She raised a brow. "A royal parting gift?"
"Something like that," he murmured before reaching into his coat pocket while Grace looked on.
Grace's brow furrowed in confusion when she saw what was in his hand. "Is that…"
"A piece of jewelry," he said casually. "It was given to me by my grandmother. I wanted to give it to Eleanor on the day we met the queen-mother, but she didn't wait to receive it."
The moment he opened the box, Grace's heart stilled.
Inside lay a delicate silver bracelet adorned with a single sapphire stone. The design was intricate yet elegant, and something about it stirred a strange warmth she couldn't explain in her chest.
"Why didn't you give it to your wife, the current queen?"
A sad look came across his face. "The queen wasn't my first love and has no real love for Sapphire. It was meant to be given to my first love and more specifically, someone who loves Sapphire and was to be passed on to our first child if she is a girl." Lester continued.
