Lucianne then said, “We’re all adults here, minister. What is it about me that’s abhorrent and detrimental? Tell me.”

“Uh…” Riven’s lips were beginning to quiver. Everyone saw it.

Lucianne pecked a sweet kiss on Xandar’s cheek to calm him before she turned back to the minister and said, “Well, if you can’t say it. I’ll have to guess it, won’t I, minister? Is it how I look?”

“NO!”

“How I dress?”

“No, my Queen.”

“How I speak?”

“…”

“Ah, so it’s how I speak. What about it? Too much sarcasm?”

“…”

“There you go. That wasn’t so hard.”

Weaver immediately defended Lucianne, raising his voice as he said, “If...