Chapter 88. An Uncle or a King

“Don’t act like a fool Gerard. You know I’ve never really loved you, I’ve never really cared about you. Everything I did, I did because I loved uncle Marius and I wanted to live a comfortable life……”

“And I do not provide this life for you? We’ve been betrothed since we were children. I’ve always looked out for you, forgiven you, cared for you. And now you will do this to me?”

“I’m sorry Gerard. You’ve become weak. You’re too consumed by your life for that ordinary girl and you became distracted. I could no longer trust you. But I want you to know that I did care about you too. I was just worried that I was putting my trust in the hands of a man that could abandon me at anytime.”

Pause.

“This child you’re carrying, it’s my child isn’t it? You’re just lying because you want to see me hurt. You don’t mean it when you say it’s not min