Lost || Claude De Alger Obelia

Nineteen

Duties.

You almost forgot about your duty as his wife, how you're supposed to take care of his country alongside him. The only thing you're almost focused on is how Diana is trying to replace you by doing something stupid, like walking around the palace feigning ignorance regarding her choice of clothes or the way she tries to have a conversation with Claude. Diana has been actively seducing him even if you were there, she doesn't seem to care.

Claude on the other hand also noticed this behavior and has been openly ignoring Diana as much as he could, he did not want you to misunderstood his intentions with the blonde woman. But it's so hard to do so especially when Diana is doing her very best to make you misunderstand whenever you're around, it has come to a point where you would avoid him once in a while. The emperor did not like that, and so did you.

Just as you walk through the hallways of the palace, you see Diana running to an opposite direction. She seems to be in a hurry and you wanted to know why. So as the curious woman you are, you immediately followed the direction where she ran a while ago and saw her turning to another way which you recognize as the way towards your chambers with Claude. Your heart burned in anxiety as you walk down the hallway without a thought, the maids around you bowed in respect yet you couldn't reciprocate their loyalty for that day. You needed to see what was going on.

Why on earth was she running towards your shared chambers with Claude?

Did he finally think that you're not enough to satisfy him as a wife? Is that why Diana is so eager to run around the palace as if she's the Empress? Was that it? Did Claude finally gave her the consent to mess around your marital bed?

That dreadful feeling in your stomach worsened once you reached the chambers, eyes looking over the big doors of the room full of anxiety. You didn't wait any further to check as you opened the door without even announcing your presence, you wanted to catch them. You wanted to scream at Diana to stop her plans in replacing you.

Stop, stop..

"What nonsense is this?" Claude's angered voice echoed through the room as he found himself glaring down a fearful Diana whose eyes  gazed at him with emotions "Are you trying to bed yourself to me?"

Those words were enough to make you freeze on your spot as you watch him put that blonde woman to her place, his jewel blue eyes glared at her angrily which made your heart out at ease. What was this feeling? You didn't know, all you know is that you're relieved about it. Claude didn't want to bed her, it wasn't that way.

But your poisoned mind said otherwise, you weren't going to believe all of this yet.

What if they were just pretending so that you won't suspect a thing? It could be possible, considering how a smart man your husband is. He may have been a jerk to you at some point, but he did become kind later on. Yet again, what of all of it was only a facade to ease your worries so you won't bring yourself to death once again?

All of this was making your world spin around, clutching your head as you felt lightweight at the crippling anxiety inside you. This isn't good, you should have a better composure than this.

"But, is it not to your liking?" Diana pleadingly asked him "Things like these aren't harmful, your highness!"

You almost laughed, how is this not harmful? What was she trying to prove?

You wanted to say something, how absurd this was and you wanted to kill this woman for trying to wreck whatever you're almost done building. You never wanted to be discarded like a trash, not when you have adjusted to your status and life. Not when Obelia felt more comfortable than your own home, not when Claude has been treating you fine.

I don't want to be lost again, step away!

Claude is angered, he didn't want any misunderstandings around the palace as he's trying to keep his relationship abay with you. There might not be romance presented in your marriage with him, but then again he's doing as much as he could to keep you sane in this relationship. He wasn't going to let it be ruined by a mere woman who can't keep her hands to herself.

"I have mistook a judgement the moment I brought you home" he hissed "This is not what I have expected."

Was it really not? Or maybe he's just telling himself that to ease his cheating mind?

They didn't even look once at your direction, it seemed like you didn't exist for them. Was it because Claude was too angry and that Diana was too focused on soothing him? Maybe that's it, and you want nothing to do but strip that woman away from him. You want to punish her for being stupid and nosy, you want to punish her for seducing your husband.

You want to humiliate her, you want to end her life.

With all of their exchanged arguments you could only stare at them with burning anxiety and anger, how dare this wrench come here to ruin your life? Your parents have ruined it for you, and someone here is trying to do the same? What kind of life do you have? What did your past self do for you to live a life like this? You're too embarrassed to talk, you're too upset to yell at them.

Yet with all the strength you gather. Your lips finally opened to talk, anger seeping through your body as you find yourself yelling at her.

"May the heavens curse you wretched woman! How dare you try to seduce my husband while I fulfill my duties as a wife and Empress of this country! I pray that you will lead a miserable life, how dare you step out of the boundaries with your delusions!"