Princess Ellen took a deep breath, although prince Sebastian saw her hesitation, he pretended not to notice anything. Since things have gotten to this point he wanted to find any opportunity to be close to his sunshine.


    He knew deep down that even if she was acting brave, she will be unconsciously scared of him. So he wanted to start making her feel comfortable around him again. So he pulls her out of the room and leads her to his own chamber.


    Princess Ellen pinned her lips and follow him. She was afraid that he will misunderstand her if she rejected going with him. Who knew if he will get angry and suck her life out of her. So she followed obediently.


    She did not even realize that her thought process towards the prince has changed because of what she witnessed that morning. Nobody will want to die the way that man died so it was not her fault for thinking this way and acting with self-awareness.


    When they got into the room, prince Sebastian had taken off his mask. Old habits are said to die hard. In the past when the prince took off his mask the princess will always want to look at his face. Back then she had been attracted to his eyes


    So she subconsciously looked up at his face but her gaze locked in her eyes. When she saw those blue eyes that used to be what she liked most about the prince, she become scared and took two steps back.


    The image of how the prince Beautiful eyes had turned red and he tuning into that Beast played in her memory so she become afraid and took two steps back.


    When the prince saw her reaction, he felt a bit sad but it was expected. "If you are so scared you can return to your chamber and have a bath," prince Sebastian said. He was unwilling to push her beyond her limit.


    When princess Ellen heard him, she came back to her senses. She was still scared but she did not want anything to go wrong with their relationship. The fact that her husband''s appearance was cursed did not mean she should run away from him.


    Moreover, she had been the one that insisted, she could not possibly act like a coward and run away. One must face their fear. Besides she was convinced that she did not need to fear the man before her. "So what he is a breast, he treated her well,"


    When you like a person, it should not be about their physical appearance. His heart towards her was pure, so she did not have the heart to hurt him. She could not make him feel miserable. She wondered how sad and lowly he would have been all these years.


    After having all these thoughts, she  Instantly forgot about her shyness and walked over to him. This time she looked at his face but skillfully avoided his eyes. As long as she was unable to see those eyes she was able to push the image at the back of her mind. She even took the initiative to hold his hand. "Let have a bath," her words came out of her mouth with no hesitation found in her tone.


    Seeing that she was putting in so much effort the prince was moved. It seem he was right, for him to see her as his sunshine. He knew that she was still feeling a bit scared but she made the effort to accommodate his feelings.


    This was all the prince wanted, for her not to resent or hate him. From her action, he could tell that she was not behaving the way she did because she was scared. It was because she was concerned about him. This thought alone was enough to ease his heart, he felt warmth all over. The atmosphere between the two that was tensed moments age ease up, and harmony return.


    .....


    While this two getting along, the atmosphere in lord Carrero''s house was tense.


    "Have you gone out of your mind? How dare you provoke the prince. Do you think my house Correro will survive in Avalo if the prince marks us as an enemy?" lord Correro was angry. Over the last two days, there have been different rumors going about.


    People were talking about how the princess from Bozoa is not fit to become their Queen. At first, he did not pay attention to rumors like this. After all, he felt like this had nothing to do with him.


    That was until Late in the afternoon the previous day, he overheard two maids murmuring about Vera getting married to the crown prince. They had somehow found out that Vera''s marriage to prince Craig was something arranged by the family. Since this was the case Vera had a chance of becoming the next Queen if she married the prince.


    Especially since a lot of people were dissatisfied with the princess from Bozoa. Lord Carrero found their conversation strange but he did not give it much thought.


    After all, it was normal for the maids to allow their imagination to run wild. But later that evening he realized that things could not be that simple. If the different families were trying to convert the prince then it would have made sense but the rumor had not spread that way.


    In fact, the talk going around made it sound as though the prince has already agreed to marry Vera.


    It was at this point he realized that things were not so simple. Someone was deliberately trying to spread this gossip among the people. Although many noble ladies will not listen to gossip it did not mean they will not hear about it.


    Moreover, the person who started this gossip was too Obvious. If the person had just stopped at spreading the fact that the prince from Bozoa could not be their queen everything will have been fine.


    Even if the prince rejected the idea it will not link to the person who spread the news but putting the fact that Vera''s name has been involved his wife becomes his first suspect.


    The only other person who would spread such news will be an enemy trying to push Vera out of the race to marry the prince, but this possibility was too small. After all, Vera has been engaged to prince Craig for over four years and the two have a good relationship. No one will still remember that the engagement was between their families and not the choice of the two children.


    So he was almost certain that his dumb wife have something to do with the rumor. ''But how dare she provokes the prince?'' So did this morning he decided to comfort her about it.


    He still prayed and hoped that this had nothing to do with her.. The crown prince of Avalo was not someone his family could afford to offend especially since he would be crown king in two days.