My Ex Next Door

"Focus Novie" her senses came back when she heard Ken's cold voice asking her to look at her father.

"Your mother is not my mistress. I divorce my previous wife before I pursue her but I brought my son from my first marriage with me" Novie nodded and wait for her father to continue, even though she's listening her brain didn't comprehend his word.

"You understand what I am saying right?" her father asked. Novie nodded but still didn't understand his point.

"So Brent is your kid from your first marriage. It means Brent is your half brother Novie" Ken spoke.

Novie looked at Ken but her mind was floating somewhere else, but even though, Ken's words were slowly processing in her head.

(Half brother….) those words keep on playing in her head.

She rose an eyebrow when the realization came at her. With a shock, a hand covered her parted lips while staring at her brother.

"You… are not my real brother?" she asked in a faint voice.

When Brent nodded, she shifted her face to her father and shook her head.

"Why...what..." she was speechless.

"Calm down, try to breathe" Ken slowly rubs her shoulder which made her body to stop from trembling, with all the confusion and question in her head, she decided to listen and let them continue.

"Please tell me everything" she shut her eyes and breathe, with all the things she heard today, she was thankful that Ken was in her side.

"Your mother was from Aldovia..." hearing the Country, she remembered that Ken mentioned something about Aldovia and John. There was a strange feeling in her heart that she could not explain but she decided to seal her lips to stop herself from asking a question.

"Her parents wanted her to marry someone else, but she chose me. We got married secretly and when Mary got pregnant, her parents were so furious… they asked her to abort the baby but we kept it" Angelo paused and held both of Mary's hand.

"When they found out that Mary delivered the baby which is you… They tried to capture us to kill you, so we escape and fled the country. We ended up here and decided to change our name and identity."

Novie nodded and ask him to continue.

"But recently, the Aldovia find out that Mary is still alive and so are you… So they sent some people to kill us"

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Her eyebrow raised when she heard the word 'kill', her body which had calm down from Ken's touch started trembling again.

The fear she had experienced when she was kidnapped rushed throughout her body making her skin hair to crawl.

"What… how did you know that someone wants to kill us?" there are so many questions in her mind but that's what her lips spoke.

"Daniella found some men who were following you…" before her father could continue, Novie got up in rage.

"Daniella!!! Daniella!!! always that name… why does everyone keep on tagging that name to me… she hypnotizes Ken, the reason why John followed me was because of Daniella's husband and now this… What now? Does she have anything to do with those men?" her blood evaporated the moment she heard the name.

She was not angry at her but her involvement in her life was too much to the point that she getting hurt.

"Novie, please sit down and let me explain. If it's not for Daniella, we would have been dead for years." her father took her hand and ask her to sit in between her parents.

"We know it's hard but please listen to us first..." both of her parents were caressing her back which somehow made her calm down.

"Daniella and her husband have been doing everything to keep us alive. I've seen it so don't be angry at her and listen to me" he continued.

"Fine, then what about you Brent? Are you now worried that someone might kill you too?" she asked her brother which was sitting, reading the magazine he had in his hand, unbothered by the situation.

"Nope, you have a bigger problem sister. I will be reading this magazine while you rule a country" when Brent said those words, Novie could see her mother's shoe flying in the air and landed on Brent's head.

The man grunted while massaging his head, "why did you do that?" he asked.

Novie turned to her mother, "Yes, why did you do that? And what's with the 'rule a country?'" she asked in a disturbing tone.

Her mother took a deep sighed and looked straight at her eyes.

"The reason why the Aldovian wanted to kill us was because of me. I was one of the princesses in Aldovia. When I escaped 30 years ago, the king was my father. When he died, your cousin Althea took the throne, but before she could become the queen. She died, and now that no one is ruling the country, The aldovian is looking for my family. Especially you… You're the last Princess of Aldovia"

Novie's body turned statue, astonished by the revelation. Slowly, all the words her mother told came in her mind at a sluggish pace. When she was able to understand everything, she blinked and switched her eyes to her parents.

"so… I am the lost princess?" she spoke in disbelief. When her parents nodded, her shoulder shook out of laughter.

"Oh my God!" she exploded and laughed while tears form in her eyes.

"Wait, Is there a camera here? Is this a prank?" she got up and looked around to see if there's some hidden camera but there was nothing.

She wiped her tears away with a hand while the other held her stomach.

"Novie sit down!" her father's deep voice thundered around the room making her smile to fade.

She immediately sat next to Ken and listened to her parents.

"We are not kidding Novie so please take this word seriously" Novie twitches her lips, she wants to believe everything they're saying but she finds it ridiculous.

"Why are you telling me this now? Why not when I was five-years-old pretending to be a Princess? Why all of the sudden, you all came here in the middle of the night, telling me that I am a Princess and someone wanted to kill me for whatever reason" her heart exploded, her parents were asking her to believe them when it's their fault for not telling her the truth in the first place.

"We are planning to keep this forever. We want you to have a simple life and to be free but there are some greedy people who wanted the throne and to do that. They need to kill the last Morsch bloodline which is you" her father replied.

Novie shut her eyes, her heart was filled with mixed emotion. She wished for this to be a nightmare and wake up but no matter how much she pinches her arm, she could wake up.

"Why are you pinching me?" suddenly Ken spoke. Novie turned to her side and lowered her head to see her hand pinching Ken's arm. Her face went poker when she realized that she's been hurting him.

"I am sorry" she patted his arms and turned back to her parents.

"So, what do you want me to do now? Are you expecting me to just accept everything and change my life? How do you expect me to rule a country? I can't even make my 20 students shut up how can I possibly convince a whole country to listen to me? And what about Brent? can't he just take the rule as the king of Aldovia or whatever country is it" she spoke in a straight tone.

"I am not your real brother..." her brother replied.

Novie got up, "Wait… did you just know this now?" she asked in in suspicion. To her, knowing the truth was shocking but for Brent to know that Mary is not his mother must be severe.

Brent closed the magazine and looked at her, "I know it since we fled the Aldovia" he replied.

Novie's eyes widened in surprise, her brother knew it all along and yet he didn't say anything to her.

"Why didn't you tell me? We've been together since I was a kid and…" she paused and turned to Ken, suddenly she remembered his words earlier about the Aldovia and her kidnapping, but she didn't think that she has any connection to Daniella's enemy.

"Ken… tell me… do you know any of this?" she stuttered as she asked the question.

"yes" Ken replied.

Novie was astonished, thinking that everyone around her knows the truth and yet no one tried to say something to her.

"Did Daniella asked you to keep it from me?"

When she confirmed her question, her feet slowly walked towards the bedroom. Everyone nodded which made her realize that her family and Ken cares more about Daniella's word than her. Envy pinched her heart, thinking how can a person like Daniella take all the people she cares to take her side.

She suddenly remembered Anna's word, when she said that the reason why Saina left Danny was because of her and now, seems like she's in the same position as Saina. It made her think if it will be smart to leave Ken and save herself some despair or to ask him to choose.

She could hear Ken's voice calling her name but she disregarded it, instead, she held the doorknob and opened the door slowly. Before she could enter, her father spoke.

"Novie, please think about taking the throne. If not, Daniella will separate you and Ken." his words made her turned her back to face him. Her face rusted like a tomato in anger.

"Why don't you ask her to be the Princess? she's good in manipulating people anyway" as she said those words, she entered the bedroom and slammed the door closed.

Novie's heart pounded like a drum, she never shouted at her father and somehow she felt guilty.

She leaned against the door and shut her eyes. Her mind was in a maze. She has so many questions but she left the living room and her pride was making her body stay in the bedroom.

When she opened her eyes, her spirit almost escaped her body when she saw Daniella's figure standing in the balcony with a serious expression.

The woman slowly walked to her direction and said, "It's time for us to talk Novie"

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