unfortunately, this is the reality for royals. you marry who your parents set up for you, or you get your life [or more likely, the lady's life] utterly destroyed. the best he could do for them at this point is to find a good match for ariatne in his court, and marry her to they guy, then keep her as a mistress for himself as well. or just keep her as a mistress, blatantly. his mother will not be pleased, and ariatne would ruin her own reputation because cardinals daughter, but yeah. techincally, they could be together...
eh, sry wall of text
wait what, the button is grey. the description clearly says theres 50 chapters and this is chapter 30 I HAVE BEEN BETRAYED.
[i understand why it can happen i just want to complain]
DAMMIT!
adding to that endless list of 'check for updates' ive got goin...