Caught Stealing.
Cassey finally thought that she had a plan and her life would improve for the better. But, just then…
The moment she turned to put the file back, the lights of the room were lit.
She turned towards the door only to see Tyrone, Damien and Ben standing there and staring at her.
He looked cold again!
"My lady! You! What are you doing here?" Ben looked surprised as he turned to Tyrone and bowed his head, "it is all my fault, master. I should have checked first myself. Only then should I have come to you. I was just afraid that it could be a spy who is tampering the records."
"......." Cassey looked at the file in her hands. It was not the one she was checking. She had successfully placed the file of maids back but when the lights were lit suddenly, another book fell and she held it unconsciously.
Looking at their reaction, she read the title of the file and was shocked to see she was holding the list of private properties that Tyrone owns.
"I.."
"My lord, shall I deal with her?" it was Damien who asked it. That man used to be her brother.
"That is not needed!" Tyrone took a deep breath. His deep soulful eyes were filled with anger and resentment. When she looked at them, she felt she would be sucked by the whirlpool.
"You can leave!" he did not look at her but she knew the words were directed to her, "and take that book with you." his voice was full of ridicule as if he was telling her,
"I should have known that you could not hide your greed!"
She trembled as she felt insulted. It would have been better if he had punished her instead. But the way, hatred and disgust was filling his heart, she felt wounded again and again.
"I was not checking this one!" she announced as she calmly placed the file back in the cabinet. "You came out suddenly, so it fell by mistake and I held it unconsciously. I was looking for another file."
In Spite of the doubt and ridicule in their eyes, she turned calmly and took out another file from the cabinet.
"If you are allowing me to take the file I wanted, I want this one." She raised the file higher so that they could read it well.
"You were looking for the list of knights working for the palace in the middle of night, hiding in the dark?" Those words were more like mockery instead of a question but she still nodded her head.
Her heart was beating fast and she was feeling awful whenever their eyes met. She reminded herself again and again that he was only hurt because he thought she had betrayed him. But that did not make it easy for her.
She still felt hurt and wounded by the lack of trust of her husband.
"Yes, I was looking for the knights who were guarding the door that night. I wanted to.."
"You did not even remember the name and faces of the guards you attacked?" It was Damien who interrupted them.
He could not bear this nonsense anymore.
"My lord, I know that you still need her to take care of the princess. But at least you can place some rules for her. I am afraid that we might be in trouble because of her again. She had no guilt or remorse for what she had done. Do you really think she would be looking for the names of the knights in the middle of the night?
She could have asked you or maids if she wanted to apologize. But look at her cold face, do you think she wanted to apologize?" Cassey gritted her teeth.
Her body was trembling with anger as she looked at Dami. So far, she was trying to ignore his actions. Thinking that he might be hurt with her betrayal but that was enough.
"Ha! Has he asked you? Why are you being so nosy when it is a matter between husband and wife?" He looked horrified by her reply as he stared at her with a pale face when she took a step closer to him and poked his chest.
"Do you think I need to look for his properties in the hiding place? Tyrone would have told me about them if I would have asked him directly. Right?" she tilted her head and stared at startled Tyrone who nodded his head unconsciously.
"And as far as it is about Penny, she is our daughter. And nothing in the world could change it. If you are so suspicious of me, you can personally be my guard and keep an eye on me all the time."
"Ha! Do you want me to be the god that wags its tail and follows you everywhere?" he barked when she laughed.
"You are talking like you have never done it? Did you forget that you used to be my personal knight before I left the palace? If not for the war, you would have been with me that day too? Were you a dog at that time?"
"......" Damien's whole face turned red. He was raging with anger. Yes! He used to follow her. He used to wag his tail when she smiled. That was the sole reason that he was never able to forgive her. He could not bear that the one he trusted most betrayed them.
He did not even marry after that. For he could neve trust a woman again. His eyes kept turning fierce but he did not have a word to tell her without hiding his emotions.
"That is enough!" Tyrone held her shoulders and pulled her back when she glared at him too.
"No matter what the reason is, you should not be trespassing in the office of others. And now you are shouting as if it was their mistake that you are caught. We are trying hard to accept your presence Cassandra. Don't make it unbearable for them."