Chapter 61 - 61: Carriage Ride Shared Between Cousins (2/2)

"What if you can still have the duke's support without ain He understood his cousin's plight, but he was never going to give up Serena

"I don't know At first, I thought that the girl I'ht now, I a to be a little different from her letters Last time, I told her that we must take a step back on our relationshi+p That I believe we should get to know each other better… I need a little advice as this is my first relationshi+p What do you think should I do?"

If Charlton were being a real concerned faood friend, he would have told hiirl and focus on his intended That nothing good would ever come out of his love affair However, he had his own personal interest in the mix so what came out of his mouth was entirely different

"I believe that your feelings of auilt for the girl because you are engaged However, I see that you must really like or even love her, because you would not be seeing her behind everyone's back, or even sacrifice your years of friendshi+p with Leonard, if you don't Also, what are you afraid of? You should not let political matters control your heart You have eirl you love"

"you really think so? But you know, I also thought about Leonard's sister She is a sight to behold and lately, she doesn't seem that bad" Geoffrey asked uncertain of his cousin's advice

Charlton felt his intestines twisting when he heard Geoffrey mention Serena Truthfully, he just wanted to coht of the consequences Besides, based on what Geoffrey said earlier, it doesn't seem like the outcome will be beautiful So, he kept up with his pretense and tried to convince his cousin otherwise

"I know so Leonard's sister, well, she just looks good on the outside, and though I ad prima donna I have been paired up with her since the start of the school year, so I can say that I know her better, and I can tell that you till just clash It will never work She is too, how do you say this? Ah, dominant And she also looks like the jealous type She will never let you have an affair, if she were to find out about your relationshi+p with that girl, then, sorry to say, she ht even try to dispose her" Charlton said as he burned incense in histo the Gods for Serena to never catch whiff of whatever he is telling Geoffrey now Anyway, it was not like he was cos he spouted were half true Though he found those traits of her endearing

"I thought that the two of you get along I never iht about her"

Charlton continued with his lies "I was just being professional Like Sir Felix said, she is indeed a enius Also, I'm not the one who is expected to spend the rest of his life with her Besides, I still have to think of Leonard"

"This is the first ti someone behind their back She must really be bad"

"well…" Charlton replied as he chuckled aardly "by the ho is the girl you're seeing?"

Geoffrey sighed, not wanting to keep things froirl who's paired up with reed with the pair up And how far have you gotten along?" Charlton asked, wanting to kno deep their relationshi+p was, firsthand

Geoffrey blushed "Don't think of her like that We never engaged on anything except for so At least that ood He knew that his cousin would never want to accidentally ie as that would lead to an unwanted succession feud in the future

Geoffrey looked outside and saw that they were already near the church "Anyway, thank you for the advice I'ood between us again?" he asked

"Yes, and if you need any advice, don't forget that I'uilty inside

But hey, as they all say, all is fair in love and war

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TBC