Dominic used the food as an excuse to give himself a moment to think.
"So, what you're saying is that it would be best if a marriage alliance united myself and the Ninth Princess, but you would most desperately like to tear my arms from their sockets for harbouring such thoughts about your little sister?" He asked.
The Crown Prince chuckled softly. "I like it when a man understands the position that he is in. You know, most of the lesser Nobles would have immediately agreed and suggested the marriage themselves, then taken their well-earned beating as the price of victory.
However, I am disinclined to dismember you for all those nights spent alone in the Strategy Room, so long as there is no child involved."
So, he still didn't believe that Dominic was telling the truth about their relationship.
But no beating sounded like a good start.
