Chapter 110

ARABELLA was sipping on her blood-laced tea before someone was knocking on her door. She turned to look at the door before she stood up from the divan that she was sitting on and put her tea down.
“Come in,” she instructed before she was smoothing her skirts. The door opened and her visitor was coming in with her butler as well as her husband.
“My love, I want you to meet my best friend,” Aiden said before Arabella was smiling at her husband.
“It is an honor to be meeting with you today, Your Highness,” the young man in black suit bowed at her before she was gripping Aiden’s arm.
“Oh, please, drop the formality. You can call me Arabella,” the young queen said before the young man smiled as he straightened up.
“Then, you can call me Lucien then,” he said before he went to take Arabella’s hand and kissed her knuckles. She turned to look at Aiden as her husband was smiling before they were sitting at the table to discuss further Lucien’s trip.
“Please make some tea and scones,” Arabella instructed her butler before the old butler nodded and bowed at her. Then, he left the room, leaving the trio to their own devices. Aiden took his seat next to his wife as Lucien was sitting across them, looking at them both.
“So, shall we start our negotiation then?” Lucien asked before Arabella was looking at her husband and Aiden was nodding at her. The young queen took a deep breath.
“How do you handle this?” Arabella said as she was sliding the letters that the Baron of Fell has been sending her about the condition of the island.
Lucien scanned the letters before she was looking at her. The young man was looking at the content before he turned to look at the royal couple.
“Arabella, Aiden, you might want to take a note on this,’ Lucien said with a smile that made Arabella felt relieved that Aiden asked his friend for help.
If only this can be solved in a normal way possible, Arabella thought but of course, in Niapachad Island, nothing was normal. Not even for a royal couple to have a normal life.

CAROLINE was cutting the steaks that were being served during dinner with all the hatred and anger that she can master. She imagined that the steak was the Viscount’s head as she smiled when the meat was cut into small pieces.
“You sure like to have that meat, my lady,” the Viscount said before Caroline looked at him. His vivid green eyes were amused with Caroline that she gripped the fork and knife even more. Then, she put her utensils down before dabbing her mouth.
“Yes, steak is one of my favorite food, my lord. Of course, I would enjoy it,” she said with a smile that can mean a thousand meanings if one was looking closely.
But of course, the Viscount just smiled at her before her father was clearing his throat.
“I hope our dinner is to your satisfaction, my lord. I know that you might be later be coming here later on but I do hope you feel welcomed,” her father said as Caroline was looking at Lord Hurst who was trying to rub arms with the Viscount.
And it was working since the Viscount was smiling at him before he dabbed his mouth to speak.
“Yes, well. I hope so. I would like to walk with Caroline in the garden after dinner. If the lady in question agrees to go with me,” the Viscount said as his green orbs were looking at her. She gripped her utensils even more.
Well played, my lord, she mused before Caroline was smiling at the Viscount.
“Well, I am not sure if that would be appropriate, my lord. Besides, we don’t have a chaperone to…”
“Do not worry, my dear. Your father and I will be behind you a few yards to make sure that nothing will happen to your reputation. But even then, it would not matter anyway,” her mother mumbled the last sentence but Caroline heard all of them.
“But I…”
“Shall we, my lady?” The Viscount was standing up from the chair before he went to Caroline’s side. She was looking at her unfinished steak and sighed before she was dabbing her mouth with a napkin. Then, she stood up as she took the offered hand of the Viscount.
“As you wish, my lord,” Caroline said before the two of them making a beeline to the garden with her parents a few yards behind them.

DAN could not help but feel enlightened when Caroline agreed to walk with him in the garden. He was planning to propose to her under the moonlight in the garden that will be surrounding with roses and all the flowers that grow there. He can hardly wait for that.
But of course, not everything was going according to plan.
Right now, he was standing at the edge of the mansion before they were looking at the rain that was pouring cats and dogs as Caroline was smiling. But she did not notice that Dan saw her smile.
“Oh, what shall we do now? We cannot walk in the garden during the rain, I might get wet and probably be sick later,” she said in a voice that she was disappointed. But of course, she was not when she was just ‘pretending’ to be shocked.
Caroline was actually relieved to know that it was raining.
Then, there was an idea that got stuck in Dan’s head as he was looking at the rain. Caroline was happy but she would not be if Dan was about to do something that she did not expect from him.
“Caroline, let’s go!” he shouted before Dan was scooping Caroline into his arms. She shrieked before Dan was running into the rain as they were both soaking wet with rain droplets. Caroline was still shocked to know that they have gone into the rain.
“Are you insane?!” she shouted as Dan was twirling her around before she was clinging to Dan. Her white muslin and the sheer dress were soaked and it was probably the dumbest idea to look at her right now.
Dan can see all the tiny details that have been whispering to him in the dining hall under the gas lights.
But this? Getting wet and soaked? It was stirring his inner demon when Dan was looking at the pinkish, hardened nipples underneath the white sheets. It was impossible to look away when his demon was trying to control him.
‘Mine,’ it whispered before Caroline was punching him on the shoulders.
“Put me down, you oaf! I don’t want to get sick!” Caroline shouted before Dan was closing his eyes, not wanting his future bride to run away before the wedding now. Then, he chuckled lowly as he put Caroline on the ground.
“Well, we did get to the garden after all,” Dan said with a smirk on his lips as Caroline was narrowing her eyes at him. Her blonde mane was sticking to her face as well as the sheer clothing that she was wearing.
Do not look at it. Do not look at it, Dan chanted but of course, Caroline has to put her hands on the hips that made her nipples thrust against the white material again.
Damnation!
“You think that you save me from the thieves that night, you have the authority to marry me?” Caroline asked him before she laughed bitterly. Then, she was glaring at Dan murderously before she was jabbing his chest with her little finger.
“I will make sure that I will never, ever get married to you or anyone else without my consent. I will never accept your proposal even you tried so many times and…”
Nothing was coming out of her mouth anymore as Dan was stepping closer to her before drew her in. He pulled her by the nape and waist before he claimed her beautiful, pinkish lips under the rain.
Caroline was shocked as well as he was when he did not even know that he was doing that before it was too late. And the thing was, her parents already saw them kissing under the rain and assumed that everything was right.
Good Lord, I am not myself with her, Dan mused before he deepened the kiss when Caroline was not responding to his kiss. Afraid that she might reject him, Dan withdrew before Caroline’s arms were around his nape, pulling him closer to her.
Her hardened nipples were hitting his hard chest before Caroline was gripping his face in her arms. She was moaning before she was moving with sync as she was kissing Dan back. The Viscount was surprised by the amount of eagerness that Caroline was showing him right now.
But of course, that was before she realized that she was kissing the man that saved her a few nights ago before a gang of thieves.
Caroline broke the kiss before she was breathing heavily. Her eyes were dilated and before she can do anything to Dan, he pulled the ring that he has on him and slid it into her left fingers.
“It is official now. You are my betrothed and nothing can come between us ever again,” Dan said and before he can smirk with his accomplishment, Caroline did something that shocked both of her parents and Dan himself.
She slapped him.