Chapter 398: Volume 8 Gathering of the Storms - 2 Three’s Company_3
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"Oh, is that so? But the last time we met, I didn’t notice anything particularly special about him." A cold laugh escaped the girl’s lips, her emerald eyes laced with a hint of mockery, "But it seems that Tracy and he are quite close. The two seem very familiar with each other."
"Mm, that’s quite normal. One is the daughter of a duke, the other the son of a finance officer, with similar ages. It’s not strange at all." The young man shrugged, appearing indifferent.
Glimpsing toward the door, the girl lowered her voice, "Hoffman, when do you plan on making things clear with Tracy? Are you going to drag it out a while longer?"
"The decision is not in my hands, as you know. It depends on what my father and his men decide." The young man’s face flashed with annoyance, and his voice dropped, "Now, with Leon in chaos and that old man Philip seemingly preoccupied, my father and his advisers are probably plotting something. They have yet to make a clear stance on the matter. However, both Duke Tez and Duke Mathew are against it, and you are well aware of their influence over my father."
"Hmph, you should never have gotten engaged to her in the first place. I don’t know what you saw in her, just a little vixen. You can tell she’s a flirt, no different from Katya." Disdainful, the girl glanced at her half-brother, her tone increasingly contemptuous: "Her scandalous affairs with Baron Komer are well-known in Cyprus. Probably because of her, Baron Komer was forced by Philip to leave his home in exile. Yet, she acts all ladylike in front of us. But can paper contain fire?"
Indifferent to the matter, the handsome young man quickly changed the subject, "Sigh, some things are difficult to clarify in the moment. Tracy knows her own secrets. Since she deceived me first, she can’t blame me for breaking off the engagement later. We’re even. Now it’s just a matter of waiting for my father’s final edict."