EPILOGUE (1/1)

_____________________________________________________________         25 CONTROVERSIAL QUOTES FROM THE STYLE EMPRESS          On her fabulous wedding gowns:         There’s only one day in a woman’s life where her fairy tale truly happens.          On her wedding day. I’d like to be part of those memories.          When time comes that she wants to give up her marriage,          I want her to stare at her wedding gown          and be reminded of the happiest day of her life,          the day she knew all the rights reasons for marrying her prince.          Okay, so I’m a fucking romantic where my wedding gowns are concerned.         Shoot me.         Sandara Park         ____________________________________________________       “IS IT JUST ME OR I’M FATTER in that version of yours?”     He grins without apology and shrugs.     We’re beholding his giant sculpture of yours truly at the highest point of Punto Fiamma. I still cannot fathom what has prompted this man to make a monument of me. It’s too overwhelming. I’m no hero or a saint.     “I shaped you based on my memories of you. I’m afraid they ran a little wilder when I was missing you too much.”     “I knew it!” I shake my head. “You really made me fatter than I actually was and now the world will see this! Unbelievable!”     Jaejoong and Hee Ae finally agreed to grant a famous photographer to capture Punto Fiamma on camera exclusively and feature their art in a limited edition coffee table book. The texts will be written by Lee Chaelin. The preorder sales were unbelievable. The world’s fascination for Hee Ae and her alleged royal lover has never waned and now, she’s unveiling one of her best kept artworks, her son, Jaejoong.     Oh, the world will be taken by a royal storm, I just know it.     Society can continue to speculate about Hee Ae and the late King of Monte Franco but I think, the royals will just let actions speak for themselves.     All’s well that ends well.     “The world will see what’s mine,” Jaejoong says with such pride in his voice my chest constricts. “Better than any Rubens and Michaelangelos. My masterpiece.”     My eyes water. God, he makes me cry a lot these days, with happiness. I’m wearing an exquisite heirloom on my ring finger, a deep blue rock proclaiming me as his fiancee. It was a gift to Jaejoong from his sister. The ring was owned by King Lee Sung Jae’s Queen Mother.     I guess, I’d be a princess, too! How fab is that?     Beyond fab.     Our wedding will happen after our babies are born. I don’t want to be cheated of my fairy tale. Nah-ah. It only happens once. I’m going to wear the most fabulous gown designed by Juancho and I’m going to walk the great hall of the palace in Monte Franco to meet my groom. The people are all waiting for that day. They were all rooting for my happy ending.     “You want the truth though?”     I raise a brow. “Oh, you’re starting to lie to me now?”     He grins. “Just a bit.”     “Do tell.”     “I shaped your body with my hands, thinking you were already pregnant with my child. And I wasn’t off the mark.”