Alyssa held her breath.

She tapped into one of her skills— eavesdropping.

She pressed her ear close to the door, straining to catch every word of the conversation inside.

"What's with you, Dad? You've been pestering us to get a girlfriend all these years.

Now that I've taken a liking to Yules and want to be with her, you're opposing us so strongly.

Why is that?" Out of all of Winston's children, Liam was the one with the gentlest personality.

Even when he wasn't seeing eye-to-eye with Winston, he sought to find out Winston's reasoning patiently.

"Miley likes Yules very much too.

They interact often in Kontina, and they get along very well.

"Yules is the only princess in the Kontinian royal family.

If you're talking about family backgrounds, I'm the one who reached above my station.

Why are you so displeased?" "Your girlfriend can be the princess of a country.

She can be a goddess or a homeless woman.

I don't care!" Winston took a deep breath.

His eyes were reddened.

With a tremble in his voice, he declared vehemently, "But...

she cannot be Kontina's royalty.

I will never approve of her!" "Dad! But, why?" Liam's voice was clear.

He was extremely puzzled.

was eavesdropping from the other side

if he had gotten upset because

adamant about Liam and

made him seem ridiculously

if Liam was going

piqued Alyssa's innate curiosity even

"No reason." Winston shivered.

shut his eyes tight and put his palm on his

infamous for being wicked

pile of filth! "T do not want my son to

you to be corrupted

set your mind on joining

finally achieved your current position after all that hard

you going to give up on everything you achieved

and remarked, "You're not

avoided

since we were young, you have never requested much from

the choices we made or

he continued, "Even

Lovelace, you shielded them.

You supported them fully.

you do the same regarding Yules and

it because you have some sort of grudge or dispute with the Kontinian royal family?" On the other side of the door, Alyssa pursed her

veins on the back of her hands started

nothing to do with the younger

to probe further." Winston dismissed him

Liam, however, pressed on.

"Mom was Kontinian.

that, with your help, she became a

are so repelled

say that you're

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