Chapter 37: Crown Prince Jai

“She’s here!”

“Ai-Ai, Your Highness you cannot go rushing off…” I ignored eunuch Van as I rushed out the door. I’d been up since before the sun came up, counting down the hours until her return and now she was finally here.

I walked hurriedly once I left my palace grounds instead of the running lope I’d started out on. Let that be enough for him. He hurried to keep up, grumbling all the way.

There was a smile in my heart. I’d never experienced it before but I knew what it was as soon as I felt it. This kind of joy, even for a prince of the realm, is not so easily come by.

I’ve never spent so much time thinking about another’s happiness, or worrying myself unto death over their wellbeing. I’d thought I’d loved before. My parents, my brother, but nothing had ever come close to what I feel now at just the thought of her.