[Bonus chapter]

All of them felt like they were gagging. The man was so nauseating yet dangerous. They did not dare to go against him.

The moment the door of the room closed, Oli's eyes turned colder.

"What is with all this act?"

"I was attacked in the market by a carriage trying to run over me. They used a child as a way to lure me." 

Alex's eyes narrowed and the temperature around her turned colder instantly. 

"And you think that footmen are responsible for it?" he did not remember seeing that person in his staff before.

"He changed his position from your regular footmen to go with me and he was the one worried when I returned without a scratch.

I would have still thought that it was a coincidence if the knights you sent me had not told me that they were late to protect me because the carriage chose a different path to reach the market. I have asked the coachmen and he told me that the footmen was the one who offered the way of shortcut.