In the night, the same servant returned to Oriana's room, offering assistance as he had earlier. Since he worked within the guest mansion, he had free access to move about. He brought a tray with tea for Oriana, who was still vigilantly watching over her grandpa.
Setting the tea tray on the table, he extended a cup of tea to the exhausted Oriana.
"Miss Verner, have you considered my proposition from this afternoon?" he inquired.
Oriana remained silent for a while. She hadn't given the servant's offer much thought earlier, but after encountering Arlan and conversing with him, her determination to stay began to waver. She wanted to depart with her grandfather as soon as possible.
Even if her grandfather hadn't taken a life and she could establish his innocence, he had committed an act of treason by defying a royal order and taken away the Crown Prince's betrothed. This offense would not go unpunished, and she was well aware that her grandfather would suffer the consequences.
