Sensing something was wrong with the whole situation, especially when the other party was Lady Anastasia, Melissa immediately stepped forward and pushed Lady Anastasia away with all her might. She quickly said to Duke Kensington, "Zachary, the Prince seems unwell." Lady Anastasia, who was pushed away suddenly, quickly came to her senses when she saw the two people who had appeared. She immediately agreed and said, "Yes, yes, the Prince is unwell. I found him like this and tried to help him." She looked at the woman standing between her and Prince Xavier and her fear was replaced by venomous thoughts. Anastasia felt like strangling this woman to death right now. She had meticulously planned the whole thing. Now with the bitch's appearance, she had ruined everything for her. Nonetheless, she needed to save herself first, if not she would be punished severely if the Queen knew what she had done. Duke Kensington who was holding Prince Xavier turned to look at Lady Anastasia and th
In his study, Lord Benjamin was pacing back and forth, his head was throbbing.Earlier, he had left the garden party when Duke Kensington took Lady Melissa away. Some ladies tried to cozy up to him before he left, but he had lost mood to entertain these brainless women. All he could think about was Lady Melissa. However, not long after he reached home, his sister came back and stormed into his study, blurting out some nonsense that she had done at the palace, that too towards the Prince! He tried to calm down but when he looked at this stupid girl in front of him, he felt like tearing her up into pieces. "Ana! You're so stupid!! Why would you do something like this?? Do you really think you can get away with it, even if you succeed? The Prince is not foolish to accept the marriage based on deceit! You don't think he would figure it out?!""Oh my God Ana, Father and I suggested this garden party to create an opportunity for you to approach and charm the Prince, not for you to scheme
The Queen remained quiet the entire time Duke Kensington narrated the whole incident to her. She closed her eyes when Duke Kensington finished speaking and asked softly, "Is Xavier doing well?""Yes, Your Majesty. The doctor said he will be fine by tomorrow morning." Duke Kensington assured her."Do you think she did it alone or her family is also in on this?" Queen Serina asked for her nephew's opinion. If the Blackwells were all involved, she would not hesitate to condemn them with treason."The Earl might not be the most righteous person but he will not resort to underhanded tactics like this. As for Lord Benjamin, his only flaw is his passion for women. Other than that, his integrity and principles are unquestionable. He's been my nemesis in business for years, we always compete fairly without any problem." Duke Kensington said carefully."What a pity. A young woman like her actually did something terrible like this. All because she wants to marry Xavier." Queen Serina shook her h
Prince Xavier woke up in a daze. He was clearly trying to get away from Lady Anastasia. Why was he on his bed? Did she....?Prince Xavier covered his face with his hand, anger slowly raising and eventually it consumed his whole entire being. His reached out to the nearby vase, took it and swung it across the room, shattering the glass all over his room. Duke Kensington walked in the moment the vase made contact with the marble floor, and barely managed to cover his face from being shredded by the shards of glasses. He looked at the Prince's angered face, his blue eyes turned so dark that it was filled with an intent to kill. "Nothing happened to you. She didn't succeed." Duke Kensington quietly addressed the issue. Knowing his cousin, that man must've already thought the worst.Prince Xavier looked up to see Duke Kensington's grim expression. He closed his eyes in relieve. He thought that vile woman had already succeeded and he would be forced to take her as his wife. If she didn't
"Bitttcccchhhhhh!!!!!! Lady Anastasia screamed. She reached for the nearest items she could reach and started thrashing everything in sight."I'm going to kill her, I swear!!!!"Lord Benjamin Blackwell walked in to see his sister acting like a mad woman, shouting and screaming in the empty room, while throwing things around.He walked up to her and suddenly,Slap!Lady Anastasia was startled by the hard slap and stumbled backwards.When she realized it's Lord Benjamin who had slapped her, she instantly fell on her knees and cried her hearts out."What's the point of crying and acting like this? It's the outcome we've expected. Do you think the Queen will graciously accept you as her daughter-in-law after what you've done?"Lord Benjamin walked to the nearby window and looked out."That bitch!! It's her who destroyed my plan. I swear I will not let her go!" Lady Anastasia said in anger.Lord Benjamin only shook his head looking at his vengeful sister. 'She's targeting Melissa now, I ne
The last time Melissa was awake, she was busy choosing a dress for the university's 25th anniversary gala. She still remembered the sense of triumph as she had managed to snatch a good deal on a sapphire blue dress which didn't cost her a bomb as expected. She could imagine wearing it to the gala, with everyone admiring her. 'Professor Derrick would ask me to dance and then he would look into my eyes, leaned down and finally kiss me…!'The last sound she heard was the sound of tires screeching and suddenly she was thrown up in the air before landing hard on the road. The bag which contained the sapphire dress was laying on the ground beside her. Melissa wanted to get up but she couldn't move at all. She heard loud voices and people surrounding her but she couldn't do anything. Finally everything around her was dark and she seemed to have gone into abyss."Aaawwwww!!" Suddenly Melissa was jolted back to reality when she fell down hard on her back. She opened her eyes and looked around.
"My Lady, I heard Duke Kensington will be coming over for a visit this evening and your presence is also required. Shall we decline that visit as well?" Lily asked tentatively. Hearing the cursed name made Melissa trembled unconsciously. "Is that Duke Zachary Kensington whom you referred to?" Melissa enquired, her heart unwilling to accept the answer. "Yes My Lady." Lily confirmed with a smile in her eyes. Who in this mansion didn't know that Duke Kensington had been chosen as the Mistress's future husband. "Decline, decline! Tell His Grace that I am unwell and I need to rest! No visitors until I feel better!" Melissa exclaimed suddenly, making Lily jumped a step back. "Yes My Lady. I will inform the Duke right away." With that Lily backed away and left the room, looking puzzled. Her Mistress was fine just now but now she seemed annoyed and possibly angry too. What's going on? Did she not want to marry Duke Kensington? 'Okay, okay, calm down. I need to figure this out. Accordin
Few days had passed since she transmigrated and faked her sickness. During this time, she managed to gather more information from Lily regarding her intended fiancé and his background. It all matched whatever was described in the novel, except Lily didn't know anything about Lady Sophia, Duke Kensington's cousin and her nemesis in this life! This lady caused all her sufferings and ultimately her death, so she needed to know everything there was about her. Fortunately it was mentioned in the book that she lived on the Duke's estate and was one of the estate's staff. Hence, she was able to get close to Lady Melissa and manipulated her. So now, all she had to do was to avoid this marriage. Without this marriage, she wouldn't meet this vicious woman and thus she would be safe. Right, good plan so far. "My Lady, your presence is required in the drawing room." Lily suddenly appeared by her side while she was engrossed with her thoughts. "Reason?" Melissa asked Lily. "I was informed