Villainess! Your Father Wants to Marry Me!

Chapter 39: The Banquet

His lips parted for a moment. 

"I see," Ian nodded his head with a smile. He realized something that puzzled him for a decade. "So you were the daughter of the Marquis, Sister Gabriella."

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"Thank you for the wonderful dance, Your Grace," Gabriella smiled before showing her graceful etiquette with him by lifting her beautiful gown and bending her knees slightly. "Ahem, thank you for guiding my steps, I almost tripped off a while ago," She suddenly whispered.

Gabriella could feel glances from the other people, however, she decided to ignore them.

Although this incident could be the start of rumors between her and the Duke, she knows that it will immediately die when they announce the marriage of Her brother and Maria to the public. In short, this is not a problem.

Gabriella glanced in the direction of Maria who was currently frowning. The truth is she's glaring at her own father. When Maria glanced in Gabriella's direction, her face suddenly brightened with a smile.

Gabriella giggled when she saw Selena who always had a mysterious smile on her lips and  Melissa who was sitting beside Maria, stiffed. 

"I was the one who insisted on dancing with you, I do not mind," Evan replied to her. 

While the crowd is busy taking over the stage while dancing with their partners. Gabriella and the Duke decided to sneak out and elope--escape the party. 

She's sure a lot of Ladies would soon invite the Duke for a dance or a talk. Although Evan has a cold and stiff face, no one would deny that he's handsome and extremely powerful.

It's better to put some AHEM-- boundaries before those young ladies could start to bother the Duke.

"Maria and Gabriel's relationship was about to be announced later, it also means that Your Grace was about to leave," Gabriella suddenly spoke while walking beside the Duke. "Although we both know that Maria won't even say a word to you, Please bid her a goodbye."

The Duke stiffened for a while before nodding his head. "I will," He said as if an obedient child. 

Gabriella became silent when the atmosphere became awkward. In this type of situation, it is better to just appreciate the silence. 

Or maybe not.

Because the Duke suddenly spoke.

"Gabriella," Evan said while staring at Gabriella's face. "I have a request to make if I came back after replenishing the crack from the border between the mystical forest and our kingdom," He said with a serious look on his face.

"Ah? Yes? What is it? As long as I can do it I'll do it," Gabriella replied.

"You should call me by my name."

...

.....

Gabriella suddenly became speechless because of the Duke's request. The truth is she doesn't know how to react to it.

'He said to call him by his name... To call him Evan? or to call him Uncle Evan?' Gabriella thought bizarrely. 'I mean by this world's law, he's basically old as my father, but it's weird to call him uncle since he looks younger than his age.'

'Haiz, this is the reason why I'd rather call him Duke or Your Grace.'

Nevermind.

Gabriella smiled at the as she was about to reply, however, she suddenly felt someone tugging her gown. Her eyes went to the child who did that. 

Gabriella's eyes went wide when she saw the cute little boy with dazzling golden hair.

"Auntie," The boy uttered with gleaming eyes. 

"Yohan..." Gabriella uttered with a surprised tone. 

Gabriella knows that her father invited the king out of respect, but she also knows that the probability of the king, attending the banquet is low. That's why it's surprising to see the prince at the banquet.

Perhaps they are here for the Duke?

Or maybe the king found out that Maria is marrying her brother?

She's kinda worried for Maria right now, she'll surely encounter the king.

No, scratch that, she's more worried for her brother. Who knows if he suddenly attacked him?

Nonetheless, Gabriella shook her head to erase her thoughts. She immediately greeted the young prince with respect. "I greet the Crown Prince," She said. 

Yohan's eyes went wide before tugging Gabriella's skirt. "Auntwie you're really unclwe's bride," He said before looking at the Duke. 

Gabriella cough when she heard from Yohan. She glanced at the Duke who was also silenced by the child's remark, this suddenly made Gabriella nervous.

'Damn, I should really clear the misunderstanding,' she thought.

Gabriella really wanted to clear the misunderstanding right now, however...

Luck wasn't on her side.

"What bride? She's my mom!" Gabriella became stiff when a raven-haired boy slapped Yohan's hand away from her gown. "Don't touch her!" There was a deep frown on his forehead.

"Lulu?" Gabriella uttered in shock.

No one noticed but the jewel in Lucius' forehead turned bright red. The child-like entity glared at the golden-haired boy especially the dragon insignia on Yohan's clothes. He secretly gritted his teeth.

'I hate Golden Dragons,' Lucius thought.

Yohan tilted his head while staring at the boy hugging Gabriella. Although he could feel the glares of the other kid, it doesn't really matter to him. "Gabriella's child?" He mumbled with confusion.

The boy looks like Gabriella, however...

"You're not a girl."

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I'm not confident about writing this novel anymore, I might drop this if my writer's block continued 😭