Chapter 1170

Hertha clenched her fist on the table, her smile fading as she fixed her gaze on Angelina.

Angelina said to her with a fake smile, “Do you know why I brought you back here?”

It was last night that Angelina had asked Alaric to fetch his latest fling and bring her home.

Taking a deep breath, Hertha braced herself for what was to come.

Angelina picked up a cup of coffee beside her, took a sip, and set it down before continuing, “It’s to appease his grandfather. The old man’s got a weak heart, and he’s been worried sick about Alaric’s playboy ways.

Angelina had thought Alaric was just having another fling, so she didn’t hesitate to bring Hertha home. But she hadn’t expected that Alaric would really sleep with her.

herself in the foot,

liked me, he’d pay a fortune to call off the engagement with the Reeds,” Hertha said

out a cynical chuckle to

on the hook. He wants you to willingly stick around Alaric

heart hanging by a thread upon hearing

them want to bear his child. He fears Alaric being taken advantage of and that his vitality was sapped by those women, leaving him unable to carry on the Falconer lineage. That’s why he’s keen on finding a woman to charm into bearing an heir. Old money families care most

as she was schooling

to me. How does he know for sure I’d want

Reed engagement, sweeten the deal, and keep you around to let you two have the milk. They gave you both tonics-yours designed for women’s vitality, Alaric’s for men’s. Then they served you a ‘special’ milk to stoke

gaze was sharp and serious as she laid

she was able to counter Angelina and

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