someone had suddenly pulled him out.
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“Of course, she did.” Blanche turned to Seraphina and met her gaze directly. Now she actually held her head up high and seemed much more confident than before as anger fueled her reaction. “I am asking again. Did you just mean to chastise me?”
Excuse me?”
As his fiancée, you should have shown your face at least once during the past five weeks. Theo is constantly drowning in work while being more than exhausted, and you don''t seem to care at all. If you cared in the slightest, you would at least come to distract him a bit.” She became more and more exasperated as she spoke, not understanding that she criticized someone far above her status.
will not speak to me like this. You should remember who I am very clearly. I am Seraphina Duremont, the future empress of Artias. You will be my subject like everyone else and obey when I give you orders. You will not talk back or-” She didn''t get to finish that order either.
her? After how many rules his lover had broken, he was upset with Seraphina? How could she accept that? “Your Majesty, this-”
“I said this was enough.” Theodore never raised his voice at his fiancée. At least he hadn''t done it until today. Now he hadn''t yelled either, but he certainly hadn''t been kind either. He only seemed to realize how harsh his tone had been as Seraphina silenced herself. When he continued, he tried to sound normal but couldn''t hide his current mood fully. “I understand that this meeting was unfavorable, but you have to admit that your words were quite harsh. I will make sure to give Blanche etiquette lessons, and then we can avoid such discussions. But I also expect you to hold back.” As if this wasn''t enough, he also allowed that mistress to hug him again while adding the final words that added the final nail to the coffin. “Blanche is not under your authority.”
that woman walk by his side.