The Masked Vampire King's Accidental Bride
Chapter 285: I am here to protect you.

Chapter 285: I am here to protect you.

"So, what have you decided upon the acting thing? Will you participate? All departments are doing it. Since you were the winner and became the campus belle, they all recommend you to become the princess of the play," Melony said, looking at the girl who was busy stuffing her mouth.

She looked at Elliana’s unlady-like way of eating and sighed.

"I think Samantha should enact it. She is a real-time princess and knows how to act too," Elliana said, her mind focused on her potato nuggets.

Melony -"..." Judging from the way you eat, you definitely don’t fit in the role. Melony sighed.

Samantha, who was texting her friend, looked up at Elliana when her name was mentioned.

"Well, don’t know you? Samantha is very picky. She just can’t act with any boy. There is a kissing scene in the story, and though the kiss won’t be real, she doesn’t want any guy to touch her hand or cheeks. Quite devoted she is, isn’t she? Melony wriggled her brows, and Elliana wiped her hands and lips before looking at Samantha.

"I’ll just take up the role of the Prince. Many plays do that. That way, she won’t have a problem with holding hands with me or even kissing me if the plot demands that, right honey?" Elliana pulled Samantha’s chair towards herself, flirting openly, and Melony bit the inside of her cheeks when she noticed Samantha’s flushed form.

"Ayee, don’t make our girl blush now. You don’t really want our Alcinder to be single, do you?" Melony chuckled, and everyone looked at Alcinder who was walking to them with a neutral expression with their drinks in his hand.

"By the way, you liked sitting behind me on the bike, didn’t you? I would be joining another racing tournament. Does anyone want to join?" Elliana asked before taking a bite of her bread.

"Hey! That seat was reserved for me, wasn’t it?" Dexter asked, and Elliana grinned.

"Who wants to make you my backpack? I would rather have someone soft sitting behind me. Cheering me on, you know," Elliana smiled knowingly.

Dexter looked at her, "You are turning into a pervert, you know that?" He asked with a blank expression, and Elliana raised her brows.

"Geez, what are you thinking of? What I am saying is, that I would rather have some soft voice cheering me on than a bold voice shouting in my ears. Get a grip, not everyone is thinking of those soft loaves, Dexter," Elliana took a bite of her steamed buns with a smile, and Dexter’s ears turned red when she countered his statement like that.

"You!" Dexter raised his voice, and Elliana turned around when he suddenly stopped, motioning her to look behind.

Her gaze met with Glow and Sasha who was looking at her hopefully, wanting to have lunch with her, and Elliana clenched her teeth before rolling her eyes.

’Huh... Cunning women! They know I can’t resist their pitiful look. What the hell were they thinking when they came here?’ Elliana turned back to her food and scowled even more.

This wasn’t good. Little by little all her secrets were starting to come out, and if things continued like this, she didn’t know if she would be able to survive at this rate. She probably will have her identity revealed, and she will have to run far from here, leaving Mr. Marino too. Elliana sighed.

She looked down at her plate, not feeling like eating anymore.

She hasn’t even been able to find anything about her mom. She thought, her hands reaching her locket involuntarily.

’Wait. Earlier when she asked Nathaniel if he could help her find her mom, he had denied it by saying he wasn’t powerful enough, but he was powerful now, wasn’t he?’ Elliana nodded at herself, making a note to ask him about it again when she met him for the training of her powers.

As Elliana was busy sorting her thoughts, she noticed her friends stopping abruptly and looking behind her with a respectful gaze.

"What is it?" She asked, and they looked at her before looking at the man.

Everyone in the canteen stood from their place to bow to the person who was walking towards Elliana’s table now.

Seeing everyone stand, Elliana followed suit and was about to turn around when she saw her phone vibrating with an incoming message from Mr. Marino. A smile spread across her lips.

Alcinder also bowed to the man in front of him, his gaze shifting to Elliana who was smiling at something on her phone.

Elliana was about to open her phone to see the message when she heard the man calling out to her.

"Elliana," Elliana heard, and to say she was shocked would be an understatement.

Her hands froze on her phone.

She turned around and raised her brows at the man standing in front of her with a neutral expression on his face.

Everyone had the same question on their faces. How did Elliana know the prince?

Alcinder looked at the girl with mixed emotions.

Why were the royals looking for her and messing with her all the time?

And three days ago at the royal Princess Scarlet’s birthday, was the girl he saw dancing with the youngest prince, Elliana, or was it just his assumption?

Though he keeps telling himself that Elliana has a feud with the youngest prince because of how he kidnapped one of her group girls, he can’t help but counter it with the youngest prince’s presence twice in a row and looking for only her, not to mention, how he nearly caused a ruckus when they couldn’t find her that day?

Alcinder shifted his gaze at Elliana whose eyes were narrowed as she looked at the prince.

Elliana looked at the man and gritted her teeth inwardly at his smug eyes.

She was sure he was here to play and make things hard for her because he wanted to talk to her and Mr. Marino would surely not disturb him here, not to mention how she couldn’t run away from here either.

Well, two can play this game. She smiled softly.

"I am sorry, Mr. But do I know you?" Elliana tilted her head, and Vincenzo looked at her, dumbfounded for a second.

"Maybe you got the wrong person," Elliana said.

"I am sure there is only one person with the name Elliana in this University. So I definitely didn’t get the wrong person," Vincenzo muttered before looking around at all the suspicious gazes.

"I have been looking for a person who could do a job of mine, and then we heard about you. I had to come here to talk to you face to face since we couldn’t find your contact information anywhere," Vincenzo said.

"Sounds like an excuse to me," Elliana muttered under her breath, her voice clearly heard by Alcinder and the prince who looked at the girl who was definitely making it hard for him.

"It looks like talking politely to humans doesn’t work anymore. I heard my brother has been quite infatuated with you these days, hasn’t he?" Vincenzo asked.

"Then why don’t you ask this question from your brother instead? Why bully a human? Just because we are weaker than you?" Elliana played the pity card, and her friends immediately became alert.

"Brother Vincenzo, what is this all about?" Samantha asked.

Since she was a princess of the third royal family, it wasn’t hard for her to communicate with the royal members. The only person she was afraid of was the youngest prince, who seemed to hate the entire family.

"Simple, Samantha. I don’t like that my brother is infatuated with this girl. I am afraid he will hurt this petite girl. That’s why I have decided I will protect her instead," Vincenzo gave the lamest excuse, the hidden meaning behind his words, making Elliana close her eyes in frustration.

Samantha and her friends - "..." What the hell?

"Did I ask for your protection? I can manage myself quite well," Elliana glared at Vincenzo, the sentence ’stop bullying me you brothers’ hidden behind her unwavering stare.

Vincenzo smirked.

"How can I do that? It’s my duty as the prince to protect humans in our territory," He mused.

Aditya saw Elliana in a tough spot and didn’t know who this person was since the royal family never attended the wedding, it was only Sebastian and his men who had arrived the day and started walking towards the table before he remembered what she said earlier.

"Let’s not waste any more time," Vincenzo said and was about to grab her hand when someone grabbed her hand and pulled her away from him, making Vincenzo close his eyes in frustration.

"What a pleasant surprise. I didn’t know you would show up at the University," Vincenzo turned to look at his younger brother and Sebastian looked at his brother with a second expression, enough to bury him 6ft under the ground.

"Go have your lunch," Sebastian’s words were cold and void of emotions, but Elliana felt relaxed and nodded before sitting back and eating as if nothing happened.

Her friends -"..." How can she eat even in this situation? This girl loves to eat food the most in the world.