Wife of The Demon Prince
Chapter 56: She’ll only dance with me

Chapter 56: She’ll only dance with me

Ara pulled Hamon to a table, she could still feel the eyes of people in the ballroom on them, "Let’s keep each other’s company for awhile." He said.

Ara nodded, "Yes. Let’s show the guests that we’re having fun together, so they’ll believe we fell in love at first sight, Just as you planned."

Hamon agreed to her words immediately. That was exactly what he wanted, so that they could proceed to the wedding as soon as possible.

He fixated his eyes on her, his gaze deep as if he was entranced, "You look really beautiful, I can’t take my eyes off you for a second... But I know other men will too, so I want to gouge out the eyes of every single man that will glance at you."

Hamon’s sudden compliment made a blush creep up her face up to her ears, as she looked away from him in embarrassment.

He smirked at her cute reaction, "So the lady in red is your sister, right?" He asked curiously.

Ara quickly turned to him, "Yes. how did you know, have you seen her?"

"Of course, she looks just like you."

"No. Anne’s more beautiful than I am, she’s such a charming girl!"

Ara flowed with praise for her sister the immense pride evident in her eyes, as if she had been waiting for the opportunity all night to talk about Anne.

Hamon chuckled, "She does look like you, but I don’t think she took after your calm behavior. I can see your sister is quite a glutton."

Ara turned to her sister’s direction, and saw how Anne was devouring the food on her palate without a care in the world as she talked with Mary, the dark lady from the Morrison banquet.

"A little. Anne is such a lovely person." Ara defended with an awkward smile.

"You must be very protective of her..."

"Yes. She’s very precious to me, I love her."

Ara had a dreamy expression on her face as she talked about her sister. Hamon watched her, he had never seen such warm look on her face ever since he had met her in this lifetime. The look in her eyes amused him, it was filled with warmth and affection towards the person she cared about, he suddenly found himself wondering, would there come a time, when she would have such look in her eyes for him? He murmured in a low voice,

"I’m envious of her, I hope you’d learn to love me too..."

"Pardon me?" Ara didn’t hear what he had said as the whole hall was extremely noisy, and he spoke in a low voice that she didn’t catch his words, "Did you say something?"

"Ah...I said nothing." He gave her a stiff smile, which made Ara looked at him suspiciously, but soon dismissed it.

The pair had been conversing in whispers, which made the gossipmongers in the ballroom move closer to them to eavesdrop on their conversation, wondering just what the couple was talking about, could it be that they were developing feelings for one another? They might already even profess their love for each other. The gossipers interests spiked and they became even more impatient to listen to what they were talking about.

Ara noticed the women around them, suddenly conscious of the crowd surrounding them, she spoke up, "By God. the moment you stepped in, I was mesmerized, I’ve never seen a man as handsome as you, your highness."

"Huh?" Hamon looked perplexed at the sudden compliment, which he knew Ara would never say. Then she quickly gestured with her head towards the eavesdroppers.

Hamon seemed to understand what she meant. Was she trying to put up a show for the gossipmongers?

Ara continued without missing a beat, "I heard you’ve been at the battlefield for so long, how was the life out there?"

"..."

"Have you ever been injured badly? I’d wish to see you with a sword some day."

When Hamon wasn’t responding but staring at her with amusement, Ara widened her eyes in warning for him to say something and stop staring at her like that.

The women who were now secretly listening to their conversation would be sure to spread rumors soon. Rumors were abundant in the society and often twisted from their original meaning, and the scandal between them was a prime prey for the gossipmongers.

Ara needed to throw them some juicy meat to chew on. The more widespread the rumors, the better. But the only problem was Hamon wasn’t playing along but staring at her with a crooked smile plastered on his face.

Finally as Hamon was about to talk, a young man approached Ara. The man shyly extended his hand towards her, "If you don’t mind, can you give me the honour to dance with you?"

It wasn’t unusual for a popular lady to dance with several men during a ball, but with Hamon who was glaring daggers at the man, she daren’t accept his dance offer, "I__" she was about to answer, but Hamon beat her to it,

"No!" He rejected plainly with a displeased expression.

It was only one word, but the magnitude of it was enormous.

The man who asked for a dance and the gossipers stared at the crown Prince in utter surprise. Hamon took Ara’s hand in his, then said,

"She’s my woman and she’ll only dance with me alone." He stated nonchalantly.

The buzz amongst the women only grew even louder at his statement. The young man left the scene embarrassed. Ara was taken aback,

’This Prince is really good at acting!’

If only she knew Hamon wasn’t acting but being real.

Hamon played the role perfectly, the rumors would spread well without any further trouble, Ara thought.

She spoke up so the other people nearby could hear, "Your Highness, let’s have something to eat."

Both of them glided away from the crowd, then headed to the emptier area around the hall, "You’re really good at acting, aren’t you?"

"And who told you I was acting? You’re my woman."

"Huh?" Ara was taken aback again.

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