Revenge On Love Rats After Rebirth by Olivia Marsh

Chapter 1665: Take care of yourself.

Stanley kept the news about that person to himself and simply said, "She said you can't go back to that position anymore and wants to work with me." Selena raised an eyebrow. "What did she offer you?" Stanley stared at Selena for a moment before suddenly laughing. "Your Highness, do you really want to know?" Selena looked at him. "Hmm?" Neither Lillian nor Stanley were easily swayed individuals.

Selena was inexplicably interested in the conditions offered by Lillian.

Stanley noticed her thoughts and smiled slightly. "I can't tell you right now, but someday... you'll find out." Selena was surprised.

It wasn't that she didn't trust Stanley; it's just...

Seeing her furrowed brow, Stanley sighed. "Selena, believe me when I say I will never hurt you." And Selena felt reassured about this.

Everyone has their own secrets - if Stanley didn't want to say anything, Selena wouldn't force him either. She just looked towards where Lillian was surrounded by a group of powerful aristocrats speaking in hushed tones with a heavy gaze.

"Lillian won't just sit back and watch me enter the center of power in the royal court today; things won't go smoothly," she said.

Selena never took her cousin's methods lightly - neither did Stanley underestimate Miss Regent's tactics as he gently smiled and said: "I'll always be by your side." Selena waved her hand dismissively. "No need, she's targeting me, and I want to bring her down too." With that, Selena walked towards Madam Samantha with Stanley calmly following behind.

Madam Samantha watched as the two approached her, a hint of worry flashing in her eyes.

Selena took hold of her mother's arm. "Mom, I'm fine. You should go rest now." Madam Samantha didn't like being in such situations. Besides when Selena was crowned queen and Madam Samantha personally held her hand during the coronation ceremony, she had hardly appeared in public during Selena's reign as empress for so many years.

Madam Samantha patted Selena's hand gently. "Selena, your father has something to tell you. Go find him." After Selena left, Stanley met Madam Samantha's gaze.

"Ma'am," he said with a slight smile on his face. "Do you have something to say to me?" Madam Samantha looked at Stanley with a mix of regret and complexity in her eyes before turning to look at Selena again.

"Stanley," she said softly. "Do you feel sorry for seeing Selene walking among these people?" Stanley followed Madam Samantha's gaze towards where Selene was walking through the crowd surrounded by countless gazes filled with scrutiny and disdain from noble men and women alike.

He saw how they looked at her with amazement mixed with calculation while women pointed fingers openly without any shame or restraint.

Stanley tightened his long fingers slightly before saying, "Ma'am," he replied calmly but firmly."Seeing this kind of situation breaks my heart for your daughter." He was used to seeing her in a lofty and noble manner that was unmatched by anyone else. No one had ever dared to disrespect her in the past. If someone looked at her with evaluative eyes like that, they would have been dragged away long before Selena had to say anything.

But now...

She was just a complicatedly-identified orphan.

Everyone in this palace could calculate and look down on her without any scruples, holding hostility towards her.

Madam Samantha looked at her daughter gently, "Of course I'm heartbroken..." "Then why did you and the monarch let her wander outside?" Stanley's gaze revealed a hint of sharpness.

There were no secrets in the central city that could be hidden from the throne above, that lofty monarch.

Moreover, it concerned their only daughter.

Stanley didn't believe that the monarch didn't know that the person who fell into a coma wasn't his own daughter Selena. Perhaps he should have noticed it earlier.

If it really was Selena, how could this couple easily hand over their child for him to take care of? Unless they already knew she wasn't their daughter anymore.

They knew but still allowed Selena to wander outside for an entire year...

"If they had told her the truth earlier, Selena's heart wouldn't have fallen completely for Osvaldo.

Madam Samantha's eyes flashed with something. "Stanley, many things are not as simple as you think." "Don't mess around with Selena. Don't touch what you shouldn't investigate." Stanley looked at Madam Samantha gently but sharply. "What do you mean?" "In many ways," Madam Samantha said quietly, looking at him with a hint of tolerance in her eyes. "The person who loved Selena the most, Callum, and... the man she likes..." After a moment of silence, Stanley suddenly laughed. "Madam, are you referring to the one who was beheaded by His Majesty himself?" Madam Samantha's beautiful eyebrows were wrapped in a bit of sharpness. "Don't let Selena investigate anything about him. Besides making her sad, there will be no other results." "But His Majesty wants to know," Stanley said softly. "If we don't give her an answer, she will live in guilt for the rest of her life." "Do you know? When she was in the capital city before, she used her own life to exchange for this answer." "Madam," Stanley said gently even so."Even so, you and His Majesty still choose to keep it from her?" For a moment Madam Samantha held tight breath before speaking tenderly again."Selena is still a child; she is only nineteen years old. My father and I both hope that she can continue to be innocent and happy forever. She can experience setbacks and losses, but deep down inside, she will always remain like a burning little sun that won't be tainted by darkness or gloom." Stanley's eyes darkened.

Madame Samantha mentioned that person, the Turner family, and Osvaldo, but never mentioned...

After thinking for a while , Stanley suddenly felt relieved .

With that monarch in power, there would never be a single word spoken about Aarav that would reach Madam Samantha's ears.

Madam Samantha knew all of Selena's experiences in the capital city, but none of them had anything to do with Aarav.

Stanley chuckled. "Madam, Her Majesty has grown up and has her own life." "And I... will only be loyal to Her Majesty," replied Madam Samantha as she looked at Stanley.

Selena wouldn't give up on investigating the people and events she wanted to know about, while Stanley... would only help her.

For a moment, Madam Samantha looked lost in thought. She didn't know whether to be grateful for Selena's wholehearted devotion or worried that Stanley might do something detrimental to his daughter because of this feeling...

"Stanley," said Madam Samantha softly. "When it comes to matters of the heart, mutual love is always the most important thing. Don't force it; you must take care of yourself." Suddenly, Stanley's smiling face disappeared.