Young Bride in a Lightning Marriage: Never Tired of Mr. Leon's Love

"I understand. I don't like it when people get close to me too, but..."

Charlotte smiled and stepped forward, cutely tilting her head as she continued, "You're my sister's husband, so technically, we're family. There's no need for us to be so distant, right?"

She feigned innocence, but Matthew's internal alarm bells were going off.

Something was definitely off about this princess, but Matthew decided to play it cool.

He nodded slightly but continued stepping back slowly.

Charlotte's lips twitched, and for a moment, silence fell between them as they watched Lucy happily run around in the distance.

Charlotte could not help but speak again, "Seeing my sister like this, I actually envy her..."

However, she elicited no response from Matthew as he showed no intention of engaging further in the conversation. This left Charlotte utterly frustrated.

the heck? Was it not common courtesy for the other person to ask why

What else could she possibly be envious

fact that Matthew was not following the

for him to respond. He calmly said, "Princess Charlotte, there's no need to be envious. This garden belongs to your family, so you can go play with Lulu too if you'd

envious that the woman could play in the garden? If she wanted to...

and continued unsolicitedly, "B-But, I'm a princess. Unlike my sister, who grew up wandering around as a common folk, I have certain restraints. I can't just ignore the rules and be

I could just disregard

not help but narrow his

definitely

toward Lucy, but in her words, she implied that Lucy was nothing more than a rustic

a 'noble' princess Charlotte was. How dare she badmouth

don't remember the customs of Charleston's royal family being so strict. Not only can women

something as trivial as chasing butterflies and smelling

in the working class, that doesn't mean she