Chapter 282
Garbisch said gently, “Jessica, you’re not to blame for this. You didn’t know anything back then. You are innocent.”
Garbisch had merely intended to offer Jessica a few words of comfort, but he wasn’t exactly skilled with language. The more he tried to speak, the worr Jessica’s expression grew.
Garbisch said earnestly, “Jessica, I’m not here to pressure you. It’s your life, your choice. No matter what you decide, I’ll always have your back”
Jessica finally looked up at him with a faint smile and said, “I’m fine. We have to escort the Askar delegation out of the city tomorrow. Garbisch, you should go back and get some rest. I’m also tired and want to turn in early.”
“Jessica…” Garbisch hesitated.
“I’m exhausted.”
With a resigned sigh, Garbisch escorted her to the gates of Moonchase Hall before turning back.
Jessica returned to her room, dismissing Monica. After bathing and changing, she opened the window.
The figure outside remained as aloof and solitary as ever. Yet tonight, it inexplicably carried an air of loneliness to Jessica’s eyes.
“Do you want to talk out there?” she quipped, casually opening the window before turning back inside to brew coffee herself.
She brewed coffee, known for its calming properties.
Leon slipped swiftly inside.
The window was casually shut, sealing in the room’s warmth.
Outside, the autumn night carried a faint chill.
Jessica instinctively glanced at his outfit. It seemed a bit too thin for the chilly night.
Perhaps it was his robust physique that made him impervious to the cold. Anyone else would have caught a cold.
Leon glanced down at himself and quickly said, “I’m clean. I showered and changed.”
Jessica was stunned for a moment, suddenly recalling how that night she’d complained about Leon rushing back, all grimy from the journey. She even told him he reeked.
Looking back now, he had rushed back for days and nights just to see her that night. The moment he arrived in Capitalia, he didn’t even return to his Leon House. He came straight here to her first.
Moreover, the first time he paid a formal visit to the Yates family, he had just rushed back overnight after meeting with the King. The very next morning, he went straight to see her before seeing anyone else.
She thought, ‘I do seem to matter in his heart.‘
“Care for a cup of coffee?” Jessica poured the coffee and handed it to him.
Leon took the cup, hesitated briefly, then settled into the chair.
“Your Highness, you seem rather ill at ease tonight?” she teased with a smirk. “That’s so unlike your usual Demon King persona.”
“Wouldn’t I feel awkward seeing you again after being gently turned down by you after I confessed to you in public? That’s only natural,” Leon quipped. Yet the moment she said that, the last trage of discomfort on Leon’s face vanished instantly.
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Leon settled comfortably into the chair, his enviably long legs stretching out with careless grace. His lazy and arrogant demeaner vle die
inch.
And just like that, the Demon King persona was back in full force.
Jessica sat across from him, leisurely sipping her coffee. She asked, “Your Highness, when you made that public declaration, did it ever cross your micr that I’d outright refuse?”
Leon replied simply, “Yes, I did.”
“Then, why did you still say it?” asked Jessica, raising an
eyebrow.
Leon let out a scoff. “If I hadn’t spoken up, Malik, the bastard, would have been forced to propose to you. Then, how exactly would you have turned him down?”
Sure, Malik deserved the humiliation, but at the end of the day, he was still the Prince of Askar.
Jessica deliberately put on an expectant look. If Malik did propose and she turned him down, it would be a direct insult to Askar’s royal dignity.
Even the King wouldn’t allow it.
Jessica chuckled, “If I dared to challenge him in the first place, you can bet I already have my grounds for refusal.”
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