The Masked prince
Chapter 24: "You Are Mine, Evelyn"

Chapter 24: "You Are Mine, Evelyn"

The tailor left but Rex stayed.

His eyes were full of interest as he looked at Evelyn and Regan. Elias and Evelyn both never understood the meaning behind his gaze.

But Regan did and he only felt irritated...as well as angry.

Angry at this silly and stupid girl.

"Your Highness, should I bring dinner?"

She asked him politely but he could see the hope in her eyes. As if she knew that he was angry at her.

Good...she should know.

"No need."

He said coldly as he moved towards his bed to look at the documents which were waiting for him since the morning.

Evelyn frowned in confusion, now sure that he was angry with her.

But she didn’t understand why?

Unconsciously she couldn’t help but look at the other two men inside the room, hoping that they would help her.

However, Rex shrugged his shoulders, and Elias...she could feel the blame pouring out of his eyes for her.

After all, it was because of her Elias’ master was not having his dinner.

Evelyn remembered Elias’ warning and she could understand what his silent stare meant.

Regardless of how much fun Rex wanted to have at the expense of his brother, he knew when to leave him alone.

Hence, he looked at the girl who was unconsciously breaking all the walls his brother had built in all these years and said in a low voice.

"If you made him eat dinner, then I shall order the tailor to make more dresses for you."

Evelyn blinked.

Because the words sounded very weird to her.

However, Rex didn’t know that Evelyn didn’t have any greed for more dresses. He just dragged Elias out of his master’s room using some kind of excuse, leaving Evelyn and Regan alone.

Now, Evelyn didn’t know what she should do or say as she looked at Regan who was silently flipping through the pages in his hands.

After thinking for a long time, she just decided to be direct.

"Your Highness, Did I make you angry because of something I do?"

Regan stopped flipping the pages. He rasied his head and looked at the green-eyed girl who looked completely clueless.

His red eyes slightly narrowed behind his mask.

"Yes"

"B...ut what did I do? Why is Your Highness angry?"

Evelyn asked in pure confusion.

Regan put down the documents in his hands and walked towards her. When he was just a step away from her, he looked at her for a few moments before he said

"Because you are stupid."

"Huh..."

Evelyn whispered more likely to herself at the words.

Seeing her forehead scrunching to a ball because of the confusion, for a moment Regan seemed to forget his annoyance.

A smile threatened to form on his lips but he controlled himself and leaned towards her enjoying how her green eyes widened because of his move.

"Because you don’t understand that you are mine, Evelyn."

"Yours...?"

Evelyn whispered again as she looked at the red eyes that held her captive.

They stared at each other like that for a few moments before Regan spoke again

"You are mine, Evelyn so it should not concern you what color the slaves in Royal Palace wear. Do you understand?"

Realization dawned onto Evelyn immediately and she nodded her head vigorously as she said

"Yes, Your Highness."

She thought that the rules of the Royal Palace applied to her as well. But she forgot that Regan was her master, not the King.

Regan was satisfied when he heard the response. But suddenly he seemed to realize that he was standing too close to her.

He straightened his back as he said casually

"Seeing just one color every day might hurt my eyes."

That was a very stupid excuse.

Even Regan thought so.

But when Evelyn nodded her head naively and even apologized for her mistake, Regan didn’t feel that anymore.

Satisfied, he returned to review his documents.

At the same time, Elias entered his master’s chambers with a confused look on his face.

"It’s strange. His Highness, Prince Regan took me from here saying that he had some work for me but then said on the way that he forget about the work."

Regan heard these words but never gave any reaction.

He suddenly opened the drawer of the bedside table and took out some coins.

After that, he picked one piece of paper while with his other hand, he passed the coins to Evelyn.

"Here, it is your salary."

Evelyn looked at the coins in his hands in a daze. For a long time, she didn’t step forward to take the coins so Regan couldn’t help but raise his head to look at her.

"Evelyn..."

He called out when he saw that Evelyn was not moving.

Evelyn came out of her trance and couldn’t help but say

"I ...I will get a salary?"

Elias looked at her weirdly when he heard this.

"Girl, everyone gets a salary. Why are you behaving so weirdly? Just take it."

Evelyn looked at Elias and stepped forward to take the coins.

"Usually, I give it at the start of the month but since you don’t have the money, I am giving it to you now only. In the future, buy whatever you need. Don’t hesitate."

Regan said coldly as he continued to review his documents.

A moment later, as if he thought something, he continued

"If you need more money, then come to me. Do you understand?"

However, he didn’t hear any reply again. So he raised his head only to see Evelyn touching the coins in her hand gently with her fingers.

Even Elias was looking at her with an amused expression.

"Girl, why are behaving as if you have never touched the coins?"

At this question, Evelyn raised her head and looked at Elias. Her eyes were calm as she said

"Because I have not."

The amusement from the eyes of both men vanished at these words.

Her surprise at hearing that she would get a salary suddenly made sense.

They couldn’t help but wonder what kind of life Evelyn had where she never get to touch the coins?