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.”

short while later, Mrs. Rawlston had prepared lemon and herb lamb skewers and some oatmeal. The servants

about the company, while Zachary answered

was getting impatient. “I’ve been working the whole day now. Can’t

“Why you…”

gave him

fury. “You should take a leaf out of her page. She’s so gentle,

back to his room, but he needed to be there so Cynthia would calm Henry down, or he would

you seem to look tired these days. Did something happen?’ Cynthia

“But yeah, age isn’t on my side,

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