Fated to the Cursed Lycan Prince by Dark Knight
Chapter 1114 Treated Her Differently
Adela’s POV:
“That’s impossible!”
I immediately refuted Lucy’s words with a vehemence I didn’t know I was capable of. I even knocked over my tea cup by accident.
The sound of shattering china was unnaturally loud in my head. I could tell that I was going through shock.
“But that woman is a sinner… She was executed, wasn’t she?” I murmured in disbelief, as if saying it out loud would make it the truth.
If that woman was truly alive, then Rufus would definitely not want me. Rufus had loved her so much. If she appeared before him now, I knew that he would never let her go.
I leaned over in a trance and grabbed Lucy’s arm. “You must have made a mistake. You must have remembered it wrong! What makes you so sure that it was her?”
Lucy impatiently shook my hand away. “I was in the imperial palace at the time of her persecution. However, everything happened so fast that I wasn’t able to keep up. By the time I tried to investigate more thoroughly, every single piece of information on her has been wiped out. Now that I think about it, someone must have done it deliberately to cover up for her.”
Lucy sneered before continuing. “Rufus has just proposed to that b*itc*h right before the incident happened. He really cares about her. Everyone in the kingdom knows how devoted they were to each other.”
Hearing that made my heart freeze. When Lucy looked at me again, there was a hint of pity in her eyes. “Rufus completely changed after she died. It was almost like he had no memory of her at all. Laura then forbade anyone to mention her again, until the matter slowly faded into oblivion.”
I grasped at the most obvious mystery of all and blurted out, “But how is that possible? Why would Rufus suddenly forget about her just like that? Besides, I didn’t hear anything about him losing his memory before.”
Lucy snorted and rolled her eyes. “Shortly after Rufus succeeded Ethan, I managed to have an audience with him. I learned that he had, in fact, forgotten a lot of things. He knew nothing of his mate, as if she has never been in his life. Now that I piece it together, it’s clear that his memory loss is related to that woman’s disappearance.”
I pressed my lips into a tight line and headed for the door.
But Lucy acted quickly. She was on me in a flash, locking the door and throwing me aside. “What are you planning to do?”
“I’m going to test Rufus and see if he remembers Crystal.” I pushed her away and reached for the latch to unlock the door.
Lucy didn’t give in, though. She stepped right in front of me and dug her heels. Her voice was cold and ruthless when she said, “Don’t even think about mentioning the past or any of these conjectures to Rufus if you don’t want to die. Trust me, it won’t be good for either of us if he remembers Crystal.”
“I will be careful,” I promised casually before pushing past her again, but Lucy still stopped me. “You idiot!” she snapped. “If Rufus really remembers Crystal, then he wouldn’t give a damn about you!”
I frowned, the breath catching in my throat. “No, there’s no way… Rufus is still under the influence of the potion. He likes me! He thinks I am his mate! Besides, even if he remembers her, I’m sure he wouldn’t want to be with her. That b*itc*h has sinned against the empire.”
Lucy poked me in the forehead, her nail digging into my skin. “Have you never realized that Rufus treats Crystal differently from others? He doesn’t even remember her yet, and he already gives her special treatment. When he does remember her, they’re bound to get entangled all over again.”
I fell silent, and my hand dropped from the doorknob. I was feeling upset and a tad defeated.
Lucy was right. I had noticed that no matter the circumstances, as long as Crystal was present, Rufus’ attention was always on her. And that kind of single-minded focus had only ever applied to her.