Adela opened the door without knocking and then closed it behind her in a hurry, but the thick barrier did nothing to muffle her father's voice that boomed throughout the hallway. She was talking to Arkin in the garden outside when she heard her parents arguing and rushed to Larissa's room after that.
"How come I was never informed that she was going there every day, how dare you treat me like a chair in my own house?!" The Archduke shouted.
Seeing Larissa's bloodshot eyes peeking out from under the covers of her bed, Adela felt heaviness in her body. Something nagged at the back of her mind.
Looks like she has been crying her eyes out for quite some time...
"No! She absolutely cannot be alone with a man who is not even officially courting her! You think I know not of what goes inside of your head? My daughters are not for sale damn it!"
