Female Novel
Chapter 502 You Are Nice
Chapter 502 You are nice
On the other side, King Ducasse took Martha out of the royal palace and went directly to a secludedplace.
Martha pursed her lips tightly, her long eyelashes trembling slightly. She knew that King Ducassewas right.
She still had to investigate the true culprit behind her mother's murder in the royal palace. OffendingCatherine Queen Dowager now would not be a good thing for her.
But if it wasn't for Catherine mentioning her mother first and angering her, how could she havetreated Catherine like that...
As soon as she thought of this, she frowned unconsciously.
After calming down now, Martha suddenly noticed something was wrong. When Catherinementioned her mother just now, there was obviously something off about her attitude.
Did something happen between Martha's mother and Catherine before?
Seeing that Martha didn't speak, King Ducasse thought she had realized her mistake, and his tonesoftened.
"It's okay. You don't need to worry about anything else. I will take care of it."
Upon hearing this statement from him, Martha suddenly raised her head to look at King Ducasseuncertainly and asked him a question.
"Did you feel anything strange about Catherine Queen Dowager just now?"
"It's normal for my mother to be angry when she hears that," replied King Ducasse with resignationas he looked at Martha with complicated emotions.
His mother had always been gentle and kind-hearted but today's outburst must have been becauseof what Martha said.
Not long after he succeeded to the throne, he held a media conference to announce that Marthawas his future wife, and now he had to clarify it.
His mother was probably worried about he would a bad impression on the people of Z Country, soshe was so angry.
He unconsciously tightened his hand by his side, as an image flashed through his mind, causinghim slight discomfort, but he didn't pay too much attention.
When Martha heard this, her eyes darkened, her thin lips were slightly pursed, and she didn'tcontinue the topic.
She suddenly asked another question based on what came up in mind.
"Is there any grudge between my mom and Catherine Queen Dowager?"
When King Ducasse heard this question, he froze in place, looking at Martha with a hint ofconfusion in his eyes.
Suddenly, he realized that Martha was suspecting his mother and his face changed. He immediatelyretorted, "No, I haven't heard of any conflict between them."
"Besides," he continued, "my mother is not that kind of person." He stared intently at Martha whileunconsciously tightening the hand that hung by his side.novelbin
In his memory, his mother had always been gentle and decent, never angry. She wouldn't evenharm an ant, so how could she have anything to do with the death of Martha's mother?
Martha pursed her lips slightly when she heard this, and she clearly remembered the appearance ofCatherine mentioning her mother just now in her mind.
"I have something else to attend to; I'll be going now."
As soon as she took two steps away from him though, King Ducasse grabbed her hand.
The next second he spoke hoarsely behind her back, "Am I really not as good as that man? Is hereally better than me in every way?"
Martha turned slightly and opened up King Ducasse's grip on her hand before gently saying, "Noneed to compare yourself with him; you are a nobleman with power, strategy and status - betterthan anyone else."
"But... you are not the one I like," she added.
Martha liked Stefan all along - it never changed from beginning till now. She smiled softly beforesaying, "In the future, you will meet someone you truly like."
After saying this, Martha turned and left where she was.
She had to go to Sam now, and Eve, because she wanted to know what happened between hermother and Catherine.
King Ducasse remained where he was, watching Martha walk away into the distance with goldeneyes filled with loneliness.
The person whom he truly loved had already appeared but unfortunately someone else hadoccupied her heart.