Before he slipped into unconsciousness, he made a promise to her, swearing on his life to protect her. After that, they would be even, no debts between them. Their story had ended three years ago, on a day soaked in blood....

Yet, he still harbored the foolish hope that Thalassa would change her mind and agree to marry him...

Hertha returned to her parents' house.

Kimberly and Ashton were busy playing with the kids.

"Julian, Helena, are you guys hidden yet? Grandma's done counting and coming to find you," Kimberly said with a voice full of tenderness and warmth. "We're hidden."

"We're hidden."

The two little ones replied with their soft, cute voices.

Hertha looked towards the source of the voices and saw one little tyke trying to squeeze under the sofa, failing miserably with his little bottom sticking out.

by pressing further into the drapes-a classic case

their amateurish hide-and-seek tactics, barely

said, "Oh my, Julian and Helena are

to Hertha with a serious expression and beckoned her over, lowering her

NOW PLAY YOUR

FAVOURITE GAMES ON

knew by her mother's demeanor that she was in for a lecture, a reckoning for past

out her tongue playfully, and followed

keep yourself respectable, to understand the importance of self-worth, to protect yourself. What have you done? You went and got yourself pregnant before marriage, and now the kids are growing up without

sore arm, "Mom, it's not what I wanted... If I had a

by now, and they

voice down, not wanting the children

you don't understand. When you all wanted me to marry Spencer, I was already pregnant. If I had married him without telling him the

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