Chapter 1019 - Im Having Fun, You Dont Have To Worry About Me (1/2)

”Are- are you sure?” Rune asked haltingly. He stared at Rose and realized that her eyes were gleaming with tears. The incident today must have shaken her because Rose was not ready.

She came to Bacilia because she needed to keep up an appearance in front of the media, the Bacilian upper-classes, and of course, Leon.

Rose would show everyone that she and Leon were on good terms, and she had a boyfriend that she loved. Her life was good. Then, she would say goodbye to her old life and started somewhere new.

Rune came with her because he was in love with Rose and would do anything to help her. However, no matter how much he wanted to kiss Rose, he didn't want to take advantage of the poor girl.

”Yes, I am sure. We have to look natural,” Rose insisted. ”This is a very critical period for our family, and the royal family too. I can't let any scandal destroy my family or Leon's reputation.”

Rune looked at Rose deeply and sighed. He was grateful that his family kept a really low profile and didn't have to care about what other people thought of them.

The Schneiders were a very respected family in the world, both among regular humans and the Alchemist clan.

They never had any problems with their reputation and could even go out freely without having to worry about their privacy. Not many people knew how they actually looked.

Rune was a good example. Nobody among the regular people even knew who he was. Aleksis was under the spotlight once when her husband introduced her to the public more than a dozen years ago.

He did it to extinguish gossips about him and many other women who wanted to take advantage of his fame and wealth. Also, to show the world that he was a changed man.

London Schneider was known as the patriarch of the Schneider family and he led the family business in Europe. He led a public life but still managed to keep a low profile since people didn't even know he was married to L, a really famous singer, and have a daughter with her.

Now, he had retired and disappeared from the public eye, together with L and their children, the teenager, Lily and one new baby on the way.

The Schneiders never announced their children or grandchildren to the public, until the day they needed to take over the business, just like Caspar Schneider, his father, who was announced as London Schneider's successor in the Schneider Group.

Caspar took a new name, Sebastian Schneider, and was now leading the business in Germany.

That's why, Rune could have such an easy life and do whatever he wanted, go wherever, and be with whoever. No need to think about the news, gossips, or other people's talks about his personal life.

However, such luxury was not part of Rose's life. From when she was young, she was already under the spotlight as the daughter of a wealthy and powerful Duke.

Now, when her 'half-brother' was appointed as the crown prince and soon to be king, the pressure became multiplied.

Whatever she did and whoever she was with would always be under scrutiny. Rune could only sympathize with Rose and tried his best not to make her life harder.

”I will not kiss you,” Rune said with a firm voice. ”We don't have to kiss in front of strangers and reporters just to show people that we are in love and in a committed relationship.”

Rose batted her eyes when she heard the man. ”What do you mean? I am really okay if you kissed me. We need to show people that we are real lovers...”

Rune shook his head. ”We can show people that we are lovers, but we don't have to go with the cheap way to show it.”

”If you think you are taking advantage of me... ” Rose smiled faintly as she touched Rune's cheek. ”...you don't. I am asking you to kiss me. I want you to kiss me.”

Rune chuckled and he took Rose to his embrace. ”No, I don't feel like kissing you just for the sake of kissing. Like I said, if you are worried that I won't act in my role properly, don't worry. I will not disappoint you.”

He was surrounded by men who loved their wives and women who loved their husbands deeply.

However, out of so many role models he had around him, only his father Caspar was used to displaying his love publicly.

It was understandable because Caspar was a womanizer in the past and he enjoyed showing affection to his wife. The others were more reclusive and it was okay.