Chapter 233
“I didn’t know you’d keep making such poor choices.”
The marquis’s eyes grew colder. Raymond knew that the man before him was already calculating and reassessing his usefulness. Having lived a long life, Raymond’s intuition had become sharper.
But Raymond, having lived long, had more cards up his sleeve. It didn’t matter if Prince Lewis no longer admired him or if he had no ties to Verdic.
“May I tell you something else?”
“Trying to cover up momentarily won’t help, Sir Raymond. If you want to change the subject, you’d better have something substantial. Do you think you have any appeal to me without Verdic Evans?”
“I’m sure you’ll like hearing it.”
“Let me warn you, if you bring up the Crown Prince, you won’t be showing up in front of me for a while.”
Raymond shook his head. He didn’t know what the crown prince thought of him now. But that didn’t matter to him. He focused on what he needed to do.
“Marquis, I’m sure you’ve noticed that the recent string of serial murders has stopped. I’d like to tell you more about that.”
“…That’s not a pleasant topic for a meal. I’ll change my order from meat to something else.”
The marquis switched to a different type of tea.