Chapter 73 - 73: The Crown Prince I (2/2)

What hurt him the most was the fact that his father was just like everyone else He used his e to secure an alliance with Duke Maxwell He are that the funds of the treasury needed replenishment, but he did not think the solution would cohest bidder

As a young adult, he understood that he was bound to a duty, to an obligation, that the privilege he was enjoying caed for love still lingered within hieht that it was the proof that his father cherished hi him control for that part of his life, for he knew that a political e will not lead to happiness

He would have accepted the engagement, even feel honored about it, only if his father consulted hiive hiive him a choice

Thus, when he found out, he felt so forlorn that he uncharacteristically ran away the next day At that time, he didn't knohere his foot led hi him wherever he went, but he pretended that at that moment they did not exist

When he reached the church and went inside, that hen he first saw E the piano Her eyes were closed, and the light filtering through the paneChopin's Nocturne op9 No 2, and it so heart

Then, she turned to look at hi rude He did not understand how he offended her as they were in a public place, but it was the first tih his parents did not give him affection, everyone else still revered him as the crown prince

He checked just to be sure, but she really did not seem to know his identity, and somehow it made him breath It made him comfortable She was a little tactless and prideful, but at that time, she hat he needed

After that day, he was the one to reach out to her He just wanted a friend and she seee of letters began It started out innocently, but he underestiuarded Unknowingly, he started to look forward to her letters, without divulging his identity, he felt free to just let it all out, releasing the pent-up e Her words also coh the direst of days, and soon, he fancied himself in love

He did not want to reveal his identity yet, but the circu Thus, on the day she arrived in school, he ether With his incognito identity, he took her around

Ehteous girl as a little heroic and prideful She wrote about her ideals and her drea He was so sure that his feelings would not change and would only grow stronger when they get to spend ether

However,so far, he was bound for some disappointment for the expectations versus the reality he came to experience were vastly different

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