Chapter 1433

In the study, the lamps were still lit.

Hearing Kyle's words, Carissa let out a long sigh of relief. "Then, my injury should heal faster. I've been feeling utterly stifled."

"Tonight was truly terrifying," said Jacob.

Kyle glanced at Carissa and sighed softly. "If the king really follows in Yuvan's footsteps, then Rafael would take after Nicholas."

"He'll weigh the consequences," Jacob said.

"I just don't understand him. When I was a child, the king was close to my second brother and the others.

He treated me like a younger sister. After I entered court, he regarded me as a minister. So, why this sudden change of heart?" Carissa vented, deeply frustrated.

"Sudden? Have you forgotten that after the Southern Frontier was reclaimed, he once considered making you his concubine?" Jacob reminded her.

"I always thought he only meant to use me to force Raf to relinquish his military power," Carissa replied. Back then, her being Hector's daughter had also played a role-marrying her and bringing her into the palace would have prevented ambitious suitors from taking her hand.

Kyle thought for a moment, then said, "Perhaps even then, he already had feelings for you. But after weighing his options, he chose the greatest advantage and let you go."

He turned to Carissa, adding, "If he had insisted on bringing you into the palace back then, would you have agreed?"

without hesitation. "Impossible. I would have packed my things and gone straight back to Meadow

the palace, or because

want to enter the palace,

didn't like Rafael either.

it be that you already had feelings for Rafael at the time-only you didn't realize it, or refused to admit

and stepped out of the room on tiptoe, refusing

much of it. She only knew she

grumbling in frustration. "Has the king lost his mind? Coming to the estate in the

for so long, already stirring up whispers. She had deliberately

to see

he could have summoned him to

it. It's not the same as the way Yuvan used to leer at me, nor is it as gentle and natural as how

Just pretend

finds out, he'll be

to

she realized there was no need to hide it, nor could she.

was keeping it fromel

the battlefield, life and death hung in the balance. There was

with such troubles.

in pursuit, her heart had not known a moment's peace. She wished she could be there at his

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