Chapter 269
“It seems you really are pregnant.”
“I told you it’s true. And the child is yours, Your Highness.”
“How long are you going to keep… Fine. Let’s say that’s the case so for now. That’s the only reason you’re still alive.”
It was a fact confirmed by three royal physicians. The pregnancy couldn’t be denied. Of course, both Carynne and Gueuze knew the child wasn’t his. But they didn’t say it aloud. Instead, they smiled, pretending to believe, to accept, to play along with the lie they both knew was there.
“If I assume you’re carrying my child, you should receive what’s rightfully yours. I’ll give you the finest wealth.”
“…I couldn’t be happier.”
That Carynne was Catherine’s daughter was surprising, but it ended there for Gueuze.
He didn’t believe in the absurd story she told. Yet the fact that Carynne’s voice carried knowledge of his greatest weakness piqued his interest.
And Gueuze realized he could use her to make his plans to kill Lewis more concrete, more seamless.
“But there’s nothing to prove that the child inside you is mine. No one who believes that would be anything less than a fool. So, you’d better listen to me carefully. You’ll only survive if I decide to acknowledge the child as mine.”
Carynne wondered, Is he after something else? It would have been simpler if, like before, he was just after her body. But Gueuze seemed to have other plans this time.