The Prince Seduces Me With His Body - Chapter 8

Rumors went around fast.

As soon as Diana left Cayden and returned to the mansion, Madame de Sue was waiting for her.

“You’re still here, Madame?”

“The Viscount has preempted all my schedules up to the lady’s wedding! Starting today, we are going to start making wedding dresses, so please come in!”

“A…wedding dress? Whose wedding is it?”

“Who? Of course, it’s the wedding between the young lady and the third prince!”

Madame de Sue grabbed Diana, grinning as if she had heard a funny joke.

Diana protested in haste just before she was thrown into the bathtub brought by her assistant, Melly.

“Madam de Due, have you heard the wrong news? I first met His Majesty a few hours ago.”

“Time is what matters. It is important that the 3rd Prince, who had never paid attention to women, offered flowers to the young lady and proposed to her!”

“No, I never got a proposal…”

“You will get it soon. Courtship will continue from tomorrow. I’m betting on my name.”

After that, Diana continued to protest, but she was ignored.

In the end, she gave up and quietly surrendered herself to the people.

Madame de Sue taunted her that he added a purple ribbon to the flowers that adorned Diana’s hair, and she withdrew at night.

She was barely left alone, and Diana sat on the bed of the unfamiliar guest room—they moved her room at Viscount’s instructions.

‘Still, it’s thanks to the fact that the Marquis worked in advance, but I heard that most people are convinced that it was a coincidental meeting.’

Viscount Susfield had already had everything planned before Diana and Cayden met.

As soon as this afternoon, those who bought the Viscount’s money said, ‘The illegitimate child of the Susfields became Cinderella?’ They spread the paper with the article on it to the streets.

In addition, rumors spread at a frightening speed thanks to the excitement of the aristocrats who saw Cayden, who had been acting with no interest in women, behaved affectionately.

Perhaps when they woke up, everyone in the capital would have been deceived by a scam disguised as this romance.

Diana thought so and swallowed her sigh lightly.

‘Of course, Rebecca will not be easily fooled, but the suspicion will continue.’

So he had to look like a man in love, knowing nothing as much as possible while staying at the Imperial Palace as the third prince.

Recalling that the subject of that ‘love’ was Cayden, Diana was startled without realizing it.

“…”

A dimly lit room with only pale scarlet candles flickering.

She crouched on the bed and gently fiddled with her ribbon-studded headdress made of flowers that Kaden had given her.

[Let’s pretend that it was me, not the Miss, who fell in love at first sight. Maybe that side is a little closer to the truth.]

[I wish you all the best, Diana.]

Sunlight, wind. The slight heat that she felt right next to her.

When she recalled the day, she somehow became dizzy, so she put the flowers carefully on the table and blew out the candle.

~*~

The next day, an early morning that was embarrassing to call it morning.

Diana was lifted up from  Madame de Sue’s arm a few hours after barely falling asleep, comforting her strangely quivering mind.

She murmured as she was taken while half-asleep to the bathroom.

“Madam.”

“Yes, yes. I’m here. Do you have a favorite scent? I didn’t get to look at it yesterday.”

“I’m sorry, but can you let me sleep more?”

“Unfortunately, no. Hey, Melly, bring me some sweetened milk.”

Diana had no choice but to go into the bathtub crying at Madame de Sue’s determined attitude.

When she came out after finishing her bath business, the sky was bright.

‘Why does it feel like there’s so much noise outside?’

Diana tilted her head while sitting in front of the dressing table and finishing dressing.

When she pricked up her ears, the outside of the room, to be exact, the front door of the mansion, was somehow noisy.

When she heard urgent footsteps, a person who seemed to be a maid knocked on the door.

“Lady, I’m going in for a moment.”

“Come on in.”

When Diana finished her sentence awkwardly, the door opened and a maid came in.

Somehow, with a reminiscent face, she bowed her head and said.

“Your highness, the third prince, sent flowers. He said he would like to drink tea together on Parmandy Street today.”

“Oh, my”.

“Oh my god! Miss, I told you this, right? The marriage will continue from today! It’s good that I prepared it in advance. Otherwise, you wouldn’t have been able to meet the time.”

Melly and Madame de Sue made a fuss and clapped their hands.

Diana raised herself in a very embarrassing mood.

“Where did you put the flowers?”

“First of all, I piled it up near the entrance. It’s too much to keep in your room.”

“Piled it up? What?”

Diana, who thought of a bouquet at best, was embarrassed and went out of the room.

Looking over the railing with her upper body slightly bent, she quickly lost her words.

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“What’s all that?”

Blue-purple mini delphiniums, pale pink catarina roses, and white star flowers filled the hall on the first floor, which was too difficult to count.

Even through the wide open front door, people still carried flowers coming and going.

At that time, the Viscount Susfield, who was supervising the servants with a happy face, raised his head to see if he felt a presence.

Finding Diana, he stretched the corners of his mouth and beckoned with a smile.

“What are you doing there? Come down and see. This is what the third prince, His Majesty, sent to you.”

Diana found Milard grimacing at Viscount Susfield’s side.

She really didn’t want to go down, but that doesn’t mean there was no other way, so she was forced to go down.

Anyway, it seemed like it would be better to get out of the mansion quickly, even if there was an endless waiting for Cayden at the meeting place.

“Good morning. Lord, Master.”

Diana came downstairs and politely greeted the two of them before she looked around the flowers.

When she saw that there were many flowers with the same color as her hair and eyes, she felt strange even though she knew that this was acting to deceive people’s eyes.

‘Even if it’s a marriage with a purpose, it’s okay to say that… he was also a good person by nature.’

Diana patted the petals.

At that time, Millard, who was uncomfortably looking at the series of situations, could not bear it and opened his mouth.

“Father. Why the hell aren’t you throwing away these cumbersome things right now?”

“Ugh, that’s cumbersome. If you ignore the sincerity of the sender like that, it’s useless.”

“It’s the third prince who sent it, so it’s not a problem! They are our enemies!”

Millard was furious as his face was shriveled up.

Viscount Susfield then beckoned people with a calm face.

Placing a hand on Millard’s shoulder, he whispered softly in a caring manner.

“Son, the third prince is blinded by a love like now and made a big mistake. How good is it for us to have such a chance for a man without a family to build a reliable backbone like this?”

Diana strengthened her senses with her magical powers and heard those words. She wanted to create a plausible political cause as well.

“Of course, the nominal dowry must be given, but that alone cannot turn the tables.”

“But…”

“Victory definitely belongs to the First Princess. So, for the time being, take good care of that child, so that she doesn’t think nonsense.”

Milard finally agreed with Viscount Susfield and nodded his head slightly.

Diana thought that Viscount Susfield and his son, attached side to side, resembled two rats.

‘It’s strange that people have eyes for people like them.’

Diana, who shook her head, looked out the door, wondering if there were still flowers left.

Then a young man in a completely different outfit entered the open door.

“Are you there? This is a letter from the 1st Crown Princess to the Viscount Susfield.”

The young man who slightly grabbed the end of his hat and bowed his head took out a letter from his arms and held it out.

Viscount Susfield’s face hardened subtly at the words of 1st princess. He quickly raised the corners of his mouth and accepted the letter.

After the mailman left, Viscount Susfield opened the letter.

“What are you doing, Father?”

Millard asked with a look of anticipation.

Viscount Susfield answered with a friendly smile.

“The Crown Princess said congratulations on the possibility that she might become a sister-in-law, and asked about having a meal with Diana as well with the family.”

“Is that true? Time is running out to prepare from now on. I’ll go right up and get ready.”

Millard ran upstairs with a flushed face.

Diana stiffened for a moment when she heard that the 1st princess had invited her.

In the sense that time has slowed down. The sound of her heart beating gradually inflated her body.

Without realizing it, she was clutching the hem of her dress so tightly that her knuckles turned white.

‘So fast…’

To bring Rebecca down, she couldn’t avoid meeting her anyways.

She had agreed to marry Cayden and enter the imperial palace, so she knew that even more so.

But it was too early and sudden.

Was it because she was immersed in Cayden’s thoughts most of the day yesterday?

As soon as she heard the name Rebecca, she felt like she was thrown into the cold reality from a warm dream.

The difference was so stark that it was surprising.

At that time, the Marquis coughed in vain and started to talk.