"You actually dare to provoke the monarch?" Josef sneered as he looked at Ava. But for some reason, the man was still smiling at her. "What were you thinking?" he asked.
"I didn't provoke him. I told him the truth."
"The truth? You — " Josef narrowed at her.
After what happened, the Monarch asked everyone to leave the room and put Eva in a separate room. Of course, Ava wasn't surprised to see that the Duke was already waiting for her inside the room.
"Foolish!" Josef hissed.
"Am I?" she responded.
"Perhaps you misunderstood. The chance that I gave you was nothing but empty promises. Both of us knew the Prince died not because of poison."
"It was because of poison." Ava maintained her words. "There is no point in arguing over things like this. I knew that he was poisoned by— "
"Mistress, you cannot go in there. Please— "
