“If the crown prince so much as makes Charlize shed a single tear, I won’t let him go…”
“Surely, that won’t happen?”
“You never know men.”
The Empress replied with a harsh remark.
Head maid Hayden after staring at the Empress, finally let out her suppressed laughter.
The Empress scrunched her brows in response, squinting at her handmaiden.
“Why are you laughing so much?”
“Ha-ha, it’s nothing.”
“Hahahaha!”
Hayden continued to laugh uncontrollably even after saying so.
The Empress had a sour expression.
As her laughter died down, Hayden looked at the Empress with a friendly gaze and asked.
“Does the Empress adore Charlize that much?”
“Obviously.”
The Empress answered, still sour and pouting.
The handmaiden smiled widely.
“I like Charlize too.”
In the hecticness that is imperial life, she was the only one who could bring out the emotions within her Majesty, making her laugh, cry, and pout.
Hayden would always be grateful to Charlize.
***
I sprinted to the greenhouse where Damian was said to be waiting.
As soon as I entered the greenhouse, the first thing that struck my attention was the characteristically strong scent of blooming lilacs which, regrettably, gives me headaches.
I wandered around the greenhouse that was colored pale purple with lilacs.
‘Damian, where are you?!’
I searched here and there.
However, I couldn’t find any trace of Damian.
My heart just sank.
Have you already left?
Did I keep you waiting too long?
‘…You can’t do this.’
I bit my lips, occupied with my inner thoughts.
If this is the case, we’ll only drift further apart.
The crown prince who was lauded as the Hero of the Empire, and a maidservant who used to serve the crown prince eight years ago.
If I miss this reunion, any chance of Damian and I seeing each other again will be gone forever.
“…..Please, wait a little longer.”
Feeling anguish, she unconsciously muttered to herself in a desperate attempt to bring Damian back.
The tip of Charlize’s nose became stuffy at the thought of Damian and her never being able to meet again.
But right then.
“Well, there’s nothing I would wait for.”
A voice mixed with laughter, reached her ears, breaking the silence.
“Until I met you.”
…..is that?
I raised my head in a flash.
Underneath the cluster of lilacs, a dashingly handsome young man appeared.