knock knock
Her thoughts were interrupted by the sudden knock on the door she was about to get up from the bed but heard an unexpected voice
"My princess can I come in?"
Estelle raised an eyebrow with a smirk, she recognized this voice instantly
"You may"
Darren entered the room with a tray and an awkward smile he stood at the door while looking at her guiltily he spoke first
"That....about earlier I am sorry I was out of line"
Estelle nodded her head at him as she questioned him "I assume we never met before why did you end up getting angry about the fact of me dying by Assassination attempt"
Darren's pupils quivered at her nonchalant question he strode to her and put the tray aside before he looked her in the eyes as he said "I never felt any strong emotion towards a stranger, with you it's different when I saw you lying on the bed you reminded me of someone, I wanted to forget then when I heard about you, I wanted to protect you when you woke up your eyes made me forget who I am"
Estelle smirked in surprise "I never knew the general can flirt this smooth"
Darren paused a little but smiled saying "I never knew I could flirt until I saw you"
Estelle looked at him smirking, Darren stood up and offered his hand "are you not stuffy? the garden in the mansion is well maintained and relaxing, why don't we go on a walk?"
when Estelle saw his extended hand her heart fluttered, she ended up smiling at him "I suppose I can't my body is still numb with all the sleeping"
Darren hummed in reply as he went to the entrance and came back with a wheelchair "that should not be a problem now"
Estelle exclaimed in surprise "where did you get that from"
Darren laughed a little saying "my sister and I made this for our grandma as a gift"
Estelle blinked a little and was about to say something but was caught off guard by his sudden approach, he lifted her with ease as he made her sit on the chair and then he spread the blanket on her knees, he put the tray he bought earlier on her lap and spoke
"Why don't we talk in the garden in the fresh air, I can be a fun to accompany with"
Estelle put her elbow on the armrest while cupping her chin she said "well we will see if you are fun or not"
Darren smiled and wheeled her out of the room, Hilbert who came out of Jane's room saw this and widen his eyes in surprise, he pulled the busy Jane out and covered her mouth to stop her protest as he pointed in a direction with his chin, Jane rounded her eyes at the lively scene of Darren escorting the princess, she tilted her head
"Is he taking her as a replacement for our grandmother?"
Hilbert facepalmed himself listening to her, he can't believe he fell in love with her, Jane Ryker was a genius doctor and has a great reputation of that title enough to acknowledge by the surrounding kingdoms but the only thing the others don't is she has low EQ and wits,
well, he used that very fact to get her married to him, but now he is also suffering he shook his head a little and pulled her back into their room closing the door he said "your brother has fallen for the princess"
Jane "hmm?"
He dragged her to the bed and then made her sit on it as he was next to her, he then pulled her to his lap and held her hands with his, squeezing he explained to her "I never saw your brother show interest in opposite-sex except you since you are his sister, well in any way this will make my plan easier to execute"
Jane asked him "what plan?"
Hilbert playing with her hands replied "I plan to engage both of them with a royal decree"
"Engage?"
"a marriage alliance"
"Like us?"
Hilbert paused a little, but ended up smiling he said "well you can say that"
Jane "why?"
Hilbert sighed a little before explaining his plan to her but he didn't reveal his real intention behind the plan, he then looked at Jane
Jane's expression was blank she didn't understand him but his plan is something which is going to shake everyone, she ended up looking at him for answers, he chuckled a little as he pulled her closer for a kiss, Jane just let him kiss while she didn't respond, Hilbert broke the kiss and sighed he felt a tinge of pain in his heart.
he buried his head in her nape as he can't dare to see her face, after a few deep breaths he lifted his head and suggested "why don't we inform this plan to discuss with the Princess and see how she reacts"
In the Garden of Ryker Mansion,
Darren and Estelle were taking a stroll and were weirdly silent, Estelle was about to get a headache with all Elmo's nagging, she tried to cut the connection but later he caught her with Evelyn and said if did that again he will just appear beside in his dragon form and will destroy the mansion along with the dragon,
Rather than his warning Estelle is having a hard time as felt a chill with him appearing in front of everyone she has to explain and control the situation which she hates more than anything now, so instead she opted for the best option 'Elmo if you won't stop this all I will just kiss him that would declare as a confirmation for his feelings towards me'
'You...you brat how can you be shameless you are a toddler still don't forget that'
'Fine then I will kiss him now'
'No, won't say anything alright stop threatening me, you shameless brat'
Darren was observing her change of expressions from earlier and was intrigued by her own thoughts, just what is she thinking to change her expressions so often
they soon reached the gazebo in the middle of the garden Darren parked the wheelchair near the steps as he lifts her again to go up, Estelle was astonished by his smooth advances, well Darren is not even aware of the gentle behavior he is showing towards her and was doing it subconsciously, making Estelle confused with a myriad of emotions.
Darren smiled at her before looking at the tea set in front of him and then looked around for someone, don't tell me, Estelle spoke first "you don't know how to brew tea?"
Darren gave an awkward cough saying "I never felt the need to learn that"