Chapter 929: Like A Blooming Flower (1/2)

Chapter 929: Like A Blooht When she was still living in Ashland, she didn't know better and thought maybe all parents were harsh on their children

And then, she thought maybe her father loved her in his oay Or,childbirth that he couldn't love his daughter properly

Maybe, seeing Roould always remind him of his dead wife? A few people who saw the late queen said that Roas a dead ringer for herDraco Roseland hated Rowena because he blamed her for his wife's death

Now, she knew better

Draco Roseland did not love her and whatever the reason was she should stop hoping that he would change

Rowena cleared her throat "Well, my tutors, Lady Liz and Lady Mary used to tell me that the reason why he was so hard on me and expected so much out of me was that I could do a lot more,"

She hadn't told this to Julian because she was sure that he would call it a pile of horse dung, but sometimes she did think about it

"I see I suppose there ht be some reason for it but you cannot really knohat is on your father's htly

"And if ood reason to hate ood that I'm far away fro else, but the words left herafter me but what if he really did think about it?"

Raphael and Rowena's gaze met, and she shyly averted her eyes

"Two years is a long tie of heart and yet I myself seem to have decided that my father is irredeemable Do you not think that is an incredibly harsh assessiving" Raphael shook his head "Some people would have closed that chapter in their life and never opened it again"

"Well, those are sohts—I wouldn't exactly know if he had actually changed unless I were to ain, but I am happy with my life now" Rowena looked down at the panacea

She thought about Julian

"I'll be happier—the happiest when I get this to my friend But I think I must have bored you with too many details, haven't I?"

"No, not at all" Raphael shook his head "I alad to lend an ear to you"

Rowena didn't knohy, but despite her initial hesitation to talk around Raphael he had the kind of presence that soothed her to express as on her mind

Now, she didn't knohat to say Rowena looked at Raphael and the man looked at her His heart fluttered because she was truly so beautiful She no longer wore a fancy dress, or decorated in jewelry She looked so simple and her skin even looked tanned fro about her beca

Ahh

Raphael finally realized what happened

She looked char and had that expression of content It was so different froo as secretly depressed and afraid Now, instead of fear, she was fearless Instead of worried, she was passionate, and instead of demure, she was assertive