The thoughts made her dizzy and she felt her head spinning. It has only been four times since they met, yet he was already asking her to be his wife.
And the proposal was completely different than she had expected.
“Well, I know that you are not my wife yet. But you can pretend for now since it is going to be the reality sooner or later.” he had a smirk on his face as if he was saying, “you have already slept with me. Where can you run to now? You are mine.”
She just shook her head at his confident face.
“It is your decree. So you should go and participate. I trust that you will take care of her as much as I would.” her eyes looked back at him with hopes but he shook his head with a sigh.
“I have a lot of things to manage here. I will not be able to leave. Even if I would, as a member of the council, I would never be able to support her. So you should go!
If not, then wait here without getting worried.” he said in a calm tone as others started to come closer to them.
Anne turned and stared at the number of men with official papers in their hands and realized that he was busy today too.
“I will come to see you as soon as I get free. But the offer of leaving to hunt with my decree is still open. I want my wife to bring me a good amount of hunting too.” He hugged her and whispered in her ears without any embarrassment when the man stared at him with wide eyes.
She took a pause and then looked around. Rafael had already walked to the other nobles. Convince them and talk to them leisurely with a warm smile on his face.
She did not know anyone else here while Declan was going to make some reports with his colleagues.
Rather than sitting here alone, would it not be better that she would leave to the woods.
Though she could know from here, if Hazel was in danger, she would never be able to know if others were secretly keeping an eye on her or not.
“I will leave then!” she took the decree from his hands when he chuckled.
“Then I will see you later, my wife!” he shouted out loud when she took a few steps away from him. She shook her head as her cheeks burned with embarrassment. But she did not turn to look back at the goofy smile on his face.
But that did not mean that she could not imagine it in her heart. The man laughed out louder.
As he looked at everyone with an arrogant face when he found them dumbfounded.
“Since when did you have a wife?” asked one when he just dusted the invisible dust from his shirt.
“And i can not believe that you are already showing her off!” said another with a look of disbelief.
“That also, when she is just a maid.” scorned the last one with a look of disdain on his face.
“Who said that she is just a maid?” Rafael, who was laughing earlier looking at the love birds, raised his brow when he saw others criticizing Declan.
Though he did not like the man much and thought it was going way too fast, Anne was his benefactor.
He would not let anyone insult her in his presence.
“She is my sister! I will give her half of my property in her marriage. In that way, she is richer than the emperor here!” who did not know that Rafael not only has properties in the vampire land but all over the continent.
He even gave all the amount he earned from the council in the investment funds that were attached with trust.
He was a man made of gold and giving half of his properties to a maid..
Not only those three men but the whole crowd was shocked at his words. They all wanted to see who the sister he was talking about but Anne had already left.
Declan was shocked too. He had never thought that a cold and brutal man like Rafael who could suck the blood and kill his own father was ready to support Anne so much?
Was it because of Hazel? Was he so henpecked on her?
His eyes flickered as he felt that today’s plan was made in a haste. He should have thought about it more carefully but it was already too late.
Everything was arranged and Anne had left too according to his plan. Now all he could do was wait for the announcement of the death of Hazel.
His eyes turned sinisterly darker as he took a step away and looked at the forest.
Rafael left soon after making the announcement. There were temporary tents for the rest of the other and for making connections with each other.
Many noble ladies were still talking to each other on how Hazel had tried to usurp what did not belong to her.
Celina was sitting on the corner seat and listening to all of them. She was the one who had supported Hazel in the last party, so many were gazing at her as they continued to chat.
She laughed out loud feeling their very gazes over her.
“You do not have to worry about me. I have decided that I am going to support the princess.
But I will not force others to do that!” she said as she placed the glass of wine back on the table and stared at them,
“But you must know that she is going to win in the end. And if you support her, you can reap the benefits. Since she will make many new changes in the empire.”
She was sure the words would be enough to sway their hearts. She had promised Luhan to help and she would do it till the end.
“Ha! Who said that she was going to win. Today, she will realize how wrong she was to act against us!”
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