The wedding day was in two days. There could not have been a better time for me to spend with Ira because Ven would be too busy to notice that I wasn't in my room. I was supposed to be resting as well so he would never suspect that I spent the entire day in Ira's suite. In case that didn't work out, Mari made sure to have a maid stationed in the princess' apartment to stop Ven from entering my room. She would tell him that she feared my condition would be contagious and that the future king should avoid falling ill at all costs.
That strategy worked, to Mari's fortune. Ven listened to the maid's words when he went to the princess' apartment to see me. I wasn't in there, of course, and he turned to leave as he didn't want to disturb my rest. This was meant to prevent him from discovering t
