Natasha's Only Wish

Inside Nalant's small building.

"Stella, you should go on ahead! The maids can take me over later anyway!"

"Mm, then I'll be going first!" Stella nodded.

As the earl's heir, although the banquet had yet to begin, Stella needed to accompany the earl to the main hall within the royal palace, where she would make her entrance alongside the king.

Nalant naturally had no objection. After they finished speaking, Stella departed for the main hall.

Nalant, meanwhile, continued cultivating as he waited for nightfall and the start of the banquet.

However, not long after Stella had left, the door to the small building was knocked on again.

"Sherry, go see who it is!" Nalant instructed.

"Yes, my lord!" Sherry immediately skipped toward the front door.

Yet what puzzled Nalant was that after the little girl had gone over, there was no sound from her at all.

"Sherry, who is it?" Nalant asked in confusion.

But at that moment, he suddenly sensed a figure appear at the entrance to the sitting room.

Nalant looked up, only to be utterly shocked.

"Why are you here? And dressed like that?"

The visitor was none other than Natasha.

At that moment, Natasha stood at the sitting room entrance dressed as a maid, her gaze fixed directly on Nalant.

Hearing Nalant's question, Natasha did not answer at once. She merely took slow steps toward him.

"Natasha, aren't you supposed to attend the wedding tonight?" Nalant's eyelid twitched as he felt something was amiss.

"Yes, but the wedding hasn't started yet, so I came out for a stroll!" Seeing Nalant's nervous expression, Natasha curved her lips into a smile.

"Miss Natasha, it wouldn't be good if others found out about this!" Nalant felt rather alarmed.

This was the royal palace. This woman was playing with fire—the