Ned sighed again, shaking his head.


    For Frank''s part, he was willingly staying—it was morefortable being in the same room when there


    were no pretty boys hovering around him. He would have just left otherwise.


    Ned then waved Hux away before leveling a serious look at Frank he never showed before.


    "I have a favor to ask, Mr. Lawrence..."


    Frank frowned, expecting Hux to profess his love for him just then, but he nodded in exasperation after


    seeing the serious look on Ned''s face. "Tell me."


    "It''s alright, Mr. Lawrence," Ned paused for a moment as he said quietly, "I''m actually not gay, nor am I


    interested in you in the way you''re thinking."


    "Huh?"


    Frank was taken aback by Ned''s candidness.


    But if he was not gay, then.


    "You heard me right, Mr. Lawrence. I had to pretend for appearances'' sake." Ned nodded, pausing with


    a bitter chuckle. "Things never go as one wishes when your family is important."


    Frank was silent as he remembered Vicky just then.


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    Nodding, he sighed. "I can understand."


    Ned did a double take at his words, then asked softly and tentatively, "The Lawrence family, was it?"


    "No." Frank shook his head.


    Ned breathed a sigh of relief and actually smiled. "I thought you''d be a member of the Lawrence family.


    Y''know, the most mysterious of the Four Families of Morhen? Guess I was wrong."