Chapter 96: A dangerous game
"I need to apologize," Abrielle replied to Alfonso, causing him to arch his brow at her. "But won’t that mean to accept the fact that it was not an accident?" Alfonso could not understand her reasoning.
"Aside from you, is there anyone that believes that wasn’t the case?" Abrielle asked, she was infamous in the Kingdom. Even if she had never been to the capital, everyone knew of the spoilt, talentless daughter of the Vesper duchy. Abrielle Nightshade would never condone someone else wearing the same dress as her.
"So let me guess, you will walk up to them to apologize." Alfonso scoffed; the more she heard him bicker, the more annoying it sounded in her ear. She had no plans of doing that; she would just wait for the dance to end, and then she would politely apologize to Callista.
She needed a drink; Abrielle beckoned to the wine steward, who walked in her direction, and then she took a glass of wine. She started leisurely sipping, she knew everyone was expecting her to lash out on seeing Cedric dancing with Callista. She just has to prove them wrong. She cared the least.
"That’s your second glass, tonight. I will advise you to be careful with the alcohol, Abrielle." She heard a magnetic voice say from her side drawing her attention. She was surprised to see Lucian approach her. It made her frown a bit.
"Prince Lucian, it’s an honour that the crown prince’s eyes caught my attention when you have such a stunning companion." Abrielle chimed despite hating the fact Lucian was talking to her. The one person Cedric hated more than Alfonso was Lucian, the person he considered his rival.
In the original plot, Abrielle approached Lucian out of spite after Cedric had his first dance with Callista instead of her, and surprisingly, he accepted. This, of course, led to Abrielle and Lucian’s relationship becoming more strained and pushed him closer to Callista.
She didn’t approach him this time around because, of course, she didn’t want to give any obvious reasons for Cedric to hate her. She loved her head being on her neck, but the plot was playing with her, and Lucian actually approached her.
"We haven’t been formally introduced, I am Lucian Von Drakkar. Your brother-in-law." Lucian said with a bow as he reached out for Abrielle’s hand to place a kiss.