A Beauty With Multiple Masks

Clement hurled the stick at the floor and slapped himself out of guilt. Alicia felt her heart wrench at the sight and kneeled before her grandfather, begging him to stop hurting himself.

No matter how Clement pressed on, Alicia just would not tell him who the father of the child was. Alicia then told Clement that she would keep the child when he asked about her plans.

Clement disagreed with her decision but relented when she kneeled before him and cried. He would not let her do any household chores and asked her to take a good rest in the meantime.

“Grandpa, why are you making stew again?”

Alicia smiled at the sight of the stew that Clement served.

Her grandfather had come up with various recipes to make her good food every day. As a result, she had grown plumper. She reckoned that even Aaron would have trouble recognizing her right then.

Her mood took a downturn at the thought of Aaron. Alicia placed her hand gently on her belly as she missed the man dearly.

Aaron, I will give birth to the child and raise him properly. Don’t worry about us and be a good king.

Alicia talked to herself as she looked out the window.

“You’re pregnant, child. You have to take some good food, of course,” Clement said.

refused to tell him who the father was. Not only that, Alicia

if she decided to keep the

What will become of

alive then, Clement knew he could somehow help her out. However, he could not help but wonder

does a young and unmarried girl with a child survive

would get dejected whenever he was overwhelmed by those thoughts. How he wished he could live longer so that

Alicia

his granddaughter with a wry

You’re my granddaughter, child.

closest kin that Alicia had in the whole world. As for Alicia’s father, Clement would rather think that he was

***

the other end, Vinson was finally done dealing with the

those companies had plunged his company into a crisis. Even though he directed capital from his other assets, he was still obviously short. With Arielle’s card, Vinson could finally take a breather

were both engrossed in toying with their

said, “Let’s go

So soon?