He knew he was being presumptuous. After all, the prince might decide to ditch him after their date, buthope sprang eternal. He really liked Prince Leonardo. He was holding tightly to the possibility that the prince might want to continue dating him in the future, but he didn’t have the courage to imagine anything much more than a few romantic dates. After all, Prince Leonardo wouldn’t want to marry a poor orphan like him. He wasn’t that fortunate.
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“Any issues arise during your meeting with the ministers that your father and I need to be aware of?”
Leonardo shook his head as he chewed the cookie before swallowing it. “No, Mother. Everything we discussed is quite ordinary.”