Chapter 142 - Cute!

"Hmm, what did the count want? Is he planning to trap the crown prince for you?"

"......."

Amelia did not know whether to say yes or no to his question. But she took a breath of relief that before he could ask her again, the song changed and she turned and ended up in the arms of the crown prince again. 

But her face had already turned paler that even Alcastra, who did not like her at all, felt concerned.

"Are you okay, Lady Amelia?" he asked as he looked at her pale face. She was looking like she would puke any moment.

Amelia took a few deep breaths and nodded her head.

"Yes! Thank you, my lord! I think I am just feeling sick. I think I have drunk a bit more than I can handle!" she assumed the man who gave a side look to jonathan with confusion.

Jonathan bowed his head and smiled back that confused Alcastra but he nodded at Amelia.

"Then you should go and rest! Come. I will escort you back to your table!" he offered and Amelia nodded.

She did not feel like she would be able to seduce him anyway. 

Now she had to find a way to placid Jonathan first and then make sure if Alcastra would accept it or not! Because she did not want to end up miserably after losing both of them.

"What happened to her?" asked Elizabeth as she felt the cold eyes of her brother staring at Jonathan for a second before leaving with the girl in his arms.

"I do not know much. But my sister in law had drunk a bit too much. I think she is feeling nauseated!" he sighed and shook his head and Eli raised a brow.

"How brave of you! Even when Hazel had married someone else! You are still calling her sister as sister in law! Are you not afraid that Richard will hear you and beat you for that!?" she had never known that the man with a scholarly vine  who looks timid and arrogant would have that face too.

"As I said, my lady. I will plead against their marriage soon. I will not accept it so easily. But where our destiny would end is still a matter of the future. But what about you?" Eli frowned at the end of the question and looked at him with confusion!

"What about me?" she asked with a frown and the man chuckled,

"I know that you are interested in the man. Well, I can not blame you. He is handsome and smart and has that mysterious vibe.

If i would have been a girl, i would have been attracted to." he took a deep sigh as if he was too pressured with that thought that eli could not help but feel a bit guilty.

She could not deny that she was attracted to him but if this came out, she would lose her dignity. And to accept it in front of a man, she hardly knew, she felt humiliated.

"What nonsense are you spouting about? You know you can be hanged for speaking against the royal family!" her eyes turned cold and sharp but the man only chcukled.

"I will not speak against the royal family ever, after all I am a loyal servant of theirs. I just wanted to help you. 

But if you did not want to be helped then I would forget that we ever had this conversation.'' With that he bowed his head as a sign of respect and started dancing again without speaking a word further as if the discussion never started leaving Eli on tenterhooks.

On the other side, Hazel was still staring at the distance even when she had returned in the arms of the man she was before.

Looking at her lost face, Richard frowned. He had felt that she was gone but when he looked around, he was not able to find her.

He could not even see who she was dancing with and then the princess kept him engaged in her words that he forgot to check on her for a minute. 

But now looking at her pale, he felt that he had not completed his responsibility properly.

Feeling his worried gaze, Hazel shook her head!

"Oh! No, there is nothing like that. I just met a strange person whom i have never seen before, but as strange as he was, he just vanished as if he was never there." she shook her head to get rid of the thought of a man, but she felt like it was not that easy.

"You should be aware of your surroundings and do not trust someone whom you don't know.

Do not forget that we were just attacked when we were returning to the place!" he reminded her with a frown as he looked around again to see if there was any possible threat.

"Yes! You are right. I have been too careless. I would not repeat the same mistake!" she bowed her head with guilt.

How could she forget that she was on a mission here and everyone there was her enemy. She would not let her guards down. What if that strange man would have been an assassin or an enemy! But he did not look like one, in fact, he was looking rather cute! Oh lord! What was she even thinking!

"It is alright. I am right here to protect you." she raised her head and looked into his eyes when he said those words so naturally. Did he even know what his words meant to her? If she did not know any better, she would have thought that he had feelings for her.

She chuckled and shook her head. Why was she taking his words so seriously when he was just talking about her safety. He did not take her as more than his responsibility.

"Thank you! I should not be worried about anything, since you are here with me my lord!"