Elenor began searching for more information about Baron Cullingford once she had enough of lazing around the whole day. She didn't want Alec to find out what she was doing so she had to be secretive and look for it whenever he was busy.

Coincidentally, Alec has been busy for the past few days and sometimes he would have to leave somewhere. This of course was an advantage for Elenor since he wouldn't be with her when she was looking for more information about his own family.

Elenor was curious as to why he had been going out more often than usual but she could always ask another time. Right now she had to focus on looking for more information about the Cullingford. She needed something that would be able to show that Alec was truly the legitimate heir of the Cullingford but she didn't know what.

"There's nothing here as well." she muttered to herself, defeatedly.

She had been in the royal library for hours, looking through history books to see if there was anything about the Culllingford but so far there wasn't that many other than a few achievements the Baron household had done for the kingdom.

Elenor left the royal library afterwards. There wasn't much she could find there as well. Elenor sighed as she headed back to the estate.

"Maybe Alec has something that can prove he's the heir..." she mumbled to herself while staring out of the carriage, watching the trees go by.

Elenor got off the carriage once she reached back. At the same time, she saw Alec arriving back as well. With a mischievous grin on her face, she slowly crept up behind him.

"Alec-"

She was about to playfully touch his shoulders when he suddenly turned around and held her wrist tightly. Elenor could feel the murderous intent coming from him as he nearly twisted her wrist.

The look on his face just before he twisted her wrist...

Was terrifying.

She could feel her face turning pale in fear. Her heart was beating loudly against her chest as the murderous intent slowly suffocated her.

"Milady?" Alec called out in surprise.

Instantly the murderous intent she felt, disappeared. Her wrist that Alec nearly twisted was now being gently held. But she still couldn't help but tremble in fear. This was what she would feel if he ever wanted to kill her.

This was the first time she ever felt the true killing intent from him.

When Alec released her wrist, she held it in her free hand. It was bruised from his strength. She could feel the pain from it so she massaged her wrist while trying to calm herself down.

"Milady.." Alec called out, taking one step closer.

Elenor flinched, taking a step back. She looked at Alec with fear in her eyes. Hurriedly, she looked down, "I'm...I'm going inside!"

She sped off inside, not glancing back at Alec. She was scared. She was scared of his murderous aura around him. It was as if she was truly about to die in his hands. The fear of her being killed by Alec came back.

She didn't feel safe around him right now.

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Alec watched as Elenor ran inside the manor. He gazed down at his hand that held her wrist tightly. He thought it was an intruder so he nearly twisted it but when he realised it was Elenor he immediately released it.

He frowned at himself. The fear in her eyes was obvious. She was afraid of him now.

"Fuck..." he cursed to himself.

-

"Please do be careful next time, my lady." one of the maids said as she wrapped Elenor's bruised wrist in bandages.

Elenor awkwardly laughed and nodded. "Yes I will be more careful next time."

"How did you even get such a bad bruise on your wrist?" she sighed as she finished bandaging it.

Elenor just smiled at the maid before dismissing her from the room. Elenor sat on the couch and blankly stared at her wrist. The memory of how Alec looked at her came back. She shuddered in fear.

Half of her knew he only looked at her like that because he was caught off guard. When he realised it was her, the intent disappeared instantly but another part of her couldn't help but still feel scared.

Elenor groaned, covering her face with her palms. How was she going to face him now since she blatantly ran away from him.

Then a knock on her door was heard. She glanced at the door, "Come in."

Alec walked in causing her to freeze in her seat. She stared at him before looking away. The air was awkward and uncomfortable. She didn't know what to do or say to him.

Elenor pressed her lips together before finally speaking up, "Um..Alec-"

"You have a letter milady." Alec handed her the letter.

"Oh thank you." Elenor took the letter from him.

Before she could say anything, Alec bowed and left the room, leaving her alone in her room. Elenor blinked a couple of times before looking down at the letter.

"He just left like that?" she muttered to herself.

She brought her focus back to the letter in her hands and tore it open. She read the contents inside the letter. Her eyes widened in shock before quickly heading over to her desk. It was a tea party invitation from Rosina.

Elenor remembered this part of the story. In the book, Rosina had invited many nobles around her age for a tea party at her household. Including Elenor. Rosina also sent a letter to Lloyd, inviting him although she knew the chances of him getting and reading the letter was slim, she did try.

Lloyd, of course, received the letter and agreed to come. If anyone else invited him, he would have declined but it was Rosina so he agreed. It was a romance book, things would obviously work in their favour.

Elenor stared at the letter once more before deciding to write back to her, agreeing to go for the tea party.

In the book, Elenor would be extremely jealous and furious when she sees Lloyd and Rosina talking with each other. She would then order Alec to purposely lure her away from where the tea party was held and once Rosina was out of people's sight, she would push her into the lake.

But she would get caught by Lloyd who stopped her from pushing Rosina into the lake. Elenor would then proceed to pretend she wasn't about to push Rosina into the lake and ran off. Rosina thanked Lloyd for saving her from a disaster that could have happened if he hadn't come earlier. This development brought the two closer and became better friends.

However, since Elenor was not the book Elenor, she was a bit worried of how the development between them will happen. She knew she said she wouldn't butt in but she obviously still wanted to watch the couple she wrote about fall in love whenever she had the chance to!

"The world is following the plot so there might be another way for them to get that event." she faintly murmured.

She sighed to herself. Hopefully everything will be alright.

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I will now be at gun point because of what i have done to my babies (o′┏▽┓｀o) and I was supposed to update earlier but i got carried away from reading ;;