After the betrayal from the commoner that Duke Henry von Ashworth used to love, Lita Bernal. Lita have chosen the Crown prince, Prince Daniel von Farah, but what was the reason why she chose him?
That evening Henry was in his bedroom lying on the bed like a log. Feeling depressed by the betrayal of Lita the thoughts swirl around his head. Suddenly someone knocked on the door.
"Who is it?" Henry frowned.
Lady Vanessa von Astoria, the daughter of the countess who's his childhood friend, comes in.
"Your Grace..." Vanessa's voice soft and low.
As Henry realizes it was Vanessa.
Henry sighs, "Vanessa, I told you to leave me alone"
"Your Grace, I will not agree with you being like this," Vanessa huffs "you have duties to do! Are you going to let that commoner dictate your life?" Her voice lacing of irritation.
"I don't feel like it" He mumbles, his voice thick with despair, "Just leave me alone... Vanessa"
Vanessa's jaw tightness, "So your going to let your responsibilities as Duke of Ashworth be neglected? Because of that commoner, Lita? She's nothing but a commoner!"
"She's not nothing!" Henry's voice cracky, "You don't understand being chosen over...feels like a dragger twisting in my chest."
"There are hundreds of noblewomen who would adore you" Vanessa insisted, her voice laced and impatience.
"A woman is far superior to that...ingate" Henry's eyes flashed, "No one is superior to Lita, Now leave..."
Vanessa bowed curtly, her eyes blazing with a mixture of frustration and something else... determination? "As you wish, Your Grace"
Vanessa swept through the palace halls her gaze lingering on Prince Daniel and Lita, their laughter echoing cruelly in her ears.
She offered a polite greeting to the Crown Prince, "God evening, Your Highness" she bowed
"Good evening, Lady Vanessa" Prince Daniel nodded, a smile forming on his face. "How's Duke Henry doing?"
"Unfortunately as always stubborn..." Vanessa responded, her eyes briefly meet Lita's with a flicker of something cold and calculating between them, and glances back to the Crown Prince.
"Ah, I see..." He said quietly in a low voice tone.
Vanessa noticed the subtle avoidance in Lita's eyes. A seed of suspicion took root in her mind.
"I probably should go now, Your Highness" she said softly.
"Well, I mean it's getting late now and your mother might get worry about you. You may go now... Thank you for your time, Lady Vanessa " his voice low and soft as he smiled.
Vanessa nodded, she continued to step away of the palace. Later, in the quiet solitude of her family's mansion, Vanessa sipped wine, reviewing documents.
—Crown Prince — felt insufficient. There was something more, something hidden beneath Lita's innocent facade. A plan from in her mind, a complex web of ambition and revenge.
She would use the Duke's heartbreak as a springboard to power gaining the position of the Duchess to get close to Lita and uncover the truth.
Once the truth was revealed, Lita would face the consequences.