Chapter 21🔒 · THWSDR

Chapter 21

"Why?"

Even he couldn't understand it himself.

Not long ago, he had rejected Roana simply because she carried Hezest blood. Yet now, he found himself thinking this way.

It was absurd.

After all, Roana had only been at the ducal estate for a single month.

Then again...

Was that the only thing that had changed?

The notoriously fussy baby, Hayden, had fallen completely for Roana from the very first day.

Watching him perform little tricks just to earn her applause was almost unbelievable.

Even the servants of the ducal household had gradually begun treating her more favorably.

Strangely enough...

Roana herself seemed completely unaware of it.

She could be incredibly attentive at times, yet surprisingly oblivious in others.

The ducal household was changing as rapidly as a river in flood.

And so was he.

Somehow...

He found both changes unfamiliar...

Yet strangely comforting.

He didn't know what Roana…