Chapter 79 - Kind And Virtuous Lady.

"Anything you say. Then i will see you later, Mr Starenfoird.'' She just shook her head and held the arms of Richard who was waiting for her patiently while looking at the unfolding drama with lazy eyes.

Everyone looked at her with surprise as she took confident steps towards the exit door. Even Amelia frowned as she did not understand why there was hazel here! Did she come here just to get disowned by the family?

But before they could reach the entrance and leave, the door opened and a large group of knights entered. They all were wearing the uniform of the royal palace and had blank faces.

The sound of their footsteps surprised everyone. But Hazel and Richard had no expressions on their faces.

Once satisfied with the security of the room, the knights stood in two parallel lines on each side and a man with golden hair walked in between. He had an amiable smile on his face as he looked at the couple standing in front of them.

But he frowned when he saw both of them leaving.

"Oh, am I late for dinner, my lady?" he asked with a frown. Even if he had been a bit late, should they not wait for him before having the meal? 

He could not digest the fact that he was treated that badly, but he did not want to infuriate Richard, so he tried his best to maintain the smile on his face.

"....." George and his family looked at them with frozen faces. They could not believe their royal highness was standing in front of them.

"Your highness!"

"Your highness!" All three of them ran towards them and bowed their heads.

"We are honoured that we get the chance to meet you in person, your highness." though they had attended many royal functions. 

As the lower nobles they had only got the chance to greet him and see him from afar. Never had they thought that such a noble man would visit their house out of his own will!

"I am honored to have you in my humble house, your highness!" George could not help but gloat. His face filled with pride as he saw that the crown prince had visited them.

His mind raked over the reasons.. Why would he come here when he saw the crown prince passing a smile to Amelia and his eyes sparkled!

'Could it be that my daughter had gained the eyes of his highness!' if that has been the case then he would rise in the ranks overnight and could be the in law of the royal family. Only the thought was enough to reach him to the clouds.

He could not help but laugh while his chest broadened with pride. 

"These are all your humble thoughts.. The house is no more than.." 'A palace!' Alcastra wanted to say but when his eyes swept through the gaudy decorations and over the top color shades used to decorate the small hall that looked cluttered, he could not say so even if he wanted to lie and earn the brownie points from the couple.

"A big villa." In the end he settled for the villa. 

Though insulted, the couples did not mind at all. If they got the grace of the crown prince then soon they would have a palace ten times bigger than this. So, if the crown prince thinks that it was a small hut, then they would agree to that too.

"Your highness, please come this way. I will ask the servants to bring the best tea or you would like to have wine?" he asked as he could not keep his excitement in.

"Amelia.. Why don't you show his highness the palace later." he continued speaking when Alcastra did not reply.

Amelia smiled with a red face as she tucked her loose strands of hair to the back of her ears and looked at them with a bashed face.

"Yes father, as you say!" she nodded her head shyly and her father smiled with pride.

Alcastra looked at them with a stiff smile. He could see the greed in their eyes and felt greatly repulsed by it.

He had always stayed several miles away with men like them.

"Of.. of course, let us go!" he controlled his emotions and replied with the same smile on his face. 

But he frowned when he took a few steps forward but Hazel and Richard did not follow them. They seemed to be walking on the other side.

"Where are both of you going?" he asked with a bewildered tone. From the moment he had come here, not even once had they spoken and they seemed to be leaving from the start.

"Have you already have the meal?" he asked again with a frustrated voice. Not even once had he been ignored like this. Yet both of them treat him like a means at their disposal!

"Oh! We have not had dinner yet, your highness. But we did not want outsiders to stay here and ruin our moods. So let them go!" spoken Diana abruptly when she noticed that the crown prince was still looking only at the dumb couple!

"Outsiders! Did you just call them outside?" he asked as he tilted his head and looked at Diana with cold eyes.

Oblivious to the change in his behavior, Diana felt proud when she gained all the attention of the crown prince. She adjusted the diamond necklace and her dress and nodded with a flattering smile.

"Yes, your highness. You may not be aware of the affairs of our small family. But she was my elder daughter. 

It had been more than half a month since she ran away from the palace with a messenger and now she had come back and begged us to take her back into the palace.

We readily agreed as she is our blood but when her father asked her to apologise for her deeds. She denied and even threatened us. She behaved so rudely that my husband almost had a heart attack.

So, we asked her to leave the premises until the matter get cool down,

But she was not ready to do so either. She continued to blame her father for not being a good parent and pounced on me.

When she tried to kill me, my husband could not bear it anymore." she wiped the tears of her eyes as she covered her face with her palms.

"So, we had disowned her from the palace when she asked us to transfer her properties. We could not bear the partition of the family and give our rare treasure to a man with no origin.

He even attacked my husband and tried to kill him.

How could she see that coldly even encouraging her lover to kill her father!??" The voice of Diana was filled with tears and she was looking broken-hearted by the events.

Her tears and muffled sobs were reverberating in the room. She was looking at a vulnerable mother who did not have any choice but to choose her family and husband over her rude daughter.

She was sure that she would get enough sympathy with the act, but the crown prince did not even speak a single word.

He stood there frozen as he looked at the faces of everyone.

George looked at his wife with pride when she gave such a splendid performance but even his smile turned stiff when the crown prince did not say a word.

They all stood there with upset faces as they waited for the crown prince to burst on hazel and look at her with disdain or at least not to ask about her anymore.

Amelia who was looking at everything with sidelines was not sure what was happening! But she was sure of the fact that all the attention of the crown prince was on Hazel and the man since he had arrived. But why? Could it be that the man works for the crown prince or the crown prince knows him and came here because he pleaded with him to do so?

If that was the case, then the man was not as simple as they had thought. She couldn't help but frown and gritted her teeth when she looked at how dotingly the man was watching hazel earlier and was ready to fight with her father to protect her.

Not even once had Jonathan done that for her! In fact in the past few days, he seemed to be avoiding her! 

"Your highness, I apologize that my wife forgot her place and started to explain our personal matters. But please do not judge our whole family with a single incident." his tone was sad and flattering at the same time as he moved forward and stood in front of his wife.

"I can assure you that my younger daughter is more humble and obedient. She is so meek that she could not even see an ant getting hurt.. She is a kind and virtuous lady."