The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} Foreign feeling
Previousley...
Jeanne was very confused, why the Countess had to give her a letter like this if she wanted to work together.
What will the Countess do?
...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...
...Chapters...
...(30)...
A few days later....
"His Highness Prince Darren has arrived!!" shouted a guard who was at the residence of the Count and Countess couple.
Suddenly the golden barley girl who became the young lady in the residence was immediately stunned by surprise when she saw the presence of the prince present in her residence.
He immediately told his servant to help himself dress neatly quickly. Until it did not take long, the girl went down to meet the special guest.
In a spacious courtyard of the house, there were palace guards lined up neatly along with a man who had his black mane.
"I, Anastasia Emerald, the daughter of the Emerald family greet His Highness the Prince. It's an honor for me to accept His Majesty's presence" the girl respectfully bowed her body.
Anastasia was still confused, why did Prince Darren suddenly visit her in such an official manner?
"I'm here to take the Lady on a tour and take a walk to enjoy the soothing afternoon weather. Did Lady please grant my request?"
Prince Darren lowered his head while extending his hand, not forgetting the charming smile typical of a prince.
Anastasia thought, it was certain that both her parents were looking at this moment. And also, many palace guards are here. It would definitely be very disrespectful to not accept an offer from a prince.
After all, for some reason he did not want to refuse either.
"It is with pleasure, Your Majesty," the girl replied and accepted the hand of Prince Darren.
Prince Darren pulled Anastasia's hand and kissed her back briefly. For some reason, Anastasia felt a warmth covering her face.
"You don't have to escort me anymore, you can wait here" the man told a group of bodyguards he was carrying.
"All right, Your Highness the Prince."
Then, Prince Darren pulled Anastasia to follow him. They also walked together to enjoy the atmosphere of a washed-up afternoon.
When he was far enough away from the Emerald family residence, the man began to open his voice.
"I heard that your 19th birthday is only a few days away" the man said.
Yes, the birthday of the girl with greenery is only a few days away. Therefore, the Emerald family will hold a birthday celebration party for the princess.
"Yes, that's right, Your Majesty," he replied playing with his fingernails. For some reason, the girl was a little nervous.
"Then, happy birthday, Anastasia Emerald," said Prince Darren inviting laughter from the lips of the girl.
"My birthday is still a few days away, and you said it first?" swoon the girl.
"Don't I tell you not to be formal when we're just the two of us?" prince Darren's.
Anastasia sighed. "I'm still not used to it. After all you are a prince, it is very disrespectful for me to call you informally" he explained.
"Alright if so," replied the black-splattered man briefly.
The atmosphere became silent for a moment, and Anastasia felt very uncomfortable making it. Therefore the girl wanted to break the glass of silence.
"Uhm, at my birthday party .. will you attend?" ask her with a drowning tone.
Not knowing for what reason his heart suddenly thumped and nervousness hit him. This foreign feeling always hit him when he was close to Prince Darren.
"Of course I came" said the man, making flowers appear in Anastasia's heart.
"really?! Thank you very much, Your Majesty!"
Like being showered with the water of happiness, the girl felt her heart flooded with happiness of unclear origin.
"But in exchange, can I tell you something?" ask Prince Darren.
"Of course, Your Majesty. You can say anything" Anastasia replied.
For a second, Anastasia suddenly felt a check on her wrist and stopped.
He looked at the perpetrator beside him, then he froze as the man's warm lips docked on his forehead.
His nerves instantly reacted when he felt his blood rush, his face was full of blending heat.
Four words that were thrown out a moment later, were able to make the girl's mind empty.
"I like you, Anastasia Emerald."
...~•~...
The light of the candle is dim and dim, being the only lighting for the long stray girl reaching her knees who is writing a report containing the state of her territory that she will give to His Majesty the King.
Time had reached night, where the stars danced and left a trail of her incandescent in the sky. The moonlight that blends with the night wind becomes a very soothing rhythm.
By the time he had finished writing the signature that was the cover of his work today, he threw his pen down on the surface of his desk.
The girl crossed her arms and looked around, before long she made a sound. "Come out, stop watching me" he said among the blazing silence.
He was tired of pretending he didn't know when he was being watched. Of course, all this time the girl knew, that in every movement, there was always a figure who watched all his activities.
Therefore, he always sent fake letters because the girl knew that the servant who had been sending her letters had betrayed her.
The flashback
The girl was sitting on the chair that was attached to the window. He leaned back and put his head against the windowpanes, then bowed so that strands of his hair dangled covering after his face while whispering.
"I miss you."
Not knowing who the whisper was to, the girl just stared blankly out the window.
Moments later, his garnet bead caught a strange move from the waiter he had ordered to send his letter.
Cassandra knew that all this time her servant had always met a foreign figure and gave her letter to the foreign figure.
They were not stupid for choosing a meeting place that the girl could see through the window, only that they were unaware.
The girl's window led all over her house, and no one knew.
That was because Cassandra never let the male servant enter her room a single step past the door.
Therefore he always sent false letters of words and loving poetry through the treacherous servant.
For the original letter, Cassandra always sent it through the dove that had been her true pet after successfully tricking the spy and the waiter.
Flashback off
Because now is the right time to launch a plan that he has been compiling and waiting for several years, he said, he did not want the spy to know his plan and tell the enemy hitherto unknown identity.
As a result of no answer or voice heard, the girl clucked in annoyance and then snorted violently.
"Trisia Green and Chloe Green in the village of Shore, live in a remote village settlement with a small residence and a cattle farm," Cassandra said.
"Living on my land without my permission and paying the cost. What's the fate if I displace their house and let it hang in the streets?" coined.
Instantly a strong wind accompanied a cloaked figure that sped right in front of the brown barley girl earlier.
Cassandra smiled lightly at a glance then looked at the cynical figure who was kneeling before her.
"The wise decision. Turns out you care about your family too" said the girl humbly.
Yes, of course all this time he has been looking for the ins and outs of information about the spies who often watch him.
Cassandra must have known what she looks like because she is a observant woman who is always smart to look for enemy weaknesses that are caught off guard.
"I beg you not to do that" replied the man who was the spy.
Cassandra saw the man clenching his hands. He walked around the kneeling man slowly. Not forgetting the index finger he put on his chin as if he was thinking about something.
"Given your obnoxious deeds of constantly reporting my activities to your superiors, of course I should consider it," the girl replied subtly but threateningly.
Most likely the person who became the superior of the spy was the one who had a deep grudge against him. Just like Miss Charlina said a few years ago.
The man in front of him just silently heard his statement. Cassandra then resumed her actions.
"Unless you can do something for me," the girl stopped right in front of the man.
"Anything...! I will" replied the spy.
Cassandra glanced for a moment at the man's face with her arrogant face, then re-entered her feet towards the large glass window in the room while crossing.
"I just want you to be neutral" said the girl inviting confusion at the man who is now her prisoner.
"Neutral...?"
"Yes. I'll give you money, but in return you'll still be normal and not report what I'm doing" Cassandra said.
The man went back silent, he still did not clearly capture what the Countess said before him.
"That way, you can earn money from your boss by constantly spying on me. And I'll also give you money if you don't tell your boss about my activities. How's it?" the girl looked straight at the man.
Then, the man who became a spy was confused. If so, wouldn't this situation benefit him greatly?
He will earn money by spying for his master, and he will also earn money by betraying his master. It was the same that he would earn twice as much money.
Then, he also did not have to worry about the state of his wife and child, as long as he did not betray the Countess who was in front of him.
A rare opportunity like this..how could the man refuse and waste it so easily?
"Thank you very much for your kindness. I swear I'll never forget your service" the man knelt down as he placed his right hand on his left chest.
In the darkness of the night that was only illuminated by the dim moonlight and washed away, the girl smiled grinningly.
This time, he had a lot of careful preparation. He won't just lose.
The time is right. The girl will change the fate line of her life.
...~•~...
The long-awaited day has arrived. Anastasia's 19th birthday has reached its destination, and the Emerald family will throw a celebratory party for their only child.
At dusk on the way to night, the residence of the Count and Countess was brightly lit as if it were a sparkling star in a region of the Erosphire Kingdom.
Many nobles had flocked in party clothes and began to walk into the grand hall of the residence.
Cassandra is no exception, the girl with the title Countess was wearing her blue sapphire dress with many small gems that adorn.
There are many kinds of accessories in the form of flowers stuck in the brown mane neatly arranged to form a bun. Do not forget the white gloves that always coat his hands.
After getting off the private train that was carrying her presence, the girl began dropping the footprints in high heels onto the spot where the party was being held.
When it arrived, luxury and crowds immediately came to ambush him. Luxury interior design and certainly high value, to complement this celebration party.
As he was standing firmly while circling this place through his net, suddenly a soft clap landed on his shoulder from behind.
Then Cassandra turned her head, and someone who became the perpetrator made her smile instantly.
Her eyes sparkled and her apple lips formed a smile that described how her current mood was.
"Frost! You came here too!" cassandra flipped her body to face the man who had been her childhood best friend.
"Did you miss me, My Sister?" frost's claw was rewarded with a small punch on his arm.
"Sadly, you've always been acting" Cassandra said. "How are you? Are you done with the drought that hit your territory this year?"
"of course. Things will always work out if I handle them!" reply to the man with the title of Count with a high enough level of intimacy.
"As far as you are. I'm tired of all your strings," Cassandra sighed softly.
Cassandra was silent for a moment while exploring every corner of this vast and large hall. But not applying for it, Frost's words stopped his investigation.
"Well, I still didn't think that my best friend had his own title last year. I'm proud of you," Frost's lick made Cassandra a little embarrassed.
"Haha, what are you saying? You're acting more than my father," prank the girl.
"Then, don't you have any intention of finding a lover?" seductive of the man.
"What love? I'm always busy with the affairs of the territory and the palace, of course I don't have time for a date" replied the long brown barley girl.
"So you've always wanted to be a single countess?"
"That's not what I mean, stupid. I just didn't find a suitable man."
Frost was silent for a moment while looking at Cassandra. Shortly after that he said. "Then, what if I'm your lover?"
...25.02.2021...