Chapter 52. The Proposal

Lillian’s POV

I left the courtroom to meet Heckim and his men. He was seated in the lounge downstairs.

Mom was beside him, offering him a glass of wine, which he refused.

I folded my arms beneath my breasts and ambled toward them when I came down the stairs.

What made him come here? What sort of mischief was he up to this time?

“Lillian, you are here,” Mom announced when I approached them. She had a small smile on her face. I was glad that when I returned home, she was able to get out of bed and share a few words with me.

She must’ve come downstairs when she heard Heckim was here.

Heckim jerked up from the chair he was sitting on. He quickly grabbed the bouquet that he had kept neatly on the arm of the chair and stretche