A Cue for Love (Natalie and Samuel)

Chapter 1232

Natalie studied Bastien closely.

Sure enough, he's the one who resembles Mikhail most among the latter's many sons. His first instinctive reaction seems... exactly the same as his father's.

Smiling, she shook her head. "Twenty years ago, I've never enjoyed the glory and prestige brought by the royal family. After more than twenty years have passed now, I similarly don't need all that now. I've got no interest in being a princess or a queen in the future. Don’t you think it's better to maintain the status quo?"

Verily, those words of hers were far too casual and nonchalant.

Although Loang wasn't a huge country with vast territories, the fight for the position of the monarch was often accompanied by siblings killing each other throughout the ages. At the end of the day, no one with a stake really had zero desire for power.

Bastien was silent for a very long time.

Haha. the things I'd once cared about turned out to be wholly worthless in her eyes.

ultimately, he couldn’t resist giving voice to the question he wanted to ask yet dared not do so. "Don't you... Don't you hate me? I once did

path and misunderstood the meaning of love. True love has never been about possession regardless of the cost." Staring right into his eyes, Natalie enunciated, "Even without the blood ties between us, I still wouldn't have loved you. It isn't because of your character or because

no idea

so intense that they had seemingly been engraved into

so that no other men existed for her. He was the one and only person in her eyes

myself to hate you, perhaps

lips curved into

to let go of all grudges after

still be friends?" Bastien ventured with a

be friends." Pausing briefly, Natalie continued, "I also heard that the king of Loang commended your performance during the coup and issued an edict designating you as the crown prince. Congratulations. Thus, I hope you are worthy of the weight of the crown you wear

Inclined his head a

definitely do

had experienced much In the past, tasting sweetness, bitterness, love, and