I don't want to be loved (Book II)

Chapter 214: This time, I'll be by your side

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Lalisa's face was as pale as a sheet. She was lying in bed while a doctor was examining her for the second time.

"Both the mother and child are fine, you don't have to worry so much about them."

Jungkook let out a relieved sigh. However, he still looked anxiously at the doctor while waiting for the examination to finish.

"However, you must let the Queen rest without any complications from now on, regardless of what happens."

"Will she be ok if she rests?"

"Yes. Please, do not give any additional stress to the Queen such as now. Of course, she must rest her body as well."

When the doctor left, Jungkook, Raymond and Mrs. Cessly moved to the adjacent room, where they sat silently for a while. Raymond and Mrs. Cessly would occasionally steal some glances at Jungkook, but none of them dared say anything.

They couldn't really tell what Jungkook was thinking from his stoic expression alone. In the end, Mrs. Cessly couldn't stand the silence any longer and lightly stepped on Raymond's foot. Raymond gave her an annoyed glare and cleared his throat, but before he could say anything, Igor spoke first.

"James Lyurik's corpse. Did you get rid of it?"

Raymond q was actually quite happy of being asked about this topic rather than something else, so he replied enthusiastically. If it was something related to work, he'd happily speak of the issue at length.

"We've seized the body for now. We tried to keep alive some of his subordinates, but they all committed suicide. We were planning on sparing at least one... but it was not possible. It seems like they'd planned on killing themselves anyway incase their plan failed."

"...and the Crown Prince will pretend he knew nothing of this."

That was quite clear from the looks of it. Since the plan failed, they all sealed their lips forever. Even If Jungkook demanded compensation from Chrichton for this murder attempt, they'd only pretend that it was all Danil's idea, and that they had nothing to do with it.

"But we cannot let this slide. Regardless of what happens, we must demand an appropriate compensation for the Queen's assassination attempt!"

Mrs. Cessly spoke those words in a fit of fury but Raymond knew best. The Crown Prince would not admit to his crimes, so the only way for Chrichton to pay an appropriate compensation would be through war.

War wasn't a trivial matter. People would only go to war once they've accepted to sacrifice many lives in the process. The fact that they were victorious during the first war with almost no casualties could only be considered a miracle. But this time it would be different. The Queen was had Chrichton blood on her. If she tried seeking revenge for what they did to her, it would only put her in a more unfortunate position.

"We'll make sure they pay the appropriate price."

A low growl came from Jungkook's mouth. Raymond felt frightened by Jungkook's words. He thought that perhaps the King had lost his senses because of what happened to his Queen.

"Your Majesty, war is not a joke..."

"That man will definitely pay for what he's done. And I'll make sure he pays the price I want."

Oh.

Jungkook didn't mean war. Raymond didn't know what he wanted, but it seemed like he had a plan.

"I understand."