Chapter 322: Better for Us
My heart clenched a little in my chest before I felt a wave of warmth washing over me.
“Umm...you should get some rest...” I suggested as I started to feel slightly shy.
“I’m very sorry, Mila. I shouldn’t have left you alone like that. I didn’t think that the talk would take so long...” Prince Leonard suddenly apologized.
I turned to him with what must have been a very blank look on my face because I didn’t expect an apology from him. That was also simply because I didn’t feel like there was anything that he needed to apologize for. In fact, I felt like I owed him such a big favor after all that he had said in my defense.
“There’s no need for you to apologize for anything. I’m fine...” I quickly reassured him.
“It’s my fault. I misjudged the situation and you had to pay the price for it,” he replied firmly.
I had no idea what he was talking about or why it seemed to be such a big deal for him. It was true that many people in the dining room made me uncomfortable and Lucinda did put me on the spot but in the end nothing really happened.
“Not at all. It isn’t your fault. Plus, you were the one who came back just in time to save me,” I pointed out before smiling at him.
I didn’t know how I would’ve handled that situation by myself had the prince not returned right at the moment that he did to save me. It was because of my carelessness and my lack of experience that got me into that mess. I wasn’t at all used to attending events like that with those kinds of people. Even though I had taken lessons about it that were supposed to help guide me, I found that the situation in real life could be very different, and the people could be more hostile and aggressive as well. My shoulders drooped when I reminded myself that that wasn’t a valid reason for me to get everything wrong.