The Alpha Prince's Purchased Maid
Chapter 387: Cold Lover

Chapter 387: Cold Lover

Selena cried and wailed loudly as she hugged me tightly in her arms. Her body shook and trembled from her intense emotions and sobs as I patted and stroked her back while thinking that it was probably for the best for her to let it all out.

I had never experienced a loss like hers before, so I couldn’t say that I fully understood her sorrow.

Despite that, her emotions seemed to reach me, and I began crying as well as I shared a bit of her sadness. It didn’t take long for the sadness and pain inside of me to transform into anger. I wasn’t sure who I should direct my anger at because it seemed too useless to blame everything on fate alone.

It took quite a long while before Selena managed to calm down again. Although she was still sobbing and clearly in distress, it seemed that the worst was over, at least for this round of her emotional breakdown. I was certain that it would take Selena a long time before she could completely get over the loss of her child, that is if it was even possible for her to get over it entirely. I wanted so desperately to cheer her up, but I didn’t know what to do or what to say. It seemed like the best that we could do was sympathize with her in silence and to listen to whatever it was that she wanted to say. There were no words that could be used to describe the shock and pain of her loss. I was certainly shocked because Selena seemed perfectly healthy right up until the moment where she started experiencing intense pain in her stomach.

“You should focus on getting enough rest and taking care of yourself,” I told her comfortingly as I gave her hand a squeeze.

“That’s right. Don’t worry about anything and make sure that you get enough rest,” Jessie said as she tried her best to smile.

Selena just nodded her head slightly and I could still see tears swimming in her eyes. It was very unfortunate that her baby didn’t make it; however, I was so glad that at least Selena was fine. I was sure that after getting enough rest, she would be healthy enough to continue on with her life. Although I had no idea what was in store for her now that she had lost Prince Darius’s baby, I was determined to help her get back up on her feet. To be honest, I felt quite frustrated for not being able to help my friend anymore than this. I couldn’t help but wonder if things would have turned out differently had I caught on to her relationship with Prince Darius earlier on before she became pregnant with his child.

I wondered if there was something I could do or say that would persuade her to change her mind from getting into a relationship with him. Perhaps I could have told her about the risks involved with carrying his child, so that she could better make her own decision. Even though I knew deep down that it wasn’t my fault, I couldn’t help but think that I was partly responsible for this outcome. Perhaps if I had found out about a relationship and persuaded her, she wouldn’t have gotten involved with the prince. Although that was what I told myself, there was a side of me that believed that Selena was very much in love with Prince Darius although she had never voiced it.

The fact that she was so accommodating to him and never complained about how coldly he treated her, felt like more than enough proof of the love that she harbored for him. The way that Prince Darius seemed to treat her so coldly and distantly came back to me and it only filled me with anger. Although she had just lost his baby, the prince was nowhere in sight. Just when that thought ran through my head, the door to the room opened and that very man walked in without bothering to knock on the door before entering.

Prince Darius’s calm and collected expression was a stark contrast to Selena’s state of emotional breakdown. The prince entered the room without saying a word before slowly approaching Selena’s bed. He stared down at her without saying a word before turning to spare a nod of greeting in Prince Leonard’s direction. When Prince Darius’ gaze returned to Selena again, he looked very stern as if he was angry at her. Selena seemed to shrink inside of her shell under his intense gaze, and I could see her lower lip visibly quivering as if in fear.

His presence must have felt very intimidating for her and it looked like she was ready to cry again at any moment. Under normal circumstances, I would have expected the prince to rush in and give Selena a hug of comfort while telling her that it wasn’t her fault. I imagined him to be just as sad about losing his child as she was so that they could share the pain together like normal couples would. Clearly, that wasn’t the way that their relationship functioned.

“The doctor told me that you lost the baby,” Prince Darius stated quite coldly.

Selena nodded her head slightly while avoiding meeting his intense gaze. I could tell that she didn’t dare answer his question with words as a tear rolled down her face before she quickly reached out her hand and wiped the tear away. I had no idea why Prince Darius had to be so hard on her especially when she was going through so much pain already as it was. The prince nodded his head a few times as if taking the news but he did not seem at all distressed or surprised by it.

“Well, I guess that’s to be expected...” he commented casually as if it had nothing to do with him.

“How can you say something like that?” I asked before I could stop myself.

In fact, it took me a few seconds to realize that the person who had spoken up so suddenly was myself.

–To be continued...

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