Gifted Bride of the Sinned Prince

“To bring your thoughts to one place,” Mingquan said and moved back.

Lin Jiao rubbed her forehead. “Since you are a prince, that’s why I forgive you,” she mumbled and sat on the bed.

“The Fourth Prince should leave for the palace,” Lin Jiao told him.

“I cannot,” Mingquan said.

“Why?”

“I have to go somewhere,” Mingquan answered. Before he could speak further, they both heard the voice.

“Miss Lin, Young Master Bai Jue has come to see you,” the servant spoke from outside the room.

Mingquan and Lin Jiao looked at each other.

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“Why is he here?” Lin Jiao mumbled. “I don’t want to see him,” she stated.

“Lin Jiao, let me see you once. I have something to tell you,” Bai Jue said from outside the room.

Lin Jiao knitted her brows together in confusion and then looked at Mingquan. “What to do, Your Highness? He never came to see me at this hour, especially when my father and brother aren’t home,” she affirmed.

Mingquan stood up from the bed and went to the door. He opened them and looked at Bai Jue, who was shocked to see the Fourth Prince.

“What is it, Bai Jue? Did I not tell you to stay away from my fianceé?” Mingquan questioned him.

“Forgive me, Your Highness. I have come here to ask if Lin Jiao is well,” Bai Jue said.

“She is resting,” Mingquan said. “You don’t need to come to the Lin Residence at a time when Miss Lin’s father and brother aren’t present,” he asserted.

Bai Jue didn’t like the way Mingquan was commanding him, but what he could even do. He wanted to tell Lin Jiao to accept his feelings and refuse the marriage proposal that the Fourth Prince had given her.

“Your Highness, let me talk with Bai Jue.” They both heard Lin Jiao’s voice.

Mingquan turned and saw Lin Jiao standing behind her while Bai Jue smiled to see her.

Bai Jue asked Mingquan to wait for her and she stepped out of the room. “Don’t worry about my knee. It is healing and I will not jump around,” she assured Mingquan, who nodded at her.

Lin Jiao walked ahead of Bai Jue, who smirked at Mingquan before following Lin Jiao.

She stopped at the other end of the corridor and turned around. Bai Jue halted behind her and asked if she was good.

“I am fine,” Lin Jiao said, “the royal physician has told me to take a few days’ rest and limit the walk to heal the wound fully.”

“Forgive me for my yesterday’s behavior,” Bai Jue apologized to her. “I was worried to see you. That’s why I wanted to bring you home,” he asserted.

“You aren’t supposed to worry for me, Bai Jue,” Lin Jiao told him. “I do not like you. Since you have been a friend to my elder brother, I never said anything. You must have noticed that I always avoid you. There is a reason behind it. I know that you’ve had feelings for me for a long time. I should have answered you earlier, but I took time. Forgive me, Bai Jue,” Lin Jiao honestly told him.

“Lin Jiao, do you like the Fourth Prince?” Bai Jue asked her.

“That should not matter to you. I have cleared you my answer, so you should stop looking at me as a woman,” Lin Jiao stated.

“Lin Jiao, I will keep you happy. I promise you. I will always protect you. I love you, Lin Jiao,” Bai Jue confessed to her in the most unexpected way. She frowned as it infuriated him. It surprised her that Mingquan was right about Bai Jue. He wasn’t ready to believe that Bai Jue loved him.

“Bai Jue, you cannot keep me happy. You don’t need to protect me either. You should leave,” Lin Jiao said and told him that she would go back to her room.

She stepped up while holding the skirt when Bai Jue held her arm and pulled her in his direction.

“Bai Jue!” She shouted at him and asked him to leave her.

“I cannot live with you,” Bai Jue said.

“You have turned insane, Bai Jue. Leave me,” Lin Jiao said and tried to release her arm from his grip.

Bai Jue shook his head and hugged her when Lin Jiao started screaming. “Bai Jue, what are you doing? Help me! Help me!”

“Lin Jiao, I really will keep you happy. I cannot live without you,” He said and then cupped her face. Lin Jiao looked at him with a terrified look.

“I heard from Ye Xin that you fell for Prince Mingquan because he kissed you. That’s not possible. Only I can love you since you are mine,” Bai Jue said.

Lin Jiao tried to push him away while he forced her upon her.

Mingquan grabbed Bai Jue’s robe and turned him around. Lin Jiao fell behind and tears rolled down her cheek because of the fear.

Mingquan punched Bai Jue and then kicked him. The servants had come running there and helped Lin Jiao stand up.

Bai Jue tried to get up when Mingquan pressed his foot on his chest, making his head hit on the floor beneath him.

“I warned you not to trouble Lin Jiao with your creepy tactic,” Mingquan said with a furious expression. The soldier, who was appointed to Lin Jiao’s service, also arrived there after he got informed about it.

“Send him to prison,” Mingquan said, moving his foot back.

The soldier grabbed Bai Jue by his arm while Mingquan went to Lin Jiao.

“Are you alright?” Mingquan asked Lin Jiao with concern. He saw her hands trembling in fear and the tears on her cheeks. He put his arm around her shoulder and the other hand beneath her legs. He lifted Lin Jiao in his arms and took her to her room.