Lily's attention was entirely on those emerald earrings; she didn't notice the clashing of swords around her.
She reached out, barely managing to give her mother the earrings that Ariana had refused to try on.
"Lily, give them here, to Mom." Such an expensive gift, she simply couldn't accept.
"Mom?" Lily asked, puzzled, but still handed the earrings over to her mother.
Titus Zane had been holding a teacup, sipping tea with boredom, when he saw his mother close the little box and come to her and Jon, looking puzzled.
Ariana had a polite smile on her face, "Jon, this gift is too precious, I can't accept it!"
nono, Jon," he said, shaking his head and refusing to take it back, "A gift that's been given has no reason to be returned. That's the rule by our Banian Crown Prince."
"Ha!" Nathan Moore let out a cold snort, Lily quietly tugged at his sleeve, and Julian took the teacup, clearing his throat pointedly before taking a sip.
