Chapter 988 - Updated - Lunch With Rose (1/2)

Their lunch date was warm. Rose looked so relaxed and happy. If he had not seen for himself how sad yesterday Rose looked and how she wept bitterly when she was drunk, Rune would not have believed that this was the same girl.

Ah, Rose, why are you so good at acting? thought Rune.

During lunch, Rune tried to dig up a little about Rose's past. He hoped to get information about Rose's life before meeting him, and who Leon really was.

”Have you always wanted to be a painter?” asked Rune, taking a sip of the juice. ”When did you know what you wanted, and become convinced that you want to go after it?”

Rose, who was enjoying her tea after finishing lunch, seemed to think for a moment.

”I've been into arts for a long time. But I think I just found out that I wanted to be an artist when I came to George's mother's painting exhibition. You know, George is one of my best friends. I really admire her works. That's when I decided to pursue art.”

”Oh, I see?” Rune nodded in understanding. ”Then, what about your family? Do they support you to become a painter?”

Rose nodded. ”My parents really love me, and they let me do whatever I want.”

”Hm .. is that so?”

Rune was also grateful that his family is very understanding and always supported him in doing whatever he wanted. He was not interested in business, just like his uncle Aldebar. That was why he was delighted to have Terry and Rune in charge of the family business.

Rune decided to dig a little deeper. He was determined to know who Leon really was.

”You're always talking about George, don't you have any other friends?” asked Rune casually. ”I want to meet your friends.”

”Oh, take it easy, you'll see them in a few days. I told you that Helene is going to visit New York from Paris, so I invited my other friends to come here so we can all have fun,” Rose replied. Her face immediately became cheerful when talking about her friends. ”Shhh .. it's a secret, by the way, Helene doesn't know this, but her boyfriend, Peter will propose to her after our dinner.”

”Oh, really?” asked Rune. ”Don't you think they're too young to get married? They are like 22, right?”

Rose just shrugged. ”Now that's the trend, right? Many people marry young. Many celebrities and influencers promote it, and it has become a popular trend.”

Rune furrowed his brows and tried to remember something. Ahh, Rose was right. Trends often change, and maybe now was the time for couples to marry young.

Decades ago, people didn't like the idea of getting married and have children. Women especially would wait until they got to the late thirties to get married, after they had accomplished success in their careers.

However, recently, younger people started to promote the idea of getting married young. The proof was, the prince from Medion and the princess from Moravia would soon get married even though the girl was only 20 years old and the man was 24.

Aih .. times had indeed changed. Rune had lived for forty years without paying any attention to such things.

”Ah, you're right. I didn't think that way before,” said Rune. ”Yesterday, I just read the news about a royal couple from two European kingdoms. If I'm not mistaken, the girl is from Moravia. She is only 20 years old but already engaged to a prince from their neighboring kingdom.”

Rose looked away and nodded. Her voice was trembling as she replied,

”I told you I am always right .. haha.”

Rune frowned in surprise. Rose was showing a smile on her face, but it didn't reach her eyes, and somehow, Rune felt like she saw her eyes were gleaming in tears that she was trying hard to hold back.

Why was she sad again? Did I say something wrong?

Rune tried to remember what he had said that made Rose sad.