Chapitre 213: Escaping Boredom

Celebrating the prince’s birthday was just used as another excuse for noble families and prominent businessmen to be in the presence of the king and the royal family. The crown prince is a few years older than Anthony but he was still not engaged. The other nobles in attendance made sure to stand close enough to my sister and me as they whispered their malicious gossip about us just loud enough to make sure that we could hear.

“It’s a shame they had to get their daughter engaged to the son of the Vulkan family. I’m sure if she wasn’t engaged, she would be going after the crown prince right now.”

“What are you talking about? There’s no way that the king will allow his son to marry a daughter from a simple noble family.”

“That might be true. It’s too late now anyways because all they have left is that second daughter…”

That second daughter…