Fiancée

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(3rd Person POV)

Roxana was standing in front of the patriarch of the Agriches to report her progress with Aston.

It was an important moment as this would be a turning point in Aston and Roxana's plan of destroying the Agriches.

Roxana said in a respectful tone with a hint of proudness, "I have almost succeeded in your mission, patriarch."

Lant didn't expect that answer at all. He had lost almost all hope that Roxana would be able to become Aston's partner. In a moment, his pale face brightened up. All of the worry on his face due to the actions of the other families vanished.

He gave off a hearty laugh which continued for a few minutes. His rough and cracked laugh was booming throughout the room.

Roxana was disgusted at the sight of him laughing wildly but she calmed her feelings as the thought of him dying at her hands came into her mind. His death was a great motivating factor for Roxana because he had been the sole reason behind her suffering. Others just made her already difficult life more harder.

She could have lived happily with her twin brother and mother if not for the vile person in front of her. He ruined her chances of living a normal life. So, her past self had made an oath to herself that she would kill the patriarch at any cost, even if the cost was her life.

And Roxana would make sure to fulfill her oath.

After Lant had stopped laughing, he said with an elated expression, "As expected of Roxana. I had begun to lose hope in you. But thankfully, you didn't betray my faith. From what my secret squad told me, you were in the crown prince's room from afternoon to dusk. Have both of you done sexual intercourse?"

Roxana replied, "I am sorry to disappoint you, patriarch but we haven't reached that point. He told me that he would be performing that act after he would have become the emperor. Till then, he agreed that he would be fine with an unofficial engagement with me."

Lant squinted his eyes as he asked with a suspecting tone, "That's all fine but his actions are too good to be true. He has always been unpredictable and psychopathic. I don't understand why his actions seem docile. Has he really fallen in love with you, Roxana or is there some ulterior motive behind his actions?"

Roxana's face turned pale, as she said in a slightly hesitating tone, "Patriarch, it isn't remotely like love. I didn't want to share it with you since it was an insignificant detail, I am his fiancee just in name. He treats me just like his property and a slave. He just takes care not to do any permanent or noticeable damage to my body."

Lant's eyes glinted as he chuckled and said, "Hahahahahahaha... That's the crown prince, I know. Roxana make sure to get pregnant with his child. We would have another plausible reason to ask him for support."

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Then Lant called one of his men and ordered him to call Dion Agriche and Jeremy Agriche to the office.

In a matter of minutes, both of them entered the patriarch's office. Jeremy was genuinely confused about what was the reason behind calling him along with Dion. As soon as he saw Roxana, he had an ominous feeling and somewhere in his mind, he knew it was related to that damned crown prince.

Dion had a different face than his usually expressionless countenance. His eyes roamed sharply around the room as soon as he entered it and his gaze was focused on Roxana.

Roxana had a bit of an idea about Dion's obsession with her and she had planned to use that to manipulate him in her plan she made to conquer the house before Aston came. However, there was no need for Dion now. She could now finally kill that hated bastard, with as much cruelty as she could rain on him.

Lant addressed Dion and Jeremy, "Dion and Jeremy, since both of you are my strongest children and my most trusted. I would be telling you something that would be incredibly useful to our family. We would finally be able to reign over the other five families."

Since Jeremy was young and immature, he got excited after listening to his father and asked urgently, "What is it, father? I have always been wanting to show those bastards who is better."

"Roxana has entered into an unofficial engagement with the crown prince. We could use the support of the Phoenix Family and be the strongest among the five families. "

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Dion wasn't extremely surprised by that news. He just kept his gaze on Roxana with unbridled obsession. But it was the exact opposite for Jeremy. For him, his world went down into fire when he heard that. He was frozen at his place and didn't say anything.

Then his whole body started trembling as he looked at his beloved sister for her to deny the patriarch's claim in any way or even show some sort of unwillingness in this engagement. On the contrary, she had a radiant expression as the corners of her lips were turned up into a small smile.

He banged the office's table in a fury with his hands and raged, "Father, how could you do this to Roxy? Shouldn't she get to make her own choices willingly? Why is she forced into an engagement with that fu**er??!?! You know how he would treat Roxy, that bastard would treat her like a slave!!!!!!"

Lant's turned sharp as he said, "Jeremy, don't be foolish. Your emotions are hiding the advantages of this situation from your eyes. And Roxana is extremely willing to enter this engagement. Aren't you Roxana?"

Roxana replied positively with a smile on her face, ''Of course, father. Acting for the family is my duty."

"That's what my child should be like. And anyway, I already have my heir in Dion. Currently, Roxana's worth only exists in her marriage value. She might have been a powerful force if she had been able to hatch the carnivorous butterflies. Well, all of you are excused except Dion. Dion, I want you to explain to me more about your report on the mission."

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Jeremy stormed out of the office in a tantrum and confronted Roxana. He was sweating as he asked in a tone of disbelief, "Roxy, y-you aren't a-agreeing to t-this, right? You m-must only b-be playing that b-bastard like a fool."

Roxana replied to him in an uncaring tone, "Jeremy, you need to accept the reality. You can't act like a foolish child anymore. There are some things that we cannot change."

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Several thoughts came into Jeremy's mind at that point and each one of them led to only one person - Aston Phoenix.

He ran from the front of the office to the part of the building where Aston was staying. His body quivered with bloodlust.

He came up to the room designated for the crown prince and kicked it open. Inside the room was Aston drinking tea while Edmund was standing beside him.

On seeing the intruder, Edmund took action immediately as he unsheathed his sword from behind his back. He was just going to attack Jeremy but stopped as Aston ordered, "Stand down, Edmund."

Edmund stopped in his place but didn't withdrew his fighting spirit and kept glowering at the hostile person. Aston set down his teacup lazily and stood from his chair while Jeremy stormed up to Aston and glared at him with unbounded hostility.

Jeremy pulled a knife from behind his back and attempted to strike Aston's neck to kill him. But due to the difference in their power, Aston easily grabbed Jeremy's hand and bent his arm.

The knife fell out from Jeremy's hand as he growled in pain but he still didn't lose his antagonistic gaze. Sensing Jeremy's unbroken spirit, Aston smirked and grabbed Jeremy's right hand to start twisting it slowly. For the next minute, Jeremy's hand moved a full circle. His hand was almost broken due to the extreme force behind Aston's grip. Then, his hand lost its strength and went limp in the air.

Then Aston grabbed Jeremy by his neck and lifted him up effortlessly. Jeremy tried to free himself with his other functional hand but failed miserably.

In a matter of few seconds, the airflow had been cut fully and he was gasping desperately.

As his sight started becoming dimmer and hazier, he heard Aston say, "Your sister would make a good slave. She is very obedient. Saved my time in training her."

Jeremy's widened and he did his last-ditch effort by trying to hit Aston one last time. But he was immediately thrown into the hallway.

His body hit against the wall and he coughed up blood due to an internal injury.

Before he fainted, he could see Aston smirking devilishly.

His thought at that time was, 'Roxy…'.

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