I expected to see hateful stares and whispers when I went to college the next day but nothing happened. The students looked like that incident never happened in the first place. Although I did receive glances from them but it happened like usual stares I received. No one talked about the incident and it puzzled me a lot. Did something happened without my knowledge?

This is weird.

My day at the college continued like usual and to be honest I wished college will finished soon. I had suffered for 4 year in college before and now I had to go through that again. I thought I will be happy to learn here as there were a lot of new knowledge for me but I didn't know that I get so tired at some point.

I was so exhausted with everything around me. Why? I didn't have the answer. Everything I did will lead me to the villainess route no matter how hard I avoided it. I put so much effort and hard work to keep away from troubles but it managed to find me somehow.

And what's going on with the heroin? She acting weirdly, not like so called heroin. Why the heroin has friends like that. Birds of a feather flock together right? If she is the so called charming kind heroin, then the people around must be the same kind as her.

*******

"Ava dear, you got an invitation from the prince"

I was reading some paperwork when mother walked into my room. Shocked filled my eyes and I heard mother's chuckles from above.

"Invitation? I don't know we have any event in near future". I looked up to see a smiling face on my mother.

"See it by yourself. You surely will love it"

Before I could even uttered any response my mother turned her back and left.

What?!

I stared on the letter and reached to open it. My eyes got bigger as I read through letter. That cold prince invitated me to a dinner with only two of us.

My goodness! Why the prince suddenly invited me for a dinner? What's wrong with him now. Did he really didn't meet with the heroin yet? If they had meet, the one that should be at the dinner should be her not me.

What's going on now?

Nevertheless, I was not the one that over the moon for the invitation, my family was. They were so ecstatic when my mother told them over dinner. I even heard my sisters squealed so hard. I just kept silent during the dinner while my mother and sisters actively discussing about something.

Sigh, let them do what make them happy, is what I thought when I thought about it.

*******

Apparently I was being dressed from the early morning for my 'date' with the prince. And I just letting all those hands doing their own magic on me. I didn't know what I should feel about this dinner. Anxious? Happy? Fear?

But I did feel some ominous feeling. It had been dawned on me since that day I received that letter. Why though? Maybe because this event never happened in the novel in the first place. The prince never showed any interest at Ava before or after marriage so their interactions were so little. It was always Ava trying to hinder the main couple relationship. But what really broke my heart was Ava frequently mentioned how she knew the back of the prince like the back of her hand. The prince for her was someone that was so close yet so far for her to reach.

Why chase for something that will drift away from you? I never understood that feeling but for Ava maybe the prince was someone that important for her.

Ava's so pity.

While I was drowned on my thoughts, Clarissa's voice jerked me awake. I focused my sight on the mirror and saw that I was adorned with cream cloak sleeve dress. My hair was decorated with simple flower decorations and flowed freely to my shoulder.

It's time I guess.

I was escorted by my family from my bedroom until the entrance of our house. Happy was something I clearly saw at their face. They were so happy I got spend time together with him, alone. They really like the prince. I just smile back at them and waving them goodbye as the carriage started to leave the house.

As soon as I reached the palace, a maid immediately escorted me to the palace garden and left me alone there. I need to walk by myself and searched for the prince.

As I walked further into the garden I could hear faint sobbing sound. My brows wrinkled at that and like what human usually did, I searched for that sound.

The deeper I walked, from a far I could see two silhouette embracing each other. When I was approximately 20 steps behind them, Willa was sobbing sadly over someone shoulder and I didn't need to guess who was that other person.

I slowly waltzed towards the figures and the sound of my heels disrupted their moment as they looked at my direction. Willa's eyes bulges and their bodies instantly separated from each other.

The other silhouette calmly left Willa and facing me entirely. As I thought it was the prince. He slowly backed away from Willa to create some distance. After some time he unhurriedly walked towards me but stopped five steps away from me.

I looked alternately between him and Willa but no words came out from my mouth. What should I said at this situation? Should I yelled? But unexpectedly my voice came out so calm that it surprised me.

"Explain" I said calmly towards those in front of me.

Before the prince could even spoke out, Willa hurriedly stand up and let out her defense mechanism.

"My Lady, it was my fault. I was tripping over something and sprained my ankle. Coincidentally the prince was here and help me" Willa uttered this with her sickening sweet tone. It was truly disgust me to my core about that tone of hers.

She grabbed some pole beside her to support her weight and my gaze turned to the prince.

"Think however you want but I didn't do anything indecent" the prince said to me without blinking his eyes at all.

"Ok. Then, let's send Lady Willa first and continue our talk" I called for a guard and Clarissa assisted me in sending Willa away from here.

When everything settled, the prince took my hand and lead me to our supposed to be dinner place. And we started eating as nothing happened before.

Do you believe this?!

Notes : I really want to apologize beforehand to my readers that I can't update as frequent as I can since I had started my work at hospital. But I will continue to update when I can find some free time. But honestly thank you for reading my amateur work. Please be safe always.