"If you look at them at a glance, you would say that Ms. Kartar is Lady Serena's daughter."
The last sentence from Nicholas was enough to have everyone finally stop eating.
Lady Rosamonda looked at Perdita and Serena in suspicion while making sure she didn't miss any detail. But her dark red eyes found no resemblance of Perdita to Serena. Likewise Lady Rosamonda, Prince Regan, Princess Sarah, Lady Bethany, and Mr. Gilberto turned to look at Nicholas to check if the young man had perhaps gone mad.
Unknown to Nicholas, the words he called mere words had unwrapped different emotions from so many people in the room.
Serena since the words were spoken, had clutched her cutlery tightly in her hands. Her green eyes suddenly had a piercing coldness in them that held the emotions that tried to surface.
