Chapter 116: Her Henchman
"A wounded pigeon fell in front of . I was about to heal the small wound on its wing when this woman suddenly harassed
and accused
of intentionally catching the pigeon. But why would I do that? It wasn’t even carrying a missive," explained Julian when Lauren asked what happened. He was still on his knees and tied.
"My pigeon was heading to the castle. One can easily assu that it carried a missive for the royal court so I thought he was an intruder snooping around the castle. If Your Majesty can attest to this man’s innocence, I shall bid my apologies," said Edith. Her hand left Julian’s shoulder.
"He is one of my henchn," Lauren said and raised two fingers in the air, gesturing for Julian to stand.
Julian raised a brow at Edith cockily. Accepting her mistake, Edith didn’t leave any remark and untied the man with a stern expression on her face.
"One of your henchn?" Alec squinted his eyes darkly. He knew that Lauren must have her own people helping her outside the castle but he didn’t expect her henchman to be this young and vigorous.
"Your Majesty," Julian bowed to Alec with a polite tone.
"Yes, he is Julian," Lauren answered Alec briefly before turning to her subordinate. "Follow ."
Alec watched Lauren walk out of the hall with the young man following her and it didn’t escape his eye how Julian’s eyes twinkled in adoration while looking at Lauren. Alec couldn’t help but put malice in it.
However, what he didn’t know, Julian always acted like a pet giddy for his master’s attention whenever he was around Lauren. Although Julian was actually a year older than Lauren, when Darius started training him, it was Lauren who made it easier for him to improve himself. She beca like a big sister figure to him.
Lauren led Julian to the tearoom. After they were served tea, she told the maids to leave them.
"Congratulations, Your Majesty," Julian said with a big smile. He didn’t know what exactly Lauren had gone through in the castle but he knew she had a hard ti surviving the claws of the royal family. And now that Lauren had achieved her plans, he couldn’t be any happier for her.
"You have a cut on your eyebrow. I think your training wasn’t enough seeing that you were knocked down easily by a female," Lauren shook her head as if she was disappointed.
"Hah! Had I fought back, there was no way this would happen. I only cut her off so slack because she’s a woman and I recognized the military pin she wore. Besides, I know you will co to my aid." Julian gulped the tea like water, forgetting it was hot. He almost spit the tea in his mouth but rembering the person across from him was his master, he forced the hot liquid to his throat.
"You are still so clumsy, Julian," Lauren sounded like she was reprimanding her little brother.
"Pardon . I don’t drink tea that much." Julian chuckled.
anwhile, outside the tearoom, just in ti Alec stopped in front of the door, he heard the man’s chuckle. He looked at the door darkly and rembered how Lauren acted around the males she was close to. She was friendly and warmhearted to the people she liked and thinking that she was treating her henchman the sa, it crawled under Alec’s skin.
Lauren was about to ask Julian what he ca for when the door opened and Alec stepped into the room with a grim face. She brought her gaze to him.
"What is it?" She asked.
Julian glanced at Alec while sipping tea and he imdiately looked away when he saw the King’s dark glare at him. Seed like he just found Darius’ long lost brother, Julian thought, thinking that the two n had the sa intimidating air and a look that could kill.
"I thought you might want to know the agenda of today’s court eting. I have transferred to the King’s office. You can co after your discussion with your servant," Alec spat the word ’servant’ with disdain. "Aren’t you done yet?"
"Give us a minute. You go ahead. I will be there in a while," Lauren replied and sipped tea, oblivious to the death glare screaming in Alec’s face. She had grown accustod to her husband’s mood swings so she didn’t pay attention to his grumpiness.
When Alec left the room, Julian released a sigh of relief. Even though he wasn’t looking at the King earlier, he felt the tension in the air and how intense his stare at him was.
"King Alec is a scary man, Your Majesty. I had goosebumps when our eyes t," Julian shook his shoulders as if shaking off the eerie feeling he felt because of Alec’s presence. Leaning towards the table he asked in a low voice, "Are you sure he is not mistreating you?"
Lauren put her teacup down. A small smile tugged on her lips when she rembered how Alec massaged her aching feet last night. One could quickly assu that Alec wouldn’t hesitate to inflict violence on anyone including his wife, but in truth, he may be a cold-hearted man but he doesn’t do unreasonable violence. He had a twisted mind but he wasn’t soone who would push you off the cliff without a reason.
"I told you, he is not mistreating , otherwise I would have done sothing to get rid of him."
With Lauren’s assurance, Julian was relieved.
"That is good to hear. But I just feel a little uneasy around him. Didn’t you notice how he was glaring at
earlier? Perhaps... he’s jealous?"
"Jealous of what?" Lauren’s brows knitted in confusion.
"Jealous of
of course!"
"Why would he? You are my trusted manservant. He even had a female subordinate himself. It shouldn’t be a big deal." Besides, she wasn’t doing anything with Julian that would be deed malicious.
"Maybe because he doesn’t want you around a handso gentleman?"
Hearing Julian’s prideful claim of him being a handso gentleman made Lauren think that he must have been influenced by Ethan’s arrogance.
Disregarding their topic, Lauren asked.
"So, what news do you have about the task I have given you?"
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