35 The Marriage Pac (1/2)

Lucy was dumbfounded. Chalice was engaged to the Crown Prince? But then again, such a situation wasn't too surprising. After all, Duke Alaric was the Prime Minister as well as the sworn brother of the Emperor. It was inevitable for them to join their families in marriage.

”A marriage pact? You and Chalice?”

The Crown Prince nodded solemnly at her. His brows then furrowing at her question.

”Does Miss Lucy not know? I was so sure you were aware since you and Lady Chalice seem quite close. I assumed she told you about it. After all, isn't that why she kept chasing after me despite my efforts of keeping her at bay? Well, I quite understand as well why she would keep it from you. It is a sensitive information, after all. General Cartier is a very strict man, he wouldn't allow a servant to know such matters.”

Lucy stilled as she listened to the drone of the Prince. Her face grew cold and she dispiritedly gazed at the man. It took a while before she spoke again. This time she dismissed him herself.

”If there is nothing more Your Highness, then pardon me. I shall take my leave. I have things to attend to.”

She walked away without waiting for the Prince's reply. Not that she cared, anyway. Except, because of her hastiness to get away Lucy failed to see the mocking sneer that formed in the Crown Prince's lips and the words he quietly uttered in her absence.

”Only a lowly woman and yet you repeatedly refused my advances. Even mocking me as well. If you weren't such a beauty, I'd have your head rolling right about now. Who are you proud of? That disgusting woman coveting the empress' crown meant for my beloved. Not if I can help it.”

With this statement and a ridiculing scoff, the Crown Prince left the Amaranth manor in disdain.

Meanwhile, Lucy arrived at her room and flopped herself weakly to the soft bed. Her heart was unsettled. It was as if she was brought back to those times of sufferings. She wasn't a fool. She had seen through what Prince Troy was thinking.

Truthfully, if she wasn't used to such ploys, maybe she would have believed the seemingly harmless words he has said. This would made her start having resentment and doubt towards Chalice and sprout a sliver of trust towards him.