Chapter 85: Chapter 85: The Timely Save

Later that night,

Adonis sneakily slipped into the Royal Dormitory.

His intention was clear as day: to meet Mariana as promised.

However, once he arrived before Mariana’s luxurious dormitory room, he heard voices from inside.

It sounded like she was talking with another man.

Adonis wasn’t the type to become overly suspicious of his partners, but just to be sure, he leaned closer to the wooden door to listen.

“Maria, why did you do that during the competition?”

“Prince Devon, what do you mean by that?”

“Don’t act so dumb, Maria. Why did you let that lowly bastard touch you? You should know that you, as a proud member of the Magnus family and the sole fiancée of me, Devon Engord Virthrox, the Crown Prince of the Gratis Kingdom, cannot allow yourself to be stained by that inferior breed’s touch. Look at yourself, so beautiful, so noble. And him? He is just an outcast from a lesser Duke’s family.

Listen closely, my love. You are destined to be my wife, and I don’t like some lowly bastard touching you. Do you understand?”

Hearing this, Adonis clenched his fingers behind his back until they turned white.

But he waited to hear what Mariana would say in reply, just in case.

Soon, Mariana’s voice came through.

“Are you done?”

She sounded very annoyed and angry.

“Huh? Why are you giving me that look, Maria? I don’t like you showing me that face, as if you are trying to deny my very love, my very existence,” Prince Devon replied, sounding almost mad.

“Hmph.” Mariana snorted. “The marriage has been fixed by our families, Prince Devon. But this princess doesn’t like you at all. And that name can only be called by one person. I am talking about him. If you try to get in the way, I promise you will only see ruin.”

Prince Devon’s eyes widened. His lips quivered, and his fingers began shaking.

“Wh what are you saying, my Maria? How could you love someone else? You know how much I have adored you since we were little. Our families are also close allies. How can you deny all that? How can you choose someone else?”

“I have a heart, Prince Devon. And this heart belongs to only one person,” she replied, undeterred.

Devon’s eyes turned red, and veins bulged on his face from furious anger.

Despite that, he didn’t rush to hit her.

“Who is it?”

“Who is that insect who dared to lay his filthy eyes on my woman? I will kill him. Tell me his name.”

She snorted in disdain.

“As if I would tell a mad, immature prince like you. I was hoping we could avoid making our families enemies, but if you leave us no choice, then only destruction awaits you.”

“Maria, y you…!”

“It’s Princess Mariana to you. Now leave,” she said as she coldly turned away from him.

Prince Devon looked at her delicate face one more time, noticing how resolute she was.

But unfortunately, that love, that infatuation, was not for him.

She loved someone else.

And that realization filled him with jealousy and anger.

The pretense on his face immediately vanished.

His eyes slowly drifted downward, lustfully tracing along her swan-like neck before settling on her ample chest.

The porcelain skin of her cleavage, like twin mountains, instantly ignited his lust.

His gaze continued downward, moving across her curvaceous waist toward the valley between her legs.

He wondered how it would feel to bury his face between those soft, plump thighs.

The thought intoxicated him.

Suddenly, he lunged forward and jumped on top of Mariana, catching her completely off guard.

“Ahh! What are you doing?!”

She fell back onto the bed while he loomed over her like a predator.

His hungry eyes roamed across her body while one of his hands slowly moved toward her soft navel.

“You’re mine… you’re mine!” he muttered obsessively. “I won’t let anyone else have you. You will become the mother of my child.”

“Let go of me, you pig!” Mariana protested fiercely, struggling with all her strength to break free from his grasp.

But his physical strength was greater than hers.

Probably at C Tier.

And thus, even with her draconic strength, she couldn’t break free.

Meanwhile, his hands continued creeping lower, making her feel deeply nauseated.

Devon’s ugly face loomed dangerously close to her lips, with mad glee in his eyes.

At this helpless moment, she called for only one person, and that too with a sincere heart.

Life is not always dramatic, but today Adonis allowed himself to become a part of it.

Bang!

He forcefully opened the door, breaking the metallic hinges like they were cheap plastic.

As soon as he saw the scene of his beloved woman being pinned down by this rapist prince, his rage exploded.

He immediately strode forward with cold steps.

Prince Devon was already alarmed by the forceful entry. When he noticed the furious look on the intruder’s unfamiliar yet somehow familiar face, he instantly understood.

He revealed a cackling grin.

“So it’s you. I can’t believe my Maria has fallen so low as to fall for a lowly bastard.”

Adonis didn’t speak.

Before Devon could react or even perceive what was happening, Adonis’s slap landed on his carefully groomed face.

Paah!

Crash!

Because of that simple yet overwhelming slap, his head spun ninety degrees before smashing into the bedframe with a sickening crack.

Prince Devon instantly lost consciousness.

The force of the slap was far beyond Mariana’s expectations.

Her mouth formed an O shape in shock. She did not expect Adonis to strike the Crown Prince of the Gratis Kingdom so ruthlessly.

But a part of her was overjoyed.

She immediately stood up with tears in her eyes like a helpless woman who had just been saved from being violated.

She quickly hugged him tightly, sobbing into his shirt.

“Thank the gods… sob… I was so afraid, hubby. Thank you. You’re my hero.”

Part of her had truly been afraid of the possibility of losing her purity. If she had really been violated by that pig, she would never have been able to face her beloved man again.

And that terrified her the most.

“I’m here, Maria. No one can touch you.”

Her heart instantly melted, and all her worries vanished like an evening breeze.

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