Chapter 39 - Diana


    The teacup shattered in his hand cutting his flesh open, exposing the crimson liquid to ooze out. He


    clutched the shattered pieces in his hands disregarding the pain of the sharp ss digging in his palm.


    "HONEY!" Alice approached her furious husband, lifting her skirt to be able to walk without tripping.


    Marcus was furious, his blood boiled hot, and his red eyes were as angry as a bull. He couldn''t believe


    a weak and stupid girl had fooled him.


    He had thought that giving her 100 gold coins would have kept her in the mansion but instead she had


    lied to him and taken the money for herself, running away when he was at the noble social circle


    yesterday.


    "Hubby, Diana wouldn''t have gone far. You know how she is." Alice cooed her husband, stroking his


    silky blond hair back. "She knows how repulsive themoner world is. Diana woulde running


    back begging to take her in. Now let''s get you to-"


    Marcus swatted her hand away, ring daggers at his paled wife.


    "I don''t know whether you have been living under a rock this whole time but open your eyes! Diana


    hasn''t been herselftely." He stated under the cold tone of his voice. Alice eyes welled up and she bit


    her lips to conceal her tears. Never has she been spoken coldly by her husband.


    "She threatened my precious daughter with a de. She stood up to a prince, the future heir to the


    throne of Aureum, without a hint of fear in her eyes then to sneak out of the mansion without a single


    guard spotting her. Don''t you dare tell me that Diana woulde crawling back to us" He mmed his


    fist on the table so hard that the papers stacked on his desk went flying and scattered in a mess,


    making Alice jump.


    "Leave my sight before I decide to kick you out myself" a look of bitterness crept across his face as his


    thick words pierced through the shaken Duchess.


    "Yes, your grace" obeying him with a bow of a head, she made her way to the door, eyes filled with


    salty tears. Opening the door and stealing another nce at her fuming husband, she stepped through,


    leaving him there all by himself to calm down.


    Once the doors shut behind her, Alice''s expression changed into a bitter and scowling face, clutching


    her hands so firmly that her nails dug into her skin.


    "Diana, You evil little cockroach. By the name of the Gods, I pray you nevere back." She hissed


    under her breath.


    She prayed for many years for that wretched daughter of Marianna to leave and nevere back. Yet


    amount of times where she wished that someone would kidnap her while she was out shopping and


    sell her off as a ve like she had been.


    It never urred to her that Diana''s flee would result in her husband''s fury. It didn''t make sense to her.


    Why was the duke so eager to have her back? Was it because the cies family would be bad


    mouthed from behind or was it because Diana would do something out there that would ruin the family


    name?


    She nibbled her thumb hoping it wasn''t because of something that she feared the most.


    "Mydyship" a familiar masculine voice interrupted her thoughts. Looking to the side she saw a man in


    the cies knight armour standing firmly with his well-built body and his helmet under his arm with a


    couple of guards that stood behind him.


    "Sir Edgar. Any news about Diana?" Alice quickly changed her expression after seeing the second in


    Sir Edgar only shook his head. "We have another problem I must console to his highness"


    "May I know the issue that my husband must know so urgently?" she questioned with her brows raised.


    The brown man nced around as if he was searching for excuse to refuse her enquiry.


    "I''m sorry my Ladyship but...This is private matters with his highness" He bowed for an apology.


    "I see" she fanned her red patterned fan already drowning with fury. "Excuse us for being disrespectful


    to herdyship but could you move aside so we may enter" he said with courtesy.


    Alice gazed at the brown man who seemed like he was in histe twenties. His brown eyes shed


    with a little annoyance as he waited patiently for her to move. She clenched her jaw behind the fan


    feeling appalled by the man in front of her.


    How impertinent of him. If it wasn''t for his unique swordsmanship skills and his great services of


    leadership, she would have thrown the man back to the dirt hole where all his people came from.


    How she despised his kind. How could Mariana have had the mind to bring him in the mansion, to train


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    as a Knight, be her bodyguard and then leave him here after she passed away.


    Alice knew that Edgar had never liked her or even approved of her as the duchess of Aureum and had


    kneeled before her. How he looked at her in hatred from behind and threatened to kill her if sheid a


    finger on Mariana years ago.


    "Mydyship?"


    "U-uh, yes" she snapped from her daze and slid to the side letting him knock on the door for permission


    to enter.


    ''One day, I will banish you from this mansion forever and you will know your ce. Filth'' She nced at


    his back side as he entered the room before the doors shut.


    ''You left a lot of valuable things behind in this mansion, Mariana. However, I will make sure to get rid of


    them, just like I had with you''