Alaric and Lara left the garden and returned to the drawing room. It was time for Alaric to leave, but before he did, he handed Lara a beautifully wrapped gift.
"I'll see you at the banquet tomorrow. Please wear that," Alaric leaned forward and whispered before leaving to avoid imposing on Lara's family.
All that had happened was witnessed by two people.
Mira, who was on the second floor and about to come down to join the family dinner, felt a tightness in her chest when she noticed the closeness between Alaric and Lara. How had Prince Alaric become so close to Lara?
She gritted her teeth at the memory of the time the prince dodged, making her fall. She believed that the prince simply didn't want women in his personal space, but seeing how close Lara stood beside him, she could only curse silently.
