Tristen Gale wrinkled his nose upon seeing a lowly servant interrupt his sweet time with Lily. But when he saw Damien's drop-dead handsome face and the way he smiled at Lily, jealousy and envy burned his insides.
His jealousy turned into anger, thinking how a mere servant could exceed his charms and how he dared to smile like that at Lily. He didn't like that Lily had such a handsome and young boy as her servant.
What if she falls for his charms and has an affair? He knew how easy it was to seduce a woman as he had played with even married ones or forced them to by using his power and other ways.
It was only Lily he could not seduce so far, which only made him even more desperate to own her.
But he relaxed himself thinking that Lily won't get seduced that easily when she didn't even pay mind to the chivalrous Vanishing Sword Prince.
He believed that Lily wasn't like other women he had toyed with and that she was different, which was why he wanted her more than anything. If he wins her hand, he would get to toy with the most beautiful girl and gain power by taking her virginity.
At first, he didn't bother to look at Damien but only when he heard his crystal clear voice did he deign to look at his face.
Lily gave a graceful smile and said to Damien, "Sure, go ahead."
Her expressions didn't change much and were still calm and steady.
Damien placed the tray on the table and moved the tea and sweets from the tray onto the table.
However, Damien accidentally dropped the set of cutleries on the ground.
"Hmph, a lowly servant like you can't even serve Her Highness properly? You should be—"
"Prince Tristen…" Lily interjected calmly, "It was just a simple mistake, and the only one who has the right to reprimand my servant is me. Or does Your Highness not care to give me face?"
Tristen Gale squinted his eyes and felt that something was off. However, he decided not to pay it any mind and said in an apologetic tone, "Of course not. I was just angered at the fact that your servant couldn't serve you well enough."
"A thousand apologies, Your Highness. Please forgive my mistake." Damien cried out in an anxious tone as he kneeled before Lily.
Lily was inwardly surprised seeing his drama and felt that even she would have been fooled had she not known him.
She said calmly, "It's okay. You can pick it up and bring another set."
"Thank you, Your Highness."
Damien bent his body and started picking up the cutleries on the ground. However, his eyes roguishly gleamed as his eyes fell upon Lily's navel.
One of his hands swiftly sneaked towards her midriff and squeezed her smooth stomach.
"Ahnm…" Lily was startled and almost accidentally moaned. But she immediately covered her moan with a cough and took a sip from the tea kept in front of her to not cause any suspiciousness.
Tristen Gale's brows furrowed, and he immediately asked in a concerned tone, "Your Highness, is everything all right?"
However, instead of waiting for her answer, he quickly looked under the table. Still, he only saw Damien getting up at the same time with the cutleries in his hand.
Lily's brows slightly raised upon seeing Tristen Gale's action. She said in a low voice, "I am fine. It's just I suddenly felt my throat dry. I hadn't had a drink in ages."
"Your Highness, I will come back with new ones. I am sorry for my carelessness again." Damien said as he gave a deep bow.
Lily cleared her throat and said mildly, "It's fine, you can go."
However, she gave a quick stare at Damien before turning her head.
Tristen Gale felt that something was definitely fishy, and hearing the sound Lily almost made, he felt that it almost sounded like a moan.
How could he not know when he himself had indulged in debauchery for quite a while.
But he didn't dare to believe it and shook off those outrageous speculations, telling himself that everything was just his imagination.
After Damien left, he asked straightforwardly, "Your Highness, why not keep an experienced and skilled person as your personal servant? I think that boy is too unskilled and crude to serve your esteemed self."
Lily tried her best to not show any hints of anger or annoyance and said with a casual smile, "Your Highness, that boy is someone whom I picked not because he was experienced or skilled enough to serve royalty, but because of his character. If you are slighting him, it means you disrespect my decision to pick him, which means you disrespect me. Can I assume that you are?"
Tristen Gale felt tongue-tied, and he didn't notice any change in expression on her face but only a calm smile on her face.
He apologized, "Forgive me if I overstepped my boundaries. I could never possibly do or say anything to disrespect you. I hope Your Highness won't take offense to my thoughtless words."
But under the table, his fists were tightly clenched, seeing that Lily defended a mere servant just because he said something. He was now more desperate to make Lily his but felt frustrated that he has to wait for the tournament.
Lily gave a mild smile and said, "It's fine. I am sure we all can be thoughtless at times."
Just then, Damien came back with a new set of cutleries and placed them on the table. He then looked at Tristen Gale and said with a flattering smile, "Your Highness, I am sorry for causing a disturbance. But please do enjoy the tea. I am sure you would never forget it."
"Hmph." Tristen Gale simply harrumphed as he sipped the tea, not bothering to look at Damien's face.
Damien inwardly chuckled, seeing his reaction, and left the place. But a cold glint flashed past his eyes as he walked away.
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The same night in one of the rooms of a luxurious inn,
"Aaah!! Your Highness...it hurts! I-I can't...b-breathe..." A woman's painful moan sounded in the room.
"Just shut up and take my cock, and didn't I tell you to scream, 'Fuck this celestial princess harder?'" A young man shouted as he squeezed her neck tight, savagely pounding her from behind.
*Snap*
A bone-cracking sound resounded as the woman's eyes became lifeless.
"Damn it...these whores are so damn weak. They say these sluts are top-notch, but they can't even handle me. Sigh...I won't be able to sleep unless that pretentious Lily bitch screams under my cock. Aaaah...Lily, one day you will be grateful that I even showed you the slightest respect. Hmph, dare to humiliate me twice for a mere servant...I won't rest till I kill your precious servant." The young man mumbled in a manic fashion as he slowly got off from the woman's lifeless body.
His face had a drunk expression while his hair was all ruffled up, overall making people doubt whether the young man was really the genius second prince of the Gale Empire - Tristen Gale.
"Oh? Kill whom exactly?" A mocking voice sounded behind Tristen Gale just as the lights in the room went out.
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