Chapter 173. Buried in Thoughts

Sinclair paced back and forth in his room, buried in his thoughts. The conversation with Hilda had left him worried. He knew he had it would not be so easy for Lisa to accept him but he had not expected it to be so hard.

It seemed Lisa had successfully made a wall around her heart where it concerned him and she was not going to break it down at any cost and he did not really blame her

He had never been a better man, not to Lisa as a husband and neither to Alexander as a son, right from the beginning.

But he had made the decision which had changed everything. Hilda had been their maid, young and impressionable. He had been a fool, thinking he could use her for his own purposes and discard her when he was done. But life had a way of turning the tables, and now he was paying the price.

He was very certain Hilda did not care a bit about what he was going on and is in fact, igniting the fire.

He sank into a chair, his head in his hands. Lisa had managed to f