When Petals Meet The Blade (Priscilla and Waldo) novel Chapter 233

Chapter 233

After leaving Adele’s tent, Waldo looked up and spotted Shawn carrying something toward the Yates family’s camp.

Shawn had hoped to pretend he hadn’t seen Waldo, but with Waldo heading straight for him, he had no choice but to put on a forced smile and bow. “Greetings, Your Highness,” he said.

“What are you carrying there?” Waldo asked, eyeing the covered tray in Shawn’s hands.

The tray was covered, making its contents invisible.

Shawn managed a forced smile and replied respectfully, “Your Highness, these are cakes His Highness specially ordered the cook to prepare. Knowing Ms. Yates doesn’t care for meat in the morning, he had them made early, just waiting for her to come out.”

This was the hunting grounds. While the King and a few princes brought their own chefs, some of the more pampered members from other teams might also bring a cook. But as most of them were warriors, they usually prepared their own meals.

Last night, each group was barbecuing and drinking, leaving plenty of leftover meat. So this morning, most people simply had barbecue for breakfast.

No one would’ve thought Leon would even notice something so trivial.

Waldo couldn’t help but glance over at Leon, who was seated some distance away.

Though Leon was sipping his coffee, his eyes were blatantly fixed on the figure across from him, not even bothering to hide it. He stared so openly, as if it was the most natural thing in the world.

The moment Waldo caught sight of the figure across from him, his heart gave a painful lurch.

Today, her makeup was even more minimal than yesterday. Dressed in a form–fitting outfit with her hair tied back in a simple ponytail, she looked sharp, energetic, and ready for action.

‘This hair ribbon… Why does it seem so familiar? Have I seen it somewhere before?‘ he wondered.

Seeing that Waldo remained silent, Shawn bowed slightly again and quickly slipped away while he was lost in thought, delivering the cakes to Jessica.

He asked, “Ms. Yates, why are you wearing His Highness’s hair ribbon? He was looking for it this morning and ended up taking mine since he couldn’t find

his!”

Left with no choice, Shawn had to haphazardly tie up his hair with a makeshift strip of cloth he’d cut off himself.

He kept muttering to himself, “If only our manor had a mistress! His Highness goes out and doesn’t even think to pack a few extra hair ribbons!”

Upon hearing this, Jessica had just taken a sip of coffee and nearly choked on it in surprise.

Monica’s sharp eyes immediately spotted that her hair ribbon was unusual.

“Miss,” she stammered, “there’s a… a character ‘Leon‘ on it.”

“Shut up!” Jessica’s face burned with embarrassment.

She couldn’t help shooting a glare at Leon across from her.

Leon looked utterly innocent.

When Shawn returned, he leaned in and whispered in Leon’s ear, “Your Highness, the hair ribbon Ms. Yates is wearing today is the one you lost. Don’t you remember giving it to her yourself?”

Glancing again at the hair ribbon on Leon’s head, Shawn’s resentment deepened.

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