The Princess's second chance
I turned just in time to see William smiling, making my heart beat even harder.
"Honestly, I don't understand why the Emperor would direct such hostility towards his Highness, the princess," he said, looking at me intently. I felt my face getting hot and looked away.
"It's only natural since I'm not a wanted daughter," I said in a calm voice.
I had already overcome all those fantasy feelings that I insisted on carrying inside my chest. Just as the emperor didn't accept me as his daughter, I no longer saw him as my father, only as an incompetent emperor who was bringing the whole empire to ruin through his neglect and selfishness.