The Masked prince
Chapter 185: The Shocked Elias

Chapter 185: The Shocked Elias

Evelyn had actually nothing to do.

She had already tried the dress and it fitted her perfectly. A few moments ago when she had talked rudely to Laurel, she realized that only after she had finished her words.

It made her uncomfortable with herself as she didn’t understand why she said that.

She was confused and unhappy that’s why she made some kind of excuse to get away from both of them.

However, when she was alone inside the room, she felt more upset.

Instances, where she saw Laurel in the prince’s arms, kept flashing in front of her eyes. Did the prince also like Laurel?

She didn’t know why but the thought made her eyes tear up and she suddenly felt very alone.

A knock on the door brought Evelyn out of her trance and she immediately wiped the corner of her eyes before she turned to see who was at the door.

When her eyes fell on Regan, she was lost for a second. But then, Rex stepped inside the room and said

"Evelyn, tomorrow is the banquet. I suggest that you and Regan should practice the dance once."

Yes, they had planned to practice before the banquet and Evelyn had agreed to this but she was suddenly unwilling to do so.

Regan could perhaps see the sadness in her eyes. He suddenly wondered if he had taken it too far. When he saw Rex, he found the latter blinking at him in assurance.

Regan sighed.

A moment later, he stepped towards Evelyn and forwarded his hand to her.

"Shall we?"

His voice was gentle when he asked her for the dance but it reminded Evelyn of how he talked to Laurel in the same voice.

If only she knew that Laurel’s thoughts were very different now.

In the end, Evelyn knew that she would look too unreasonable if she refused so she placed her hand in Regan’s hand.

Anyways it was just a dance.

However, the next she gasped when she was suddenly pulled by Regan more into his arms. Her lips parted more in surprise when she felt his hand on her waist.

It certainly didn’t feel like this when Lady Bennett had put her hand on her waist. It was only then she realized that it was not just going to be any normal dance ...like she had with Lady Bennett.

She felt as if it was more than a dance.

She didn’t even realize when it started. She was just moving her feet according to her memory. However, her eyes never moved away from the pair of red eyes that were staring at her intensely.

Her heart was fast beating inside her chest as if warning her to move her eyes away. However, her eyes seemed to have their own mind, never listening to her.

It was a surprise for Evelyn how the step she had always found difficult to do with Lady Bennett, could be done with Regan so easily.

Lady Bennett used to lift her easily but she could never put her complete trust in her. It was habitual. However, with Regan, things were different for Evelyn.

When her feet suddenly left the ground on Regan lifting her body from her waist, she still didn’t look away from his eyes.

They stayed like that for a few moments as they breathed and stared at each other with a new intensity.

Eventually, he lowered her down but neither she nor he stepped away from each other.

Evelyn was breathing heavily as she looked at Regan. She didn’t know if it was the intensity in his eyes that was leaving her breathless of the exhaustion from the dance.

"Evelyn..."

Regan whispered as his hand moved to caress her cheek. Evelyn heart skipped a beat when she saw that his eyes were on her lips.

But she didn’t move away.

Regan looked into her eyes as if asking for permission. In response, she only closed them slowly. Regan exhaled sharply as he suddenly leaned down to capture them.

However, even before his lips could touch hers, a sharp knock on the door interrupted them.

Evelyn seemed to have woke up from deep sleep as she suddenly opened her eyes and stepped away from Regan within a second.

None of them realized when Rex left the room silently.

Regan looked at his empty arms and felt lost for a while.

His cold eyes then went towards the door where Elias was standing with a very unique expression on his face.

He looked as if he had just seen the shock of his life. His eyes were moving from his master to Evelyn and then back to his master and slowly they started to fill up with confusion.

"What is it?"

Regan asked coldly and Elias immediately composed himself.

"Your Highness, there is a message from the Palace."

The coldness on Regan’s face was replaced by a serious expression as he understood the meaning behind Elias’ words.

His eyes went to Evelyn who looked anywhere but at him.

Regan sighed before he said

"I will be back soon."

Evelyn nodded her head quite stiffly and Regan left the room.

Looking at his back, she wondered if she just made a fool out of herself or did she read correct in prince’s eyes?

Did he really want to kiss her?

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"What did they find out?"

Regan asked Elias as soon as they were inside the study room. He had plotted some of his men inside the Royal Palace to keep an eye on Arthur so Regan understood that there was a message from them when Elias told him.

"Your Highness, One of our men saw him stepping out of Palace. Actually he had been going out of the Palace quite frequently now."

Regan frowned and asked

"Where?"

However, Elias had a troubled expression on his face and answered his master

"That’s something that they have not been able to find out. It is just like what I had said back then. He just...he just disappear somewhere and they are not able to follow him to his destination."