Chapter 83. The Medici Heir

I kept myself from reflecting on what I knew about the divorce.

I knew it would happen the moment I opened my mouth and told Brian that the baby wasn’t his. I knew he would drop my mother as if she meant nothing, without hesitation or emotion.

It was clear their relationship had been collapsing long before she revealed her pregnancy, and the idea of the Blacks having another heir was the only thing holding the marriage together.

I pretended to gasp, acting shocked at the news as if I hadn’t already known. I could feel Maria watching me suspiciously. She had been there two days ago when my mother stormed in and tried to kill me. I looked away so she wouldn’t catch my expression.

“Did you know about this?” Lucas asked me, and I forced a grin as I shook my head.

“No, I wasn’t aware of that,” I said, pla