Chapter 450: Reiner - New Family
I knew that I had a long way to go to live up to his expectations, but this was a start much better than I could have hoped for. After all, he didn’t throw me out or off the island.
It seemed like I wasn’t the one who was shocked at King’s unexpected words, Reiner and Queen seemed surprised as well. After a few seconds of staring speechlessly at her husband, Queen finally snapped out of her trance by clapping her hands together.
“Well then, shall we start with dinner?” Queen suggested diplomatically.
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As if he knew what his father had in mind, Reiner did not get up from his seat when dinner was over. Queen quickly came to my side and asked me to follow her. The two of us left the dining room silently, leaving the two men to have their private talk. I took one last glance back at Reiner and I had to admit that I was very worried about him.
“Don’t worry. They’ll just talk...” Queen said as if she could sense my worry.
“I see...” I replied vaguely.
Of course, I had a pretty good sense of what they would be talking about. King probably hadn’t expected for his only son to get married so suddenly and to a woman that wasn’t on his list of potential marriage partners. Reiner casting Rachael aside by breaking up the engagement with her for the second time probably added scandalously to the whole mess.
“Congratulations, Natalia. I can’t say it enough times. I’m just so happy and happy for you two. I thought you would never come back when you left, and my son was acting like such a big fool. I was honestly very depressed for a long while...” Queen confessed followed by a soft laugh.