The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
Chapter 17: A Glass of Wine

THIS WORK IS FICTION. NAMES, CHARACTERS, EVENTS, PLACES, ARE JUST A DELUSION. PLEASE READERS BE WISE IN RESPONDING.

After the gripping incident ended, the servants rushed back to make a new cake.

And now, time has entered the feast.

Day has changed to night. The sun had sunk and now his task of illuminating the earth had been replaced by the moon.

Right now I am standing near a long table that has been covered in many snacks on its surface.

With a fluffy and thick milk-brown dress, fitted with matching high heels, I stood alone.

Elise says these shoes were a gift from Arlen a few years ago, but Cassandra La Devoline rarely wears them because of their size is less fitting on her feet because of their greatness.

But I don't care if it's Arlen's or not, because I'm wearing it just because these shoes are good for me.

Not infrequently, I secretly took a sweet snack that I liked and put it in my mouth.

On the right there, there was Anastasia along with other noble ladies who were gossiping.

While swinging the patterned fan that was in their grasp slowly, they also giggled and not infrequently they covered their lips with their fan.

Seeing them like that made me think of famous actresses who consider themselves to be great so no longer need to practice to shoot first.

While I was busy rehearsing while memorizing my lines, they were just busy gossiping with each other.

And when I got compliments from the director for my hard work, they started to envy and resent me.

With how they set me up so I almost lost my honor with a stranger I didn't know.

Even I still remember how the glare of the camera flash journalists who had caught me at that time, as if I was the perpetrator, even though I was the victim.

It was that thing that made me lose my job, and all I've gotten since then is mockery, insults, and scorn so I decided not to come out of my house again.

Puk!

My daydream was renewed as I felt a soft pat on my right shoulder.

I turned my head around to see who was the culprit who patted me on the shoulder.

The smile of the sumringah was immediately painted on my face as I saw the jet-black unraveling girl whose status was my best friend.

"Veronic!" my screeches.

"Cassandra!"

"It turns out you're coming!"

"Of course, otherwise who will accompany you here" Veronica said as she folded her arms.

"I could've found another friend to talk to" I joked.

"Hey! Can't! Your best friend is just me! Point!" his sulking made me chuckle.

Shortly after, Veronica suddenly called out to someone while waving her hands towards my back.

"Sister!"

Out of curiosity, I turned my body and the towering tall figure with its black mane made me slip a little.

His princely aura was dazzling once!

The figure stepped towards us as Veronica called out to him.

"Sister, this is Duchess Cassandra de Floniouse! Cassandra, meet my first brother, Prince Yari Erosphire," Veronica told me.

"Greetings, Your Majesty," I salute you while bowing my body.

"It's nice to meet you, Duchess," she replied flatly.

It seems like this Prince is a bit cold, in contrast to the Prince I met yesterday when Veronica invited me to tea at the palace.

"Sister Yari, where is Brother Darren? Didn't he come here too?" veronica asked Prince Yari.

Darren's? Is that the prince I met yesterday?

"Then you two have fun. I'm going to find Duke Floniouse" he continued, and the man left.

Soon after, Anastasia and her gang friends came to me and Veronica was busy talking.

"Hello, Cassandra! And greetings, Your Majesty," said Anastasia who made me lazy.

Just now I wanted to open my mouth to return the greeting, but Veronica immediately cut my words.

"Greetings, Duchess Floniouse. Nice to meet you, and happy birthday to you," Veronica replied with a flat look.

Does he really hate Anastasia?

"Greetings to you, Duchess Floniouse, too" said the reddish-brown miss beside Anastasia.

I showed my sweet smile. "Just call me Cassandra, because the one who calls Duchess Floniouse is not just one here" I quipped.

Anastasia, the snake woman still displayed her sweet smile.

"Alright, Cassandra. I heard you just got seriously injured by falling into a ravine. Are you all right? You didn't jump into the abyss from feeling unloved by Duke Floniouse, did you? Hohoho~"

Did he just insinuate me? Then I won't just shut up.

"Come, because I've lost my memory, I don't remember. But I don't think that's true, as evident from my husband, Duke Floniouse was very worried about me when I had a pretty bad back injury" I replied.

"At the moment my legs sprained, Duke Floniouse willingly knelt before me. Even when there was a woman who was yelling at me, Duke Floniouse immediately scolded her," I continued.

I can see the noble lady screeching behind the patterned fan she used to cover half her face.

"Here you go, how about a toast? To celebrate my birthday," Anastasia said as she offered a glass of Wine.

I don't know why I became suspicious, there must be something inside.

I hesitantly accepted the offer, and we made a toast.

But before I straightened the drink, I deliberately dropped it so that the glass was scattered everywhere along with the splattered Wine.

"God, I'm sorry, I'm so careless!" lied to me while pretending to clean up the broken glass.

"You don't have to do that, Cassandra. Let the servants clean it. After all, I still have one more glass," Anastasia said as she picked up another glass of Wine at a nearby table.

As expected, there must be something in it! But, this way I can't refuse!

Because if I refuse, then it will be very clear that I do not want to accept the Wine from him.

"Alright," I resigned then took the Wine and then up his vertical.

I hope I'm okay.

...🥀...

Fucking argh! There's something strange in that wine!

My head was spinning, I could see my face flushed in the sink mirror.

If my right hand hadn't held back in the sink, I might have lost my balance to stand up.

I was alone in the bathroom, because I told Veronica that I needed to use the bathroom.

I can feel a part of my body starting to numb, what exactly did that snake woman enter right in that Wine?!

My whole vision began to blur, and before long, I felt a hand smother my mouth and forced myself to follow it.

I can't fight because this numbness has spread all over my body.

I tried to shout, my voice was held back by the palm that was smothering my mouth.

Please anyone, help me!

^^I Become Wife of the Atrocious Duke^^^

^^12 November 2020^^^