Royal Princess: Doted On By The Mafia King

Chapter 177 - Counterfeits

"This one is a fake. How about I give you a real gold bar later?"

"If it is a fake gold bar does that mean your crown made of fake gold?" A curious Rosaline asked her mother because she could not see the difference between the gold bar on the table and the gold her mother's crown was made of.

"No, I know what a real gold bar looks like and I know my crown is made of pure gold," the Queen, Doris said patting her cute daughter's head.

"Could you teach me how to identify real gold?" Rosaline asked her mother jumping excitedly.

"Why will you want to know how to identify real gold? As a princess, you might never have to come in contact with fake gold," a male voice said from the door of the room.

Rosaline noticed her mother hide the gold away in one of the drawers but she did not take it serious as she ran towards her father with her hands spread out. "Daddy," she shouted with so much pure joy and energy as she hugged her father's legs.

She never spoke about gold again till her mother died and she also did not see that gold bar again.

Rose opened the door to see Liam leaning on the wall waiting for her in the passage. She held his wrist and pulled him without saying anything or giving him the chance to say anything.

"Do you know how to identify actual gold from an imitation?" Rose asked when they were in the safe and the door was locked behind her.

"Yes," Liam replied truthfully as he watched her knowing she was close to finding something.

"I need to find all the fake gold bars in this room," Rose said. "I know my mother left something important in a gold bar."

Liam nodded and Aurora stood by the side and watched Liam check each gold bar. She had no idea what he was doing or how he could identify it but he did anyway. After checking fifteen gold bars among the hundreds in the safe, he found one counterfeit. Rose knowing her mother won't put only one since her father heard their conversation so they continued the search.

After searching for over two hours, they found three more counterfeits. It was a very tiring work for Liam but he kept going. He knew Rose did not trust his men enough to let them help her so the work was left to him alone.

"Should we stop? You have being standing and moving gold bars for a while now. Could you teach me how to do it?" she asked walking to his side and stood beside him.

"Help me move the gold bars then. I could teach you how to do it later but it will not be good if we miss any of the counterfeits," Liam replied as he passed one already checked gold bar to her.

Rose did not argue since what he was doing was actually a huge mystery to her and she was not sure she will be able to learn it right away. "Thank you," she told him with her lips tightly pressed together.

"You are welcome," he replied naturally but in a manner she felt sounded distant.

While he tried to identify the gold bars, she suddenly stood behind him and pat his pockets carefully.

"Hmmm? What are you looking for?" he asked shocked by her action. Rose has not made any attempt to touch him before he was always the one making the first move.

"Did you bring a handkerchief with you?" she asked him.

"It is in my breast pocket," he replied clearing his throat awkwardly as tried to bring his mind back to the business before him. He swallowed the lump that formed in his throat when Rose's hand went to his chest and removed the handkerchief while he was trying really hard to focus on the task at hand.

"You are sweating," she said as she gently patted the beads of sweat off his forehead.

"Thanks," he appreciated as he tried hard to take is eyes away from her very gorgeous face that was only inches away from him. He felt his heart beating fast. From the first time he met Rose over a decade ago, he has not gotten used to the ceaseless accelerated beating of his heart whenever Rose is close to him.

"Hmmm," she casually accepted his appreciation knowing he was sweating because he was helping her. "Do you think we should stop and continue some other time?"

"If you are tired, you can leave. There is a way I could search for them faster but that will simply be a cause for attention," he explained to her.

"Well, then we will simply continue this way," she told him. She regretted not bringing in some snacks or even water. It was almost lunch time.

They continued that way until all the gold bars were searched and they ended up with six counterfeits. They left with the six counterfeits. She did not understand the secret behind the gold bars and she did not even have the energy to do so. She was so hungry and tired when they were done that she requested that they leave right away so she could eat dinner.

They left by the helicopter just like they arrived. Rose did not complain but she was dying of hunger. As soon as they got home, Liam went to the kitchen and poured out a warm cup of milk and sliced some fruits for her.

While she was eating and drinking those, he was busy preparing dinner for her with the ingredients in the fridge.

"Are you hungry?" she asked Liam with a mischievous smile as she stood up from the stool when she was done eating what he gave her.

"No I am not. I don't eat at all," he said sarcastically as he continued what he was doing.

She peeled a banana and brought it to his lips. "I am sorry I made you do all that. It is too late to eat so much. How about we just have toasted bread?" His sarcastic answer made him look like a little boy made to do all the house chores.

Liam smiled knowing she was feeling guilty and was only trying to brighten up the mood by acting mischievous. He actually felt she looked cute doing that.