The Eldest Daughter Walks Down The Flower Path - Chapter 257
Chapter 257
Translator: Yonnee
—
Applause erupted among the nobles.
“Congratulations, Your Highness the Third Prince!”
“If it’s Lady Ruthwell, she had grown up with the princes. A long-time bond has finally borne fruit.”
“They make such a well-matched pair!”
Their words were true.
Olivier and Elizabeth indeed looked like a perfect couple.
Though both stood as still as statues.
Radis watched as Elizabeth, who had been leaning against Olivier’s chest, carefully stepped away from him.
Her light green eyes trembled with guilt towards Olivier, and with feelings she couldn’t fully hide.
Radis realized that the person Elizabeth had feelings for was Olivier.
‘Lady Elizabeth…’
Amidst the people’s blessings, Elizabeth gazed at Olivier with a lost look.
Seeing his stern expression, tears began to well up in her green eyes.
As her tears began to fall, Olivier let out a thin sigh.
His deeply sunken eyes seemed to say, ‘It’s not your fault.’
Olivier slowly placed his hand on her shoulder, letting her lean on him.
They looked like a pair of seashells that had been weathered by the tides but originally belonged together.
It seemed Radis wasn’t the only one who felt this way.
The onlookers began to cheer in admiration.
“What a truly beautiful couple…”
“Congratulations, Your Highness the Third Prince!”
As she watched them, Radis couldn’t help but think of Yves standing close to Lady Corril.
When she saw them together, she had felt furious enough to lose her mind.
But now, she genuinely wished for Olivier and Elizabeth’s happiness.
Radis recalled something Elizabeth had said.
“But Dame, what’s precious and what you desire are different things.”
Cruelly enough, at that moment, Radis could clearly see the difference between the two.
She felt her blood run cold.
‘I… like Yves.’
She turned to look at Yves standing beside her and was startled.
Yves was staring down at her, his hands covering his mouth.
“W-What? Why are you looking at me like that?”
Yves parted his hands slightly to form a small trumpet and whispered into it.
“Radis, are you alright?”
The sight of his neatly cupped hands, so big and beautiful, made Radis’s blood freeze over.
And those red lips moving inside the hand megaphone…
Trying to shake off the temptation, she tossed her head slightly and asked in a cold voice,
“What do you mean?”
“What do I mean? I thought you liked the Third Prince?”
“……!”
Radis felt as if she had been punched in the chest.
‘Lord Olivier is someone precious to me. The one I like is you, Marquis.’
Instead of saying that, she smiled and stepped back.
“Get away from me.”
“No.”
“Why are you clinging to me like this?”
Yves draped an arm over her shoulder and whispered sweetly,
“Why else? Because I like you.”
“……!”
He leaned in close and breathed a long, warm sigh into her ear,
“Radis, should I… comfort you?”
Radis almost jumped out of her skin at his intimate whisper.
“W-What kind of comfort?”
Yves nonchalantly spread his arms wide and said,
“Huh? Well, for starters, you can cry in my arms.”
Radis punched him in the chest with her fist.
“Are you crazy?”
But it seemed her punch lacked the strength to make him angry.
Even after getting hit, Yves just smirked.
“Last time, you did that. You cried and sniveled all over me. It was so cute.”
He grabbed Radis’s hand, which had punched his chest, brought it to his lips, and kissed the back of her hand with a loud smack.
“……!”
With his lips pressed against the back of her hand, Yves whispered intimately.
“And just for you, I can unbutton my shirt and hold you too.”
The sensation of his soft lips against her hand was so overwhelming that Radis trembled like someone pierced through the heart with a poisoned arrow.
Mustering all her strength, Radis said,
“U-Unbutton your shirt for His Highness…!”
“What…? Why in front of His Highness?”
“T-The first time we met! You almost did that, didn’t you? Don’t you remember? Y-Yves, why are you so… so loose with your sh-shirt buttons?”
Want to read more? Advanced chapters are available on Patreon! (for selected novels only)
≪ Discord ≫
≪ Novel Updates ≫
YOU MAY ALSO LIKE
