Chapter 24

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Ethan had assumed the Crown Princess would take him somewhere private, but his expectation missed the mark spectacularly. She led him from the banquet hall to the dais where the imperial family sat. Then she gestured to the seat across from her.

“This does not seem like a matter to discuss here.”

“Count, I am not such an idle person. If it is something you cannot say here, then I have no need to hear it.”

Ethan had no choice but to take the seat before her. Since it was a place where she received greetings while seated, people’s attention was bound to gather.

But he intended to take Adel and return to Herbron as soon as this banquet ended, so he did not wish to request another audience.

“Your Highness the Crown Princess, why did you ask Duke Sonnier to escort my wife today?”

“Are you…