“They protected him from the truth,” Mirelle said with bitter irony. “How convenient for his conscience.”
I watched as understanding dawned on Calden’s face.
He had been pleasantly surprised when he spotted me here. I could see it on his face, but his heart had clearly sunk when he heard what Celina was shouting.
“So what if it’s true?” Celina shrugged nonchalantly, still not understanding the gravity of her situation.
“Mom, Dad and I never acknowledged her as your wife. She’s nothing but another servant to us.”
Celina was certain Calden had no feelings for me at all. Wasn’t that why he had stayed away from the family residence for the past three years?
But looking at her brother now, she was suddenly not so sure because it was written all over him.
“Let go of me!” s
