Chapter 9: Determined (2)
"I also know that you don’t want to put your parents in a position where they have to explain your absence to the court. Then your brother will be tasked with taking your place. It is so much more than you dropping everything for me," said Penelope.
Penelope continued, "I will admit that part of me feels good that you like me so much you would leave the throne behind, but I don’t see a future where you leave the palace or I enter it. You should court someone else."
"No," Tyrion objected.
Penelope frowned. "Why not? I have given you my answer."
"I don’t want to give up. I will court you like every man in town will do and win you over. Besides, is there anyone better than me to marry you?" Tyrion asked, knowing there wasn’t.
"You’re being very cocky right now," Penelope muttered.
"I prefer for the word confident to be used, and you know it is true. You saw tonight that many of the bachelors in town are after your father’s wealth. Why be bothered by them when you can have me?" Tyrion asked.
"I would rather have none of you, and it is quite possible. My father says we don’t need to marry if we don’t want to. He has prepared a great sum of money for each of us and has plenty of homes around the town for us to pick one," Penelope shared.
Penelope loved that her father was so well prepared to give them the freedom to choose their future. This freedom was what she wanted to keep.
Tyrion expected nothing less from Edgar. While many fathers were listening to offers for their daughters’ hands, Edgar was finding ways to stop his children from getting married.
"Your father seems to be one of the obstacles in the way of me courting you. The border could use his help-"