70 Did he like her?

Alyssa was stunned to hear this.

'So all this time he knew that the one messaging him was her'. And even now he wanted her not to know his identity. She felt cheated suddenly.

She angrily looked at him and pushed him to make way for her.

As if knowing what was in Alyssa's mind, Reinhard pulled her towards him and kept her hand that she had used to push him, on her chest. He looked at her eyes and sincerely said, "I am sorry Alyssa. I just didn't want you to distance yourself from me after knowing my real identity."

Her name that had rolled out of his tongue sounded especially sweet to her. She wanted to hear her name more often from him. The butterfly that had became silent a while ago, again erupted in her stomach.

"Why?" Her question was more of a whisper.

"I like helping you. I like reading your text. I like the feeling I get whenever I receive your text." Reinhard answered honestly.

This was too much for Alyssa to take in. Her breathing labored hearing his words. She didn't know what was happening to her. This feeling that she was having was very much new to her. It was like getting intoxicated for the first time. You hate as well as love this feeling at the same time.

His chest that was below her palm suddenly started feeling hot. She knew that she has to remove her hand from his chest, but like a moth, she got attracted to the flame that was burning inside Reinhard and kept her hand as it was. 

Both of them remain silent for a while. Their minds were fuzzy but they tried to control themselves from committing a sin. Both of them kept staring at the eyes of each other to find the answers to the unspoken words.

Suddenly a loud horn blared snapping them from their trance. Alyssa hurriedly removed her hand from his chest and tucked a rogue strand of her hair in her ears. She blushed profusely realizing what she was doing a while ago.

Reinhard too cleared his thought. He glared at the man who had blown his horn and disturbed their sweet moment. Under the street lamp, a light blush is also seen on Reinhard's cheek.

"I... h...have to go now." Alyssa stammered.

Reinhard chuckled and without any warning, once again pulled Alyssa in his embrace.

He loves the feeling of having her in his arms. She looked so fragile before him that he wanted to enclose Alyssa in his arms forever and save her from any harms. 

He then bends his head and kissed Alyssa on the corner of her lips.

Alyssa was stunned. With widened eyes, she looked at him without blinking. 

Her face flushed red like a tomato. Reinhard looked at her flushed cheeks and her shy expression with interest. She looked like a deer on a spotlight. She looked so innocent that Reinhard wanted to take a bite of her flushed cheeks. 

However, there is a distinct line between a gentleman and a lout. 

Even though just one kiss was not enough for him and he wanted more than that, but he stopped himself. It was not proper for him to kiss someone without establishing a proper relationship. It was also not proper for him to kiss her without her consent.

He didn't want to overwhelm her with these intense feelings and he didn't want to scare her so that she starts avoiding him.

That's why he took a step back after kissing her.

"Good night". He wished her and got into his car and left the place.

Alyssa remains standing at the very spot in daze. Everything was unbelievable for her. 

She raised her hand to touch the spot where he had kissed her just now. 

Thousand thoughts crossed her mind.

'Did he like her?'

But there is no way in hell that he would like her. He was an alpha and a Crown Prince of Fu*king Easteros.

Thousand or even million of flies would have been swarming around him. He could get the attention of any girl that he desires. But why would he choose her, and an Omega of a small kingdom, who is even left by her parents and is mocked by the society?

Alyssa always had an inferiority complex, to begin with, but when compared with Reinhard she felt so weak and unimportant. She believed that she had neither beauty nor brains and neither status to match Reinhard. She wasn't even capable to stand by his side.

Now she was feeling depressed.

She plopped on her bed and kept staring at the ceiling.

Suddenly her phone rang, showing an incoming call from Dianna. 

Alyssa groaned before picking up her call.

"What is it, Dee?" She said even though she knew why was she calling her.

"What is it? Seriously Allie. You are asking me this?" Dianna said in mock anger.

"What? I don't understand. What are you referring to?" Alyssa said feigning innocence.

Dianna scoffed.

"What is going with you and Reinhard Allie? And don't give me that 'nothing' bullshit. I can practically feel your's lust towards him."

Alyssa was once again reminded of her kiss and those indecent thoughts that were running in her mind. once again her body started feeling warm and electricity passed through from one region of her body to another making her blush.

"N... Nothing is going on." Alyssa stammered.

"Did you two make out already?" Dianna exclaimed in surprise.

Friends are an important part of our life and best friends are our life. they practically know about everything happening in each other's life even more than the parents.

It is a boon but it can be annoying sometimes.

Especially when they start teasing about the relationship that is still in the confusion phase.

Alyssa groaned in annoyance. 

"Shut up Dee. I have to sleep. I am hanging up." Without any further duo and without waiting for any reply from Dianna, she hung up her phone.

Once again her phone rang and she picked up without seeing the caller id.

"I didn't kiss him. Ok. We were just talking." She shouted on the mouthpiece.

"You kissed someone?" Alyssa heard a surprised voice from the other side. Instantly she looked at the caller id and saw that this call was from Noah.

'Shit.'

"You left me hanging just to kissed somebody," Noah said angrily.

'Not again' Alyssa exclaimed in her heart.

"No, Noah, I have something urgent that's why I left early. Sorry about that." She pleaded.

"You know how worried I was when I heard the gunshots and could not find you anywhere. even your phone was unreachable." Noah said frustratedly.

Alyssa raised her eyebrows in surprise.

She took the common passage from Fate Alley to Royal City, and as far as she knows, network condition is alright at that place.

'It could be the work of Reinhard.' She concluded.

'But why would he do so?'

'To keep our sweet quality time undisturbed.' Her inner voice answered.

Alyssa blushed and cleared her throat to hide her awkwardness. 

"I am so sorry Noah. I know I should have contacted you." Alyssa said apologizing.

"Did you really kiss someone?" Noah said diverting the question from another topic.

"W... what is wrong with you?" Alyssa sighed.

"Go to sleep Noah." She said and hung her phone.

Today was a long day for her but even after that, she felt sleeplessness. 

*******

On the other side, beside Reinhard, someone else was sleepless too.

Violet rushed to her mother's study room to see several men standing there in a row.

Her mother was sitting on the chair with deep in thoughts.

Violet walked towards her mother and knelled in front of her. 

It was her that had ordered Salvia's men to attack Alyssa. She haven't realized that her action would bring her mother in jeopardy.

Her mother, Salvia had constantly reminded her that they would take action against Alyssa soon, but it would be her that will take the action after much planning.

But Violet being Violet, as usual, ignored her mother's advice. She was getting impatient after waiting for so long. Whenever she would open the internet she would find netizens comparing her with Alyssa. They would criticize her and praise Alyssa. It was too much for her to take. 

Violet had thought that maybe after one month people will stop comparing them and will forget about the incident. But she was wrong.

The netizens had made their motto to compare both of their lives. 

The Life of A Real Princess Vs Life of A Fake Princess.

They thrashed her and it was taking a huge toll on her to maintain her calm.

So, she decided to take the action in her own hands.