Chapter 128 - 128

At least Lady Melissa didn't understand it back then, not knowing what the big deal about the Crown Prince was.

Now that Lady Melissa had sort of an idea where she would give the letter to Duke Alphonso, she only needed to figure out how.

Which led her back to square one, where she had been trying to figure out how she could give the letter to Duke Alphonso.

'Or, maybe I don't need to prepare a letter at all in the first place. What if he gets caught with a letter handed by me? Someone will try to get a hold of it, and since many nobles are invited to this event every year, one of them might as well try to take it from Duke Alphonso.'

Lady Melissa thought, wondering if she should just completely ditch the whole writing a letter idea to Duke Alphonso.

'I can always talk to him about meeting up, but then there was a high chance that we would get caught with each other and that would lead to some nasty rumours.'

Lady Melissa thought, shuddering at the thought of what the rumours could even contain, and how quickly they could destroy a woman's reputation, but more specifically her reputation.

'It's too risky, but what choice do I even have? All my choices I have to try and tell Duke Alphonso about meeting up are risky.'

Lady Melissa let out a sigh, wishing that Duke Alphonso wasn't one of the Crown Prince's closest aides, but since he was, the guards would usually be sticking around him as much as they did to the Crown Prince.

It wasn't as if they could let the Crown Prince's dearest aide get kidnapped or lost? Or even worse murdered.

Lady Melissa tried to think, maybe there was an alternative for this whole thing? Perhaps an alternative solution where she wouldn't have to risk her reputation getting ruined?

And an alternative solution where the guards wouldn't find out about this? About Duke Alphonso's meeting with Lady Melissa, if she even found a way to communicate with him.

Alas, Lady Melissa found no alternative solution, but there was still hope for her, the event wasn't due until another two weeks.

So Lady Melissa had two weeks to try and think of a solution to this whole problem, so she could finally meet up with Duke Alphonso.

'Wait, there might be an alternative solution to this, but it might not work, besides would Duke Alphonso even answer?'

Lady Melissa thought, as she had just thought of an alternative solution to her problems and the alternative solution, was for her to ask either of the men, Duke Gaston or Duke Mason for a little help.

Though Lady Melissa was probably going to ask Duke Gaston since he was the commander of the royal family's army, it would be much easier for him to communicate with Duke Alphonso than her or Duke Mason.

Though Lady Melissa couldn't entirely depend on this solution to work, after all Duke Gaston could simply decline her request, and Duke Gaston and Duke Alphonso weren't exactly on good terms.

They weren't enemies, no, not at all, but they weren't exactly friends, they were only acquaintances, even though they had multiple meet ups with each other since the both of them were one of the most important people working for the royal family.

Even if Duke Gaston did accept Lady Melissa's request, Duke Alphonso might reject the idea of even meeting with Duke Gaston, after all the man wasn't exactly fond of Duke Gaston.

So, this plan of hers wasn't exactly bulletproof, and Lady Melissa didn't think it would work, but it was at least worth a try right?

She would ask Duke Gaston to meet up with Duke Alphonso, and talk to Duke Alphonso about meeting up with Lady Melissa and then just tell him the details.

Lady Melissa didn't even need the both of them to speak for a long time, she could simply tell Duke Gaston the place and time where they would be meeting and Duke Gaston could briefly talk about it to Duke Alphonso when they passed through each other in the corridors.

But, what if Duke Alphonso was busy on that day? He was a busy man after all, a very busy one in fact, since he was one of the Crown Prince's closest aides, so his schedule would be full.

No matter what plan Lady Melissa would think of, she couldn't help but find holes in it and she started to get frustrated.

When she thought she had perhaps finally found a solution to the whole problem, there were multiple holes in the solution,and Lady Melissa had to think of a new solution over and over again, before stumbling across one and finding multiple holes in it again.

The cycle would then end up repeating itself, leaving a very tired and frustrated Lady Melissa. She just needed one plan to not have any holes. Was that so hard?

Maybe it was the lack of sleep or the fact that she hadn't drank enough coffee today to keep herself less moody and grumpy, but Lady Melissa was frustrated.

Extremely frustrated in fact, as she felt like punching a wall, before deciding against it as she had to keep herself 'ladylike'.

Lady Melissa decided to order a maid to brew some chamomile tea for her, even though it was quite late at night, hoping that the chamomile tea would soothe her down and keep her calm, at least for the next couple of hours or so.

The maid in question happened to be Sophia, who quickly went into the kitchen, seeing her mistresses' distressed face, not wanting Lady Melissa to be more stressed than she had already looked like she was.

Sophia quickly returned, holding the cup of tea and teapot in a wooden tray on her left hand, while she opened the door using her right hand.

Sophia quickly put the wooden tray on Lady Melissa's desk, hoping that the chamomile tea would soothe her down.

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