Chapter 104. Divergence

“Good morning,” I replied politely.

“You’re up extra early today,” Queen commented before smiling gently at me.

It looked like she had countless questions that she wanted to ask me. On my end, I didn’t want to talk to her or anyone else for that matter right now.

“Yeah. I’ll be leaving first. See you later,” I replied vaguely as I shifted to go.

“Umm…did something happen?” Queen asked with a sad and worried look in her eyes.

“No. Nothing happened,” I replied in short.

Queen gave me a troubled look, but I decided that I didn’t have anything else to discuss with her about. I turned to leave in a hurry before she could ask me more about what happened last night between Reiner and me. I wouldn’t tell her anything even if she asked anyways. I felt her eyes following my movement as I quickly walked away and exited the mansion.

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Queen sat on the sofa in the living with a magazine in her hand. She had no idea why she was holdi