The Bigshot Married Himself to the Heiress

Paige Desmond returned to the place where they lived and saw Kiya in the living room, teaching their son his homework. Dylan was now attending school in Orienta, but Kiya still taught him other things himself.

Kiya’s belief was that as a member of the Abyanabad royal family, his son should not be assimilated into being an Orientan.

"I’m back?" Paige said.

"Mom." Dylan shouted.

Paige walked over and saw the neat writing her son had done, she said, "Wow, you’ve written so much in such a short while?"

"I’ve only written fifty characters."

"Fifty characters is already a lot." Paige lovingly patted Dylan’s head, praising him.

Kiya said, "Dylan, let’s stop for today. We’ll continue learning tomorrow."

"Alright." Dylan tidied up the books on the table, organized them into his backpack, and returned to his room.

Only Kiya and Paige were left in the living room.

Kiya only asked how she was feeling physically, if she was hungry, not at all inquiring what Adrian Desmond had said to Paige.

Paige knew that this man must have guessed something, thus deliberately choosing not to ask.

"Why don’t you ask me what my brother wanted?" Paige bluntly questioned.

Kiya only smiled without saying a word.

Paige saw Kiya’s expression, and felt that this man knew everything. Such a sly man.

Paige didn’t beat around the bush with him, and directly said, "Night Owl, do you know?"

"I know."

"Do you know what Night Owl has done?"

"I know."

Paige scrutinized his expression and said, "Is there anything you don’t know?"

"Of course there is." Kiya leaned his face against her belly, smiling gently, "I don’t know when our Princess will be born."

"..."

"My little Princess, when will you come out? You’ve stayed in your mother’s belly for too long..."

"..."

"Little Princess, come out, won’t you? Come out, and Daddy will play with you."

Paige shot him a glare, seeing this man constantly diverting the topic. If she went along with Kiya’s words, there was no chance of discussing serious matters.

"My brother’s intention is to have you return to continue being the Sultan!"

"..."

"Sultan, you won’t let me down, will you?"

After speaking, Paige stared at Kiya’s face, trying to read some information from his expression. Unfortunately, Kiya, as Crown Prince for so many years, had mastered the art of concealing his emotions.

"Sultan, speak."

"Ha ha..."

"Don’t ’ha ha’ me! I’m telling you, if you keep dragging the topic around, I’ll get angry."

"Alright, alright... whatever you say it is..." Nowadays, Kiya was careful not to provoke her.

Kiya looked at Paige’s big belly, worried she’d tire from standing too long, and drew her to sit by his side, without letting go of her hand.

"As for Night Owl, I know some things, although not as much as you do.

Night Owl is irreconcilable with my brother, and now has also kidnapped my sister-in-law, leaving my brother in a passive position."

Paige looked at Kiya and said, "You should return to being the Sultan. If you continue as Sultan, my brother will have some support."

Paige kept talking, while Kiya played with her beautiful hand, not really taking in what she said, showing more interest in Paige’s hand instead.

She didn’t like nail polish, but her nails were still lovely, a soft pink color, rounded and smooth, with a pale and beautiful skin tone.

"Abyanabad belongs to you, surely you wouldn’t want it to be thrown into chaos by Night Owl?

I heard from my brother, the people of Abyanabad are also struggling... Businessmen like my brother are losing money constantly, with taxes being too high now..."

"..."

"Kiya, are you listening to me?"

Speaking alone for so long, with Kiya not responding, Paige looked over to find this man playing with her hand, and Paige’s anger flared.

"I’m listening, I’m listening. Why get angry again?"

"You speak, nobody truly listens. You try it. Hmph!"

"I’m listening."

"Then tell me, what did I just say?"

"The people of Abyanabad are living in hardship and need me to save them!" Kiya summarized.

Paige was amused by him, couldn’t hold it, and laughed, Kiya laughed along with her, "Feeling better?"

Suddenly, Paige thought of a very important question, Kiya now existed as someone who had ’died.’

"Having died once, can you still be Sultan?"

"Of course I can."

Kiya cast a profound glance at Paige, but didn’t elaborate.

The Abyanabad royal family holds a very high position in the hearts of the people, almost god-like. Even with some trouble, returning wouldn’t be that difficult.

His only worry now is that Paige won’t agree to return with him.

After all that was said, she only wanted him to return, but she still wasn’t willing to go back to Abyanabad Imperial Palace with him.

How could he possibly go back alone?

"You return to being the Sultan. Although you have many flaws, you are a good Sultan. As Sultan, the people of Abyanabad will be happy." Adrian decided for Kiya.

Kiya asked, "What about you?"

"I will surely stay in Orienta."

Paige didn’t understand why this man asked this, wasn’t this the agreement they reached a long time ago?

Kiya didn’t argue with her, hugged her, kissed her forehead, and said, "With you and the kids here, I won’t feel at ease, if you don’t leave, I won’t leave."

"You don’t need to worry about us, I can take care of myself and the children. If you’re worried, just hire more servants for me."

"Even with more servants, I wouldn’t be assured."

Paige looked at Kiya, and Kiya didn’t avert his gaze. Paige looked deep into his eyes, yet only saw herself reflected in his depths.

This man, she had never understood.

"Kiya, I’m not as smart as you, tell me, what do you really want?"

"I want you!"

Paige followed his prompting and said, "So if I don’t go back to the palace with you, you won’t return as Sultan?"

Kiya didn’t directly answer, responding vaguely, "The palace is too big, too lonely, I don’t want to live there alone."

"But, I don’t want to live in the palace, living there doesn’t make me happy at all."

"..."

"Kiya, have you ever considered how the media would criticize you if I went back to the palace? And your mother? At that point, would you want me to compromise again? But I don’t want that!"

Kiya said, "I won’t let my mother bother you... Paige, I promise you, if you don’t want to see someone, they won’t be able to enter the place you live."

Paige gave him a chilly look, her voice tinged with anger as she spoke, "So, it’s to live in the cage you set for me perpetually, not coming out, is that it?"