Chapter 257: The Sadness Behind Her Eye
Primrose averted her gaze for a moment before looking back at her husband. There was a reason she hadn’t told Edmund everything yet.
First, she didn’t want him to worry too much, especially when he was about to leave the palace again.
Secondly, she didn’t even know how to begin explaining the real reason why she wanted Silas to stay in the palace, even though she knew he had been poisoning her from the very beginning.
Sure, it was easy to tell Salem and Raven about her past life, but Edmund was different.
Edmund had been the core of her previous life, the reason—though maybe not directly—why she had chosen to die instead of keep living.
How could she tell him that their marriage had once fallen apart so badly that she genuinely believed he would be happy to see her dead?
That kind of truth was too messed up, and it would only crush him with guilt for something he hadn’t even done in this lifetime.
So no, she wasn’t ready to tell him everything ... not yet.
"Like I said, I just need to talk to him," Primrose repeated gently. She carefully searched for the right words before adding, "Now that Lady Raven is here ... I thought this would be the right time to help Hazelle."
Primrose hadn’t told him yet that Hazelle was the one bearing a slave seal, but since Edmund had likely figured it out already, there was no point in hiding it anymore.
Eventually, she’d have to explain everything to him, but she needed more time before that.
"Then ...," Edmund was caught off guard. He hadn’t expected her to share something like that so directly. "... you can wait for me. I’ll go with you."