Chapter 380. The Don Confesses

Ria spoke first, leaning forward, confusion writ large on her lovely face. ‘Pappa, you knew?’

Then Piers burst out, but his tone was tempered with anger.

‘Then why…? Why did you make Mumma suffer?’

Lucien sighed and looked away.

‘Your Mumma is a soft hearted woman.’ he said his voice cool, ’She would only have felt sorry for that ba*tard.’

She is still innocent and believes the best of everyone, he could have added but he did not.

He sighed again noting the mutinous expressions on the faces of his eldest-born children, knowing that he had caused his Woman a lot of grief. But then, he was a man who saw the big picture.

‘Your Mumma will understand when I tell her.’ he went on, confident of his Woman.

‘You mean, you haven’t told her yet?’ shouted Piers, leaping up, his face red with anger.

His fists clenched, and Piers glared at his father. How could Pappa have put Mumma through so much pain? There were times when he sorely hated hi