Chapter: 369

Without losing a friendly smile to the end, she politely said, “Now I have to eat lunch with Theor. Can you please come back?”

Astelle struggled to ignore the sad, pale green eyes that looked at her.

A deep sense of loss was revealed on Fritz’s handsome face.

It wasn’t that she wanted to hurt her brother because she was resentful.

But she was worried that her brother would see Theor for a long time.

Because they are close blood relatives, she was afraid that he would notice something even a little.

Theor asked, clutching Fritz’s sleeve, “Uncle Fritz, do you have to go?”

Fritz’s perplexed gaze turned to Theor.

Astelle said, soothing Theor, “Theor, we should eat lunch and take some medicine. Let’s play again after we’re done.”

“Astelle, I have something to talk about for a moment. Could you give me some time?”

Fritz intervened between the two of them and begged her earnestly.

‘What else happened?’

I felt uneasy.

If my brother begged like that, maybe he would have said something important to me.

Or maybe it was about our father, the Duke of Reston.

It wasn’t something she could refuse to listen to.

Astelle glanced at Theor and said, “Wait a moment.”

The two moved into the next room, leaving Theor behind.

“What’s going on?”

“Astelle.”

Fritz came closer to her.

His eyes shook anxiously.

“Astelle, I am your brother.”

“You didn’t call me to say that, right?”

“Theor……”