Chapter 32. A Mistress of Circumstance

My mother nodded slowly. “All right I’ll do my best. I would go downstairs now and as soon as the ceremony in the second hall was over, I would approach him and make my demands.” I hugged my mother tightly and watched her walk out of the room. My father placed a kiss on my forehead and walked out right behind her. I knew he wasn’t going to go with her to meet Gerald but then I didn’t need him. All he had to do was wait in a corner and not interrupt any of my plans.

Thoren looked astounded but didn’t say anything, he simply walked out of the room. For a moment, I feared that he would go and inform Gerald beforehand about what my mother and I had planned to do, but it didn’t matter. If Gerald was going to refuse to take me as his mistress then he would do so whether he was informed earlier about it or not.And anyway, Gerard would have nothing to lose if he kept me here as a common mistress. I could even convince him to appoint