Chapter 374: Offer (2)
"Take a seat, Rafael. We haven’t spent a lot of time alone recently like we used to do in the past. We can talk about your problems with the palace, the knights, or anyone in town. We’re due for a talk," River said, walking to the table in the room to sit at one of the chairs around it.
He got so caught up in capturing Travis and trying to spend his free time with Beatrice that he didn’t have much time left to spend with Rafael. Now that Beatrice and Annalise were spending time together and he needed to change his plans for Travis, he had a break to sit with Rafael.
"I’m ready to talk about anything you have questions about or just listen to what is bothering you these days. I can even offer you advice for women," River said, pointing at the empty chair opposite him for Rafael to sit down.
Rafael followed his father to sit down so they could talk. "I don’t think you can offer me advice for women," he teased.
"I’ve been married for longer than you’ve been alive. Who better than me to tell you how to keep the woman you love? One of your knights?" River sarcastically asked.
He was close to the knights because of the fact he was the commander right before Rafael and he still spent a lot of time in the manor, but he wouldn’t trust a lot of them to send a flower to a woman. He’d witnessed before how someone was sent to deliver a message to a woman on behalf of another knight and ended up flirting with her.
Then there was the fact that many of the knights lived thinking they could die tomorrow so they didn’t take relationships seriously. The day he caught Rafael seriously taking advice from the ones who would clearly ruin his relationship with Annalise, River planned to hit Rafael so hard that he would be the one shrinking.
"You are going to marry a princess someday," River said.
"The title princess isn’t something she enjoys. I think she might prefer some kind of lord or terrifying name," Rafael said, trying to remember what she wanted to call herself.