Chapter 138
Maisie paused, her eyes looking down.
“Why did you suddenly decide to tell me now?”
Stephen never wanted to talk about her mother, and Maisie always thought that he had forgotten about her. She would feel sad whenever she saw Willow and Leila.
Stephen saw the dismay in her eyes, and his heart was heavy. “I didn’t talk about it because I didn’t want to get into it.”
“I always wanted to know, did you really hate my mother that much?”
She had given him a daughter but wasn’t better than Leila?
Stephen gnashed his teeth. “You don’t know what happened between your mother and me, and you think that I hate her?”
away without saying a
she came to me.
Not for love?
was stumped with
“I was young and ambitious, wanting to build a career in Bassburgh after leaving Coralia. But I kept getting stonewalled until I met your
that shocked me. She said we should get married, and she would help me build my empire in Bassburgh. All I needed to do was give her
met for a few days. He could tell that
would
not interfere with each others’ life after the wedding, just like a contract. She had said that if he found a woman that he fell in love with, he would be able
registered for marriage and didn’t even have a wedding ceremony. It was a simple process that made them
built Vaenna Jewelry up within two
like that, they spent two years together, day and night. Marina’s outstanding capability matched her charm. He couldn’t deny that he had developed feelings for her and even
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