Adrianna laid on the bed, curled beside him. She was feeling good after so much tension in the wizard kingdom. She wondered what would happen if the crown accepted her. She needed to talk to Dmitri about it. She looked at him and saw that he was sleeping without a care in the world. His body showed fresh signs of wounds that were healing fast. 

She got up, dressed, and went downstairs to eat. 

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When she got downstairs, she noticed that the servants were behaving awkwardly. The maidservants were especially giving her side glances and passing smiles as though they were hiding something. 

When she saw that they couldn't wipe the smiles off their faces, she asked, "What is wrong with all of you?" 

One of the maidservants burst out into laughter and said, "Ma'am, there is a huge hickey on your neck and a small one right on your nose."

Adrianna gasped. "Dmitri, wait till I give them all back to you with interest!" she thought. Then, she narrowed her eyes at the maidservants and, remembering how Dmitri had compared her to these girls, she shouted, "Go and get me food!" 

All of them quickly scattered. 

When Dmitri came downstairs, he saw Adrianna eating food like a pig. He went behind her, picked her up, kissed her on her lips, placed her back in her chair, and sat down on the chair next to her while licking his lips. Adrianna was surprised at the way he was handling her. It was as if he had just picked up his toy and was just merely momentarily playing with it. She stared at him and said, "Huh? What was that?"

"That, my darling, was the kiss of your life!" teased Dmitri again as he started eating the turkey in front of him. "I see that you are eating like a pig again Adri. You should take care of your figure. I don't want you to look fat. You are only nineteen."

Adrianna cocked her head and narrowed her eyes at him. "So you mean to say that if I become fat, you will stop taking interest in me?" 

Dmitri stopped eating and stared at her with wide eyes. "When did I ever say that?"

"You implied it!" she retorted. 

Dmitri started laughing at his wife again. Then, he took his fingers to his lips, and made a sign of zipping and locking them. 

"Talk to me! Will you form a harem like the other chiefs?" 

Dmitri choked on the food he was eating. He couldn't stay quiet. "Harem? Are you insane? I can't even handle one woman in my life and you think I can handle a harem? No, sorry, but I won't form a harem," he exclaimed. 

"Oh! So you mean to say that I am a difficult person and if I become fat, you will stop liking me, and then you won't be able to like other women because of how much I torture you?" she asked with a frown. 

Dmitri face-palmed. "Adrianna, I am sorry. Let's just eat food. I am unable to handle you right now." 

Before Adrianna could say anything else, Cora entered the dining hall. Upon seeing Cora, Dmitri stiffened. His warm demeanor changed into a cold one. The temperature in the room dropped to the extent that Adrianna could feel chills in her heart. She looked at Cora who wasn't even looking at them. What happened between the mother and son? Adrianna realized that although she was usually the topic of disagreement between the two, today seemed to be about something else. 

None of them talked after Cora sat down at the table. 

Suddenly, Dmitri said, "Mother, why are you financially supporting the rebels who are against me? You were the one who wanted me to suppress them, and now you are supporting them? What is going on? Are we supposed to have a war within our family? Between the two of us?" He was furious. 

Cora looked at him with knitted brows. She didn't say anything for some time. 

Cora was greatly surprised when Dmitri accused her of supporting the rebels. She had never done that. However, she had given a large amount of money to Keisha last week as she had wanted to buy jewelry for herself. In that aspect, Adrianna was very simple; she hardly wore any jewelry.

However, when Dmitri accused her, she was shocked as to how come her name was being dragged into it. Was it possible that Keisha had given that money to the rebels?

She said, "Dmitri, you cannot dictate what I do! Why would I support the rebels? Your allegations are preposterous! Has your wife fed you with wrong information again?" 

Adrianna started to speak when Dmitri glared at her and warned her not to bother. 

"I have received information that you have supplied the rebels a large amount of money. Hence, from now on, you will not have access to the kingdom's finances," said Dmitri with a threat in his voice. 

"Dmitri! Are you mad? Why are you supporting rebels?" shouted Cora when Dmitri gave that order. She looked accusingly at Adrianna and spat, "Did you give him that advice?"