Chapter 256 "If You Can,"

Seeing that the show was over, Harvey rose to leave and turned to look at Luciana when he noticed her presence. It was just the two of them there.

"Is Lady Susan not supposed to be your betrothed?" Seeing that she had gotten Harvey's attention, Luciana asked.

"Are you not supposed to be Prince Ivan's wife?" Harvey asked, making Luciana's brows pull together.

"What does that have to do with my question?" She asked in confusion as she tried to find the connection.

"What is your question?" Harvey asked, feigning ignorance, and Luciana eyed him with mild annoyance.

"Why are you letting Sir Lance chase after her that way? I think he fancies her," Luciana said, and Harvey merely looked at her without saying a word.

Before now, he had never had any reason to communicate with her in any way until they had met in Susan's chamber the previous day, so he couldn't understand why she was asking him questions as though they were friends.

Seeing that he wasn't going to comment on that, she continued, "If you are not interested in Lady Susan, why did you join us? Why were you in her chamber?" She asked curiously since she had assumed that Harvey had sneaked into Susan's chamber and was helping them because he was interested in Susan.

"Do you always ask so many questions?" He asked with disapproval as he headed for the door and Luciana followed him.

"Only when I need to be sure about something. I want to understand why you are on Prince Harold's side. You don't have any reason to be," she said, and Harvey paused.

"Perhaps if you explain to me why you are on Prince Harold's side while you are married to his half-brother, I might tell you why I am on his side," Harvey said, and Luciana shrugged.

"I'm no longer married to Prince Ivan. He is getting married to your sister. Don't you know that already?" She asked, wanting to also use the opportunity to find out how Benedicta was doing since she had heard from her maid that she had gotten hurt while trying to stop Harold.

Harvey almost sighed when he remembered that Benedicta was getting married to Ivan. Here he was swearing allegiance to Prince Harold while his sister was getting married to Ivan.

He could never understand that sister of his. One minute she was talking about getting married to Prince Ivan, the next she was badmouthing Princess Amber and Harold as though she was still interested in Prince Harold, and then there she was getting in the path of an enraged Prince Harold to stop him.

As what? Who did she think she was to Prince Harold to have done that? Harvey mused, and then his brows pulled together when he remembered that the last time he had seen her before leaving for the pavilion that morning, she had still been unconscious. He hoped she would return to her senses as soon as she woke up.

"I wish I could entertain your questions, but I have important things to attend to," Harvey said as he hurried away from there, leaving Luciana, who scowled at his retreating figure, before walking in the opposite direction to her maiden chamber.

Just like Princess Amber had her chamber, she also had hers. But she had always lived in Prince Ivan's chamber with him since she always had to tend to his needs. Thanks to being on Prince Harold's side, she could now boldly move back into her chamber. To hell with repentance.

As she headed for her maiden chamber, she paused when she saw Ivan coming from the royal infirmary and walking towards her direction.

Before she could turn around and walk in the opposite direction, he saw her.

Ignoring him, she continued on her way.

"Stop!" Ivan called out authoritatively when he saw her. He was in a foul mood, and he was even angrier now that she was ignoring him.

He had returned to his chamber after his exchange with Harold that morning, expecting to see his breakfast already served, and he was told that there was no breakfast.

As if that was not enough, the guard he had sent to get the royal physician had returned to inform him that the royal physician had refused to come to treat his wound, stating that Prince Harold had ordered them not to treat anyone else.

Not only had he banned the kitchen from making them food; he had also asked the royal infirmary not to attend to anyone else in the palace apart from Princess Amber, Paulina, and the king.

And now even his own wife was ignoring him? That was unacceptable!

Luciana's first impulse was to keep walking and just ignore him, but knowing how huge his ego was, she knew that he would most likely ask his guards to stop her if she didn't listen to him.

Luciana heaved a sigh as she stopped in front of him and gave him a polite bow. Concern flickered in her eyes when she saw the wound on his arm, but she looked away from it, reminding herself that Ivan was no longer her business. He had his new wife to worry about him if he was wounded.

"Why are you out here when you should be repenting?" Ivan asked with an annoyed look.

"What am I supposed to be repenting of? What did I do wrong?" Luciana asked, and Ivan's eyes almost bulged out in surprise at her tone.

"It was a royal order..."

"From who? The King didn't order me to do that," Luciana challenged.

"How dare you!" Ivan yelled at her, and Luciana tried to hold back her snort to no avail.

"I never knew your voice could be this loud. I wonder why I didn't hear it yesterday," Luciana said, and Ivan's eyes blazed with anger as he stepped towards her to hit her.

"Prince Harold has ordered me to return to my maiden chamber. That is where I will be staying henceforth. If you have a problem with it, you should confront Prince Harold."

With a cold smile while tilting her head to the side, she added, "If you can," Luciana said with a cold smile before walking away, leaving behind a very angry Ivan.