When the party was in full swing, Carlisle and Helen headed for the room upstairs. She had prepared the place in advance so that they wouldnât be disturbed no matter what happened here. She expected to spend a very long night with him. Helen gave a secret smile at the thought.
âYour Highness, will you please take your jacket off?â
Carlisle removed it without a reply. Helen swallowed hard as she noticed his muscled form was hinted underneath his tight shirt.
âIâll have it cleaned, so please wait here, Your Highness.â
She rushed outside the room with Carlisleâs jacket. Standing by the front door was Sarah, holding a tray of tea she had prepared. She had arrived at the party late and looked nervous, but Helen was so excited that she took no notice of it.
âI think the prince has fallen in love with me.â
âWhat?â
Despite Sarahâs confused reaction, Helen continued on ecstatically.
âInstead of getting angry when I spilled wine on him, he looked at me in the eyes, and thenâŚhe followed me here.â
âI see.â
Sarahâs reaction was more muted than usual, but Helenâs mood was soaring.
âMaybe I donât even need to use what Iâve prepared.â
âSo youâre not going to use it?â
âWhat are you saying! Of course with enough time heâll come over to me, but I want him tonight.â
Helen turned over her wrist, spilling the aphrodisiac from the jeweled bracelet into the tea. Her eyes glistened greedily. Once Carlisle drank this, it would be all over. He would lust after her body like an animal, and Helen would be the poor young lady who was forced to lose her chastity to him. At that point, Carlisle would have no choice but to take responsibility. She had the backing of Marquis Selby and Empress Ophelia, and Carlisle would not be able to refuse her. And after entering the palace, perhaps she could poison Elena and take the position of Crown Princess one day.
âIt would be nice to have a child tonightâŚâ
There would be no greater power than to bear Carlisleâs first child, and made sure to eat foods that promoted pregnancy. She smiled and took the tray from Sarah.
âYou can go now. Keep an eye so that no one else comes here. Do you understand?â
âYes.â
Sarah gave a nod. At any other time, her lukewarm reaction would be suspicious, but Helen simply smiled at the rosy future unfolding before her eyes. She entered back into the room where Carlisle was waiting, holding the tea with a brightened look on her face.
The time had finally arrived. However, Carlisle was simply sitting on an armchair looking bored. She admired the slender length of his crossed legs, but he looked completely uninterested in her entrance. She cleared her throat.
âHmm mmm!â
Only at the noise did Carlisleâs blue eyes shift. He frowned at her and spoke.
âDid you go yet?â
âWhat?â
âCome back when the cleaning is done. Donât bother me.â
ââŚ!â
She was stunned speechless by his cold reaction. She thought they had a special connection. Helenâs expression began to wrinkle slowly.
âYour Highness, if you knew who I was, you would be ashamed by how I am being treated.â
An unfriendly light shone in Carlisleâs eyes.
âWho are you?â
âYouâve already met me and youâre pretending youâve already forgottenââ
âYou want me ask who you are?â
Helen winced at the hostility in his voice. Carlisle could easily catch anyoneâs eye, but standing in the line of his charisma was an intense experience. Helen suddenly remembered the time he casually appeared at a party with a manâs severed head. She had almost forgotten about it.
âI, IâŚâ
Helen was confused in how to answer. When her and Elena fought at that party, she had faced Carlisle. She couldnât believe that he had already forgotten her. Before now, she assumed that she didnât have a large impression on him, but in reality she was completely nonexistent to him.
Helen bit her lip before putting on a smile.
âIâm Helen Selby. I thought youâd be lonely waiting alone, but I can help you with thatâŚâ
Helen placed the silver tray on the table, and handed over the tea laced with aphrodisiac.
âI prepared this as an apology for ruining your clothes, so please accept this. I wonât feel relieved otherwise. I will take my leave if you accept my sincere apology.â
Despite Helenâs meek demeanor, Carlisleâs stony expression did not soften. However, he accepted the cup and slowly lifted it to his lips, as he even found exchanging words with her annoying.
He paused before he took a sip and inhaled the scent of the tea. Suddenly, his eyes turned sharp. His mouth twisted into a smile, and when he spoke his voice was terrifying cold.
âYou dareââ
But before he could even finish, the door to the room burst open. Imperial guards streamed into the room, led by none other by Elena. As if that werenât enough, a large number of nobles had gathered when they saw something was happening.
Elena observed Carlisle and Helen alone in the room, then addressed the guards behind her.
âArrest her.â
Helenâs eyes trembled violently.
âWhat the hell is this?â
âIf you have any excuses, say it at interrogation room of the Imperial Palace, Lady Selby.â
As soon as Elena finished speaking, the guards behind her rushed over and grabbed Helen by both her arms. They also took the tea on the table as evidence.
Helen began yelling hysterically.
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âLet go of me! Donât you dare! How can you do this to me?â
Elena stared at Helen with a cold expression and replied in a steel-hard voice.
âI was informed that you placed a drug in the teacup. Weâll find out what the ingredients are. However, you must realize that you can be charged with murder even attempting such a plan.â
âM-murder?â
Helenâs eyes widened in shock. She had simply used an aphrodisiac. Even if it was revealed that she had no intention of murder, she and her family could be destroyed at the hands of society.
âWhat are you talking about? I never intended to kill him. I justâŚjustâŚâ
Helen was unable to connect her words, and Elena continued to glare down at her.
âWhatever your intentions are, just trying to secretly place something in the Crown Princeâs drink is enough to accuse you of murder. Do you understand?â