Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 172: I’ve loved you for years (part 1)

Chapter 172: I’ve loved you for years (part 1)

Claire’s eyes blazed with anger and hatred, she exclaimed while trying to draw her arms out of the guards firm grip, "You stupid fool! How dare you betray me? Ha, you think this is over? Ha ha ha! I will destroy you all together, all of you! I will spit on you dead corpses!" She screamed in rage as she glanced at each one of them, including the crown Prince. She began to scream and cry like a crazy person.

Ara ordered the guards, "Take her away." In order to prevent any intervention from the Tudor and the Morris or the queen, Ara had prepared everything in advance. This time, Claire wouldn’t be let off so easily. She was going to take this as an opportunity to punish Claire.

The guards began to drag Claire out of the room. "Let me go! Do you know who I am? I will destroy you all! You will regret ever laying your filthy hands on me, you bastards!" She resisted with all her strength, but it was futile against the muscled guards dragging her away.

Soon after, Eleanora slightly bowed to Ara and then followed the group out the door. She couldn’t also believe Claire had tried to pin everything on her. It was good she sent the letter to Ara, Since it seemed even though Ara hadn’t known about the plans, the crown Prince already figured out the juice was drugged. If she hadn’t done that, she’d have also been in trouble.

Now, Eleanora would gladly testify against Claire without feeling guilty, including Catherine being involved in the plans.

After the guards dragged away Claire, the guests all returned to the hall still whispering among themselves. Leaving only Ara and Hamon in the room. The door was closed behind them, and silence hovered awkwardly in the air.

It was Hamon who broke the silence with his low voice, his face was expressionless as he asked, "Were you aware she planned to give me an aphrodisiac?"

"...Yes."

"Was that the reason you’ve been looking at me the whole time in the banquet hall?"

"Huh?" She fixed him with a questioning look, and he spoke again, "You had an expression like you were jealous of me being in the presence of other women."

Ara had thought she’d hid her expression so well back in the hall, but he seemed to have read her expression so well.

She hastily replied, "No, I’m not jealous, I was only looking your way to see if they were making you feel uncomfortable with how they crowded you earlier. Why would I be jealous?"

"Ha..." He chuckled darkly with his forehead creased, however Ara could sense his mood was not good at all.

A look of great bitterness swept across his face as he said softly, "Yes, why should you be jealous...I almost forgot I am nothing to you, but a contracted husband."

Ara couldn’t quite understand what he meant. She opened and closed her mouth several times not knowing what to say, however Hamon’s expression darkened as he slowly strode towards her. His crimson eyes seemed to burn like flame, his deep voice was laced with irritation as he asked,

"How come you didn’t let me know beforehand? Why didn’t you tell me of her plans to drug me?"

He was angry, she could tell by the way his fist clenched tight and were visibly shaking. She had no idea why he was this angry, but she responded calmly, " I didn’t tell you because I also wasn’t sure about her plans to use an aphrodisiac on you. I wanted to make sure first, so i decided to catch her red handed..."

Hamon couldn’t control the rage stirring inside him. She’d always liked to keep things from him, he was always the last to know of her plans. Even if she didn’t love him, she should at least treat him like a friend should. He closed his eyes to push back the irritation raising within him then opened his eyes back, he could almost feel his blood boiling in his veins.

He managed to ask calmly, "What if I had drunk the damn juice like an idiot?"

Ara quickly brought out a small bottle from her dress pocket, "Here, Take this if you’ve drank the juice. It will help."

Hamon glanced between the bottle she handed out and her face. His frown deepened as he frustratingly ran his hand through his hair roughly before taking a deep long breath to calm his anger, but it was pointless,

"Damn it! Why the hell am I so angry!" He said through his clenched teeth.

"If I’ve upset you in anyway by not telling you about her plans...I am sorry_Ha!" Before she could complete her words, Hamon had roughly grabbed her slender shoulders with both his hands. He lowered his head and locked his eyes with hers, when he spoke his voice was calm,

"Arabella..."

She was unused to him calling her by her full name. And her heart began to race faster even though his hold on her shoulders weren’t that gentle. But she realized that even her name coming out of his mouth made her excited for some reason.

"What if I had drank it and spent the night with her?"

Ara wasn’t sure why he asked her that, but she knew if that had happened; there was only one way out of it, "Then I won’t stop you from taking her as your second wife."

Hamon’s grip on her shoulders tightened. She suddenly felt pain shot through her arms, "Ha..." A faint gasp escaped her lips from the burning pain as she glanced up eyes clowded with confusion to stare at his rage filled red eyes, but she seemed to have caught some other emotion other than rage in his eyes which she couldn’t place her hands on.

As if realizing it, his tight grasp melted away, his stone expression softened, however it was replaced with an expression of regret.

He bitterly asked her, "You won’t even try to stop me if I decided to take another wife?"

The question struck Ara dumb. Of course she wouldn’t stop him if that was what he wanted, but she’d have to live with the burning jealousy of seeing him call someone else his wife just like he always called her. she had grappled with it every day. She had tried to persuade herself to be satisfied with him being king and her family being safe, but it was hopeless...

Her heart wouldn’t be able to handle it, but she couldn’t do anything about it.

"Why should I stop you? If they can be of help to you and support you to take the throne...I have nothing against it."

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