"Are you quite finished?" the prince snarled at Bai Li. "I'm not sure what standing you have with her to come and have this discussion with me."
The prince's jealousy was in full flight now, his anger burning that Mei Meili had shared their intimate conversation with this man.
"You're not her brother or her father, and neither are you her fiancée, you're simply an unrelated male friend, which means you have no standing to speak for her whatsoever. And I'm in violent disagreement with every word you've spoken. I'm the second prince of the realm. You don't think I can keep her safe from a mere chit of a woman?" he looked scornfully at his friend.
"Her father and I are now allied. After I marry his daughter, I need only mention the arrangement with Mei Meili to him, and she will no longer be the target of Li Fengfeng's resentment. Nor must she live under the same roof as the woman."
