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.’

good to hear.” Henry smiled

herb lamb skewers and some oatmeal. The servants took Henry and Cynthia to

while Zachary answered him. Henry criticized

day now. Can’t you just let me have some

“Why you…”

gave him a skewer

her page. She’s

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

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

I’m still fit as a fiddle.” He sighed. “But yeah, age isn’t on my side, and this is one humid mountain. My whole

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