Oli stared at the door for a few more seconds before turning to look at him.
"Should you be talking to an empress like that, even if you are the crown prince?" asked Oli with a raised brow.
Though she was admonishing him for his behavior. She had a proud smile on her face and looked at him with approving eyes as if he was a kid and she was the one evaluating him.
Though Gertina was only sweet to Alex, she knew that extra sweetness only causes disease and sweet things rot easily and faster.
No one in the world is so good when you treat them so coldly, though there were exceptions, Alex would not have treated someone badly without a reason.
She had that unconditional trust in him. That was why she did not call the woman his step mother or mother but the empress as if she was drawing the line.