Chapter 22: Second Chance Mate

She wouldn’t know who else to trust with the school. She’d planned the orphanage system, the school, and the hospitals, after all, but as far as Adolph knew, she was just a young woman from the country. Why would he give her the job? Why would he think a young woman could handle so much responsibility?

Maybe he just wanted to push it off on someone else, or maybe he didn’t care about having it all done well so much as getting it done. Anger burned in her chest and she huffed.

“You must be joking, Your Majesty. Are you trying to ruin this school by asking a country girl to handle all this?”

Adolph winked, “I didn't mean that, Laurel. You're my mate--”

Laurel glared at him, “So you’re giving me all this work just to show me how much you value me as your mate? I don't want that! How can you casually give the lives of so many people as a gift to a girl?”

Adolph stared at her, his expression was near placid as she glared at him and it only angered him more. There wasn’t a flicker of guilt