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“He’ll snap out of it,” Mia told herself fir one hand down to cup the slight, fir inside of her Her stoer or worry—but sighing, she pulled herself up fro that whichever it was, it couldn’t hurt to eat so

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“I don’t understand,” said Raood son to the to look at her Mia nodded, at a loss for souilty that her own ement Of course she approved What’s not to like about a wealthy hter?

“I know it must be difficult for you,” Mia said quietly

“It’s not even that it’s difficult,” Raet—I mean—why didn’t either of them ever tell me I was adopted until now?” He threw his hands up in the air “And what could possibly be wrong with you? Especially if I’m not—not really…” Mia’s heart twisted inside of her

“You are really her son,” Mia said firmly “If you weren’t really her son in her eyes, do you really think she would care one bit who you married?” Mia raised an eyebrow

“But then, what is it about you that she doesn’t like?” Ra “Why should it matter if you’re a commoner? Even if I wasn’t adopted, it’s not like I’d ever be in the line to the throne—not really, anyway” Rami shook his head violently “I don’t have to marry some heiress or into some other royal family, so why should she care who it is?”

Mia smiled wryly “I obviously don’t know your mother very well,” she said, hesitantly “But it seems toher—that she’s very…conscious…of your fa in her throat “And I uess…”

“You think it makes sense that she doesn’t want to see her son happy?” Raht he must have realized how sharply he had spoken to her “I’m not mad at you, Mia I’m sorry” He stopped and approached the couch where she was sitting, kneeling in front of her “I’m just so frustrated Why can’t she just be happy for me?”

“I don’t know, darling,” Mia said “I wish I had some clue for you” Raht thehtly

“Maybe I should speak to h he’s never been one for these kinds of conversations” Mia took a deep breath and exhaled slowly

“I think you should give it soested “I’m sure your ed and that you were going to have a child all at once, you know?” Mia shrugged “I think ht end up being more reasonable?