Chapter 74 - 74: The Crown Prince II (2/2)

Although he had his heart set on Emily then, she was still his intended He expected that at the very least, she should be somewhat decent At that time, he felt ashamed of her From his perspective, Charlton was just incidental in the encounter because he was the nearest person other than him and her brother to ask, but how could she ask that question to aimpression on hihter of the hest bidder on his father's auction for his hand, he labelled her as the attention seeking sort, not fit to be seen, h they shared the same music class, they did not have much opportunity to interact He did not know her much, and he did not have the interest to do so However, as fate would have it, they still ended up seeing more of each other

It came as a surprise when she becaht that the position would end up with Emily, but contrary to his belief, Serena proved to be not as air headed as she see, there was a part of hiave hiratulate her However, he heard her friend ain, he suddenly felt that she was arrogant So, he repriht that she would directly rebuke him back

The day after, they encountered each other at the student councilHe was usually early but chose to come on the dot because he wanted to evade her and Leonard, just in case She was unexpectedly civil and did not give hiy, but it seemed like she doesn't need it

The next day, when he spoke to Charlton, he asked a little about her as she was spending time with him Charlton did not speak fondly of her and told hi very well on the surface He did not knohy, but a part of him was relieved to hear those words He doesn't understand why he felt that way, but he just did

Then he saw her enter the church for the wedding He was again assaulted by how beautiful she was Even when he thought of her pretentious as she charmed the elderly with her smile and her wit, he could not help but admire her Thus, when he left, he had to remind Charlton to look after her Perhaps he was still on the stage of denial at that time, but he knew that he started to becoe, when he heard her idea, he was again flabbergasted At first, he was a bit upset with the thought that she could not even syainst her, and a part of hi in defense of his fiancee for the first time Thankfully, his cousin spoke up for her first At least that way, he did not hurt Eed at all Just as he thought, she did not need any consoling words She can rebuke hi that way

When she started speaking, he unconsciously focused on her face as it was the only tience He understood what she est it There, he realized that she was beautiful, intelligent, and politically aware He looked down on her, but she was in fact above him

The last strahen he saw her interact with the children It was as if he was seeing her for the first time and he felt his heart throb She was also very kind

He suddenly realized that Serena was not like what he thought, and he was such a fool to have been prejudiced about her He would not say that he was in love with her, whatever that word means But he could picture their future, and it looked pro

However, he was not a novice on this as he once was With Eht it was love, but now, he understood that he waswith her first Then he will carefully trudge what he should have done from the very start

At the very least, this could ain

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