Chapter 196: Women Shouldn’t Drink
"Oh, you’re not disagreeing with me," Lady Delphine smirked. "Usually, you would have said something along the lines of it being impossible. What has changed?"
Rose glanced at Lady Delphine. She was right. She slowly looked away. "I don’t know," she whispered.
However, she still didn’t agree with Lady Delphine, but she could accept that perhaps the crown prince might be willing to listen to her requests—except if she asked to go home. It didn’t mean anything, and it certainly didn’t make him less cruel.
"The royal family hasn’t arrived yet," Lady Delphine said, changing the subject.
She could see Rose’s expression saddened, and she didn’t want that. She knew, more than anything, Rose wanted to go home, and having the favor of the crown prince didn’t matter. Rose would still choose to go home.
Lady Delphine was almost envious. The crown prince was a powerful man. The only reason things had gotten better for her these past three years was because of him. If he hadn’t arrived at her doorstep, she might have spent the rest of her life indoors, as the chances of her being stoned to death outside of her manor were pretty high.
However, no one would dare do that now, as it was widely known that the crown prince patronized the services of Lady Delphine. His presence also helped her business, bringing more customers, especially nobles.
Lady Delphine had laid with Caius enough times to know there was a raging storm inside the young heir. Most nobles knew the crown prince didn’t like the king. Most reckoned it was because he was sent away from the castle and the kingdom at such a young age—and they would be right.
However, King Gaius hadn’t sent his son away to some kingdom to learn. No. The king had sent his twelve-year-old son to join the mercenaries. Lady Delphine only knew this because of her dead husband, Lord Hendrix Elrod.
"I am sure the queen would be ’ere," Rose replied. She doubted the queen would have painstakingly arranged the ball and then not attend. Rose was almost sure she would make an elaborate entrance.