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?”

looked away without

that when your mother married me, she came to me. We didn’t

Not for love?

was stumped

was young and ambitious, wanting to build a career in Bassburgh after leaving Coralia. But I kept getting stonewalled until I met your

and she would help me build my empire in Bassburgh. All I

they had just met for a few days. He could tell that the girl sitting in front of him

man would

down and build a name for himself in Bassburgh, so he agreed, but under the condition that they would not interfere with each others’ life after the wedding, just like a contract. She had said that if he found a woman that

 

was a simple process that made them husband and wife only at

and capable. She built Vaenna Jewelry up

years together, day and night. Marina’s outstanding capability matched her charm. He couldn’t deny that he had developed feelings for

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