Begging

I remembered the prideful look on Jeely’s face when she told me that she is a princess representing her town. Her loyalty to the crown prince should know no end. How could someone like her commit such a crime?

“Jeely is the only case where Kin never asked for her to be transferred to his inner court. Yet, he favors her enough to visit her regularly over the years. Of course, I decided to turn a blind eye to all of it. Those two took my mercy for something else which is quite unfortunate for them both. My inner court is like my backyard, how can I possibly not know what goes on there?” Ren explained ending with a little amused laugh.

“But if you’ve always turned a blind eye, why are you punishing her for it now?” I asked.

“I’m not punishing her for sleeping around with my brother. I’m punishing her for setting you up with my brother,” Ren said. Although his tone was flat, I could still sense some anger in his words.