Stand By Me Darling
Chapter 407: The Tour (2)

Chapter 407: The Tour (2)

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As there was no reply from Jerome, Arnold sighed. It is not easy to get the secrets out of Brunton.

Ralph probably is Jerome’s illegitimate son and he is too shy to admit it.

"It’s not time to just speak nonsense, Brunton. We should protect our children even if they are battle steeds." Arnold continued.

"Shouldn’t you be searching for him?" Jerome was not in the mood to talk to him. He wanted to talk to his granddaughter before she leaves.

"My son is getting better these days. His rehabilitation process is going smoothly. The doctors are now hopeful that he’d be back to how he was within a year. My daughter is showing improvements too. I didn’t think Cobra would actually give us the composition of the drug after getting the recent picture of Ralph," Arnold spoke in a heart-felt tone.

"It’s a wonder. The day I apologised to that old lady, my son’s condition started to improve. Even the doctors were surprised. I am going to pay reparations to the people I exploited with cheap labour in my mines, Brunton. Maybe I should leave the organisation too. "

Arnold kept on talking and Jerome just listened like he always does. It seemed like seeing his children’s sufferings; he did turn a new leaf.

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"Come here," Talia held out her hand for Arthur. "Give me a hug now. Once I get dressed, we can’t hug."

Arthur smirked seeing Talia right after a shower, standing with just the towel wrapped around her.

She has guts to stand in front of me with a towel and asking for a hug. She wants a hug? Let me give her a hug...

"Iris, I love you."

"Love you, Fred."

Talia bit the lips of the man who said that as she hung in his shoulders. Her back was pressed at the wall and he was holding her thighs as he stood between them. Talia shuddered as his member pulsated in her core releasing his hot seed inside her.

Like him, she liked it when they do it raw. They only do it that way, very rarely, carefully calculating the safe days.

"I still haven’t gotten my periods for this month. Hope I don’t get it during the tour," Talia leaned on his broad shoulder and took in her scent. It’s been a month since her last periods and her usually regular periods haven’t arrived yet.

"Did your boobs grow bigger?" Arthur fondled them and Talia hissed.

"It hurts... They get a little enlarged before periods. You never noticed it before?" she looked at him with her brows furrowed and tried to get down, but he hugged her.

"Iris... I’ll miss you dearly," he placed a kiss on her forehead and carried her to the bathroom to wash up. He didn’t care much about her periods. That thing always makes her act all weird and keeps him away from doing what he wants with her.

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"I’ll call you whenever it is possible. With the camera crew around me all the time, I don’t think I will get much privacy. But Raphael and Mr. Ed will help me find a secret place, I guess... Ah, my dear Freddy Bear...I’ll miss you." She stood on her tip-toes and placed a slight smooch on his lips.

"Don’t try to find a place yourself and get separate from your security personnel, Iris. It doesn’t matter if we can’t talk privately, but you should be safe." He placed a kiss on her forehead.

Her long hair was done in a nice way and half of it was let down making her look feminine, elegant and beautiful. He suggested cutting her hair, but she refused saying she likes it long.

"Iris, if there is any news about Ralph, just cut short your tour and returns immediately." He said it knowing she won’t do it. He said words of precautions, but he still held hope that her tour would go without a hitch.

"Okay," Talia gave a bright smile. She didn’t feel any fear, but everyone around her was stressed wondering about the whereabouts of Ralph.

She was only allowed to travel since they made a big PR push about the tour and it would be damaging to call back the tour at the last moment.

Talia met with Louis and it was hard for him to keep his regal demeanour in front of the cameras. After pretending he was fine, he sent out the reporters and gave her a tight hug.

"Just carry all the time, Mary. Whether you can use it or not, just have it with you all the time." He passed a small handgun to her and Talia got it and kept it in her dress pocket like she used to in the past.

"Don’t die, orang-utan." Lambert gave her a hug and his usual kiss on the forehead. Talia rubbed it off as usual only to see him smirk.

After saying her farewell to her great grandma, Cordelia and the kids Talia left Louis’ office.

Feeling Arthur’s hands clasping her hand tightly as she walked to her car, Talia turned to look at him.

"Take Bear with you. Without me he won’t behave and he likes you second to me." She stopped at a corner and signalled Mr. Ed for some privacy.

"Fred," Talia stood in front of Arthur and gave him a blooming smile."I will try my very best to be very careful and if I find the tour getting unsafe, I’ll return immediately. I promise."

"I know, Iris. I know you will," Arthur hugged her and he couldn’t help but kiss her on the lips.

"I love you, Fred. Wait for my return," Talia said with a smile as she walked to the car amidst the clicking sounds of a hundred cameras.

Arthur stood there watching her walking with confidence, waving her hand at the photographers, being surrounded by her security. He wished they were married. Then he’d have an excuse to walk a step behind her rather than watching her getting littler as she walked away from him.

She did give him a glance with a pleasant smile before she got in the car. She was using her usual Rolls-Royce car, but she had five Land Rovers getting shipped to Basmia for her use there. Her car had the most advanced security protections and she had an entire medical team joining her along with the security team.

The cost of this tour was in the millions and yet it is still necessary to save billions of their taxpayer funds in the future and so it was sanctioned.

Arthur watched in the television the private jet taking off from the airstrip after Talia got in accepting the salutations of the various branches of the Military.

Be safe, My Love!

He gently petted Bear who whined watching Talia waving from the top of the stairs of the plane.

"Don’t worry, Bear. She’ll be back before we know it."

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The travel took almost fifteen hours and Talia rested well in the jet. When she reached in Basmia, she was received with a grand welcoming ceremony. There was their traditional dance welcome and Talia was brought to their President’s residence for their ’talks’.

It was mostly for photo-ops since any serious talking will be done in closed doors without the press. Talia could sense the President of Basmia was not very pleased that her visit had made many heads turn at them.

Talia understood it and expressed how her visit will bring more aides from other countries who are watching. And that made the President’s mood lighter.

The first day was mostly welcoming parties for her. Most of the ministers and dignitaries were male and they all welcomed her heartily.

Talia was stunned for some men there to even acknowledge her and treat with the respect she deserves as a Foreign Dignitary. They just saw her as just a woman. Some men clicked their tongue; some men didn’t even want to shake their hands with her. Some mumbled something under their breath which the translators felt uncomfortable translating. It was entirely different from how she is used to be treated.

She wasn’t angry about not getting respect, but she felt sad realising how bad they will treat the women in their home or those who work under them if she – a Princess from another country is treated this way.

Education will change it all.

The first day she was taken to some charities that help women and little kids in the city. They seemed like they were doing a lot of good deeds but Talia’s secret investigations revealed that one charity’s director is the wife of the right-hand man of the Defense Minister and a lot of money is getting skimmed.

Talia made sure to let the press know the money that is spent on the charity and gave an open invite for anyone interested to donate more so that the single mothers are looked after. Her plan worked and there were questions started to get raised where all the money is going.

In the following days, Talia was brought to a dam that was getting built across one of the biggest river in their country with the funding they received from Rosandale.

There were many villages around and the people gathered to have a look at a foreign person visiting their country. After making proper security arrangements, Talia met with the villagers and played some games with the little kids.

The reporters followed Talia and they’d ask questions to her and others.

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