The Alpha Prince's Purchased Maid
Chapter 105: A Special Dinner

Chapter 105: A Special Dinner

The prince’s cold and distant attitude truly disturbed her. It seemed that time alone could not clear the rift that had formed between them. Regina honestly did not think that the prince would remain angry at her for this long. She knew that she should explain everything to him and beg for his forgiveness; however, the prince never gave her the chance to do so. Her eyes wandered to his expressionless face before she let out a soft sigh of depression. Talking to Prince Leonard had never felt this difficult before in her life.

“This is the dining room. My father, I mean...the prime minister is waiting inside for us,” Reginal said with a smile.

The maids opened the double door that led to the main dining room for them to enter. The prime minister stood up from his seat the moment that he spotted the prince. He bowed to show his respect while Prince Leonard raised his right hand a little to signal for the prime minister to drop the formal greetings.

“Please take a seat this way, Prince Leonard,” Regina said sweetly as she indicated with her hand for the prince to take a seat.

Leonard sat down at the dining table opposite the prime minister before Regina took the seat next to her father. The atmosphere in the room felt tense although it wasn’t supposed to be a formal meeting.

“Thank you for accepting my invitation. I planned to drop by to have dinner with my daughter and I wondered if you would be free to join us. I’m very happy that you could make it. It’s been...many years since we sat down at dinner together like this. Regina used to come to the palace a lot more when she was younger...” the prime minister said with a warm smile.

“Thank you for inviting me,” Prince Leonard replied flatly.

“I made sure that the chefs have prepared all of your favorite food...” Regina quickly chimed in with her sweetest voice.

“That sounds great. Shall we get them to serve the food so that we can get started?” the prime minister suggested happily.

“Yes, let’s do that...” Regina quickly agreed.

The prince’s silence did not go unnoticed by the two of them as the maids did their job of serving all the food that had been prepared for dinner. Although only three of them were present at the dining table, the food served could have easily filled the stomach of ten men if not more.

“What have you been up to these days apart from your work as this kingdom’s first prince, Leonard?” the prime minister asked with a smile.

The man had known Leonard since before he was born. When the late queen was pregnant with the prince, Lord Baldirius was already an active nobleman working in the pursuant of his political career. His work relationship with the king helped him a lot in paving the start of his political career. During his time working in the palace, Lord Baldirius had made sure that he had an outstanding relationship with every single person that may aid his political career, and that included the king, the queen, and all of the king’s favorite ladies. When the queen and the king’s other women gave birth to the princes of the kingdom, Lord Baldirius made sure that his daughter was acquainted with them all from a very young age.

“Life in the palace is boring as always. I hardly do anything besides my official duties for the kingdom,” Prince Leonard replied smoothly although it wasn’t quite true.

“I see. It is quite unfortunate that we are all too busy with our official duties. Back in the day we used to spend quite a lot of time together. Those were such good times. Whenever I came to see your father in the palace, Regina would always ask to come along so that she could play with you,” the prime minister said with a wistful smile as he recalled the old days.

“Those were such precious times. Time really does fly by so fast...” Regina said in her sweet voice before she turned to flash a smile at the prince.

Although Prince Leonard knew that the other two expected him to say something in response to their words, he didn’t have it in him to be bothered to fulfill their desire. His mouth remained closed and not a single sound escaped as he stared blankly at father and daughter who were so desperately trying to make conversation with him.

“Let’s eat...before the food gets cold...” Regina suggested as she tried her best to put on her best smile.

Leonard stared at the food in front of him without any interest. Food in the palace, regardless of which kitchen it came from, all tasted the same because the cooks were all trained the same way and by the same standards. The food here wouldn’t taste any different from any of the other meals that he’d had in the palace...except for one...

“You two used to play with each other a lot when you two were younger. Everyone always said that you two were very close,” Lord Baldirius said with a smile.

Instead of replying to them, Leonard decided to put some food into his mouth. Immediately, his lips curved into a little smirk when he found out that he was right about the food tasting absolutely the same. Since these were also his favorite dishes, it also meant that they were pretty much the same dishes that his butler gets his cooks to make for him almost every single meal. Regina couldn’t have chosen anything more wrong and boring for this dinner that was supposed to be special. The prince put his fork down gently after having lost all of the appetite that he had.

“Stop talking too much about the past, father. Both the prince and I are grown-ups now,” Regina chided playfully.

“Well, it’s true. You two have matured in many ways. Leonard is a full-fledged prince now and you’ve grown into a wonderful lady. Have you seen Regina play the piano yet? She’s gotten much better at it compared to when she was younger,” the prime minister said with a smile.

--To be continued...