Chapter 315 (1/2)

He whispered, kissing her again when she was breathing hard. Her eyes were blurred with tears at his confession. There was the sound of them taking off their clothes. In the end, tears flowed from her eyes.

While trying to feel deep inside her heart the body heat of the man she loved, she tightly hugged his neck with a trembling hand.

“Why are you here? I clearly told you to go back to your original knights division.”

“…”

Beatrice put her hand on her throbbing heart, looking silently at Gillian who remained silent at her harsh rebuking.

‘How foolish you are!’

As she couldn’t stand seeing the turbulent emotions in his brown eyes, she turned coldly, ignoring him.

Once she got inside her carriage she noticed a marigold subtly wrapped in a handkerchief. Feeling choked up with emotions, she touched its yellow petals silently.

‘He gave me this as a sign of farewell, then why did he follow me?’

The next day after she slept with him, she found a single marigold at her bedside.

She didn’t know how much she cried after seeing that flower meaning the sadness of separation. Actually, she left the palace feeling so sad at the thought that she would never come back. She was so sad that she couldn’t feel upset about her father’s intentional failure to see her off.

“A stupid man… ”

If she was not chosen as the crown prince’s wife, it was certain that her father would push her to be his concubine, given his wild temper. Either way, it was a fait accompli that she would be the crown prince’s woman, which made her heartbroken all the more.

Of course, even if Sir Feden stayed in the kingdom, it would be difficult for him to revive his fallen family, but she felt it was not right for him to follow her. What’s the point of following her when he would be more heartbroken if he did so?

‘I should not lose my mind now.’

She made a determined look, wiping her tears. Now that she decided to leave the kingdom with the goal of being the crown prince’s wife, she would be in trouble if she got entangled with Sir Feden because she couldn’t control her emotions. She had nothing like patriotism for the kingdom, but if something went wrong, she would endanger the life of the man she loved.

‘It’s not easy, but I should treat him as coldly as possible.’

Gently touching the yellow petals of the marigold, she once again pulled herself together.

**

“I’m honored to see you, the Little Sun of the empire. This is Beatrice Shah, the fifth princess of the Lisa kingdom. ”

“Nice to meet you, Princess Shah. I wish you a comfortable stay while you are here.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

“The chief attendant will escort you to the assigned palace. See you later.”

She slowly bowed to him, who was turning after greeting him coldy.

She felt a bit upset since he clearly drew a line, but when she entered the assigned palace, she was amazed while looking around. Although it was one of the small palaces for concubines, the place assigned to her was as well decorated as Kryans III’s palace.

Sitting in a neatly arranged room, she recalled her meeting with the crown prince a little while ago.

She could find no expression in his face and no feeling in his navy blue eyes.

Although she had no intention of following her father’s order, she felt that the crown prince was not easily seduced, given his very cold attitude.

‘Good for me!’

She didn’t want to be his wife. Her goal was to be one of his concubines and live quietly.

When the war broke out between the Lisa kingdom and the empire, she would lose her life anyway, so all she wanted was to live a comfortable life during her short period until the war broke.

But her determination like that did not last long.

“… You’re pregnant.”

“What did you say? Say it again. What did you say?”

“I’m sorry to say this, but you’re clearly pregnant.”

“Unbelievable…”

Obviously, at some point, she couldn’t swallow food because it tasted too salty or bland, too sweet or bitter. She felt disgusted about the foods she enjoyed as a rule, and even experienced dry heaving.

She thought it was strange, but she thought it’s simply because she was in a new environment. However, Sir Feden kept looking at her nervously, which made her call the royal doctor who was part of the Lisa delegation to check her condition.

“By the way, Your Highness, I just don’t understand what happened to you. It seems you are two months pregnant, so I don’t think it’s the crown prince’s baby…”