DEVIOUS LOVE

Chapter 29 - The Darkest Hearts

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Jennie's stomach grumbled. She was seated before an enormous table that was in the center of the beautiful dining room. Windows were aplenty, allowing sunlight to bask upon the pearl white floors, with gold embezzled within the polish. The table stretched from one half of the room to the other half, revealing bountiful dishes of all sorts of color, aroma, and culture.

There were waffles, pancakes, rice porridge, milk tea, and even more.

Presented before Jennie was a plate of salad and soup. The food was within reach. She glanced down at the salad, which consisted of brown sugar glazed beetroots, freshly harvested corn, spinach, kale and so much more, with a lovely balsamic sauce.

"Is the food not to your liking?"

Jennie raised her head. In her long, slender fingers was a crystal wine glass, with a suspiciously dark red liquid. She prayed it was just red wine.

"T-the good looks great," she said.

Lisa narrowed her eyes that turned bright crimson, revealing she was carefully studying her.

Jenie 's hands trembled. It was fine. No one would say anything. She lifted the salad fork and knife, watching as she raised a curious brow. She grabbed more dressing from the table, and poured it upon the salad, watching the leaves get soaked through.

"Or would you prefer to eat something else?" Lisa mused.

Jennie 's head shot up. She felt like there was more than one meaning to her words.

"T-this is f-fine..." Jennie began to mix the salad, until the volume of it began to shrink a bit, as the spring mix of leaves became wilted from the sauce.

She lifted the fork to her mouth but then paused. "Aren't you going to eat as well?"

"Right."

Lisa quietly lifted the spoon to her mouth, pretending to drink it, when in reality she was watching her the entire time. She had placed down the fork and shifted the food to the other side of the plate.

Then, she lifted another forkful of the salad.

Just as it was about to touch her lips, she spoke again. "B-by the way, w-when will I return to the Marden Estate?"

Lisa chose to not comment on the fact that Marden Estate was actually under the Rose family's name. Did she not know that? Viscount Sebastian Marden had borrowed the house from Kaline, who was generous enough to let them reside in it for as long as they wanted.

"There is no need for you to return there," Lisa slowly commented. She wiped her mouth and took a sip of her wine. "I've sent a letter to them."

Jennie slowly nodded. She played with her food, moving it from one side of the plate to the other, pushing the salad together. When she began to stare, Jennie lifted the fork again.

"W-what kind of letter?"

"To inform them you are to be my wife."

Her utensils loudly clattered onto the table. It slid off the plate, just as her head shot up in horror.

"Isn't that what we agreed on?" Lisa mused. She settled the wine glass down and leaned forward, resting her chin on a propped-up arm.

"—that you are to be the Queen of the Wraith Empire?"