The bottle of the poison that she was holding sometime ago was in the hands of the maid and she was looking at her with a suggestive look.
He had left spies on her as she had thought.
Hazel took the bottle from the maid and walked forward without giving any expression. As she walked to the dining room, she noticed the whole family was there.
Since the time she came here, she had never seen eating all of them together.
A scowl formed on the face of her half sister and second brother whom she had put in the prison in her empire.
“What is she doing here?” her eyes instantly snapped to Vincent, the only person who had a warm smile on his face but his eyes were filled with malice.
“Are we going to share our meal with the wife of a monster, mother?” her sister frowned as she looked at hazel with hatred and disgust when hazel raised a brow.
“You are calling the very person a monster, you are flirting with the first night he had come to the palace, I thought that you like him.
Or could it be that you are so addicted to flirting that you even try to seduce those men whom you do not even like. Kind of a strange fetish, I say!” the face of the woman burnt with shame yet only more hatred filled her eyes.
“You! How dare you! What made you think that I would give any importance to a vampire? I have my pride!” She refused to accept that she was the one who was ready to spend time with a vampire that was also married but he was the one who rejected.
It would be an insult to her. But from the start she wanted to take Hazel’s place. She wanted to be the queen of vampires and enjoy the power.
What great would she achieve as the shadow of Vincent, who always has a bright smile on his face yet she knew that he was a cold demon.
He was worse than that vampire when it came to dealing with those whom he did not like and he had no emotions and cared for the family.
For him, everyone is alike, a pawn to be used and discarded. She wanted to leave this toxic family and enjoy the power and luxury somewhere else. But she was never going to accept it in front of her family.
If Vincent would know that she tried to gain favor from the vampire, he would use it against her in the future.
“Is that so? I thought I heard you offering Rafael that you will show him the palace and would take you to the room too. And you even gave him your handkerchief to wipe the blood off his hands.
Was it just a courtesy then? If yes, do show some now too.“ Hazel sat on her chair leisurely as she passed a leisure glance to the girl who was panicking now.
Hazel was sure that her sister never had thought that someone else knew about her petty lines that day.
She felt bad for bowing her head in front of strong power like Vincent and picking up a fight with a weak girl who knew nothing but to show off like the princess but she had no choice.
She had to show Vincent that she was a dumb woman who would easilly give in to the firgt of power, show off and hollow. So that he would give her offers and she would accept them.
He should believe that all she needed was wealth, power and vanity like other women. Only then he would let his guard down in front of her.
“Sister, you should not be too harsh to Hazel. She is only trying to spend some time with her family. Her husband had been busy since the time he had come here, he had not given her any attention and let her stay in the room only.
Even now, when the whole family is here and have not yet given an appearance as the royal family, he is out there.
So, she must be feeling very lonely, right hazel.” his hands slowly went under the table and squeezed her thighs.
Oh! How much did she hate it? She stared at the fork on the table and imagined stabbing his palm with that fork with all the force she had so that he would remember that touching her would be out of line.
He slowly started to caress her thighs while his face was filled with warmth and a smile full of pity.
He stared back at his siblings who were still giving a complaining look until they bowed their heads and he turned to look at Hazel who was holding the fork in her hands so tightly that her knuckles had turned white and his smile grew wider.
“Do not worry, hazel. The family loves you too much. They are just hurt that you showed them your power and fangs as if you are a monster too.
Show them that you are not, you love them and they will be friendly too. For start, why don’t you hug all of your siblings and show how much you love them.” He opened his arms for the start towards her and she gulped while maintaining that smile on her face.
He wanted to molest in front of everyone. No! She would break the hug instantly, she thought as she nodded her head and moved towards him.
She hugged him and he wrapped his arms around her.
“You have brought the poison, right. Give it to me. Your work is done here. I will make sure that you only have an amount that would not affect you badly.” so he was only trying to.. She passed him the bottle since she was already red for her death when she had come here.
The letter in her room would be enough to prove that he had forced her.