Lady chalamet.

As nothing entertained her since she came here , Marianne grabbed her purse and rose from her seat.

She intended on strolling around the hall maybe something different might catch her interest.

She walked , squeezing through a crowd of women who were dancing at the center of the hall effortlessly listening to the sweet melody of music playing inside the hall.

Princess Adrianne's eyes were hardly following her behind restlessly searching for her. Where does she think she was going , I didn't plan anything yet, she thought mumbling under her shaky breath she said , "I must act now " she rose up from her seat and fumbled with her dress before she spotted her handmaiden as soon as she stepped out of the table , she saw lucrezia trailed behind Marianne and in just a minute she caught on her and deliberately spilled a drink on her gown before she rushly pushed her away and acted as if it was an accident that she was not aware about.

Everything happened in hurry and she couldn't believe her own eyes , actually she didn't expect her maid to do that well..she amazed her.

Marianne who was standing dumbfounded paralysed to just what happened in front of her, she looked down at her dress and in a fury she bit her lips trying so hard not to explode in anger.

What did just happen to her dress she cursed inwardly before her eyes caught on the one whom her mind thought she purposely did that on her.

She caught her hand before it could slip away.

How dare her ruining her dress and running away without apologising.

She pulled her closer and turned her face , she was confused when she found out it was just a maid.

She thought that giving her a one slap on her face could be able to pull on her nerves , how dare her stained her dress on this special occasion, judging from all the eyes that were looking at her now she felt embarrassed.

" You do really know nothing more than to run away after spilling on my dress. Is that mistress of yours teaching you to shun on others without apologising to them ?!" she groaned and stopped her eyes on her dress which was stained red by a wine which that maid just spilled it on her. Shoving the maid aside she dribbled on her dress and rubbed it as if washing the stain away, lucrezia's eyes widened in surprise hardly believing that Marianne just let her go when she only did was expecting worse from her.

" Surprised huh!....well lucky is on your side today as I can say I have no strength left dealing with you. I have to go so I can change on my another dress"

"I can't allow you to do that after speaking audacity over my daughter's name" as just as she finished her sentence the queen's voice ringed inside the hall as she walked her way towards her , passing through a crowd of women whose eyes widened even more after noticing what happened.

The queen's hand landed on the Marianne's right cheek as if it wasn't enough , another slap landed on her left.

The other women around them became suddenly speechless and seemed like their legs were glued to the floor. Trying their best not to interfere with the crop up scene.

" Speak audacity again under my daughter's name. Worse will come after you Marianne , since I'm not expecting it from you unless you want your father on my bad side" said the queen who walked her way out of the room as if the air inside was suffocating her. Her daughter princess Adrianne flashed a sly smile on her face as quickly as she followed her mother behind both she and her maid lucrezia who was trying her best to keep up with their paces.

Lady chalamet was left stalled at the hall while the invited guests were passing her making their way out of the hall. In fact there was nothing left to be done since the party owner had just left and the party was ruined as the result they can't enjoy it anymore. They stomped on their dresses and snorted under their gazes when they made their way out of the ballroom.

Their frustrations were mostly directed towards her like she was the culprit of the crop up scene , her pride swallowed her when her eyes wetted with tears and her cheeks turned slightly red , those slaps from the Queen were very strong enough to make her stop in her tracks as she couldn't brought herself to speak about what really happened. She probably made a mistake out of anger as there was no way she could know that she was a princess's maid but still what the Queen did doesn't sound irrational. Even if she knew that she was a princess's handmaiden she would probably still say the same thing since she didn't apologised to her for what she did.

She was a victim but it turns out that she was a culprit.

She was only thinking of slapping the maid but instead she was the one being slapped.

Oh lord , that was totally unfair.

Not wanting to proceed on tormenting her mind with such thoughts she ran outside the hall looking desperately for her escort. Her eyes widened when she noticed him standing beside the prince and his guards.

Almond , her body guard was speaking to the prince with great respect while him on the other hand trying his best to make the atmosphere around them more comfortable. His eyes darted to her side catching a glimpse of her dress , his mind seems to be taking the moment in until his eyes landed on her face.

"My lady " her body guard rushed to her side when he also caught a sight of her gown.

"It is nothing" she said waving her hands through the air likely hiding the fact that it wasn't a big deal. But that didn't went unnoticed as her face was swollen and her eyes were soaked with tears that at the moment she was wiping them away when she came to stand between them.

"You don't look alright, lady chalamet ! " prince Asa through his eyes couldn't let his worry went unnoticed " What happened ? " he asked. Marianne started fidgeting with her nails as she was afraid talking about it. Several ladies came out of the hall with displeasure displayed all over their faces , they looked very annoyed to the fact that their faces showed everything. He noticed, maybe something bad had happened inside the hall. Asa came to her side nailing even more indulging his curiosity on her. He put very much pressure deliberately to make her open up to him. Exactly he was indeed successful in that because his presence close to her increase on her nervousness as she couldn't completely control her mind over him but that didn't make her talk.

Sensing that she was afraid to open up , he let out a long breath before he could wrap his hand around her wrist and cautiously dragged her away towards his quarter.