"...but you favor the man, do you not? And that could make all the difference."
The Queen of Hearts was prepared to hear him apologize and accept that he was to blame for all of his incompetence—she wasn't ready for these words of his. Rosalyn Lockhart blinked, her lips stammered but nothing came out.
...She was at loss for words.
It took her a second before she recovered, the man was accusing her of something. Well, she refused to listen and instead narrowed her eyes at him, "It is true that I… have come to see him as a friend, but even so, I am aware of my position. I would not simply accept something that could be used against me."
"I assumed you had taken on another lover, Your Majesty." He looked at her with a small frown.
He didn't sound apologetic at all.