The Atrocious Duke'S Wife
{Season 2} Handkerchief

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Feeling unable to anymore, Anastasia immediately ran from there. The girl couldn't stand it anymore, she couldn't help it alone.

Only one person was on his mind at the moment. He wants to share all his feelings with that person.

A man with a black mane of the night.

...~ The Atrocious Duke's Wife...

...Chapters...

...(32)...

The night breeze blew, pounding and trying to dry their tears that had been drained a lot.

The expanse of swaying plants and flowers made a soothing rhythm, and the charming moonlight illuminated them.

Still with a close embrace, they hugged under a sea of stars that were studded and floating.

But before long, laughter from the lips of the girl became a breaker of silence and atmosphere.

"Pff! Ahahaha!!"

Cassandra also kept her body away so that the hold between them slipped, then wiped her tears clean.

"Did you know? I was trying to hold back my laughter, hahaha!" with closed eyelids.

Arlen smiled then his mouth was itching to let out a laugh just like the girl in front of him. Then, they laughed at each other laughing at the action they had just done.

"I didn't think you could cry, too" said Cassandra.

"You think I'm a statue? I'm human, of course I can cry" replied Arlen.

"Yes, still. It's rare to see you cry." The brown-tiered girl was still chuckling, for a long time she had not laughed so loosely like this.

Yes, this is just a play, played by Cassandra and Arlen to affect Anastasia.

Are you confused?

If yes, we should have gone back four years. Where they started everything.

The flashback

Cassandra seemed to fold her lips as she looked at Arlen before her, then she took a breath.

Her lips trembled, with her eyes starting to water. Then he said in a drowning tone but could still be heard clearly by Anastasia.

Even the golden barley girl could hear clearly the tone of Cassandra's vibrating voice and the tears that started to pool in her eyeballs.

"I beg you, from now on please stay away from me, My Lord."

From a distance, Anastasia could only clench her hands. I don't know how clear he feels right now.

Then, the golden unraveling girl directly ran away from there. He asked Cassandra to do it.

However, when he saw Cassandra's expression that seemed unwilling and forced, his heart flicked to fall into the pit of anxiety.

When Anastasia was gone, Arlen suddenly opened his voice. "No way," he replied making Cassandra flabbergasted.

"What do you mean...?" whispers of disbelief were confused.

Arlen did not answer, the man just remained silent as he reached into his pocket. Instantly, Cassandra glared in surprise.

No, the girl was completely shocked by the reality that hit her when she saw this thing that the man before her was removing.

It was an orange-patterned handkerchief that the girl had made herself. But he did not have time to give it up, because of the tragic event in which they met the end of death after a few days later.

Suddenly, Cassandra's hands covered her open mouth. Unknowingly, he stepped back while looking at Arlen's face.

Her tears instantly flowed without her permission, with happiness seeping within her.

So all this time... Arlen remembers everything? All about the togetherness they've been through? The tragedy they have been through? The man remembered everything...?

"No way...! You're...." Cassandra said nothing. He wanted to say many things, but strangely all of those words were not conveyed.

Only the crying represents everything.

"You... remember everything...?" ask the girl to make sure.

"of course. Aren't I 'your orange fruit'?" the reply of the man was more than enough to answer everything.

After that, Arlen stretched out his hands, as a sign to invite the girl to throw a hug.

Without warning, Cassandra immediately ran over and dropped her body on the man's embrace and buried her face in the chest of the man's field.

"Why...? Why didn't you tell me from the beginning that you remembered everything...?" ask the girl for a hiccup as a result of her crying.

"I'm sorry, I just thought the time wasn't right" Arlen replied as he rubbed the girl's head.

"Did you know...? How scared would I be if we went back to the same end...? Like that time...?" cassandra spilled everything.

He was already desperately holding it all back, the girl wanted to share everything with the owner of his soul.

"Yes, I'm sorry," the blond girled reply further tightened his hold. As if they do not want to escape and there is a slight gap.

"Then do you know...? My desperation when I faced Anastasia? I want him not to hate me, so that everything can change. So that we can be together without worrying about anything," said the brown girl.

"You just calm down. Everything has changed, and here I will help you. So that we can be together," Arlen replied in a nod by Cassandra.

They were silent for a moment, but for a second Cassandra instantly became aware of their current location.

The girl immediately let go of her embrace and looked towards where Anastasia had been.

He knew that Anastasia was following him, so he deliberately said that he wanted to get away from Arlen blatantly.

For Anastasia to believe that she cannot betray the girl.

"Anastasia...!"

"Just calm down, he's been gone since then" Arlen replied. The man also learns that there is an Anastasia presence among them.

Cassandra breathed a sigh of relief when she found Anastasia no longer in her initial position.

"Tomorrow," said the blue-sliced man making Cassandra look at him.

"Why?" ask the girl.

"Do you remember the war between Uraby and Erosphire?" said Arlen.

Cassandra understood what the man meant. It was the first war that Arlen participated in. After that, the man also bears the title of Duke after successfully winning the war.

"Ah.. it turns out that the war has arrived," Cassandra recalled.

They were silent for a moment, letting the sound of crickets fill the void.

"Before that, there was something we had to do," the girl said inviting confusion at Arlen. But the man chose silence until Cassandra herself explained.

"We have to go see Prince Darren" Cassandra said.

The girl had to overhaul her entire original plan. And now, he had come up with a better plan.

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As Cassandra asked, they were finally in Prince Darren's office.

Arlen had sent Prince Darren a letter right after Cassandra explained her entire plan to him.

The three of them sat on a sofa facing the table in the middle, and the atmosphere of silence struck for a moment.

"I'm sorry for our unwillingness to bother you at a time like this, Your Majesty," Cassandra bowed her head.

"Yes, it's okay. So... What is it that you two came here at midnight like this? Luckily, I haven't slept. Even wanting to meet me secretly," Prince Darren replied with a smile as usual.

Cassandra and Arlen exchanged glances for a moment, before long a nod was thrown at each other between them.

"We want to cooperate with His Majesty," said the girl loudly and straightforwardly. Not forgetting the confident look created in his bead.

While Arlen just kept quiet, let Cassandra who took control of everything. He is enough just as a strong support.

"Yes. His Highness Prince Yari and His Highness Prince Darren have long fought for the throne, therefore I want to help you in reaching the throne" said Cassandra.

"Help me? On what basis do you want to help me us seize the throne? As I recall, we've never even met before" Prince Darren replied warily.

Cassandra paused for a moment while recording a scene in her mind.

"I'm doing this, for the good of this country, Duchess."

Prince Darren's words were ringing in his head. After thinking about it for a long time, the girl finally understood the prince's intentions.

Prince Darren killed Prince Yari for disagreeing with how to rule Prince Yari.

Prince Yari was even willing to endanger his people for power, power, and the throne so that his kingdom was not underestimated.

Prince Darren hates such a mindset so much that he kills Prince Yari and accuses him of being the perpetrator. That Prince Darren may rule the kingdom of Erosphire and be a just and caring king to his people.

"That's because I believe in His Majesty" Cassandra's voice was firm. "I believe in His Majesty because I know that you are a wise Prince. You are a Prince who cares about your people" he said.

"What can make me sure of your good intentions?" prince Darren asked, still on guard. He certainly could not take a suspicious offer like this for granted.

"Give me," the girl replied firmly and loudly, making Arlen who was sitting next to her surprised with frowning eyebrows disliked.

"You're too much!" the man looked at the girl.

Cassandra smiled bitterly. "If in this way we can always be together, even I am willing to give my life to the devil," he explained making the man again in disbelief.

Arlen still dislikes the way the girl easily gives her life to others. But the girl also did it for her sake. Therefore, he will do the same.

"alright. Therefore, I also risked my life," straightforwardly blondly unraveled it with confidence emanating from its sky blue irises. "If we betray you, you can cut off our heads right then and there."

Cassandra felt a warmth and heart bursting into her heart hearing this confident word from the man beside her.

"Arlenin...."

Unknowingly, his hand was stretched out to hold Arlen's hand. The man also returned the girl's grasp.

"alright. Then, what kind of reward do you want with helping me?" prince Darren asked with his legs crossed.

"Make Anastasia love you" Cassandra replied to Prince Darren's surprise.

"What?"

"With Anastasia loving you, and with you being King, that's more than enough for us" Cassandra explained with a straight look at Prince Darren.

Then, the black-blonde man who had the title of prince fell silent while thinking. Since then, he continued to observe the movements and look at the faces of these two humans before him.

Surprisingly, he did not find a single lie in between. They both seem to love each other so much that they are willing to do anything to be together.

People like the two of them..how could he possibly be wasted?

The atmosphere was very quiet for a while, until finally the smallest little ruddiness from the lips of Prince Darren. "All right."

Shortly after, Prince Darren smiled again and said as he extended his hand to shake hands.

"I'll work with you guys."

Flashback off

"How are you doing out there? Even if you always send me letters, I'm still worried" Cassandra said, clasping the hand of the man she loved so much.

His gaze was shady, remembering himself who always prayed for the safety of this blond girder who was in front of him. How much he missed that guy for the last four years.

"It was precisely me who should have said that," Arlen retorted then pulled out the two white gloves that lined his two girls' hands.

The two scar-filled hands were plastered, making Cassandra feel embarrassed to show her the bad hand apparently blatantly.

The girl pulled her hands together and tried to hide them. But Arlen was undaunted, he pulled the two hands back and kissed them gently.

"Making your hand hurt like this, that's why I don't want to leave you alone. Because you're too reckless," Arlen then took turns kissing the girl's palm.

"It's nothing. My efforts have paid off, too" Cassandra replied.

Arlen's eye bead was finally anchored in the brown bead belonging to his girl, then he rubbed the girl's smooth cheeks lovingly.

"You've been trying hard. I'm so proud of you" said the man staring into his girlfriend's garnet bead.

"thank you. You too, I'm proud of you for surviving a war that lasted four years" Cassandra smiled softly with a shady look.

Before long, suddenly the atmosphere changed around them. Arlen also brought her face closer to Cassandra, so that without realizing their lips had been related.

Feeling insufficient, the blue-sliced man also poked his right hand on the slender waist belonging to his girl and brought the brown-robed girl closer to him.

While his left hand snuck on Cassandra's white neck and pressed her nape. 

Because of the longing that had always been held back, the man felt like he would never be enough with the girl who became the owner of his soul.

Arlen slid his tongue between their pagutans and began to explore the girl's mouth.

Cassandra is aware of Arlen's uncontrollable treatment, so she tries to push him away and tries to signal him to calm down.

Arlen said, he then looked at the girl who was breathing breathlessly inhaling as much air.

"If you don't let me take a breath, I could die from your expression of affection, you know," Cassandra grumbled to hide her lips with the back of her hand.

The brown unravelled girl's face flushed perfectly, making the man before her unable to hide her delicate ruddiness.

After a while, Cassandra looked back at Arlen and her gaze turned to the lips of the man.

Whatisthis? Why does he look so handsome than usual? his mind asked confusedly with his eyes that could not be diverted from the lips of the peach that was not far from before him.

Arlen raised an eyebrow to see the girl staring at her lips in a fixed manner. The man now displayed a faint smile, and approached while raising a subtle whisper.

"You just have to ask if you really want this" she whispered as she touched her lower lip with her index finger.

Cassandra was embarrassed, then looked away. Arlen chuckles briefly, then holds the girl in a fit of anxiety.

In the hold, Cassansdra felt something missing from her now back.

This Deck ... how long has he missed?

This warmth .. he is able to do anything to always feel it.

Time passed, until the deck finally came out. I don't know, they ended up meeting each other. Cassansdra stared fixedly at the sky blue bead, and in an instant he stepped on it and put his hand on the neck of his lover.

His head was tilted, and his lips had now reached the lips of the man before him.

Arlen now reciprocated his mistress' treatment by wrapping his right hand around the girl's waist. His left hand he put on the girl's back to feel the softness of her body.

"Are you done playing your skit-oh oh...."

Prince Darren who had just arrived immediately closed his eyelids and turned to not see the legendary scene that was being done by the two humans who were not far from before him.

Suddenly the couple who were mingling love was immediately shocked and suddenly stopped from their actions when they heard a very familiar voice.

"Y-His Majesty!" cassandra turned around and lowered her head.

It is a form of respect as well as action done to hide his face red extinguished.

Arlen also looked down for a moment and then raised his head and just put on his calm look, as if nothing had happened.

"Previously, sorry for my presence that interfered with your activities. But I just want to check if your plan works or not" the black-clothed Prince said.

Cassandra tried not to be shy and nervous, so she took a deep breath. "S-everything went well, Your Honor. You just calm down."

"Good then," replied Prince Darren then looked at Arlen who was behind Cassandra. "Since Duke Floniouse is back, isn't it time for us to continue the actual action?"

Cassandra smiled at him. "Of course, Your Majesty. We've been waiting for this for a long time."

Prince Darren chuckles. "You're right, have you prepared everything, Countess?"

"Yes, I've prepared everything, Your Majesty."

"Then, get ready. Because tomorrow, the whole Erosphire kingdom will be a scene" said Prince Darren.

Then, the three of them smiled meaningfully. The plan that had been long drawn up and prepared, it was time to be launched.

"I've been ready for a long time, Your Majesty."

...02.03.2021...