Morning arrived quietly over the palace.
A pale golden light slipped through the wooden windows of the Crown Prince's quarters, spreading across the floor and the neatly arranged furniture. Outside, the palace had already begun to stir. Servants moved through the corridors with baskets in their hands, guards changed shifts, and the distant sound of footsteps echoed beneath the tiled roofs.
Inside the Crown Prince's quarters, Hye-in stood beside the writing table, carefully arranging the documents Seo Jun had finished reviewing.
She had been unusually quiet that morning.
Not because she was afraid of him.
At least, she didn't want to admit that.
She simply wasn't sure how to behave around him after yesterday.
She still remembered the way he had looked at her when the royal record dis
