The Romantic Trials Of A Transmigrated Empress

Chapter 396: A woman easily forgotten.

Sigrid made her entrance at that moment, stepping into the room, a smile on her face and frost in her eyes. "My love, I have been looking everywhere for you."

Lady Dove bowed, "Your highness."

Sigrid walked closer and slipped her arm into Roland’s. "Why are you hiding out here? You are missing all the fun. And who is this? I don’t think that I recognize her."

Roland gulped, just a little. "This is Lady Dove....err...."

"Wheatley!!!" Lady Dove exclaimed, a look of alarm on her face.

She had just introduced herself to him, not even an hour had passed and already, he had forgotten her name. How could she compete for space in his life when he could not store her name in his mind for five minutes?

Sigrid almost cracked up when she saw that look of pain mixed with surprise on Lady Dove’s face. Next time, she would leave her kingdom and travel all the way to another empire and offer herself up as a mistress.

Outside the door, Mauve and Christie were laughing silently.

"Do you know her, my love?" Sigrid asked Roland.

"From a war, a long time ago." He answered.

Sigrid nodded. "Okay. Let’s return to the ball, my mother is about to send out an entire army to find us." She tugged on his and he followed her. "Enjoy the ball Miss Dawn."

a bruise on his cheek and another on his ribs. In silence, they were driven back to that gardens and Sigrid cast an invisibility spell over them both. Secretly,

reached out and touched the table, only to realize that it was

and crisps. How dare they

been carried all through the garden. Roland decided to solve the problem by sending Mauve and Mrs. Elsworth a message, asking them to bring snacks as soon as possible or else

minutes, you will have

yawned and laid down, resting her head on his lap. Sigrid faced the crowd, wondering what she had missed. Surely, there was more that was happening other than guests huddled

going to ask?" Roland turned her head with his hand, making

what?" she asked.

no questions because Cosmos had already told her the story and she had heard

after

"Name aside, do you really have nothing else to ask me? I know that you were there right from the beginning of our conversation. You must have heard her talking about the time I spent with her

lie. How could it have meant nothing? At the

"In the past, perhaps it did, I don’t know. I was a boy when I met her and I found her brave, warm, funny, beautiful...." he sighed. "But, I have not thought about her in a very long time. And by very long I mean years. I certainly haven’t thought about her since I married you." He lowered his eyes to hers

nodded. "If you had thoughts about another woman,

are the first and only woman I have confessed love to in my life. I am not going to create any space

felt a blaze of warmth sweeping over her. She took his hand and kissed

a verbal admission of her feelings. It was missing the

how badly beat up is Sir Samuel?"

the rest of her ladies in waiting. Lanai and the