The Second Life Liliana
Chapters 182. Love statements and gossip

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Someone hit Alejandro with his raw bogem strong enough, he was Eugene.

"You...you think you who can hit me like this?!! I am the sister of Her Majesty!" Alejandro did not accept that he was beaten by a man who did not even have the title and subordinate to the crown prince.

Liliana's existence was still there, she was terrified after what she experienced. He took cover behind Eugene because the man was the only one there. "I know the count lord is the sister of Her Majesty the Queen, but I am a subordinate of the noble crown prince of this future king of the country.

It was unexpected that Count Alejandro had such an animal-like character. He even dared to go after someone special for his majesty.

"Well! You're really arrogant, aren't you afraid that I'll report you to my sisters, huh?!" Alejandro hides behind Freya's name. He did not accept being fought by Eugene.

Eugene smiled confidently, his eyes looking at Alejandro fearlessly. "Please report it! I am not afraid, but before that, I will report you first because you have disturbed the noble personal lady of the crown prince!"

Alejandro choked, he glared at Eugene angrily. Damnit damnit! It felt like her pride back then was shattered by Eugene and Liliana. Unwilling to argue anymore for fear of the crown prince's authority. He chose to leave from there while snorting in annoyance.

Suddenly Liliana's body collapsed into the grass, she fell limp while holding her chest. "Hawahh...."

"Miss Liliana, are you okay?" Eugene squatted down and extended his hand to help Liliana stand up.

Looks like he's in shock.

"Thank you, please." The girl greeted Eugene's hand, in shock.

Eugene looked at the girl with pity, whereas before he was very cheerful.

#FLASHBACKS

A few minutes ago, Max had just returned from a meeting with the ministers regarding his treatment as King that would be done in a few days.

He was about to go to his room, but suddenly his steps came to a halt. "Hem...jam like this she must be in the kitchen or where is she?" muttered Max slowly.

Why did his majesty suddenly speak for herself so?. Eugene.

"Gene!"

"Yes, your highness?"

"You.catch that servant in the kitchen, or wherever in this palace. If you meet, bring him to me!"

"All right, your majesty" he answered obediently.

Lately the noble ones are often in the rooms. Is it because of that woman?

Yes, lately Max has been spending more and more time in the palace. Relaxing in his room or on the terrace, it sounded not like he always liked to be outside the palace. But now the palace became comfortable for him, comfortable because of the palace or comfortable because of Liliana?

Clearly, Eugene sees Max more comfortable in the room and that's when he's with Liliana.

#END FLASHBACKS

"Are you really okay?" Eugene asked once more.

"Yes, I'm fine." replied Liliana with a forced smile.

Which might be okay. You're shaking like this. Eugene saw Liliana still trembling.

In order to melt the silent atmosphere, Eugene took her away from there and chatted. "Your majesty commands you to face him,"

"All right, Mr. Eugene."

While walking, Eugene looked at Liliana's deathly pale face. He invited Liliana to chat first. "Oh yeah, about what you said back then.I'll do it,"

"Yes? What do I say you have to fight first?" Liliana turned towards Eugene.

"Yes, don't judge the end of love before you know what it's like to fight. Those words were ringing in my head and I thank you for your encouragement."

Honestly from Eugene's heart, he was indeed going to fight for Laura due in part to Liliana's encouragement of words and she thanked the girl.

"Together master, I would be sad if people who love each other parted ways. So, I hope that the lord and noble princess can unite even if the path between you is not easy."

Got it.

Although he was only an outsider, he knew that the love between nobles and commoners would go through a difficult path. Liliana prayed that Laura and Eugene could unite.

"Thank you, I hope he and I get a happy ending..." Eugene smiled knot. "Oh yeah, can we be friends?"

"Friends? Of course I can."

Eugene and Liliana shook hands. Eugene started to look calm because Liliana was a little calm not trembling like earlier. "Oh yeah..Since we're already friends, may I ask you one thing?"

"What's wrong?"

"Sorry this question is a bit offensive, but I said it because I care about you. What...lord the count always does this? Did he already do-"

Liliana held tightly to her own two hands. "He's..."

"Tell me! Has he done more than just now? I promise I won't say it to anyone," Eugene tried to persuade Liliana to say it, she was only afraid that Alejandro would come back to attack her.

"No. But he's almost,"

"What's? So... Has he ever done this to you before?" Eugene was flabbergasted, a look of care on his face for Liliana.

"Never, but often. Whenever I was alone or the crown prince's highness was leaving the palace, he always came to me and tried to do that, but he never succeeded." she said honestly.

Eugene paused for a moment, his face looking angry. He thought that the man, who was famous for his virtues, was harassing the palace ladies.

"Sir, you promised me not to tell anyone, so please this is only our secret. His highness the crown prince must not know either,"

"Well, you take it easy. I'll keep it a secret."

It is fitting, lately the noble always blabbering. Perhaps, count Alejandro was the cause. How insolent of him! How dare he touch the woman loved by his majesty.

The two of them arrived in front of the Crown Prince's room, Liliana immediately faced while Eugene chose to wait outside.

"Greetings to me, your majesty..."

"You've come? I want to take a shower."

"I will prepare the water soon. Your majesty wants to take a bath with warm water or cold water?" Liliana asked Max.

"Because of the hot weather like this, I want to take a cold shower" he said with a smile.

"Okay, your honor."

Max looked at Liana who was walking towards the bathroom, her forehead wrinkled. His heart wondered why the usually chatty Liliana had now turned quiet. Could that woman have a problem?

Speaking of the demon seal inside his body, every time Max relapses. He already has his own way to relieve it, namely by kissing Liliana. She still eats animal blood, but she does not eat human blood when she touches Liliana intimately without her knowledge.

Hence, sometimes Max accidentally made Liliana fall asleep in her room. When she relapses, she will go quietly out of her room.

"What's wrong with her? Why is he so dreamy and silent?"

Inside the bathroom, Liliana was preparing cold water inside the spacious bathtub. He looked dreamy, his face sometimes angry and his face sometimes sad

"If he wasn't. The Queen's brother, I would have fought back. But I still love my life. If there was no master Eugene today, maybe he would have..."

"Liliana!"

The girl looked back. "Yes, your highness?"

"Hey..you're crying?" Max asked as soon as he saw Liliana's dewy eyes.

"I'm fine noble," The girl forced a smile on her lips.

"Don't say it's okay when you have nothing. Tell me, do you have a problem? Or is something troubling you?"

The back-to-back questions showed how attentive Max was to Liliana. His concern for Liliana, was not the attention that showed a superior to his subordinates. His attenuation was fixed on Liliana who kept her head down. "I'm-all right, your majesty, please don't ask as if you care about me."

"But I do care about you,"

"Why? Why is your majesty so attentive to me?" Liliana questioned Max's attitude during this time who always treated her with special. That's how he feels.

"What if I say 'cause I like you?"

"Yes?!"

Likey? To me?

The two eyes stared at each other with passionate excitement. Max boldly expressed his feelings. "Don't say like me! "

Max walked up to Liliana who was near the bathtub, his hands clutching Liliana's waist. Make their bodies touch. "Liliana, I like you! In this life and in this life I still like you. No. Not like, but love."

He stared at the man with teary eyes, somehow feeling that current. Clearly, he was pounding when he was near the man. I don't think he believed that he would express love for her.

Max deliberately expressed love on that day so that their love storyline could be faster. Afraid too, Aiden will be back soon and mess things up.

"The noble loves me? What noble is playing me? Where is it possible that noble-hmph-"

The man pressed down on Liliana's nape, he buried his lips on Liliana's beautiful ranum lips.

Instead of dodging, Liliana was precisely in that atmosphere and replied to her lips. Liliana sat in the bathtub. Still in kissing position.

Wetter.

Sweet.

Warm.

It felt so amazing when the lips were together. A few seconds later the page was released. "I love you, Lily..."

"Your highness.me-"

Geck, tok, tok!

The door to the room that was knocked hard made Max and Liliana stuck. Liliana immediately stood up from the bathtub. He fixed his confused face.

Who's nodding at me?

Geck, tok, tok!

"Gee!" grunts Max annoyed.

"Your Majesty, let me open the door." Liliana walked away leaving Max alone there.

Liliana opened the door of the room, her eyes wide open, looking at the man standing before her.

Mr Alejandro? Why she...

Eugene stood behind Alejandro, he looked wary of the man. Liliana immediately asked what it meant to come to Max's room. "Tell the crown prince that I want to talk to him. Ah yes.and please prepare a sweet meal for our conversation friends." Alejandro blinked one eye flirtatiously at Liliana. He felt absolutely no guilt and was not afraid of Eugene's threats. He had just done something wrong to the girl.

"Good, sir."

The girl obeyed and she called out to the mix that was still inside the bathroom. "Your highness,"

"Who?" Max looks unhappy because there are people who interfere with his conversation with Liliana.

"Count Alejandro, he came to see the noble one."

"Haaahhh.. okay."

Max kisses Liliana's lips at a glance and makes the girl choked. "I will wait and hear the answer to my declaration of love,"

The girl blushed in embarrassment with her red face. "Hum..."

"Tell him to meet me in my break room. I'm gonna go take a shower first and don't forget to get my clothes ready."

"Yes, your highness" Liliana nodded. Max smiled at him.

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In the palace kitchen, as usual Daisy was watching the ladies working there. He heard some ladies-in-waiting talking about Liliana and Alejandro.

"Eh...Do you know about the red-haired new lady?"

"Yes, right.. that beautiful ladyboy, right?" a lady who has worked there for a long time. You can also call it senior.

"Ish.she's not pretty at all. Do you guys know? A few days ago, I saw him come out of Count Alejandro's room, not just once but 3 times!"

The attention of the kitchen ladies there led to one of the talking ladies. They looked at him curiously. "You know.I and some of the ladies in the guest palace saw him come out in a mess!"

"Ah yes! Right, I've seen him get out of there, too. Her clothes are messy and her hair is disheveled" one lady said.

"Really! She must have teased the count with her beauty, she's an insanity!" Said a ladyboy who disliked Liliana and envied her.

"But I saw her crying, her face was also red. I'm sure he didn't flirt with the count, but the count forced him!" Chloe said she was defending Liliana.

"Allah! You don't know anything and you're his best friend, it's only natural that you defend him!"

"No, Chloe's not defending her! Liliana was crying, almost every night she was crying.but I don't know why!" As Amber spoke, she often saw Liliana crying at midnight.

"Ah..he must be crying because he can't tease the count,"

"True.he's a whore, haha."

That senior lady-in-waiting to Liliana, just kept mocking Liliana. It makes Keyra, Chloe and Amber close friends feel angry, do not accept their friends in ridicule like that.

Keyra clenched her hands, she spoke up."Oye! You guys-"

"Why are you guys gossiping?! Not working!!" Daisy half-shouts, she stays sharp to the maids who are there.

"Okay ma'am" replied the palace ladies as they lowered their heads in front of Daisy.

"You, you and you! You're coming with me!" Daisy pointed to the lady-in-waiting who was the provocateur of the gossip.

The three maids look panicked, then Daisy also points towards Amber. "You're coming with me too!"

Daisy and the four palace ladies entered a special room. It was there that Daisy interrogated the maids, about the rumors spreading. The three maids explained what they had seen a few days ago and the past few days. That they saw Liliana come out of Count Alejandro's room in a mess.

"Do you dare to risk your work, take you not to lie to me?"

"Yes, ma'am, we're not lying. If the madam does not believe our words, the madam can ask a bodyguard who is in the guest palace."

"Right lady, it's not just us who saw that. But some of the guards there also saw her." explained a smiling ladyboy.

Daisy was silent for a moment then she looked at Amber. "Then is it true that you see Liana crying every night? Did he say anything?"

"Yes madam, I've always seen Liliana sad lately. Almost every night she cried, yet I did not dare to ask. Her fear will make Liliana even more hurt. So I just. As she cried, she said something about..."

Hiks..hiks.if he is not a member of the royal family, I would have.

Daisy and the three other ladies-in-waiting were stunned to hear Amber's words. Daisy wants everyone out of her room. But before that he requested that everyone keep a secret about this, lest the rumors spread any further.

"I should talk to Liliana about this, is she being bullied by him or what? Even if she's a palace ladyboy with a low status, no one should harass women!" Daisy clenched her hands tightly. Somehow he cared so much for Liliana as if they were very close.

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The crown prince's dugout, Max and Alejandro, faced each other. They discussed the issue of the coronation of the King to be held in three days. Alejandro became one of the performers on the show.

He explained how the event will take place and where it will be held. "Your Majesty, do you agree with the plan I made?"

"Not bad. Since you've been given responsibility by the Queen, then I'll try to believe you." Speak Max while taking a cup of tea and sipping it.

I want to see what the Queen plans to do on the day of my coronation.

"Alright, your majesty, I will prepare everything." Alejandro smiled, his eyes glaring at Liliana who was standing behind Max.

Liliana looked away when the man saw her. He hated the name Alejandro. The man who had tried to harass her several times.

Then after that conversation, Alejandro said goodbye from there. "I'm sorry, because I've been interrupting your glorious time."

"It's okay."

"Oh yeah, hey you!"

Alejandro suddenly called Liliana and made the girl dumbfounded with widened eyes.

Why did he call Lily?

"Yes, sir,"

Alejandro held onto Liliana's hand in the mode of returning her handkerchief. "It's yours, you dropped it..."

"Thank you sir" Liliana had her hand from Alejandro's.

You brash man.

Max noticed there was nervousness, unrest on Liliana's pretty face when faced with Alejandro. Now he started to feel something strange.

After Alejandro left the crown prince's palace. Max invites Liliana to talk.

"Do you have a problem with him?"

"Eh..em.."

Why did he suddenly ask that?

"Why answer no? You don't even know who I mean. But. It looks like you already know who I mean,"

"Your majesty, I really don't understand what you mean." Liliana said while smiling awkwardly.

I know it won't be easy, how can he just trust people he doesn't even know well.

Max sighed then he said, Liliana can tell him the problem when she is ready. Yeah, Max can only wait for this moment, because he's not that close to Liliana yet. His heart was not yet fully open to Liliana.

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