Chapter 114: Tension In The Courtroom
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"I should be upset with you for your earlier betrayal, but if I am I have no other person to speak to." Samantha had complained to Lucy who was busy folding the snowy-white laundered towels she had gathered. With Ivan gone, the young maiden had returned to the servant’s quarters to join Lucy who kept humming a romantic tune, but when she noticed Samantha’s disapproving stare, she sighed and dropped the neatly folded towels on a tray.
"Sweetheart, I would betray you for your happiness." Lucy half-smiled before joining Samantha on the carpeted floor. "After tonight, once the royal court agrees with your union to Lord Ivan, and then he becomes King of EmptyHollow, I know in my heart that.... Everything will be perfect."
Lucy’s eyes gleamed with warmth as she was not only happy for her friend, but she could also see a positive change that would come with their alliance. When she looked at Samantha who hadn’t gotten the point she was trying to make with that statement, she decided to elaborate it for her.
"Don’t be over-naive Sam, if you ask me, I say this is the right time for you to step up your game. Do you really not understand the privileges of being married to him? To be honest, anyone would be begging to be in your shoes right now, me included...and once you’ve reached the seat of being Ivan’s Queen, you won’t need the help of anyone to find your brother who I believe is still out there, you can support Lord Ivan, and the both of you can change this preposterous rules and traditions we’re forced to face here. I know you can do it."
"But.... This is not real..."
"So what? In some cases marriage comes before love." Lucy tried to lighten up her friend’s mood, and then she whispered softly. "I don’t think Lord Ivan will be that type of man who would let you leave his side, he can be anything, but he is adamant on getting whatever he wants... it is strange though, how I put all my faith in him, and maybe because the rest of his brothers are complete bullshit, but of course, no one notices that poisonous side of them since they flaunt a good image in front of the world."
"His brothers? What are his brothers like?" Samantha softly inquired, curious to know more about them, but then she noticed the way Lucy rolled her eyes in obvious dislike before saying.
"I don’t really know much about them, neither am I interested in their lifestyle, but you know, I was incharge of taking care of the Queen Mother’s chamber, so I got to hear a thing or two about them, and they do not sound King worthy at all. Lady Agathe and the Queen Mother always had discussions concerning the Queen Mother’s worries, and I might have heard how Lord Ivan was treated during his younger days, and it wasn’t...funny at all. It almost sounds impossible cause when I steal a glance at him, I find it difficult to believe that he was the same person who they said went through a lot just cause he was part human."