Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 158: Compensation

Chapter 158: Compensation

Ara was forced to nod obediently at his firm words. She had a ridiculous drinking habit whenever she got mad, but that was her own fault, "Okay..."

Only after hearing her answer did Hamon’s mood turned to normal. He gazed at her with his crimson eyes blazed with affection, then raised his hand to straightened her untidy hair, which looked like a bird’s nest, he spoke softly, "You tortured me a lot last night, wife."

Ara’s lashes fluttered as she replied, "Oh, I am sorry about that..."

What else did she do last night? And it seemed like Hamon hadn’t slept well with his red eyes looking somewhat dull. It was her fault, she must have kept him up all night.

Ara blamed herself as she looked at his dull face, however even with the dull look on his face, she still thought he looked extremely handsome. As she gazed at him, Hamon’s large hand which was on her head slowly drifted down to the back of her neck.

Ara’s green eyes rounded as their position changed, she was laying on the bed facing Hamon, while he was gradually moving towards her with his one hand behind her neck.

"Hamon...?" She called, but he replied in a low tone, his voice huskier than normal, "We didn’t finish it last night, how about we continue now?"

"Wh-what?"

"Kissing of course."

Heat rushed up to her face, but she did her best to shake her head calmly, "I...I am fine, I don’t want to kiss." She remarked, but Hamon’s face was still leaning towards her. She stared at him in astonishment, he then whispered softly, "You know, I want a compensation for keeping me awake all night. You may not have the desires to kiss, but I still do. So you have to take responsibility, wife."

Before Ara could protest, Hamon’s hot lips covered hers in a heated kiss. She couldn’t help but think that everytime they kissed, he had always done it with reckless desperation. She wondered if she’d end up being devoured by him this way.

Ara, laying on the bed couldn’t move back, and so she didn’t resist and took in his kiss directly. She slowly began to follow his lead and kissed him back the same way, but she was still inexperienced as she started to feel dizzy from lack of air, she grabbed his shirt tightly and hung on to it.

Hamon seemed to notice, his kiss softened. And the rhythm eventually changed into something as sweet as honey. This was her first time experiencing such a kiss, his lips moved against hers slowly as if he was trying to savour the moment. His arms slowly went around her waist tugging her body closer to his.

Luckily or not, no one came in to disturb the newlywed couple in their chamber, allowing them to kiss each other for a long while, he pulled back to let her breathe but dived in again. After exploring each other for some time, he finally pulled away. Ara heaved in a deep lung full of air, her green eyes were slightly moistened as she glanced up at him with her face flushed.

Hamon gently brushed her hair back before speaking with his breath falling on her lips because of how close they were, "You know, the more I kiss you, the hungrier I get. You are too sweet, wife." He pecked her lips.

Ara felt captivated by the, deep, red intensity of his eyes. She suddenly felt heat rush to her whole body, her racing heart increased, she realized once again how Hamon was bad for her heart and body. She hoped she wouldn’t get a heart attack from all this high heart rate?

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At the Tudor magnificent mansion, Claire and her friends, Eleanora and Catherine sat in the beautiful patio having afternoon tea as they laughed about something, their laughter ringing loud enough to make the maids standing by looked towards them.

"That really serves her right, don’t you think?" Asked Claire.

Catherine nodded, "Yes, she thinks she was smart to trick Her majesty. How I wish she never knew the perfumes were mixed with Cusida. It would have made things easier for you."

Actually, it was none other than Claire who suggested to mix the Cusida in the perfumes, and the queen had taken her suggestion, however even though Ara hadn’t used the perfumes, Claire was still happy that she made a fool of herself at the soiree, and the queen had easily defeated her.

"I find it amusing that the whore tries to trick Her majesty, but she was too stupid, I’m really glad her majesty took my advice to plant another Cusida in the maids room." Claire laughed.

Although Claire didn’t attend the soiree, but she’d just heard about everything that happened there and was talking about it with her friends. However, Eleanora who sat from across the two as they made fun of Ara, didn’t find it funny, she was Claire’s friend, but she couldn’t help but feel scared messing with the crown princess. If the Prince or Ara knew that they were part of such plans to make her barren...

Eleanora didn’t comment and decided to stay quiet and watch the pair.

"I know the whore must have been so upset to know she lost, that too in front of all the guests." Said Catherine.

"Ha ha ha, she deserved it. Now she’d know how it felt to lose in public, just like she did to me." She laughed, "I should have attended the soiree, but the bitch forgot to invite me. It would have been fun to witness her defeated face. She should know to not mess with me next time."

Merona had clearly instructed Claire to keep the word about Cusida to herself, it was supposed to be a secret between them, but she couldn’t do that, she was too impatient to say it out, and so she bragged to her friends about what she’d done with Merona.

Eleanora, who had been quiet until now, spoke in a lowered voice, "Claire, I don’t think we should get too involved in all this. You should be careful what you do, if lady Boxton knew_"

Claire sneered, "Tsk! You cow! What could Arabella do? She can’t do anything to me with the queen as my backing, besides, everyone knows she only has this much power now because of her marriage with the crown Prince. She’s nothing but a thief who deserves to be punished to death!"

Claire’s pleasant mood instantly changed turning ugly. The pair were already familiar with her wild stormy mood swings. Catherine glared at Eleanora, and she quickly changed her words,

"Yes, You are right, she’s a thief who deserves to be punished, but don’t you think you should plan things more carefully now?"

"Humph!" She huffed disapprovingly. Why should she go easy on the bitch? Because of Ara the kingdom now saw Claire as a villain who was jealous of Ara. Had she not been made the queen’s second right hand lady, she wouldn’t have been able to show her face in society now. Moreover, the bitch had even threatened her even after ruining her image?! Humph, she would pay it back double!

She despised Ara to the bones, why can’t the bitch just disappear from the face of the earth!

Eleanora knew she had to be more careful, she had nothing against Ara, but was only following Claire’s lead. Besides, she knew Ara was smarter than Claire, Claire was more proud, arrogant and rude than she was intelligent, nevertheless, Eleanora was only hanging around with the two, because her family were not as powerful and rich as the two cousins, she’d attached herself with them because her father works under the Tudor’s and Morris family.

Moreover, ever since she’d been with them, it had helped her father a lot. However, she still vividly remembered Ara’s warnings at the wedding banquet, she wouldn’t want to get caught in all this mess, if things should go wrong, Claire and Catherine would easily get out of it because of their family’s background, but her...

Should she just tell Ara about Claire’s new plans? No, she couldn’t do that, she couldn’t betray her friends. Despite the fact that Ara had become the crown princess, Claire still had more to offer, she had Merona’s backing. She had no reasons to betray Claire. Furthermore, they’d been friends since childhood.

Catherine’s voice cut Eleanora’s thoughts. "Claire, I can’t really believe you will soon be the crown Prince’s second wife! I can’t wait for the wedding. We will make it a lot grander than that Arabella’s wedding."

"Yes, very soon the wedding will be announced, her majesty has promised me that..." Claire’s face flushed as she imagined herself getting married to her man, and sharing their wedding kiss. She couldn’t wait to be Hamon’s bride. These days, he was the Prince charming of all the noble daughters, his relationship with Ara was like a fairy tale, however Claire would soon take back her rightful place as his wife.

"So, how do you plan to make another meeting with the Prince before the announcement? because the first impression between the two of you was so unfavourable because of that Arabella." Catherine mused.

"Of course I plan to meet him on that day I told you about earlier, I have no choice but to use that method on him now, because the sultry bitch ruined my image!"

Eleanora just watched the two, she heard them talked about the plans the queen had made for the crown Prince to join them together, but that wouldn’t be good if Ara should know about it.

Catherine placed her hand on Claire’s like a supporting friend, "This is your chance to make him yours, You should be well prepared before the day comes."

"I will, am already prepared all I’m waiting for is her majesty’s orders. After that, he will be my husband whether he wants it or not. And besides who wouldn’t want me as a wife." Claire proudly remarked as she was too confident of her beauty and was sure nobody could resist her.

Claire picked up her cup to sip from her tea, but found it empty, she glanced up and called,

"Who’s there?! Come here right now." The door to the patio opened and the same maid who had stolen the Boxton’s sisters dresses and helped spread false rumors about Ara came out and bowed.

Claire’s face crinkled in disgust at the sight of the maid, "Didn’t I tell you not to show your disgusting face in my presence anymore?"

The maid tried to talk but couldn’t, because in a fit of rage, Claire had ordered her men to cut the maid’s tongue on the same day their plans to spread the rumors about Ara failed. Eleanora looked up at the maid with pity.

Claire took the teacup and angrily threw it at the maid’s face,"Get you stupid face out of my sight! Get me another maid right now. And if you dare leave this mansion and go against me...I will rid you of your eyes. Get out!"

A shiver ran down Eleanora’s spine. That was how Claire mistreated all her servants, and she’d gone to the extent of cutting the maid’s tongue because she failed to spread the rumors.

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