Chapter 148: Plotting for the future (1)
"You should smile more, Vivienne. You are making our people worry about you. Is there something that troubles you?" Darius asked, placing his hand on top of Vivienne’s.
Vivienne moved her hand. "Do not touch me unless you want to lose a few fingers. I am not happy with you and I never will be after what you did."
"What did I do? You were the one who killed her," Darius replied. "You didn’t need to take my advice."
Vivienne couldn’t take any more of Darius placing the blame on her when he was the one who forced a woman to his bed. "I had to put her out of the misery you caused her."
"No, Vivienne," Darius refused to take the blame for this. "You killed her because of your jealousy. I wouldn’t have bothered you if you sent her out of the palace. Since when do you listen to my orders to have her stay in the palace? You jumped right into killing her because it was what you wanted."
"Do not speak to me," Vivienne said in a low threatening tone. If she could, Vivienne would kill him right there for all their people to see him.
"We shouldn’t speak of this now since they can hear us. Look at them pretending as though they aren’t listening to us. I should cut off their ears and see if that helps them to stop eavesdropping. Look at them turning away," Darius laughed, entertained by the fools before them.
The sound of Darius laughing after they had just spoken of a serious matter further annoyed Vivienne. She searched the room for her father who was the only one who could calm her.
"King Darius."