Saving The Abandoned Empress

74 Chapter 74 ~ “Brother-In-Law”

Everytime Eleanora used to fall asleep during her training time with Ain, he would stroke her hair like this.

Eleanora liked the warmness that came from his fingertips, spreading throughout her whole body from her scalp.

So in her sleep, she didn’t thought much and subconsciously blurted out his name.

Cathain’s hands stopped and he wanted to laugh at himself.

The current him can’t even compare to the random boy she befriended with... how will he make her forgot about the past him and accept the current him?

‘Why my heart is aching...’

‘...Stop it, I don’t deserve to feel sad considering the amount of time i made her heart ache in the past.’

Cathain pressed his palm on his aching heart and turned around. It really hurted...

Meanwhile, Eleanora slowly opened her eyes and she was a little surprised to see him beside her, not knowing that she had subconsciously called out another man’s name infront of him.

.....

The warmth of her body from his lap soon faded away and Cathain was forced to face the reality once again.

He hide the pain of his heart and cleared his throat to inform her that they have reached the duchy.

“We have reached the duchy...”

“Is that so? I bid you farewell then, Your Highness.”

Eleanora bid him before she rushed to open the door and jump down. She looked glad and happy.

Jennie, Maria and other maids was waiting for her at the entrance. Even Dominic and Liana was with them.

“Lady, Welcome back!”

“Elee!”

The maids and Dominic called out for her and she happily ran into their arms to hug them.

There was a bright genuine smile on her face, rather then the fake smile she shows to Cathain.

Then Eleanora stood infront of Dominic, as she was waiting to be patted by him.

In her last life, Eleanora never felt the family love.

But now, Dominic and Liana is like a older brother and sister to her.

“Dom... Am back!”

“Yeah, Our little Ele is a year older now...”

“Y-You? you all remember my birthday?”

“Why won’t we? Let’s go, we have a surprise for you.”

Dominic and Eleanora happily talked, not knowing the death glares from Cathain.

‘Dom? Ele?’

‘Dare to pat my empress’s head?’

‘If i didn’t knew you were cousin’s, even i would think otherwise...’

‘Wait, marriage between cousin’s isn’t banned in our empire...’

If Cathain was hurting because of pain earlier then now he was burning in jealousy.

In the end, Cathain couldn’t help and come down with a smug look on his face.

“Birthday Party? How can i miss my empress’s party as her one and only future husband?”

Everyone’s surprised gazed fall on him, specially the duchy’s maid.

‘One and Only husband?’

How did the crown prince become so thick skinned after this trip?

He already had a thick skin but it become more thicker now! Does this man not know that their lady doesn’t like him?

Even they can feel it, then how can this man not?

But, can they say no to him? Absolutely not till they want their head to be separate from their body.

So they left the decision upon Eleanora.

“Your highness... Do you want to join us?

Hearing Eleanora’s question, Cathain came forward to her and bented down to meet her blue eyes.

Eleanora was a little stunned because Ain used to do this too. He would always talk with her while bending down because he was too tall then her.

‘Does this guys thinks am short?’

The answer was clear, indeed she was shorter then them. She could hardly reach their shoulder with her head.

“Does my empress doesn’t want me to join?”

“It’s not like that... and am not-”

“Okay! Everyone except Brayden go back. I will go back after i spent some time with my wife!”

“...”

Eleanora clenched her fists and she badly wanted to punch this shameless man infront of her.

‘So you will call me wife if i don’t let you call me empress?’

Cathain ignored Eleanora’s glares with a smiling doting face and then Dominic stepped in to greet him.

“I, The second prince of the Arendell, Dominic De Caisson Arendell greet-”

Dominic couldn’t finish his sentence as Cathain suddenly squeezed in between the empty space of Eleanora and him.

He wrapped his hands around Eleanora’s waist and looked at Dominic with a proud look.

Dominic was stunned. Is this guy showing off because he jealous?

Jealous of him... her own cousin?

Does this dumbass crown prince thinks he loves his own cousin?

“No need to be so formal... Brother-in-law.”

‘B-Brother in law?’

Everyone around Cathain was once again turned into stones.

But Cathain didn’t mind their gazes and gave a very big bright smile to Dominic as he dragged Eleanora inside the house.

“Does this guy sees me as a rival?”

Dominic spoke to himself and Liana patted his shoulder and nodded.

“Indeed... he thinks you like Ele.”

“But am her... Wait, how did you knew what i was thinking?”

“If you speak so loudly, Everyone will hear you for sure, Second Prince.”

Dominic looked around and was relieved to see no one else. Nobody heard him.

“Let’s go in, Prince.”

“Wait...”

Dominic caught Liana by her wrist and Liana looked at him with her confused caramel brown eyes.

“...Yes, Prince?”

“I told you to call me by my name when we are alone... Lennie.”

Liana felt her breathe becoming heavier under the penetrating gaze of Dominic’s golden eyes, which seem to burn her up.

Liana’s head dropped down and she slowly removed her hands from his grip.

“I can’t... I don’t deserve it...”

Right after saying this, Liana ran inside the mansion and hide herself in a corner.

And Dominic kept staring at his empty hands. Just why she doesn’t trusts him a little more and open up to him?

Everything he is doing is for her. Was it only him who felt the chemistry between them?

After closing the room door, Liana removed the veil from her head and her sparkling light blonde hair came out.

.....

There was a mirror infront of her and seeing her own blonde hair, Liana felt disgusted.

‘Only if i didn’t had this hair colour then that man wouldn’t recognised me, bring me back to ruin their happiness!’

‘Only if i wasn’t that man’s daughter!’

Tears kept dropping from her caramel brown eyes and Liana clenched her fists.

She obviously knows how Dominic feels for her and can’t deny that she have feelings for him too.

In her past life, she spent her most of the time with Cathain, but she never genuinely liked him.

She only saw him as a pawn to complete the dukes mission and avenge her sister, all the slaves.

Because to her, it was Eleanora and duke of Dalton who captured and killed the slaves, including her sister.

Only to know that she, herself was also a pawn to her father the duke.

But everything was too late. The Dalton duchy was destroyed and Eleanora was executed, along with her baby.

She couldn’t fix it anymore or ask for forgiveness as the person no longer existed.

In this life, she only wanted to help Eleanora and Cathain as she promised. She didn’t wanted to see him miserable anymore because of her mistakes.

Only the past Jena knows how pathetic Cathain was after Eleanora died.

So, Liana never thought of her own future this time.

She came to gave everyone there happy endings that they deserved, which she had previously snatched away because of her foolishness.

Liana put on her veil and looked into the mirror with sorrowful sad eyes.

‘Will you love me if you know about my horrible past?’

‘Will you still love me if you know that... I killed you in my past life?’