautiful girl. But they wanted to win her over. In the days following the party, the three of them kept bumping into each other, and soon Diego fell in love for the first time. William surrounded his new friend and fell in love too. Richard began to notice the difference - his son was happier and more involved in the business. He planned to ask Sabrina to marry him and make her love him and become his mistress, and perhaps his wife.

But Diego wasn't going to give in so easily. The three of them exchanged contacts and, on the eve of their return trip, Sabrina convinced her parents to let her study in Mexico, where it would be safer for her.

Sabrina checked social media for more details about the lives of her two new friends, rich and noble. They were beautiful and that was an indisputable fact, she thought, as she scrolled through her iPhone, waiting for room service.

A bit of everything. If she saw everything, she'd think before she got so close to them...Sabrina was alone in that `school' vacation resort. At 19, she felt free and in charge of her own nose. her father, King Thiago, was on business in Europe, and her mother was at a spa in Eastern Europe. She thought of her parents, who loved each other very much...

His life was a crystal routine.

Looking out of her huge bedroom window, she saw the sun...

Sabrina soon put everything right. The course she had chosen for university was perfect: it was a political science course and an economics course, and she was very happy, having decided on Mexico because of her new friends, which surprised her parents, but her body found it difficult to choose good things for her trip to the tropics. She looked at what she considered ideal.

Soon many things would change, and she, as the future leader of her country, was thinking of efficient ways to govern and keep everyone on the same page.

Diego was looking at the vacancies available at Lucas Rivier University. The course was Law and it was the same course his grandfather had studied and worked in.

Things would be easier. The greatest trials would come when he couldn't even think about meeting his friend William again.

Having applied to the renowned university, he closes his Macbook in satisfaction. And raises his eyes to the window, his greenish gaze filled with insecurities and unnameable desires.

His grandfather was a man of honor and highly regarded by everyone, and he was an excellent mentor for his grandson.

It didn't surprise his father that Diego would follow in his grandfather's footsteps.

William looked through the entire catalog of degrees presented on the website and chose two degrees that he would take at the same time: Business and Physics was secretly the course he wanted, while business was his family's standard and he didn't want to displease his father. so he did...

Only your mother will know.

Dreams are individual, each person has the right to choose what they want to pursue in life and build their own path. With the courses set, our hard-pressed trio were ready for a new stage in their lives...

Many things in their lives needed to happen in clear ways.

Done.

Everything would change at the end of the summer, and it would be a long and interesting New Year for them...

The plane landed comfortably and safely, and she left in style.

Her black hair swayed in the wind as she took a pair of sunglasses out of her bag. Her bag was being taken away, and she looked around the place with joy and interest. People passed by and admired her, and she asked for a cab, waiting for adventure and romance in the depths of her heart.

Sabrina wasn't having an easy time adjusting to her new home; after all, she was feeling unwell due to the country's hot, tropical climate. She still hadn't told the children that she was there

She had already prepared everything and there were still two weeks to go before school started. everything would now process into a three-way romance.

The young woman was smart enough...to define what she wanted.

Sabrina thought: her journey towards adulthood was beginning. she ordered a cold drink and felt better.

Two weeks have passed...

The university was a huge and pleasant place, with its imposing Catholic aesthetic. Everyone was fresh from a beautiful vacation. Lucas Rivier is considered an elite university; with party-hearty and intelligent young heirs.

Many arrived on the first day in their cars and motorcycles, and Diego and William were ready for a social transition, from adolescence to adulthood.

The conflicts between the two friends seemed inevitable after practically two weeks without seeing each other. They met almost at the same time in the university's private parking lot and took a deep breath. When they got out of their cars, they found themselves almost face to face, showing that their once solid friendship was slowly starting to crumble, and the issue wasn't just Princess Sabrina, the lovely young woman they had met on vacation, there were many hidden things that needed to be reviewed and talked about between them, such as their mutual growing feelings of rejection and jealousy...

Everything between them was like this. At any moment, it could explode. But we know that there's always rivalry between brothers and sisters. But for both of them, it could reach other levels, since it wasn't just a fight between former schoolmates.

Diego locked the car via the remote control, and William was already ahead of him looking at him, surely trying to figure out his friend/brother's thoughts, while the opposite was happening, making the brunette approach the Galician cautiously.

" Hi William" said Diego, carefully

" Hi Diego. You don't show up anymore, you don't answer me or get back to me."

Diego was taken aback. So he made an excuse:

'' I wasn't feeling very well, I was sick, Will, I needed some time alone...anyway, are you going to study here? "

"Yes."

" Many reasons to try to understand this. Alone?" asked William ." are you going through something difficult? you can let off steam if you feel comfortable."

Diego was very angry at that moment. But he couldn't show it.

"Thank you, brother. But I'm fine at the moment. Let's go, classes are waiting."

Of course they were waiting, thought William, both of them looking at each other trying to decipher each other's intentions, as well as confirming their supposed ideas with what they wanted. They had never seen each other so serious and competitive.