{"id":29764,"date":"2026-02-06T13:08:46","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:08:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/his-regret-their-knees-novel-chapter-3\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T13:10:18","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:10:18","slug":"his-regret-their-knees-novel-chapter-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kezpres.xyz\/novelreading\/his-regret-their-knees-novel-chapter-3\/","title":{"rendered":"His Regret, Their Knees Novel Chapter 3"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Abril ended up falling asleep while waiting for that maid. She never returned. Definitely, she wasn\u2019t going to have her three square meals in this place either. She sighed with great sorrow and said to herself. \u201cWhen will that moment come, that I can eat whatever I want?\u201d Abril touched her stomach and started talking to it. \u201cStomach, why do they always have to punish you like this?\u201d \u201cI would prefer a beating if that means I get my three square meals.\u201d Knock knock. The sound of the door being knocked made Abril happy, perhaps it was time for her first meal. \u201cI hope they brought the basket of fruit I ordered.\u201d Abril spoke again to her growling stomach. \u201cStomach, calm down, it\u2019s finally time to eat.\u201d Abril got up from her bed and opened the door, only to see the maid she had asked to bring her the light meal and a basket of fruit in front of the door with empty hands. \u201cAm I not entitled to even a single meal in this place?\u201d They are thinking of starving me to death, right? Abril thought as she winkled her brow. \u201cWhere is my food?\u201d \u201cWhy haven\u2019t you brought it yet?\u201d Abril said angrily. \u201cI\u2019m sorry, I forgot.\u201d The maid lied shamelessly. \u201cWell, go and bring it immediately.\u201d She said. \u201cIt won\u2019t be necessary, Your Majesty is waiting for you to have dinner,\u201d the maid replied. Abril\u2019s eyes lit up, the maid thought it was because she was going to have dinner with the king, but in reality, that was the least of her concerns. All she wanted was to have a good meal, she didn\u2019t care if it was in a stable or sitting next to a man whose gaze alone could kill her if gazes were to kill. This happened any time he saw her, but all she cared about was filling her stomach with a good meal. Abril hurried to put on her shoes and followed the maid who led her to the royal dining room, where His Majesty, the king, was waiting for her. When Alessandro saw her arrive, it seemed like he wanted to throw the knife he held in his hand and pierce her head. Anyone would have trembled with fear at such stares. However, Abril didn\u2019t even pay attention to his stares. The food had completely captured her attention. She took her place at the table next to the king. Immediately, she took a spoonful of the soup in front of her and put it in her mouth. The king looked at her with contempt and said, \u201cApparently King Venobich didn\u2019t properly educate the princess, her manners are horrible.\u201d The king was right about her manners, so she didn\u2019t feel offended at all and continued eating her soup. She finished it all and then moved on to the meat, then to the fish. She left the plate completely clean and Alessandro stared at her intently because she ate as if it were her last meal or the first in a long time. Abril tried everything on the table. There were things she had never tasted in her life, like lamb meat. She was so happy with the meal that she almost cried out of happiness. Alessandro reached out to touch Abril\u2019s curly hair, which was all disheveled from sleeping. When she felt his hand touching her hair, she stayed completely still. She wondered if the king would kill her at that moment. She closed her eyes and said to herself. \u201cAt least he let me have a good dinner before killing me.\u201d \u201cIf it weren\u2019t for the color of your hair, I would have said you were a beggar from the street.\u201d The king spoke with a voice full of disdain. Abril opened her eyes when she felt him retract his hand and in her mind said, \u201cObviously, he didn\u2019t want to kill me, he just wanted to check if my hair was real and not dyed.\u201d Abril didn\u2019t say anything. From experience, she knew that when a man was angry, it was best to stay silent, not say anything to anger him even more. If she carelessly opened her mouth, it would only lead to punishment or something even worse being done to her. She remembered one incident that happened at her father\u2019s palace where she had argued back at the steward who occasionally visited her to make sure she wasn\u2019t dead yet. He had punished her severely by withholding food for two whole days, and at some other times, it would even be three consecutive days of fasting. Since then, Abril had decided that it was best to stay silent and listen to the scolding without arguing back. The king stood up angrily and slammed the table, surprising Abril. \u201cGo back to your room, seeing you makes me sick to my stomach,\u201d he said. Abril had already eaten to her satisfaction, although she hadn\u2019t had a chance to try the dessert. She nodded and obediently got up from the table. When she returned to her room, Abril asked the maid to help her take off the dress, but she claimed to be busy and quickly left. Abril sighed deeply, wondering how she was going to take off the dress, when suddenly the king entered her room. She looked at him in confusion, wondering what he was doing in her room, since just a few minutes ago he had told her to leave because he didn\u2019t want to see her face. That\u2019s right, this is our first wedding night. Oh, that\u2019s why the king is in my room.She thought. \u201cYou\u2019re still wearing that stupid dress, it\u2019s ridiculous that you pretend to be a bride when this whole wedding is nothing but a joke.\u201d The king laughed bitterly and said to her, \u201cI will never treat you as my wife.\u201d \u201cI will never touch your disgusting body.\u201d \u201cWho knows how many men you\u2019ve been with before me.\u201d \u201cListen carefully, princess Abril, you will never have my heart, not even a place in my bed, and from this day on, make sure not to cross my path, because if you do, I may lose control and end up killing you.\u201d After saying everything he wanted without giving her a chance to speak, the king left the room, slamming the door forcefully. Abril knew she wasn\u2019t liked by the king, although she had never imagined his dislike was so great. \u201cIt seems I\u2019m not welcome in this place either.\u201d \u201cI just hope they don\u2019t make me go hungry.\u201d \u201cI can handle everything else except hunger,\u201d she said.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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