Trapped by One Night's Mistakes
Chapter 51

Channa and her son and best friend still faithfully listen to Prince's story without a voice to interrupt, they let the man of mixed Thai blood express all his feelings about Queen, they let the man, the woman he's loved since the sight of their first meeting.

"So that's the story, sir. Me and Queen were only involved one night, but things got complicated like this" Prince said, bowed in shame and regret. I don't know what prompted him to recount the embarrassing events of his depraved deeds.

"I thought you were a couple who loved each other." Channa replied, her son and best friend nodded along.

"me too. I thought you were her husband and didn't know your wife was pregnant." said the girl called Nong. While the thick-moustached and tall-bodied man just silently listened.

Prince breathed a heavy breath while shaking his head. "I love him, but he hates me. Hates me so much."

"That's natural, because you've made a terrible mistake with her. You took something very valuable from him and now he has to endure all this. But if you love her, you can't give up! Show me your responsibility and prove your love, no matter how hard your heart is, is bound to melt." Channa advised Prince, and the handsome man simply fell silent digesting all of his words.

"And remember, don't even run away and get him hurt. Think about his feelings and also the feelings of his family, whatever the risk later, you have to deal with it manly. The boy needs his father, no one can break the father-son relationship because blood is thicker than water. Until whenever, the child remains your flesh and blood." continued Channa, the middle-aged man's face turned sad, he remembered the person he so longed for, who now had nowhere to be.

And his last words made Prince flinch, he remembered the mother's words the other day.

"Prince, blood is thicker than water. Until whenever you can't deny that you're flesh-blood."

"After all, he's still your father."

"Dad." murmured Prince softly with a blank stare and a hardened jaw.

"What?" Channa knitted her eyebrows together and looked closely at Prince's face, trying to make sure that the man before her had just spoken.

"Hmmm, no. It's nothing." said Prince nervously.

"Oh yes, I forgot. We've been chatting so far, but we haven't gotten acquainted. Introduce my name Channandra, just call Mr. Channa. If this is my best friend, Danu. We're both hunters" Channa said, pointing to the thick-moustached man who now smiles at Prince.

"And if that's my son, his name is Chandara."

"A chandara? I thought his name was Nong?"

"Nong is a call for Thai girls" Channa replied.

"Oh, so you're of Thai descent?" Prince confirmed.

"Yes, I'm of Thai descent."

"Then the same. I also bleed Thailand." said Prince with a smile that expands, then do wai, which is a typical Thai greeting by clenching his palms as high as his chin while bowing his head. "Sawatdee khrap (allo). Phom cheu Prince khrap (my name is Prince)."

Channa responded by clenching both of her palms in front of her chest. "Waw, Man pen reuxng bangxeiy khrap (wah, what a coincidence)."

But this time Prince gawked because he did not understand what Channa said, because Chaiyya had never taught him that.

"I'm sorry, I don't understand what Mr. Channa means. Since I'm not very fluent in Thai, I only teach simple sentences like greeting and introducing myself." Prince grimaced in embarrassment while scratching his non-itchy nape and his mannerism successfully made everyone laugh.

"Oah. I'm just saying, what a coincidence." Channa explained the meaning of the speech. "I think you can speak Thai fluently. Did your mom and dad speak Thai?" ask Channa.

"Mother isn't very eloquent either, but if Dad ...." Prince paused his words. "I don't know, he's been dead for a long time" he continued, with his jaws hardened to remember someone he didn't even know existed.

"Oh, sorry .. sorry, I don't know. Then what's your family's last name?"

"Rathanaporn's."

"Rathanaporn?" Channa was surprised to hear the last name. His face was gawking with glaring eyes. Not even just Channa, Danu and Chandara also displayed the same expression, leaving Prince puzzled by all of that.

"What's wrong?" Prince looked at Channa, Danu and Chandara alternately.

"Aduuuhh ..." suddenly there was a grimacing sound from inside the house. Everyone is focused on someone in there. Even Prince suddenly went up and walked closer to Queen who was in pain due to her legs throbbing because the effect of painkillers was exhausted.

The woman named Chandara also came to Queen who was still rolling and constantly grimacing, she hurriedly checked the Queen's legs and also the forehead of the young pregnant woman.

"His feet are getting swollen, he's also having a fever" Chandara said.

"Is it dangerous? How about the child in the womb?" Prince asked with a worried face.

"Don't worry, everything will be fine. This is a normal effect of scorpion stings, later also the swelling deflates and the fever will go down. I'll give him pain medication and a heat drop."

"Aduuuhh, it hurts so much." whined Queen with her eyes closed.

Prince immediately crouched on the side of the bed and rubbed the Queen's head affectionately. "Hold on, all this will soon pass. I'll always take care of you, relax!"

Chandara looked at Prince with a hard-to-understand look, there was something in his heart and he was still trying to digest this situation.

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