NOT THE USUAL CINDERELLA (Season 2)

CHALLENGING PRINCE ENZO

Alvero's successful actions made Deanda's body really slightly jerked with slightly widened eyes. A gentle whisper from Alvero, Alvero's warm breath blowing through his neck and ears, as well as Alvero's friendly kiss in his ears suddenly made Deanda hold her chest that vibrated violently with her lips slightly open to exhale.

Your Highness... You always manage to make me almost out of breath because my heart is always beating hard every time you are near me. Well, if your majesty always teases me like that, I could have a heart attack. And if that were to happen, everything would be a completely noble responsibility.

Deanda said inwardly as she breathed a sigh of relief as soon as she realized Alvero had already entered the bathroom and was no longer teasing her. Although from the beginning to know Alvero, Deanda knows that the handsome man who is now her husband is very fond of teasing her, but still any temptation Alvero to him still able to make his chest pounding, but still, his body trembled, and that definitely made him so nervous and misbehaved. But unknowingly, Alvero's actions also succeeded in making his lips singe a smile that showed that he was so happy to realize that Alvero always made him flattered and felt so loved.

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"Enzo! You haven't played chess with me in a long time." Alvero said as he patted Enzo's shoulder which instantly stopped the movement of his mouth that was enjoying his favorite macaron.

(Macaron is a biscuit made with egg white, sugar flour, refined sugar, almond flour, and food coloring. Macaron is a small round-shaped biscuit, a variety of colors, crunchy on the outside, and,. Macaron, (pronounced mack-a-ROHN) is a French-based meringue pastry. Macarons are round and stacked like sandwiches with sweet fillings like jam, buttercream or ganache. The outer texture is crisp but the middle is a soft cream that melts in the mouth. The look is attractive with adorable funny colors. Macaron, according to tradition, was introduced in France by the Italian chef belonging to Queen Catherine De Medici during the Renaissance.

Since the 19th century, the Parisian macaron has been served with ganache, butter cream, or jam filling sandwiched between two biscuits, which makes it similar to a sandwich biscuit. The food is identified with a smooth and slightly curved top, a rough circle, and a flat base. Macaron is quite moist and easily melts in the mouth. Makaron can be varied in a variety of flavors, ranging from traditional flavors (rasberries, chocolate) to unusual flavors (foie gras, matcha). This makes macaron can also be found in various colors according to taste. There is some debate in the use of the terms macaron and macaroon, due to the presence of macaroon made from coconut which is quite different from French macaron (macaron). In English, some bakers adopted the French spelling, macaron, as the name of the foam-cake-type food, in order to distinguish it from macaroons. Stanford University linguistics professor Daniel Jurafsky explains that both foods have the same history as macaroni (in Italian: maccheroni). Jurafsky notes that French words ending with "-on" were absorbed into English in the 16th and 17th centuries and usually underwent spelling changes and ending with "-oon", respectively", such as balloons (ballon, balloon), cartoon (cartoon; from French: carton, carton), and platoon (peloton, platoon). Therefore, there are still many bakeries continue to use the term "bread").

"Eh, playing chess? Is Your Majesty having fun today? Tumben once challenged me to play chess? Is Your Majesty sure that I won't feel ashamed if I manage to defeat His Majesty as usual?" Enzo said as he rolled his eyes.

Everyone in the palace knew that Enzo was the greatest chess player they knew. Although often relaxed and a little careless, but if it is faced with a chessboard, Enzo's face will change one hundred and eighty degrees. He would be very serious with eyes unwilling to take his eyes off the chessboard for a second.

"Come on, accompany us to play chess near the pool." Alvero said in a deliberate voice a little loud to be heard by the others so that he did not need to say hello before leaving the after tea event he had just participated in, not even 10 minutes he was present in the palace garden for afternoon tea.

Alvero's words successfully made Enzo take a plate, filled it with his favorite macaron, after which he quickly grabbed Alvero's shoulder, taking him away from the location where he held afternoon tea.

Today I must immediately tell Enzo what is going on. However, he is also a prince of Adalvino who must also know that Eliana is a snake woman who is really dangerous. We both had to act immediately before it was too late and Eliana's strength was getting unstoppable.

Alvero said inwardly while waiting for Enzo to follow him to go towards the palace pond.

Although Deanda did not understand why Alvero suddenly invited Enzo to play chess, but because Alvero gave a code to him to come with him through his eyes, Deanda could only fulfill Alvero's request to follow the two handsome men towards the pool.

Once near the pool it turned out there already stood Alea and Ernest near a table on which already neatly arranged chess pieces on the chessboard, ready to be played. Seeing the presence of Alea and Ernest quickly Deanda could guess what would happen next.

His Majesty Alvero must have deliberately pretended to invite Prince Enzo to play chess while talking about something important without suspicion by others.

Deanda said inwardly as she looked towards Alea who was instantly smiling towards her.

After Deanda's wedding day today Alea can see Deanda's figure back, especially since returning to the palace Alvero asked firmly so that for the morning bathing ritual while the servants did not help Deanda. Alvero, however, could not allow the servants to see his wife's smooth skin being filled with the ownership stamp he had made almost all over the body of his fair-skinned empress.

Even without orders from Alvero, actually, Madame Rose had ordered that the servants do not need to help Deanda take a bath for some time until Madam Rose again ordered them back to serve Deanda to take a bath in the morning, for sure it won't be anytime soon.

"Sit down Enzo." Alvero said as he grabbed Deanda's hand and slightly pulled her to have Deanda sit next to him, facing Enzo who seemed to be letting out a winning smile even though the game had not started yet, while Enzo's hand holding a plate containing a macaron put the plate on the table, next to the chessboard.

Alea who was standing next to the table above which was located the chessboard with Ernest raised a small table and brought it closer to the table containing the chessboard. On the small table was a ceramic teapot containing tea steeping with small ceramic cups where on the lips the cup was polished with a layer of pure gold.

As soon as she finished putting down the table, with a slow and careful movement Alea began to pour the teapot filled with tea into the cups. And as soon as they finished sliding the cups towards Enzo, Deanda and Alvero.

"Do you seriously want to challenge me to play chess? Aren't you afraid and ashamed if I manage to defeat you in front of your beautiful empress?" Enzo said as he glanced towards Deanda who was sitting speechless beside Alvero without making a sound.

"Once again you utter your dreadful seduction. I'm going to expel you from the palace on the charge of already daring to harass Gracetian's empress." Alvero said with his eyes glaring sharply at Enzo who immediately chuckled.

"Well, it turns out that even though you managed to marry the girl of your dreams, you still behave fiercely. Disrespecting in which part? Instead, I admired the beauty and kindness of this Gracetian empress. Deanda, if you have a twin brother or sister, introduce me first before being seen by others, let alone Dion." Alvero's eyes grew increasingly glaring at Enzo's words who was accustomed to not using official calls for Alvero and Deanda if only between them, but on the other hand Alvero can not deny the words of Enzo who admitted that Deanda is a special woman who is not only beautiful, but also beautiful, but so enchanting with his nature that always cares with others and kind, gentle yet strong.