Chapter 337: It’s the disloyalty that hurts
"You ask me why I don’t trust you. You got your reason why I don’t trust people around me," Elliana smiled at him, her smile piercing his heart as he understood the severity of his mistake.
"Hey, I didn’t mean to... it’s just I was suspicious how you knew about all the royal things that were happening and why did you react that way when you saw a royal spy? I thought you were conspiring against the vampires," Marcello started, but rather than saying anything or taking out her anger on him like she would’ve usually done, Elliana smiled at him.
He was about to step ahead and hold Elliana’s hand to pacify her, but Vincenzo immediately stopped his hand.
"Where are you touching?" Vincenzo asked with a cold look, making the Duke immediately step back.
Elliana looked at Marcello with an expressionless face. She shouldn’t have been so affected when he had asked his men to push her back to make her fall so the vampire spy could see her, but the thought of Mr. Marino catching her in place of Prince Vincenzo shocked and shook her terribly.
"It’s good you are loyal to royals, but it has nothing to do with me. So from today onwards, I have nothing to do with you. I will annul the contract from my side," Elliana turned around and nodded at Vincenzo.
"You have got the man you were looking for. Let’s talk about things over tea. You have got my number, no?" Elliana whispered.
Vincenzo hummed before looking at Marcello, who was looking at Elliana, still in shock about what she said.
"Hey, you can’t do this. Annul the contract? Do you know what loss you will have to bear if you -"
"The amount will be transferred to your account by tonight. You can leave the place I had arranged for you, and starting today, I don’t know you. If you dare to disclose anything about me, I will see to it you lose everything you have earned so far," Elliana threatened him openly, taking Vincenzo and Dexter by surprise.
"What do you mean -"