Saving The Abandoned Empress

136 “My Ariande”

The emperor, who had once again dumped all of his works on his aid Brayden and left the imperial palace to meet a certain someone was waiting patiently at a corner.

Cathain was getting pissed off as the ladies kept gossiping about Eleanora and thought if they had nothing better to do except gossiping.

‘Why is she not here yet...’

Then finally the declaration of Duke and Lady Dalton’s was heard and he looked up to see her.

He felt like his heart was beating so fast that it would jump out from his heart because of excitement.

‘My saintess... I finally meet you again...’

He blushed a little as he saw her and kept on staring at her without blinking.

“Sir, May i know which family you are from?”

A lady asked with a blushing face as she approched him.

.....

But unlike his gentle gaze on Eleanora, his eyes turned cold and indifferent as he looked at the lady beside him.

“Fuck off.”

“Y-Yes?”

The lady was stunned and thought she has misheard him. There is no way that a man would reject a lady this impolitely.

But his eyes which was full of disgust told her that she heard him right.

“Why aren’t you going away yet?”

Cathain was getting pissed off as the lady was blocking his view from seeing Eleanora.

He was deliberately hiding in a corner to avoid getting caught by Alexander or Eleanora.

Hearing his last words, the young lady broke out in tears as she rushed away from him.

‘Annoying...’

The emperor commented before his gaze turned to see Eleanora again but she was nowhere.

‘!!!’

‘Where is she?!’

He rushed to the dance hall as his red anxious eyes kept searching for her.

‘No... I can’t let her get away from me again...’

With that thought in his mind, he kept on searching for her when suddenly a pink haired lady passed by her and her milky fragrance was breathed by him.

His heart suddenly started to beat violently and he turned his head to look at her.

‘Found you, My Ariande...’

His eyes become gentle but then he noticed that she was approching someone.

He frowned as he touched her arm, before gripping her soft palm into his hands gently.

He also felt her flinching because of his touch and looked back to see him, who was kneeling on the ground like he was proposing to her.

‘Wow...So romantic!!!’

Everyone around them whispered and the emperor knew this will not allow her to reject him infront of everyone now.

His red eyes narrowed behind the black mask as he opened his mouth to speak.

“May i have the honour to dance with you... My beautiful saintess?”

‘S-Saintess?’

Eleanora narrowed her eyes at his words.

‘What happened to that damn ‘My Empress’ nickname?’

‘I can tell for sure that he is the emperor but why does something feels off?’

“My Lady?”

The emperor spoke again and Eleanora realised she has been in a daze and everyone is looking at her.

“Y-Yes. My pleasure, Sir.”

Eleanora politely replied as no one knew he was the emperor. There are many mens who are wearing black coloured wigs.

His lips curved up into a smrik as she agreed and stood up to stand beside her.

The emperor’s hands slowly wrapped around her waist but Eleanora felt uncomfortable with his touch.

Till now, she has been disgusted or fearful of the emperor but it’s the first time where she found him uncomfortable.

She hesitantly put her hands on his upper arm and made sure to not touch him much.

The emperor could see the discomfort on her face, which made him little angry.

But he hide his emotions as he started to dance in a slow motion.

Both of them was dancing slowly and Eleanora was distancing themselves with each step she took.

‘Why am i feeling so uncomfortable with him today like am with some strangers rather then him?’

‘Did i perhaps... Getting to use of him that when he didn’t called me by how he usually calls... I become uncomfortable because of that?’

Eleanora thought as Cathain twirled her around but she gasped as her back suddenly hit his chest and his both hands entangled their fingers together.

Trapping her in his embrace and locking her up with his hands.

Eleanora swallowed her saliva because of the unknown feeling of danger in her heart risen up.

“Are you afraid of me?”

“N-No...”

“Really?”

Cathain asked agaun as he kept moving slowly without changing their posture.

As he was too close to her, his nose felt itchy as he kept inhaling her milky scent.

“You haven’t changed...still the same.”

“What do you mean?”

“You always speak the opposite when you are nervous...”

“...”

‘When have i ever did that?’

Cathain didn’t spoke and moved his hands while not leaving her hands above her head to twirl her again and make her face him.

Behind the lavender coloured eye mask which had feathers attached on it like his black mask, her blue eyes looked away in nervousness.

‘He feels so strange today...somehow more dangerous...’

“I missed you very much.”

“?!”

‘Is he even serious? Even after what i told him that day, he still have the nerves to say to he missed me?’

“I know you didn’t missed me at all... You are heartless towards only me and i know it.”

“...”

‘What is he even saying?! He should be grateful that i didn’t killed him and become the emperor myself for what he has done to me in my past life!’

‘I just don’t want unnecessary drama in my life and live peacefully with my family! I already gave up on everything...

Including him, so that i won’t be disappointed as i won’t have any hopes at the first place.

Why is he pretending like am the bully here?’

As Eleanora was lost in thoughts, the music stopped and they also stood at their place without moving.

Both of them released each other but then she noticed that he still gripped her right hand.

“We will meet again soon... My Ariande.”

“!!!!”

‘Ariande?’

.....

It was her nickname given by the goddess, as she declared her as the saintess in the prophecy.

But when he called her by that name, she felt like he wasn’t calling her but someone else.

Eleanora become suspicious and confused at the same time as she watched him leaving the banquet hall.

She still felt shivering as she looked at her hands which has been kissed by him just now.

‘What’s happening... Why am feeling like this...’