Chapter 203: Reminds me of your father
Alekis decided to send away Evelina and asked her to come with him.
"Dad, don’t." It wasn’t a request but a command. Lucius wanted to clear everything with his mother today, so that she would never see him again and make him feel miserable. He stepped toward his mother and halted right in front of her.
"Now, tell me why you’ve come in Italy again?" Lucius probed, his intimidating gaze terrified Evelina and made him recall the person she didn’t want to.
Roderick stopped next to his mom as he had been watching this entire scene. "Uncle finally admitted what he did to my dad," he whispered in Fiona’s ears.
"Don’t say that," Fiona told him while keeping her voice low.
"Why are you quiet suddenly? Say it whatever is in your heart. Say it you hate me and want me to live in guilt for the mistake my mother made years ago," Lucius pronounced, his eyes didn’t waver for a single moment from his mother.
Evelina’s lips quivered, but words didn’t come out of her mouth. She felt like everything would crumble if she would say the truth to him.
"You are making me annoyed by staying quiet again. Just say it what you’ve buried in your heart for so many years. If you think I’ll be hurt, then you are wrong because I may know what you’ve been hiding from me for so many years," Lucius said, confusing both Evelina and Alekis. "Tell me what scares you that you think I’ll become alone," he demanded.
Evelina lowered her eyes, not able to bring that name on her mouth. She couldn’t let him uncover the person she had spent so many years trying to shield him from. For his sake, Lucius had to stay far away—far from the one name that could destroy everything.