Accidental Duchess episode 10
🍁🍁 HIS ACCIDENTAL DUCHESS 🍁🍁
🌳🥀{ The Maiden Bride }🌳🥀
Written ✍️: Cisca. H.
CHAPTER TEN: FIRST MEETING WITH THE KING.
” My lady, his majesty has returned. ” Becca said from the outside.
” Becca, can you please come in? ” Daphne requested.
She entered, her head down. Daphne remembered what she was taught at Hasting castle, now did she know it really was an attitude of every maid. ” Is there a problem, Miss? ” She asked.
” Can we put aside the Miss and My lady? It’s really not part of me for now. Actually, I need your help with this dress, it’s really too tall and… Can I wear something a little bit moderate? ”
” I will find one, ” she said, walking close to the wardrobe.
” Oh please, thank you. ”
She found one. A milky short sleeved gown with a small round w–st pointing it at her, ” What about this one? ” She asked.
” I will manage it, ” she took it away from her, changing her dress into it. With Becca’s help, she tied the ropes at her back. ” Why is the gown so tight? ”
” That is it’s nature. But, you won’t have it on for long, it’s only to see his majesty, isn’t it? ”
” Yes, your right. But, will I have to breathe well with this while it’s still on me? I might collapse before I get to His majesty’s office. ”
” I can loosen it a little if you want. ”
” Yes, please, yes. ” Becca helped her again with loosening the ropes. Taking a deep breath, she felt relaxed. ” This is better, thank you. ”
” A pleasure, Miss. ”
” Daphne, please, for the meantime. ”
” But… ”
” Just please, listen to me. ” Becca nodded. ” I must get going, his majesty might be expecting me. ”
Daphne left the room to his office, for the two days she has stayed in the castle, she has learnt about what kind of person he was. Or maybe, not all about what kind of person he really is.
She hated the royal gowns, they were itchy on her skin. She felt more comfortable on a simple maiden attire than in this. It was so much heavier on her, and was impossible for her kind to walk with it.
” I wish I wasn’t here, this is all a mistake. But not to worry, Daphne, you will soon be getting used to all this. ” She consoled herself.
Stopping at the entrance door of his office, Daphne felt a loud hit on her chest. She was getting scared and she doesn’t know why, she took a deep breath before landing a knock on the door.
” Who is that? ” She heard his deep angry voice from the in,side. Should she go in, or should she not? The question kept playing in her mind and she kept contemplating if this was actually the right time to do this. ” I said who is that? ”
She remembered that she had a question yet unanswered. She also remembered Sir Earnest’s words; ‘ Pretend to be Lady Hannah while the King has no knowledge of this.’ ” It is I, Hannah, my Lord. ” She replied.
He hesitated for a while but ended up permitting her in, ” Come in. ”
She entered, bowing at him. He stared at her from her head down to her w–st which was the only available place he could she, then back to her face. ” Have a sit. ” He said, his voice sounding authoritative.
She sat down, waiting for him to acknowledge her presence in the normal way and not being so… rude.
” Are you going to go on with why you are here, or are you just going to keep staring at me? ” He asked rudely but his eyes were in his books.
Daphne smiled, pretending not to have heard what he said. ” What are you smiling at, huh? Do I look funny to you?” The smile quickly faded from Daphne’s face, her eyes looking at her thighs. ” Forgive me, y… ”
” Just spit it out, I do not have the whole day for this. ” He interrupted, each sentence he made, made him sound ruder.
” I heard about your return, so I thought I need to welcome you. ”
” Well now, you can see me, I am good and fine. And thank you for your concern. Is that all you want to tell me? ”
” Uhmm… I think so. ”
He rose an eyebrow at her, ” Yes, that is why I had come to see you. ”
” Good. Now can I get my privacy? ” Daphne was silent, her eyes staring at him. He snapped his fingers at her, bringing her back to reality. ” Do I have to repeat myself again? ”
” I will be leaving. ” She stood up, exiting the room. As soon as she entered her room, she quickly changed her dress to the one which she had used to arrive to the castle.
She has made up her mind to leave and never to turn back. Never to mind about anyone or anything else but to leave everything… everyone.. and especially the king… for good.
She was about leaving when Sir Earnest knocked on her door. She opened it, thinking it was Becca, but seeing Earnest, she instantly made up her mind never to think of his family getting into trouble for having the wrong woman picked.
” You are leaving? ” He asked.
” As you can see, that is exactly what I am doing now. ”
” But why? It’s only but two days you have stayed in the castle. ”
” Two days that felt like hell. And today, which almost made me feel like I was communicating with the devil. ”
” You met with the King? ”
” No, I met with… I don’t even know what to call him. Look Earnest, I am leaving for good. Please, don’t try to convince me. ”
” Does he know you are not the real princess? ” He asked.
” No, but I don’t think he has to before I leave. He hates me, I mean he hates her. He still thinks I am the princess, and witnessing his attitude this morning shows how much hatred he has for her. This means that the marriage arrangement King Euchred had with your King was only for a reason which if I may guess, has nothing to do with Lord Luxor’s heart. ”
Earnest said nothing, which convinced Daphne that he was also aware of the whole thing. ” You knew? ”
” Everyone knows. ”
” He doesn’t love her, right? And that is why he hates me this much, because he thinks I am her. ”
” Yes. ”
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It’s alright… Love still has a long way on this two.
To Be Continued…❤️