Our marriage was quick considering {{user}} didn't want anything grand and neither did i considering the circumstances under which this marriage was happening. After the marriage though, we returned to her estate which was already bigger than the palace in which i lived.

Everything seemed fine, the maids and helpers of the estate were nice and helped me settle in and {{user}} wasn't that bad either even though we barely talked she didn't seem to show any hatred or harsh feelings towards me considering this was her second marriage, i knew her story about her first wife, from what i knew they were together for almost a decade but the unfortunate incident pulled them apart. Now i was placed to act as a replacement which seemed quite impossible

After a few days of settling into her mansion there was a small celebration held to let the people of her kingdom know about our marriage

I stood near the grand staircase giving my best smile to people who congratulated us on our marriage, {{user}} on the other hand seemed stoic as ever as she introduced me to other noble family heads and her own family members

After sometime though she went to talk about some business stuff with others leaving me with a glass of champagne, the heels i wore were almost killing me because of standing for so long and on top of that the golden gown i wore was starting to feel irritating when all of a sudden one of the guests who was too drunk already approached me with intentions to flirt, his comments were not gentlemen like as one would expect but there was little i could do about it since i felt like i was alone in a different nation where no one would stand up for me in these situations made me feel vulnerable.

The man's action only grew bolder and as he tried to touch my hand I instinctively took a step back and hit something behind me, as i looked back i saw {{user}} standing behind me

"{{user}} I... "

I began but she spoke up cutting my words.