Maybe.
But really, more than reading books in secret and sharing tidbits to the side, what might help these two brothers would be to stop staring at a certain prince like he was some kind of test subject.
For someone was seriously starting to have suspicions.
And not because people stopped working. Or because things were slowing down. On the contrary, the projects were flying ahead. Energy stabilizers were nearing completion. Panels were being farmed out. And the duchy was moving at breakneck speed.
So no, it wasn't work that tipped him off.
It was the twitching.
And he couldn't shake the feeling that something was up with those two because every time Xavier so much as entered the room, his little wife would twitch like he'd been suddenly zapped.
At one point in time, Luca even hit his head against the divider of a shelf in surprise.
