Paisley was in Ronald's room in the Belv mansion.
Paisley was blushing and shying away.
Ronald had been flirting with her, whispering words of sweet love while he slowly began to reach for her clothes.
A knock on the door interrupted their session that was about to begin.
"What?!"
Ronald was annoyed that he had been interrupted.
"Lord Belv, there's urgent news from your refinery site..."
Hearing about his latest business, he sat up and shifted a bit away from Paisley.
He looked at her and held her hand and said gently.
"It's news about my business. I just want to hear what the servant has to say"
Paisley blushed profusely and adjusted her scattered clothes, also sitting up from the bed.
"Okay!"
Ronald turned from her and spoke to the servant at the door.
"Come in"
Slowly the door opened and the servant entered. As the servant came into the room, Paisley stood up and exited the room.
The servant seemed to be pale as he spoke to Ronald. He stuttered through his whole sentence.
"Th-the thing is m-my l-lord. W-well...
"Speak up! I have better things to do!"
"A report came in about the refinery site. E-everything was burnt!"
The room was silent. Ronald stood up in surprise.
"Burnt?! What do you mean?!"
"Th-there s-seems to h-have been a f-f-fire outbreak!"
The servant delivered the news, fearful about his master's reaction. He reached for his pocket and brought out a metal plate which had some words carved on it.
"The guards found this in the middle of all the ashes"
The room was silent as Ronald read the words on the paper.
[A villain is a bringer of destruction, so next time, don't mess with one]
Paisley came back into the room, holding a large map. In her soprano voice and bubbly air she spoke up in a high pitched tone.
"Ronald! I've decided on where we should have our wedding!"
She went past the servant and waved the big map in Ronald's face.
Due to the anger about the news of his business, he pushed the map out of his face, crumpling and tearing it.
"What wedding?! My business had been burnt and you're talking about a wedding?!"
Ronald pushed Paisley aside and walked out of the room, the servant following behind.
Paisley fell to the ground due to his push. Tears immediately formed in her eyes. Reaching out a hand to him, she called his name.
"R-Ronald?"
No reply. He was already headed for the refinery site that was said to be in ashes.
***
With Harper's help I selected a dress.
"The seductive one? Or innocent one?"
I raised the two dresses in front of Harper. The seductive one was green in color while the innocent one was a bright shade of yellow
She tapped her finger against her chin in thought.
"It depends, were exactly is the lady going to, today?"
"Well..."
I came closer to her and whispered in her ear.
"I'm going on a date with a hot guy"
"What?!"
Harper covered her mouth in shock.
Henry stood by the side, looking at both of us with a tired expression.
"Harper, you need to learn how to stop shouting"
"Shut up, Henry! All because no one ever hears you, doesn't mean I have to be the same"
"It's just a piece of advice"
"Then I advice you to go get yourself a girlfriend and stop hanging around us ladies!"
Harper humphed then turned to me while Henry sighed.
I laughed at the never ending bicker between the twins.
"Anyways my lady, tell me more!"
Harper looked at me like a puppy, eager to hear more news of about this 'hot guy' that I spoke about.
It had been three days ago that I discovered the affair between Paisley and Ronald, so it would be surprising that I was already hooked up with somebody else.
But this 'hot guy' was none other than Nathan. Harper had not yet met him and I had not yet planned to introduce him.
"You'll hear everything after I've dealt with some matters"
"Aww, lady!"
Harper wined like a child, even stomping her feet. I shewed her and Henry and out, then put on the seductive green dress that I had chosen.
Half an hour later, I was in 'noble street', after being dropped off by a carriage from the Doer family.
I searched for the restaurant that Nathan said he would meet up at.
Finally I found it and walked into the place. My eyes quickly found Nathan since he was the only person in the restaurant.
The moment he saw me, he immediately stood up and came forward to me.
"Hi"
"Hi"
I looked him over from head to toe.
He was dressed in simple yet fashionable clothes, not at all putting down his esteem as the Crown Prince.
His hair was pushed over to the side, making all the corners of his face visible.
A smile played on his lips as he reached for my hand, taking it up to his lips, planting a gentle kiss at the back of my palm.
"You're looking quite sharp. Even more handsome than usual" I said.
He didn't seem shy by my obvious move of flirtation and even leaned in closer to me.
"You're looking far better than me. Stunning, as usual"
I only smiled and moved over to the seat, opposite to the one I saw him sitting on.
Noticing that there was no one else in the restaurant, I asked.
"Did you rent the whole restaurant for the day?"
"No. I rented the whole building for the year. Maybe we can come back another time"
I giggled at his boastful remark.
"What a show of your wealth and influence! I'm not surprised since you are the Crown Prince"
"Even if I wasn't the Crown Prince, I'd make sure to work hard to provide anything for the woman that I love"
I was silenced by the word that ended his sentence.
Love.
The owner of the restaurant came in and personally served us.
.
.
.
My date with Nathan was full of fun activities.
We watched a horse race, a spectacular play in the theater. We went out for shopping and of course he paid the bill. When evening approached, we went to a fare and plaid lots of games.
It was past 9 pm when he took me home in his private carriage.
The lights of the Doer mansion slowly turned off in each room. It was a chance for both of us to sneak in.
I snuck in with Nathan into my room and made him sit on a chair that faced my table.
"Isn't it improper for a man to be in your room by this time?"
"You say that, yet you've come in here, even later than this time, severally?"
"Well, you never complained"
"Did I really not?"
I looked at him over my shoulder.
Holding a bottle of wine, I opened it and poured some into the two glasses that I had set on the table in front of him.
I moved back to my wardrobe which had a wine department. I carried four more bottles of wine and set it down on the ground, beside my chair.
"Drinking isn't good for your health" Nathan said.
"I don't drink much"
"That's a lie"
"Prove it"
"Fine I give up"
Nathan raised his hand in surrender.
After filling our glasses with wine, I sat down on my chair.
"And for the final activity for the day, we will be doing a drinking competition. The person to drink the most and remain the most clear headed will win!"
"What's the prize?"
I smiled seductively at him then raised my glass to my lips.
"The winner gets to kiss the loser"
Nathan looked at me silently and raised his glass.
Immediately both of us, began to drink our wine.
He drank slowly while I drank mine rather quickly.
This was how it always was.
We had probably done this drinking competition more than a thousand times.
Each time, the prize was always the same and each time there was always one winner.
I knew that Nathan was drinking his wine at a rather slow pace on purpose, but I still continued to gulp down my own drink and after finishing what was in the glass, I reached for another bottle.
I emptied the contents of the bottle into my glass. Drinking my wine, I made conversation.
"Nathan, why do you love me?"