The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love & The Missing Heiress - Chapter 296

The press conference that Ren held to announce his marriage with an ordinary woman had just taken place two days ago.

Everyone was wondering why the crown prince suddenly invited reporters back for the second conference?

This immediately sparked controversy. What was Prince Renald Hanenberg trying to say? The news of King Gustave’s admission to the hospital due to a heart attack was suspected to be related to today’s press conference.

They all assumed that the palace would announce that Crown Prince Renald Hanenberg would soon be made king due to his grandfather’s dire condition.

“Thank you all for coming today,” said Ren calmly, greeting all the journalists presenting in his office.

His sharp and imposing gaze impressed everyone. The heir to the Moravian throne was indeed very handsome and smart. His presence always gave a strong impression.

Even though his expression was always curt and cold, no one hated him. They knew he was a very serious person and did not like small talk, in contrast to his cousin who was known to be friendly and full of smiles.

“I have thought about this carefully, and made this decision after discussing it with the king and queen of Moravia, my own grandparents,” Ren continued his words. “After this, I think the court will immediately clarify and organize a press conference of their own.”

All eyes were fixed on Ren, trying to catch every word that escaped his lips.

They wanted to know what was so important that the crown prince held another press conference, not long after the previous press conference about his secret marriage.

This made many people wonder and they were coming to the conclusion that something big and sudden had happened. Everyone hoped Prince Renald would not bring bad news.

The next words that left Ren’s lips really shocked everyone who heard him.

“I have decided to step down from my position as the Crown Prince of Moravia and return to being a commoner.”

All the journalists in the press conference hall and people watching the live broadcast from their homes held their breaths. For a moment, the atmosphere suddenly fell silent. No one spat out a word in shock.

Five seconds later, the reporters simultaneously raised their hands to ask questions.

Their voices were so noisy in the room the moment they were about to get Ren’s attention. The young man frowned and looked at all of them with an annoyed look.

“If you guys are still making a fuss, I’ll get my staff to kick you all out,” he said in a cold voice.

Gradually, the noise died down. The journalists could only mutter and ask questions among themselves.

“Do you know why Prince Renald resigned? Do you know any rumors in the palace about his sudden resignation?”

“Does this have something to do with yesterday’s wedding announcement?”

“Maybe the court did not approve of their marriage because Prince Renald’s wife is a commoner?”

However, they did not dare to make a loud sound when they asked. They only whispered among themselves so that Prince Renald would not get angry again.

Ren raised his hand and the atmosphere suddenly turned silent again.

“I made this decision because the Hanenberg family had treated my mother badly in the past when she was still alive. My heart hurts every time I remember what they had done to my poor mother and I no longer want to help them.” Ren looked at them all with a murky expression.

“I just learned how King Gustave and Queen Elena forced my mother, Princess Hannah, to marry a rapist. When my mother left home because of their mistreatment, the royal family no longer recognized her as their daughter. She was banished from state events and never received protection.

“For your information, I am using the last name Hanenberg because my mother’s brother once asked to adopt me as his son after their son died stillborn. However, they canceled it when my next cousin was born male. Well… that’s just how they are, the respectable Hanenberg family from Moravia…

“I am not an illegitimate child. My mother married my father and they loved each other. I no longer want anything to do with the Hanenberg family and, from today onward, I will use my father’s last name. My father is Friedrich Neumann, a genius scientist who died before I was born.

“I will follow in my father’s footsteps and return to devote myself to science. You can put my name as Renald Friedrich Neumann on all the news you are going to publish later. Thank you very much for coming. Good afternoon.”

Ren did not accept any questions after finishing his speech. With long strides, he immediately left the hall and went out to his own office which was located on the top floor of the building.

His departure was followed by a fanfare of journalists who immediately recorded the news and sought information about his father, Friedrich Neumann.

Karl hurried to follow Ren and got into his office. Once he was inside, the handsome middle-aged man immediately shut the door behind him.

“What are you doing? What has got into you?” Karl asked in a loud voice. He no longer cared that people would hear him shout at Ren. He was too emotional. “Your mother was suffering a lot because of those people… and you will just throw the Moravian throne away?”

Ren pressed the emergency button under his desk and stood up straight to challenge Karl. He knew that in a matter of minutes, several security guards would be rushing into his room.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about,” Ren said dryly. “Please get out of the room. From now on, you don’t work for me anymore.”

He walked over to Karl and opened his cell phone. “I invited Sophia here. My people are ready to kill her. If you want to save her, you have ten minutes to do so.”

On his cell phone, Ren showed a picture of Sophia smiling happily entering John’s car at the airport. The photo was sent by Ren’s other man.

Karl was very surprised because he recognized John and his car as well as the situation of the runway at Almstad airport.

“No way … Sophia is still in the Netherlands. I checked earlier that she didn’t go anywhere,” he said.

Ren shrugged. “Uncle, did you forget that I’m Skia? You are not my opponent in that matter.”

“Where … where did you keep Sophia?” asked Karl angrily. “If you hurt her even a little, I will reveal all your secrets to Alaric Rhionen. He will find out everything… and you will take all the blame.”

“Uncle… ” Ren whispered hoarsely as he grabbed Karl’s shoulder. “I’m so tired of our revenge. Please… stop. You forced me to stick with your plan of revenge, and it has destroyed my life. If you don’t stop … I’ll forget that we are family and kill you. I will kill Sophia too. Is that what you want?”

Karl looked closely at Ren’s face. He had never seen Ren shed tears in a very long time. He remembered the last time Ren cried was at his mother’s funeral twenty years ago, and after that, he stopped talking for two years.

Something in Karl’s chest made him feel like he lost his balance.

Ren said he was tired of their revenge.

But … that was the only thing that had kept Karl alive all this time.

For over thirty years, revenge was the only thing that kept him going, burning his soul to live.

If there was no revenge, what else would he stay alive for?