Chapter 244 - Ren's Statement

Sarah shook her head weakly. "N-no, Sir. Sam and I were just discussing our puzzlement as to why Fae had to hide her marriage from HR. Even though such data is very important to us."

Mischa looked at Sarah with a displeased expression. He did not believe the beautiful girl's words.

He was not a fool. He had seen how Sarah's attitude towards Vega while she was in the office, but in the past, he had no reason to take action or reprimand her because he was worried that it would only reinforce the suspicion of people in the office that he had an affair with Vega.

Ren's voice was heard again and distracted Mischa. With a frown, he turned his attention back to Ren. He wanted to know whether Ren would reveal Vega's true identity or not.

"I will receive five questions, and after that, the press conference will end," said Ren calmly. He stared into the middle of the room and looked for swift hands raised to ask him questions.

Karl swiftly handed the microphones to the five people Ren pointed at. His face was calm and professional as usual. Only he and Ren felt the tension between them.

Karl was delighted to see Ren having this press conference, as it meant they were almost back on the path they had originally planned. He could guess that Ren was still hiding Vega's true identity as the daughter of the Linden family due to the family's request.

However, he was sure, the time would come for Vega's true identity to be revealed. If Ren didn't want to reveal it, Karl himself would. He had his own way.

A female journalist dressed in neat clothes and hair in a bun above her head stood respectfully and accepted the microphone from Karl.

"Thank you, Your Highness. My name is Odelia, from the Almstad Gazette. I have a question for you. Why did Your Highness feel that you have to keep your marital status a secret all this time? Doesn't this make a lot of people misunderstand, and at the end of last year there were rumors that you were going to be engaged for marriage to Lady Amelia? Didn't you think about your wife's feelings? I can imagine she must be feeling sad to hear so many rumors about her husband with another woman."

The audience immediately looked at Ren closely, curious about the answer that would come out of the prince's lips to this quite spicy question. 

The expression on Ren's face didn't seem to change at all. He remained cool and unfazed.

"I'll answer it," Ren nodded. "I kept my marriage a secret because I felt that my private life is not for public consumption. I just happened to take on the position of a crown prince. But that doesn't mean I have to sacrifice my personal life. Please remember that the Moravian Empire called me home and asked me to occupy this position. I don't want it. "

Simultaneously the people exchanged astonished looks. What did he say? Prince Renald didn't want his post as crown prince?

Was that true? Did this mean he wanted to step down?

"But, the fact is that you are the crown prince who will soon take the throne to become the king of Moravia. You cannot hide your marriage forever," asked the female journalist again. "Does Your Highness not want your wife and children to become known to the public and then become your heirs?"

Ren shook his head. "No. I don't want that."

He then pointed to a man who was at the back of the room. Karl swiftly took the microphone and gave it to the man.

The second journalist's face looked happy because he was chosen to ask Ren a question. His voice choked up at the beginning of his speech because he was too excited.

"Thank you for the opportunity, Your Highness. My name is George from the Moravia Post. I would like to ask you what your plans are with your being married to Miss Fae Muller? Will your wife become an official member of the royal family? What do you think about the palace's reaction?" What did King Gustave and Queen Elena say about her? Thank you."

Ren replied calmly. "I plan to live with my wife and make her happy forever. If she wants to meet with the royal family, I will take her to the palace. If she does not want to be part of the royal family, I will resign, and live as a commoner. During this time, I hid my wife because I don't want our privacy to be disturbed by curious people and gossipers. I also don't plan on ascending the Moravian throne. I'm just guarding the throne until my cousin Caroline gives birth to a son as a legitimate male heir of the Hanenberg family, or until our kingdom changes its constitution and accepts a woman as an heir to the throne."

People were very surprised to hear that, mainly because of two facts. Ren didn't care at all about what the court's opinion on his wife, and he also did not ask for their consent to take Fae to the palace.

Instead, he said he would listen to his wife's opinion on whether or not she wanted to meet King Gustave and Queen Elena. It was as if, between the two parties, his wife was more respectable and higher in position than the Moravian monarchs themselves.

This was, oh, too shocking!

The ladies in the audience and those who watched at home swooned. They thought that Ren's bold statement just signaled that he respected his wife and more concerned with the opinions and feelings of his wife than the opinion of the palace.

He was a dream husband! The girls in the hall could only hold back their envy.

Prince Renald was very handsome, a genius, a nobleman who could become the king if he wanted, yet, he was very respectful and concerned about his wife.

Granted, Prince Renald was known to be irritable and he was often sour, but that was because he had severe insomnia which made him often grumpy. But his personality when he talked about his wife and when he was with her, was much different. He wasn't a sour-looking man.

Evidenced by the photos they saw from the couples' private moments in Bali, where the prince smiled and laughed when he was with his wife. He looked happy and content.

Oh .. women in the whole Moravia were suddenly so jealous of this woman.

All Ren's statement was recorded and shared on the internet and various media, and it immediately caused quite a stir throughout Moravia.

"Third question?" Ren pointed to a man in the front row, to his right. The man looked beaming because he was given the opportunity to ask.

"Your Highness, you said you liked privacy and thought that you needed to keep your marriage a secret because you didn't want your and your wife's privacy to be disturbed." The man spoke so fast almost without a pause as he was too excited. "Then why are you suddenly holding this conference now and revealing your wife's identity? It doesn't make sense."

Ren nodded." It's all right. You are right. I actually had to invite you and clarify my marital status because there are some irresponsible people who took our pictures without permission and spread them on the internet. Since that incident, my wife has been the victim of incessant nasty gossip." Ren glared at them all.. "I just want to clear my wife's reputation."