Chapter 74. A Good King Loves His People

“Where are we going?” Xavier’s sceptical voice asked as the carriage drove him and Mia away from the Palace.

Mia had stepped into his inner court and asked him out on a date. He had a lot to attend to, but she had never asked him out before and he couldn’t turn her down the first time she did. Besides, he wanted alone time with her as well. If he could get a week off his responsibilities, he’d take her off to the royal resort and spend every moment with her. For now, they made do with what they had. So he dropped everything and said yes.

There had been mischievousness in his little wife since they stepped into the carriage earlier. There was something she wasn’t telling him, and from the look of things, she planned a surprise for him. His heart skipped at the thought of what she planned out for them. Yet he didn’t know why she bothered.

He couldn’t tell her plans just by looking at her. She looked beautiful and radiant, as always. Today, she wore a round-necked gre