Cursed Daughter Looking for a Mate
Chapter 23 The Destroyed Gift

Julliane took a deep breath. Ian looked at the figure walking towards him. Julliane soon hides the destruction of Ian's gift necklace.

"Where's Lionel, Juli?" asked Ian who was nearby.

"He was lamenting his gifts which I burned outside the kitchen." Julliane immediately turned to point at Lionel's place to cover her empty neck.

"Then what about this gift." Ian pointed at his brooch.

Ian came here to show the brooch to Lionel. He wanted to upset Lionel, but Julliane had already acted faster.

"You can sell it and give it to the little people or to anyone" said Julliane, who still turned her back on Ian.

The strange Julliane gurgle made Ian suspicious. Ian immediately approached him, but Julliane continued to avoid him unwilling to look at him. Ian pulled Julliane's arm until the first princess' body confronted him.

Julliane glanced in the other direction not daring to look Ian in the eye. He felt guilty for not being able to keep Ian's gift well. Ian realized the reason behind Julliane's behavior as soon as he saw that her gift necklace did not exist. Before Ian let out a sound, Julliane made a sound first.

"I'm sorry, Ian. Your necklace was destroyed by Lionel. Sorry for not keeping my promise."

Instead of being angry, Ian smiled at Julliane instead. This made Julliane confused.

Why isn't he angry?

"It's okay, I can buy it again. After all the man had already received his reward," said Ian to calm Julliane.

Ian changed Lionel's name to that of the man. It's obvious he's angry.

"Are you angry? I'll redeem it any way."

"I'm not angry, Juli, you don't have to make up for it. All I want is to pick a necklace with you in two days." Ian continued to smile towards Julliane.

"Why not tomorrow?" julliane said with suspicion.

"Tomorrow I'm busy, Juli."

Julliane continued to look into Ian's troubled eyes. He could not figure out what was on the mind of the person in front of him right now. If you ask further, Ian instead feels disturbed. In the end he gave up.

"All right, I agree, Ian. If you're angry just tell me."

"Of course."

Ian directed Julliane at a chair in the park. He asked Julliane to tell him about the meeting with Lionel earlier. Ian heard it intently while thinking of something.

***

Lionel was in his room still regretting his money being burned out because of Julliane. He actually wanted to sue her but the Count's son could not sue a Royal Princess. He will lose in court. It is still fortunate that he was not punished by the King for injuring his daughter. Julliane's neck must have been flushed because her necklace was pulled hard.

There was a knocking on the door. A waiter came in to give him news. "There's someone waiting for you in the living room, Young Master."

"Who?"

"Prince of the Kingdom of Constain."

Lionel immediately rose from his sleep to meet Ian. Although he hated Ian, it was very presumptuous to make a prince wait for a long time.

'Do you want him here?' inner Lionel.

Lionel immediately sat down before Ian. He kept watching the brooch Ian was wearing.

"Why? You like this brooch, Lionel?" asked Ian while pointing at his brooch.

"Ah, that's not the Prince. I'm just wondering where you got that brooch from" Lionel said with a fake smile.

"I got this from someone. That guy asked me to sell or give this to someone else. How do you think?"

Lionel gulped his saliva, feeling intimidated. Ian did not raise his voice or look angry but somehow his words implied a threat.

"It's up to the Prince" said Lionel.

"Then I'll just crush it's okay, right?" Ian smiled as he crushed his brooch. The jewel was broken into pieces. Blood flowed from Ian's hands dripping onto the floor.

Ian dropped the crushed brooch. The sound of a brooch falling cluttered on the floor. His feet rubbed the brooch, applying more pressure until small fragments and blood stains remained. Lionel tried not to scream seeing his item destroyed. Yesterday he was trampled on now even worse. He was afraid he would not survive.

Ian patted Lionel on the shoulder with his uninjured hand. "My business is done. Never go near Julliane again."

Lionel was unable to say anything until Ian walked out of the living room. He could breathe a sigh of relief. He promised himself he would not deal with Princess Julliane and Prince Ian.

***

Julliane spends time with Ellaine and Edgar. He had already relayed Lionel's incident to them. Here is the response of his brothers.

"Sir Juli is cool" Ellaine said.

"Lionel will definitely not dare to see Kak Juli again" Edgar said.

Julliane smiled at them. Now he has brothers who support him and can share his grievances with them. In his previous life, he was an only child so his complaining place was his friends and parents. However, he prefers to tell his friends because of their opinion that is not patronizing.

So it's like having a sister. Not having friends is okay.

Julliane began to give up looking for friends. Now the invitation letter to come to the tea show flooded him. Most of them have a hidden intention. He did not want to expand his battle with such people. The Flower Palace novel does not tell Ellaine's friends. The novel only focuses on Ellaine, the three main character candidates, and Julliane. The story has changed since Julliane arrived. So, Julliane grew more cautious of Ellaine's friends.

"Elle, this is just a suggestion. Stay away from your friends" said Julliane suddenly.

Ellaine was confused by her sister. It is impossible to get away from his friends suddenly for no apparent reason. "Why, Sister Juli?"

"They are good to you for wanting to make a profit. They're not sincere."

"Where did Juli know?"

"This is my hunch."

There's no way I said I ever met someone like them. I've been hanging out recently.

Ellaine looked down at Julliane's words. Mind flogging. Actually, he also felt the good attitude of his friends because he was a princess. However, if he stayed away from them he would have no influence in the company of the nobility.

"Well, I'll try to think. Thank you, Sister Juli."

Both of his brothers returned to their respective activities. Julliane opened the drawer, took out her true love list. He dropped Lionel's name. Now the names of the three main character candidates have been crossed all.

Too bad they're not my true love.

Julliane's eyes stared at Ian's name for a long time while touching his sore neck.

Should I be with Ian?