His mother planned to replace him with the new child she was pregnant with. How could he, the Crown prince of the Lunaria Empire, the only child of the Empress be jealous of someone like him!
Cassian kept telling himself this over and over again. He turned to look at Adeline, he never craved anyone's affection before... But that was all before he met her. She gave out her affection so easily but was so wary around him... Why?
He had met many noble children, they all fawn over him, everyone but her.
Adeline kept looking at him with wide eyes, did she expect him to invite Lucas over? That was the kind of person Adeline was, she tried to see the good in everyone, right? In everyone except him. Hah.
"I suppose you want me to invite him over," Cassian said, his tone laced with sarcasm.
Adeline blinked, caught off guard. "I just thought…"
