Episode 5
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“ This is a bad idea milady”.
Lucille says but Angelica doesn't listen anymore, she looks happy as she talks about her plans, giving detailed instructions to her maid as she told her the plan.
Lucille leaves the library to start the preparations.
Mischief gleamed in her eyes.
For the first time,she looks forward to dinner.
She calls for a maid.
“ Get me a quill pen and some ink” Angelica says.
“ Yes Madame” the girl replies as she hurriedly leaves the library.
The maid comes back a few minutes later with the ink,quill and paper.
“Dear husband,
Angelica writes.
I hope I'm not disturbing your studies,but I would really love it if we had dinner together tonight.”
Your dearest wife,
Angelica.
She reads the message over and over again.
Perfect,she thinks to herself
She seals the letter with the Richelieu family crest,
A symbol specially made and given as a gift to the family by the King.
Only the duke and duchess had access to it.
The stamp carries power and authority.
With a smile on her face,she instructs the maid to deliver it to the foot boy.
“ Give the letter to the foot boy,it should be delivered to the academy immediately”. Angelica says.
“ Yes Madame”, the maid says as she bows to leave.
The first part is done,she thinks to herself
Now she just hopes he comes home.
_ _ _
Frederic was sitting in his chair,his hair tousled from mostly running his hands through his so much while working.
The table was piled up with stacks of paper, documents that needed approvals sat in waiting.
His shirt was missing a few buttons, revealing his toned body.
He hasn't been to the townhouse in days,
He needs a bath and change of clothes, Frederic thought to himself.
Frederic was still contemplating whether to go home
When his assistant,enters his office while using the door to push Frederic shoes away from blocking it
Frederic looks up from the document,his dark eyes peering through the glasses that sat on his nose bridge.
His assistant was a young man not up to twenty.
Tall and lean.
With facial features completely different from Frederic's own.
But their similarities was in the way their shirt was rumpled, and how they looked like they hadn't seen the sun in days.
“What is it?”, Frederic says to Ren.
“You have a letter,Sir”
“ Add it to the pile there”, Frederic says as he points to the little pile of letters in the corner of the office.
“ The footboy who delivered it said it's urgent.
It is from the townhouse and has your crest stamped on it”.
The statement makes Frederic drop the document.
“ Bring it”,he says to Ren.
He had never received a message from the townhouse before, as he collects the letter from his assistant.
His mind skips as he sees the crest.
What could it be? He thinks to himself.
Angelica had never sent him a message before no matter how urgent it was.
She would always wait till he got home.
Maybe something has happened to her
He thought.
Frederic tears open the letter and reads the letter to himself.
Dear husband,
I hope I'm not disturbing your studies,but I would really love it if we had dinner together tonight “
Your dearest wife,
Angelica.
Frederic reads the letter over and over again.
Dinner?Dinner??
He reads the letter again, perplexed.
Curiosity overtakes surprise in his mind as he stares at the letter again.
Why would she use the royal stamp to send an invite to dinner?
When his mother was duchess,he had only received the stamp as a letter to announce the passing of his uncle.
Ren’s voice broke him out of his thoughts.
“ Sir,hope it's nothing serious?” The boy says,worry etched on his face.
“ Nothing serious” Frederic says as he chuckles.
“ You should go home tonight,” he tells Ren.
“ My wife wants me home”.
“ Ok sire….but there's a ……”
Ren never completes the statement when a voice is heard in the hallway calling out Frederic’ name.
Frederic puts his hand to his temple and shakes his head.
He immediately recognizes that voice.
A figure barges into the office, walking past Ren and sitting on a chair opposite from Frederic.
Frederic smiles.
“ What do I owe for today's visit?” Frederic says.
He gestures for Ren to leave the room.
The man laughs out loud.
“ I knew my dearest friend would be all cooped in with his book and work,
So I decided,out of the goodness of my heart” he says as he dramatically puts his hand on his chest
“ To come save you, from all this”.
Frederic shakes his head.
“ The duke of Wellington estate doesn't need saving “ Frederic says to him
“ Of course, Monsieur Richelieu “ the man says in a mocking tone.
The man puts his legs on the table.
He continues.
“ The night is beautiful,you surely don't want to waste it behind books and paperwork,do you? “
“You should go outside more,have fun
Tonight I'm paying for it all”. The man says.
“ Would you like to have dinner instead” , Frederic says
“ Dinner?”, the man says as he c***s his brow.
“Yes, would you like dinner instead?”
Frederic says as a smile forms on his lips.
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