Which route? I choose Vicenzo. Honestly, although I know he's obviously hiding his true self beneath a mask, it's less intimidating. Also I actually like his squinty eyes--it's really random but I have read a manga a while ago where the male lead had eyes like that and it's pretty unusual. It's just different and interesting. It can give a feeling of being kind of silly or funny, of being unaware of something, and/or "playing dumb" essentially. But strangely that makes the person more approachable while adding depth. Which works well here in this setting.
Favorite scene? Not really a favorite, pretty much all of it was very good. But, maybe when she's in the garden at the manor and Edel threatens her to reveal information to him and when I refused and he said, Good answer. Somehow that kind of solidified for me that she was joining the mafia essentially, lol. And that Edel's whole goal might be to protect his boss. I felt oddly accomplished that I was proving to be trustworthy. Lol. Which I don't know if it's a good or bad thing obviously at this point.
I do get the sense that obviously the Prince has some type of connection to Vicenzo. I have noticed that the Prince's eye color is also a red. Maybe that's coincidence, but I wonder if it's possible they might even be distantly related. And overall, the story appears to be good so far--it's a mystery story which is usually a good idea for a romance novel. Something is going on, there's some reason why this organization is working to overthrow the current leaders of the kingdom. And now her father, brother and best friends are directly involved too. All of that is very interesting and I wonder what will happen.