Aldrian glanced at the Grand Duke for a moment while sipping his tea, then set the glass down.
"If I had known her for a long time, is there any problem with that?" Aldrian raised an eyebrow.
Grand Duke Rivas clenched his fist under the table.
"As I thought, they know each other since long. Irene has just been hiding this fact from me," he thought. Although Aldrian now appeared to be a young man in his teens, he still saw him as a potential "threat" who could "take away" his daughter.
"Then what is your relationship with my daughter? How close are you to her?" he asked Aldrian again.
Aldrian smiled before replying,
"Let's just say I'm very close to her—much closer than you might think," he said in a slightly teasing tone.
