The Grand Duchess Aldrich
Chapter 25. It's Definitely a Trap

Aimee gritted her teeth in annoyance, she already could not bear being held up like this by Elston. Aimee exerted all her strength, her hands trembling as she forced the pressure of the nerve lock Elston put on her.

He forgot the hot, spicy taste that was on his cheek after being slapped by Elston. Elston who saw Aimee was never willing to give up laughing, the man's flat and cold countenance disappeared.

“Darling, what are you doing?” elston asked as he gripped softly Aimee's two hands that were trembling from forcing themselves.

“Stop calling me with such a disgusting call!” Angry Aimee, she was not at all happy to hear Elston call her that.

Elton laughed again, after which he kissed Aimee's long forehead. “I don't understand, why you never saw my love.” Shortly after, the man squeezed back two acupoints that were on Aimee's neck.

Aimee's body was squeezed, the woman fell sitting on the floor of the Palace limp due to the coercion she had previously done. His eyes stared intently at Elston, while the man only smirked thinly and walked away quickly leaving Aimee.

Aimee tried to stand up, her entire body was currently feeling unusually tired. Forcing to release the neural key points is indeed very risky, Aimee's energy is completely drained.

There were about twenty minutes Aimee kept silent in the corner of the deserted Palace wall, she was gathering energy in order to return to her normal appearance.

“Yang noble.” A woman's voice rang out, Aimee looked at the Palace's maid.

“Help me,” said Aimee, asking for help from the Palace maid.

Quickly, the maid immediately helped Aimee to walk. He brought Aimee to the resting place of the Palace's invited guests.

“Your majesty, are you okay? Do I need to call a doctor?” ask the waiter.

Aimee shook her head. “No need, I just need to rest. Don't tell anyone, including the Grand Duke, about this. If anyone asks me where I am, tell me I fainted on the way to Princess Margaret's Palace because I was too tired. Understand?”

The female servant nodded her head quickly. “Understand, your honor. But ... sorry, do you really want to visit Princess Palace?” ask the waiter.

Aimee nodded. “True, she said the princess called me. What's up?”

The female servant smiled awkwardly. “Your highness, I am one of the maids working near the princess. When the princess first returned to the Palace until before this moment, I was always beside the princess. But the princess absolutely does not ask you to meet her because she knows you are accompanying the Grand Duke at Pesta.”

Aimee who heard this smiled faintly, she had already guessed it. “Yes, I know. Please keep this secret, don't let Princess and the others know, understand?”

“Good, your honor,” replied the waiter obediently. Rather than disobeying and getting involved in the matters of the Empire's elite people, his life could be in danger. He smelled the scent of a feud here.

Aimee leaned her back against the bedboard, the woman was trying to recover her energy.

“When this event is finished?” aimee asked the female servant who was currently twitching her legs.

“About ten minutes, your majesty,” replied the maid.

Aimee who heard this nodded, after which said,”Stop, I have to go back to the Palace hall before the event is over.” The female servant obediently obeyed Aimee's orders, then helped Aimee stand up and walk behind Aimee to maintain Aimee's balance.

As soon as Aimee saw Althaf, she hurried to walk beside Althaf who was still near the Emperor. The emperor who saw Aimee's presence immediately asked,”How is the princess' condition?”

Aimee smiled faintly. “Princess is fine, your majesty. You don't need to worry.” The Emperor immediately breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Aimee's reply after which thanked her.

Althaf watched Aimee silently, she realized something was strange to Aimee. The man did not shift his gaze from Aimee at all.

Aimee who was conscious with the gaze of Althaf's eyes immediately looked up to look at the man, as their eyes managed to meet, Althaf quickly withdrew her gaze. Aimee who caught Althaf's wet could only smile towards the man.

In addition to Althaf's gaze, to be honest, Aimee also felt another fixed gaze. As soon as Aimee looked for the owner of the gaze, she saw Elston standing beside Marquess Darrel looking at her. The moment their eyes met, Elston immediately threw a smile discreetly towards Aimee.

Aimee was really fed up with Elston, that guy was crazy. Before they had never had a very close relationship, Aimee somehow never wanted to get in touch with the man. He felt too many bad things had happened if he was near Elston.

While being late in the annoyance of looking at each other with Elston, he suddenly felt a hand coiling around his waist, then Aimee was pulled by Althaf closer to the man's side.

Aimee raised her head, she saw Althaf chatting with the other elite nobles while pulling Aimee to her side closer. It seemed like the man was aware of his eye contact with Elton. As the interlocutor Althaf was busy explaining something, Althaf suddenly spoke in a very low tone of voice that could only be heard by the two of them, but his eyes were still fixed on the interlocutor.

“One more time you do it, I'll gouge both your eyeballs out,” whispered Althaf.

Aimee was stunned, her eyes slightly glared, yet she tried to control her facial expression.

Shortly thereafter, Althaf slowly loosened his waist embrace from Aimee. Aimee sighed furiously, she was quite tired now, yet the party was still a few minutes away.

Aimee glanced at Xiao Li who was discussing with the Crown Prince, as their distance was not too far away, so Aimee decided to join them. Althaf he lives chatting alone with his noble relatives. Althaf frowned at a glance when he found out that Aimee was about to leave, but when he saw that Aimee wanted to join Issac, his heart calmed down a little.

Althaf's eagle eyes accidentally caught Xiao Li's figure beside Issac, making his forehead flutter again displeased. Althaf politely and hastily stopped his chat with the noble relatives earlier, then followed Aimee.

“What are you guys talking about here?” asked Althaf as soon as he came to join.

“Talking about you,” jawan Issac no matter who Althaf is, then chuckles. Aimee who heard this also chuckled, as well as Xiao Li.

Althaf raised his left eyebrow puzzled, what are they all talking about for?

“I? About what?” ask Althaf.

“When she first made her debutante, all the noble boys were asked to give flowers to the Lady to dance with, but Althaf instead gave the flowers to my late mother. The Emperor then scolded him with a laugh, Althaf was accused of being a teaser for the Emperor's wife,” Issac replied as he retold the story he had previously told Aimee and Xiao Li before Althaf came.

Aimee chuckles. “I'm very curious as to what a teenage Grand Duke looks like. Me and Grand Duke are different five years, our debutante event is definitely not held together.”

Issac shrugged both of his shoulders indifferently. “Nothing special, just like the current one. At the debutante many Lady were attracted to him, but no one dared to approach Althaf because of his fierce face. There was one woman who had a big mentality at the time, but soon she was crying out of embarrassment. Althaf says something that should not be said to a woman.”

“How about debutante Grand Duchess?” Xiao Li suddenly asked about him again, making Althaf slightly displeased, yet the man did not show what he felt to his face. Issac who saw Xiao Li talking continuously to Aimee could only smile softly towards Althaf.