qThe presidential couple seemed quite reasonable. Upon knowing that Danrique had brought his fiancée along, they held their daughter back from creating trouble.

The poor woman, on the other hand, must have suffered from some kind of shock, given how mentally unstable she seemed.

That being said, the family seemed relatively reasonable.

Upon thinking about this, Francesca cared little. She turned on her heel and walked toward the hall as well.

By then, the banquet had already ended. The president suggested that they go to the hunting grounds, which was met with the approval and anticipation of the men in attendance.

“I'm not going. But please, carry on without me.”

Danrique looked at Francesca, who had just entered. She was holding her skirt up as she walked over, her face seemingly clueless and dazed. Danrique found this adorable.

“Danrique, it's only nine! Why don't you stay for a bit?” asked Harrier with a smile. “Besides, Cece is here too. You can keep her company. She must be so bored, cooped up in the castle all day.”

“What's going on?” Francesca had caught wind of the conversation.

“Do you want to go hunting on the hunting grounds, Cece?” asked the president warmly.

“No thanks.”

could not change anything and could only choose to stay

president smiled and

I've asked the kitchen to prepare some Chanaean snacks and

attention centered on Francesca, intending on following her wishes. Thus, the rest looked at

moment, no matter how arrogant a person Francesca was, she would have still felt somewhat embarrassed. Besides, Danrique still needed to be on good terms with them, so she had to get along with

look at Danrique. He, too, returned

he did have the desire to stay after all. She then said, “Thank

happily. “I can show off my card skills

enough the last

you've never lost,”

was all smiles. “I didn't realize that Danrique was skilled at playing

where the cards are!” chortled Gerard. “We

I must see

president ushered everyone to the

was also ushering the female guests to the basement. From the corner of her eye, Francesca noticed that the bodyguards remained in the hall. Apart from Sean, nobody else

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