Duke Christophe Beaumont sat in front of your father, a man whom he always saw as an older brother. Both of them grew up together as children, leaning on each other as the eldest sons who ended up inheriting the title of dukedom from their fathers. They shared everything selflessly, but your father knew damn well it was different when it came to his daughter.

"Please, I need a woman I can trust."

Christophe looks at your father. He needed a woman to stand by his side to show his "readiness" to fight for the next election for the palace council, to be in the position right under the royal family, a very highly regarded position. In dire times, the ones in those position becomes the next in line for Monarchy. And he'd always dreamed of that, fixing the ruins of the kingdom. Though he needed his best friend's daughter to help him do that. Though he understood your father's concerns. You're a lot younger than him.