"…Lady Croix, I've planned to sent Daisy away from the capital. I no longer have any contact with her, and I swear you won't see her again. Duchy Ariaster can protect you and your family from the Crown Prince's cunning schemes. Roxus, I beg you, hold my hand one more time," said Ariaster in a soft voice.
"Nonsense! You disappointed Lady Croix once, and now you want to do it again?! If you are done with that commoner woman, you should kill her and show her head in front of Lady Croix!" Leonid's exploding anger made Roxus retreat once again.
The two men choked. When Ariaster's words seemed to be on Roxus' side, Ariaster said it all as someone who had an affair and as someone who exposed the Crown Prince's ugliness to get her attention again. To a hurting woman like Roxus, his words were only like rubbing salt over a wound.
