Cynthia bit her lip shyly, her face scarlet. ‘Maybe he’s just being polite. It couldn’t have been romantic.’

“But he’s a lot better now, so take the chance, Cynthia,” Henry advised her. “He’s a softie at heart. Yeah, he might look uncaring, but he’s a loyal man. If you make him fall for you, he’ll treat you like a queen.”

‘I know.’ Cynthia nodded with a smile.

“Do you still like him then?” Henry asked again.

‘Yes,’ she answered without missing a beat. ‘I have loved him the moment I saw him back when I was fifteen, and that hasn’t changed.’

hear.” Henry

and some oatmeal. The servants

company, while Zachary answered him. Henry criticized

Can’t you just let me have some

“Why you…”

to fly into a rage, but Cynthia gave him a skewer and gestured, ‘The

smile soothed Henry’s fury. “You should take a leaf out of her page. She’s so gentle, so nice.” Henry

silence. He wanted to get back to his room, but he needed to be there so Cynthia would calm

these days. Did something happen?’

age isn’t on my side, and this

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