Chapter 301

"I- err I'll just bandage your wounds now."

Lady Melissa said, as she tried to cover her face from Duke Alphonso, which was unsuccessful as she saw his abs, which was a six-pack, as she tried to maintain her composure, getting the first-aid kit.

Lady Melissa's eyes widened seeing the wound, she didn't know it was that big- though luckily most of the bleeding had stopped already, as she quickly bandaged the wound on his stomach, feeling his breath on her ear, as she shivered.

It was certainly an odd sensation, yet she didn't hate it, though it certainly made it much harder for her to focus on the task at hand, or rather the abs at hand.

Lady Melissa gulped, she was so close in front of Duke Alphonso, as she admired his blonde hair and his eyes, she hadn't seen them this up close before, admiring his looks as she had to stop herself from just staring at his face the entire time.

Lady Melissa was honestly surprised that Duke Alphonso hadn't flinched even a bit when she applied the alcohol to his wound, considering how big the cut as she had expected him at the very least to flinch.

Perhaps, just like her, he was used to the pain, maybee he had even experienced it more often. Lady Melisa thought, as she temporarily put the first-aid kit on her desk, as she turned her back, before noticing something.

Duke Alphonso's back…was filled with scars beatings as if he had received them from someone- as the man realized that Lady Melissa had seen them, his eyes widening in surprise as he quickly dressed, and Lady Melissa knew what he was going to do next- he was going to teleport, back to the Peagler estate.

Lady Melissa stopped him from doing so, as she let her body take the steering wheel, instead of her brain (which she would usually allow her brain to take the steering wheel), but she needed to stop him.

Lady Melissa pulled the man into an embrace, hugging his body tightly as she hoped that he would feel bad if he went back to the Peagler estate, especially when she was hugging his body like this.

The hug surprisingly went on for several minutes, neither one of them saying anything during the time, the only thing Lady Melissa could hear was Duke Alphonso's heart beating, and the only thing Duke Alphonso could hear was her breath on his back.

It was one of the weirder situations that Lady Melissa had gotten herself into (willingly this time), and her plan worked, Duke Alphonso was too stunned to teleport back to the Peagler estate, but at what cost?

She probably wasn't going to be able to maintain eye contact with the man for the next few days or so, too busy digging her grave for doing something like this- something she would have never expected herself to do.

Out of all the three Dukes that she was often surrounded in if she was being honest she wouldn't expect that the one she'd be hugging was Duke Alphonso, though then again it wasn't that surprising to her now.

"Come on, don't leave yet, after all, you promised me already."

Lady Melissa said as she tried to convince Duke Alphonso to stay, not knowing that the very moment that she had decided to hug him he had already been convinced to stay- at least until she was done treating his wounds.

"I guess I can stay for a few more minutes…."

Duke Alphonso said, as Lady Melissa quickly went to work, not bringing up the topic about the man's scars on his back nor even acting as if anything had happened about them, knowing that they must've had some bad stories behind them.

Since Duke Alphonso didn't want to tell her yet, then that was alright, she was simply going to wait till he trusted her enough to explain to her how he had gotten the scars on his back, but for now, she'd pretend it had never happened.

"Next time, if you're bringing a bunch of assassins or snipers or anyone in particular to my house I'd prefer for you to inform me in advance- even if it was just a few minutes in advance it'd be a great help."

Lady Melissa said, as she had just finished treating the man's wounds, as he nodded his head, understanding where she was coming from since he wouldn't exactly be ecstatic if someone showed up to his house unannounced multiple times.

"I'll keep that in mind, I'll probably have to go now since I've spent way too much time in the Shayla estate, I'll be seeing you later on at Duke Mason's party, which you are coming to later on right?"

Duke Alphonso asked, as Lady Melissa quickly responded a 'Yes' to his question.

'I'll see you later on Duke Alphonso, in the meantime I'd prefer to see you still in one-piece for Duke Mason's party, see you."

Lady Melissa said, as Duke Alphonso replied a soft 'goodbye' to her, as the woman let out a smile in response, Duke Alphonso had brought the men along with him, the ones that had attacked Lady Melissa earlier.

Perhaps he was going to try and find out about the men- since he might have not known who sent them considering his long list of enemies that despised him simply because he was the Crown Prince's advisor.

Lady Melissa's alcoholic night had been ruined- crashed and she was left with practically nothing, just a few wasted hours (and being able to see Duke Alphonso's body) and learning about the man's scars on his back.

Lady Melissa wondered who had given the scars to Duke Alphonso, was it perhaps his parents? Maybe his teachers? (Since she knew that there were a number of teachers who would harshly punish their students if they got a question wrong)

What if it was the Crown Prince? Or perhaps another one of the royal family members? The possibility was there of course- and knowing the Crown Prince's personality Lady Melissa wouldn't cross out the possibility that the Crown Prince might've been the one to give Duke Alphonso those scars on his back.