Astelle’s dream of marriage crumbled in an instant.
“Did you ever truly love me?” she whispered.
Years of devotion left her a scorned empress, cast aside.
With a final lie, she turned away: “I never cared for you.”
Yet fate had other plans—she carried his child.
Years later, Kaizen confronted her. “Who is this boy?”
“My nephew,” she lied, protecting her son at any cost.
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