They seemed to be prepared to stand up for her if she said Yes, ''We argued,'' She said without batting an eyelid.
''Let's go and meet him now,'' King Alexander narrowed his eyes.
''I am grateful for your concern, Your Majesty. But the Prince would think that I incited you to...''
She did not complete the rest of the words but the man seemed to have understood what he meant.
''That...." Alexander inhaled a deep breath, trying to be as poised as ever, "I will talk to him tomorrow," After all, he did not want to escalate the lovers' quarrel.
Esme smiled in satisfaction, not feeling a little guilty over pushing the little blame to Aleister. He can think of this as her retaliation for every time he scared her by appearing inside her room like a ghost.
The entire dinner was rather peaceful with them bringing up small matters and Esme answering them. She knew they were aware that she was living with Aleister, in his room but they did not bring that up which made her relieved.
