Chapter 100 Impatience!

Chapter 100 Impatience!

Ronald looked at Luis with a satisfied smile on his face. 'As expected of my son, he didn't disappoint me. He knows how to make his girl happy.'

Lumine was also quite happy, looking at Alicia with a mother-in-law smile. Then, with a sly expression, she messaged Lily quietly, instructing her to take pictures of the shy Alicia in secret. 'Hehe, an excellent material obtained. I'll tease her later by showing these.'

At this moment, when everyone was showing different expressions. A snort sounded.

"At least you are aware of your fortune to be engaged to my daughter. I thought you were quite reluctant to accept her."

David's mocking voice sounded in the room as he looked at Luis with a wide grin. Although, he wasn't as angry as before after hearing Luis' clarification.

He still wanted to make things a bit difficult for him and see whether he can coerce Alicia or not.

As expected, hearing David's words, Alicia came out of her daze-like state and her shyness disappeared. She looked at Luis with a questioning glare and asked.

"Why did you state it like that?"

Everyone knows that Luis was lying in his conversation with Thomas. They all understood it, but they were still dissatisfied.

"Yeah, Luis. Why do you have to slander your parents, too? We never forced you into your engagement," Ronald said while narrowing his eyes as he looked at Luis.

"Yes, what your dad said is right. You shouldn't slander your parents in public, Luis. Now we are like some evil parents, who don't regard their child's wishes and forces him." Lumine added on the side.

Luis looked at the two of them and understood why they had betrayed him before. 'It seems everything is my fault.'

He could also see that they weren't really angry at him. Rather, they were just fanning the flames to make the situation more spicy.

So, ignoring the two of them, Luis eyes shifted to Alicia, who was looking at him with a frown on her face.

'I want to try pulling her cheeks.'

Alicia agreed with his words and then asked a little impatiently, "What about the secret behind my mother's death? Do you know something?'

Luis was silent for a moment because he knows everything. But it's not the time to tell her.

The secret behind her mother's death is not a simple matter, as it involves the truth behind her origin. That is something Alicia will come across, eventually. If he tells her now, she might just leave everything and go around searching for her mother's birthplace.

Although he too wants to take her to that place, it isn't the right time yet. If she wants to get the maximum gains from there, then she must have strength of at least B or an A rank.

But that is as it may. When he saw her moist eyes, his heart melted, and he decided to give her a hint.

"Well, why would you think that the King or the Crown Prince would be interested in killing Aunt Maria? From what we know, uncle David didn't have any enmity with them before and although the fame of the Ice Phoenix Maria Raven was great, it wasn't enough to threaten their status."

"It was a premeditated murder, and they killed everyone inside the manor, leaving Alicia. Why?"

When Luis asked this, Alicia was thoughtful. But David's expression was ugly.

"Because that bastard is interested in Alicia." David said with a grim expression on his face. "A year ago, they proposed an engagement between Alicia and that bastard Orneus. But I refused, saying that her engagement has already been decided when she was a child."

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Quiz:

Why do you think Maria Raven was murdered?

a) Because of Alicia

b) Because of her bloodline

c) Because she knew something that the King wanted to keep hidden.

d) Other reasons