The Devil's Betrothed novel Chapter 246

Chapter 246: Remember, I Like Honeysuckles

"Can’t get enough of that handsome prince?" Arlan sneered. "And now you can’t wait to use whatever excuse to get closer to him? What, so you can stare at him all you want?"

Jealousy reared its ugly head. He could not help it. Just because he could not keep her by his side due to his current instability, that didn’t mean he would allow Oriana to fraternize with another man, especially if that man was a handsome bachelor like Cian.

Oriana was his!

That accusation made Oriana raise her head, her eyes wide with disbelief and incredulity.

’What is wrong with him? Does he think everyone is a pervert like him? That any interaction with another person has impure meanings?’

As the subject of his glare, her rationality snapped.

"Yes! You are right! I want to stare at him! Is something wrong with that? I am not like you who can ogle at others so shamelessly, where one stare is enough to draw the person so perfectly to not even miss a simple tiny mole at their collarbone!"

Arlan was taken back by her reaction. Her insolent words and her lack of courtesy—raising her voice at her own master, not to mention calling him ’you’—ought to have caused him to flip out in anger, but...he found himself smirking.

Because he had a realization.

Seeing the prince stand up, walking around his desk, seemingly charging in her direction, Oriana felt her blood go cold.

’Spirits be damned, what possessed me to say all those—ahhhh! Did I say too much? Did I? Why did I even say those words? Even if he ogles at someone, it’s none of my business. My foul mouth, why did I even—"

With him swiftly approaching, she inevitably took steps to back away from him. Due to her fluster, she did not even realize Arlan had already cornered her against his desk.

She could not move further back!

Oriana panicked. "Y-Your Highness, I...I didn’t mean to offend you...I don’t know why I even said that..."

However, her voice faltered at the sight of him so close to her, merely a step away. His tall figure towering over her, that smug smile hanging on his handsome face, those ocean blue eyes narrowed slightly, his expression filled with a sense of superiority and amusement... _{freeωebnovēl.c૦m}

Ba-dump!

Her heart skipped a beat.

His movements assertive and purposeful, he leaned forward towards her, his hands resting on the table on her sides, his strong arms effectively caging her in.

His eyes held the playfulness she had missed for quite some time.

"Is someone jealous?"

Her heart raced, and she could feel heat erupt on her cheeks. "What! No!"

He simply raised his brows, waiting for her answer.

She squirmed under his gaze. "J-Jealous, why would I be?"

"Did I say it was you?"

Oriana wanted to slap that smirk away from his face.