Chapter 270
The day of the banquet was when Carynne was to be introduced as Crown Prince Gueuze’s mistress—
‘Is Crown Prince Gueuze out of his mind?’
The sight of Carynne standing beside Gueuze left everyone utterly shocked. At first, it was her beauty that stunned them, but ultimately, it was the immorality of Crown Prince Gueuze taking his former lover’s daughter as his mistress.
‘Catherine’s daughter as his mistress?’
‘Isn’t this practically incest?’
‘How revolting…’
Many attendees at the banquet were individuals wielding power, each with their own skeletons in the closet. But even among such a crowd, the act of taking one’s lover’s daughter as a mistress was seen as a grotesque indulgence, an act only a true degenerate would commit. Even those shameless in nature would hesitate to commit such an act under the scrutinizing eyes of society. Yet Crown Prince Gueuze seemed completely unfazed by such judgment, and therein lay the problem.
“This is amusing, truly amusing.”
Crown Prince Gueuze reveled in the stares of the crowd. Others thought his actions were a bizarre spectacle, but compared to his true hobbies, this was nothing.
Holding a glass of wine, Gueuze slowly savored the stares and whispers of the onlookers. Among them was Isella Evans, pale with fear, standing out starkly.
“Isella?”