“I don’t know what to say. Why would anyone choose to struggle financially the way you have? Why did you not come clean when you ended up in an orphanage?” Tristan wants to know, looking at her.
“And go back to a controlled life of fake smiles and pretend happiness? They would have forced me to rule a country,” Jane defends herself.
“Imagine that ruling a country,” Tristan laughs. “You know that you would not have really actually ruled Norway? It does not work like that anymore. Royals are mainly there to look pretty and as you said, smile at the tourist they attract,” Tristan says.
“I wish that was true but I assure you it is much harder than you think. You don’t get to be your own person. You are more like a puppet than anything else,” Jane says, looking up at him.
“It is a big s
