Aurelia immediately froze up, taken aback by Reagan's questions."Excuse me?" She growled in a low voice, turning to Reagan with a death glare.Reagan matched her stare, too pissed off to baby her.Normally, Reagan loves and dotes on Aurelia a lot. He truly trusted her, but seeing her with James totally messed with his head.Aurelia looked steadily at him, noticing the hurt and heartbreak in his eyes."So you really believe I can kill you? Just like the rest, do you believe I can bring myself to hurt you?" Aurelia asked, looking into his eyes."To be honest, right now, I don't know. That's why I need you to answer me," Reagan whispered, stripping off his clothes while still staring steadily at her."Okay, fine. Your suspicions are on point. I poisoned you. I began to add little bits whenever I get the chance to tamper with your food. I don't really know why I did that. I apologize, just send me to the dungeon," Aurelia said calmly, looking straight at him.Reagan's eyes narrowed as he
Cold sweat immediately broke out on James' body, as he faced Reagan's scrutinizing stare.Reagan's eyes immediately went to the spot where James was holding Aurelia's hands, making James quickly let go of her hand."Repeat that thing that you just said," Reagan ordered coldly. James swallowed heavily, wondering why he stayed with Aurelia for so long."Your majesty, when did you return? I didn't hear the sound of your aircraft," Aurelia said, quickly standing."James, repeat what you just said, or else…" he threatened, making James clench his fist in nervousness."Your majesty, I was just telling her that she's so relaxed even though you're sick. And she's not afraid of coming close to you, what if she gets infected by the disease? And I told her that because she's not panicking, the situation is becoming suspicious. That if she knows the name of the ailment or anything related to it, that she should share it with the doctors to save their lives from the penalty of not finding the cur
Aurelia frowned, her brows furrowing in thoughts."Enemy? No, the king is not my enemy. Or is he? Let's just say he's a fre-enemy," Aurelia said, nodding vigorously."Friendly enemies? But shouldn't it be love-nemies?" He asked, feeling amused."Mmmh, whatever you call it. I'm too old to burst my mind thinking about such things," Aurelia said with a careless wave, making James roar with laughter."Okay, so what's making you so happy?" James asked again, not forgetting the reason why he's even talking to someone he obviously looks down on."I'm happy because Reagan's sick. Well, I don't really hate Reagan. And I'm also not worried about the disease infecting me because I know it's not communicable, I'm not that stupid. But I can't help but feel happy at his plight because ever since he became sick, I can finally live a worry free life," Aurelia said, tearing the flowers in the paper bag to shreds absentmindedly.James furrowed his brows, before he quickly tempered his facial expression
Aurelia walked leisurely to the eastern garden attached to Reagan's palace in her white silk gown, looking like a goddess. She stopped before a lavender plant, plucking off its flower to take deep breaths of it.She smiled in satisfaction, and looked up at the rose bush at the edge of the garden."No, I'm not brave enough to go there," she said with an exaggerated smile, moving to a hibiscus flower, taking deep breaths of it.She continued this process for a while, stopping before a different flower each time to take deep breaths of it, before snapping off a stalk and adding it to the little paper bag hanging on her wrist."I can see that someone is in a really good mood today," James whispered close to her ear, making her heart jump in alarm."James! Stop doing that! You frightened me. I nearly pissed on myself," Aurelia said disapprovingly, turning to stare at the James who was still smiling indulgently at her."But you can't deny that you're in a good mood, I wonder why," he whisp
Reagan gasped and coughed, covering his face with a handkerchief.The maids serving his breakfast looked at him with varieties of meaningful gazes, wondering what the hell has been wrong with their usually powerful king for more than a week now.His eyes looked tired and his steps were wobbly, and the worst was the rashes on his skin.Just then Reagan pulled back his sleeves, examining the rashes once more, his brows furrowed in deep thoughts.He sighed and covered it again, carefully buttoning it up. Just then, Noah walked into the dining room, bowing down slightly to Reagan."Noah, how is it? Has the doctor found anything yet?" Reagan asked eagerly, dropping his fork.At that moment, a scowl appeared on Aurelia's face who was initially eating with the king, as she stared at Noah with a death glare.Noah noticed someone staring at him and turned to her, but Aurelia quickly changed her expression to a cute smile, making the maids that have been carefully watching her suspicious."Noah
The guards swallowed heavily, some of them stepping back because they're unable to bear his angry aura, suppressing their wolves."Who was the lazy bag of bones on duty last night?" Reagan snarled again, making them look at the floor."Your majesty, he took a sick leave this morning. He was apparently suffering from dysentery yesterday, making him feel very weak," James slowly said, carefully picking his words.Reagan laughed coldly, giving him a piercing look."How convenient it is. He's very smart, isn't he? Falling sick right after messing up at his duty post. Taking a sick leave to escape punishment won't cut it next time. Noah, tell the administrative office to cut his pay by half. This is a warning to him, because I have not made mention of it previously,""And as for the rest of you listening to my voice right now, you won't have it so easy. Noah, pass my decree to the military!" He roared angrily."I await your orders, your majesty," Noah quickly said, bringing out an official