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CHAPTER 108
"You just could not do what?"
"Yes, I just couldn't ask her out. I tried you know. I really did try but the words, it was impossible to come out."
Louis let out a sigh. His eyes were half-closed, half-open as he tilted his head to the side.
Why was his king disappointing him like this?
"Your grace," he called out after some seconds of silence.
"Yes?"
"I…" he pursed his lips back a bit, yawning as though he just woke up. Why?"
All this while Vidor had been expecting something solid, like an advice of some sort but when Louis spoke, all he had to say was that.
"What do you mean by why? Why what?"
"I mean why couldn't you. It was such an easy task."
"Easy?" Okay, he was taken aback by his definition of easy.
