Chapter 212 - 212

"Well, what do you know about the Crown Prince and his fiancee?"

Lady Melissa asked as she herself took a sip of her tea, as he put on an amused smirk.

"So this was about a romance between you and the Crown Prince after all huh?"

Duke Alphonso said, as his eyes were interested, wanting to know more about Lady Melissa and the Crown Prince.

Although Duke Alphonso was completely right, Lady Melissa decided that it'd be best for her to lie to him, she didn't want him finding out more than he needed to.

"Unfortunately, I'm not interested in the Crown Prince, though I'm always available for any bachelor."

Lady Melissa said as she had a smirk on her face, and for a split second, she could see that Duke Alphonso was amused-perhaps even surprised by her antics, though he quickly regained himself.

"Well, since you insist, I suppose I can tell you about the Crown Prince and his fiance."

Duke Alphonso said, as Lady Melissa was about to protest against him- she didn't even insist, but decided against it once he started to share his intel regarding the couple about her.

"Big surprise! I'm as confused as you and the other nobles are!"

Duke Alphonso said, as Lady Melissa wanted to punch him in the gut with his annoying face- he had raised some hope in her, and she thought that she would be finding out valuable information-information that she hadn't found out from Duke Mason.

Lady Melissa rolled her eyes, at last, she had remembered Duke Alphonso, he wasn't the kind of man who would make jokes, though she wouldn't say that she hated how he was right now.

"Not at all?"

Lady Melissa asked, she couldn't believe that one of the Crown Prince's closest aides was completely clueless about his relationship with the woman.

Duke Alphonso shook his head, he seriously didn't know about their relationship.

"How did the King allow the engagement though?"

Lady Melissa curiously asked.

"He didn't."

Duke Alphonso said as Lady Melissa let out a very visible gasp.

"What?"

Lady Melissa asked, confused.

"The King found out last minute- or at least I think so, I hadn't seen Camilia which is apparently the Crown Prince's fiance's name, until two-three days ago, and even then I thought it was one of the Crown Prince's.....playthings."

Duke Alphonso said as Lady Melissa nodded her head.

"Then why did the King say that he was proud of his son's engagement?"

Lady Melissa asked, visible confusion on her face.

"Although the King found out at the last minute- he didn't find out during the hunting event, he found out a few days before the Crown Prince brought Camilia to Duchess Victoria's party."

Duke Alphonso said as he explained to Lady Melissa who nodded her head understanding the situation better now with his explanation.

Just as Duke Alphonso was about to say something else, someone had beaten him into it.

"Excuse me, your orders are ready."

The waitress from earlier said as Duke Alphonso and Lady Melissa nodded their heads in unison.

"I shall excuse myself now, I hope the both of you have a pleasant day."

The waitress said as she bowed once more, making sure that she didn't accidentally do something that would offend either one of them, knowing that if she did, her life would be at the cost of the mistake.

"Now, what were you going to say?"

Lady Melissa asked Duke Alphonso as she stared at the oreo milkshake, taking a sip of it as she fought back the urge to let out a smile with how heavenly it had tasted.

"I'm not sure if anyone else found out about their relationship, but I assume the Crown Prince threatened the King to allow their engagement, I don't know if you can tell but they don't exactly have the best father-son relationship."

Duke Alphonso said as Lady Melissa let out a scoff, she knew that they didn't have the best relationship, after all, she had witnessed it in her previous life with how the Crown Prince would talk about his own father.

"That makes sense."

Lady Melissa blanky stated as Duke Alphonso took a few sips from his oreo milkshake, he was secretly a sweet tooth, if that wasn't obvious enough with how he looked.

"Now, any other questions you'd like to ask me, Lady Melissa?"

Duke Alphonso curiously asked her as she nodded her head.

"I do actually, what is the Crown Prince's relationship with his siblings and mother?"

Lady Melissa asked, the Crown Prince had never talked much about his mother- or siblings for that matter.

"I believe his relationship with his mother is on and off, sometimes they could be on good terms with each other and help each other out, though other times they could be acting as enemies, hating each other."

Duke Alphonso said as he explained the Crown Prince's relationship with his mother as he paused to take a few breathers before he soon continued.

"Regarding his relationship with his siblings, there are some of them that he is on good terms with, some that he is on alright terms with, and some that he absolutely despises, so it depends on which sibling you're talking about."

Duke Alphonso said as he explained about the Crown Prince's relationship with his siblings.

Lady Melissa took a few bites of the ice cream as she nodded. It didn't sound too far-fetched since it was the Crown Prince after all.

The ones who were on good terms with him were probably the ones he would often use the most, and in return for him using them, they would get some kind of reward perhaps a favour or two from him.

The ones who were on alright terms with him had probably been betrayed a few times by him, though he would compensate them when he used them or so.

And lastly, the ones with who he was on bad terms were probably either jealous of him or because he had betrayed them and never used them again- or compensated them in any form.