Chapter 142 - Will You Marry Me?

William pov contd

"You mean every beautiful girl is your weakness, your highness" she replied, rolling her eyes. She must have felt that I was using the same trick which i have used last time. Why was I using it again! Her face had a smirk as if she wanted to say that she was not a fool to fall in the same trap again.

I just chuckled and shook my head, she had actually fallen into the trap, it was not for beautiful girls but only for her. She was my weakness. I could only be broken if she was lost.

"Why do you want to know my weakness anyway? Don't tell me you are planning my assassination too!" I teased her and she glared at me.

"Tsk tsk.. Do I look like a fool that will directly ask your weakness, if I want to attack you!" she replied with disdain and I laughed. Could she not see, I was teasing her. Though she was looking so adorable.

"You are not among those too who ask questions without any reason." I replied with interest.

She nodded her head, he face looked like she was about to do some sort of confession, that made me hold my breath unconsciously, 

"I am sure you are strong enough to protect yourself. But if i would have been your enemy, i would have tried to attack your weakness to break you first and then i would have attacked you when you were at your lowest point." she replied and my steps halted.

"You mean to say that if somehow you knew that i have something i treasured a lot, you would try to attack it or snatch it from me, so that i became vulnerable." although I was asking her, I have already got my reply. 

Now I understood why Gerard was taking so much interest in her. First i thought it was all because of her skills, but now he must have noticed why.. Damn! He must have realized that she was special to me! Yet this dumb woman have not yet realized and neither did she remembered the past.

"Abigail, you must stay away from Gerard. He is not a good man, though I could see that you didn't like him much. But he is good at pretending and he is very glib. He would find a way to coax you." Although I knew that warning was not enough, I could not stop myself from doing that. I just wanted to keep her hidden but I knew she would never let me do so. 

Her face turned cold as I continued but then her eyes met mine and she laughed an eerie laugh, "no one knows that better than me, so you do not need to worry about that. All i want you to not be attached with any woman that strongly that it would be your weakness. And if something like that happens, marry her. So that the title of crown princess and future empress could save her.'' Her words hit me straight to the heart.

I could not marry a girl. I had an image to form that was to be a wastrel so that the empress would continue to attack me lightly or let Gerard handle me. So, that i could get enough time to unite with the king of all four kingdoms and overthrew the rule. 

"Who will marry me, little bird. Do not show me dreams that could not be completed.`` I replied, shaking my head and her sharp gaze softened.

"It is not like that, your highness. Many noble ladies in the empire dream of you. You are the most eligible bachelor of the empire after all." She tried her best to praise me as much as she could and then looked at me with sympathy again.

I wanted to tell her that this was not the gaze a woman should give to a man while praising. But then let it go. It was best that she did that with another man too. SO, that they would stay away from her.

But then a strange idea came to my mind and I turned myself further pathetic. She looked at me with worry. Though I know that she did not like me at all. Yet she was trying to make me feel better. So, better take further benefit.

"You are just saying that to make me feel better. No woman would like me. They just wanted to spend time with me but did not love me at all." though it was completely out of my character but there was no one to judge.

"It is not like that. Even my younger sister is smitten by you. You are the most handsome person and you have everything a woman desires.'' She continued to find the good deeds which I hardly had when I saw Kirian glaring at me.

I just smirked in his direction when he signaled to me that he would tell Theodore and others.

"Is that so, so if I ask any girl to marry me, would she say yes?" I asked , looking further pitiful and she nodded enthusiastically.

"Of course, not only would she marry you, she would turn crazy from the sudden happiness," she replied, nodding again and again.

I saw Kirian and Danny moving closer to me. They were just one step again from holding my shoulders and then dragging me from there. Their faces were exasperated. They could not believe that I was teasing a girl like that. That also when i already knew that she was already under the scrutinising gazes because of me. 

Even Jose had noticed that Abi was special to me. Though I was not surprised since she still remembered our childhood. How I used to leave everyone to go and meet Abi and spend time with her. Everyone thought that just like Abi, I have also forgotten my childhood. If only they knew, this was the only thing that kept me moving forward.

"Then Abigail, what if I ask you to marry me?"