"Duchess... are you perhaps interested in my teacher?" Zahra pursed her lips before exhaling, her eyes searching Gloria's face for any sign of emotion.
The room fell into silence. A silence Zahra didn't expect to break soon—and which shortly turned into awkwardness.
Gloria's cheeks flushed red before she could speak. She burst into laughter, unable to control herself.
Confused, Zahra tilted her head to the side, waiting for the duchess's reply to her question.
Regaining her composure, the duchess inhaled deeply. "Your Highness, I was just mesmerized by that man's beauty. However, I have no interest in him. I'm married, and I love my husband."
Gloria's firm statement was enough to convince Zahra, who already knew the strong love the duchess had for the duke.
"Oh, what brings you here? It was a sudden visit," Gloria asked, changing the topic.
"Yuden came here, right?"