Her Graceful War Song by Summer's Blaze

Carissa also noticed that Rafael started coughing as soon as he ate, and his cheeks turned red from the coughing.

Clearly, he wasn't used to spicy food. So why did he choose this restaurant?

She moved the list of non-spicy dishes to his side, and said, "Even though you like spicy food, I think your throat is sore today. You should avoid spicy dishes for now and eat something lighter." "My throat does feel off," Rafael said, clearing his throat as he felt the lingering burn from the spices.

It was quite uncomfortable.

"I'll have someone bring you a glass of milk," Carissa said, standing up to open the door to the private room. She called for a waiter to bring a cup of milk.

"Milk can help neutralize the spiciness," she said with a smile, as if comforting a child. "Drink up."

Rafael took the glass of milk. It had a slight gamey taste, but it was cool and refreshing, making it bearable. More importantly, it was a gesture of her thoughtfulness.

He appreciated her unspoken understanding, not revealing his discomfort or his attempts to please her.

She had truly changed since their time in Meadow Ridge.

But he felt quite bitter, because the scene of her coaxing him to drink milk was probably how she had always served Rebecca in the past, right?

and genuinely wanted to spend her life with Barrett.

He had thought that humiliating Aurora would drive her to commit suicide, just like Westhaven's crown prince.

demeanor, and

expression was cold as he shook his

signaled to Lulu and Pearl. "Let's move to the adjacent

called the waiter to help them move

only Carissa and Rafael

you, Your Highness?"

her. "Seeing how you coaxed me into drinking the milk, I imagine you were equally patient when you attended Rebecca. You once treated the Warren family as your own, yet they all betrayed you. I'm angry on your behalf. And it seems to me that Aurora's punishment was too lenient. Even the military punishment she faced was endured by

cup of milk would remind Rafael of her time in the Warren

removed from the Ministry of Defense. She used to look down on women of the inner court. Now, she'll have to settle for being a

women in the household. But in the end, she would inevitably become the very type of

annihilated, and she is indirectly responsible. Don't you want

Carissa

be easy-it's just a matter of a single strike. But would it be true revenge? The people of Westhaven won't reveal the evil she committed at

be even less likely to make it public. Such an action would be detrimental to Starhaven. Moreover, the Starhaven soldiers would be branded as cruel and ruthless, and it would also implicate