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Chapter 62
IT WAS EARLY MORNING, but no one had slept all night. Magnolia jumped when the doors to Daniel’s office flew open. Henry walked into the room, horrified.
“Why the bloody hell didn’t you call for me?” He glared at Daniel.
“Because it was your wedding night, you fool,” Daniel shot back at him. “You should not be here.”
“You’re wrong, this is exactly where I need to be right now.”
“Daniel is right, Henry,” Magnolia uttered with an exhausted voice. “You should not have left Florence.”
Henry clenched his jaw, doing his best not to snap back. “Well, I am here now. Do we have any updates?” But before Daniel could answer, the doors opened again. It was Laya this time.
“Is it true?” she burst out. But no one had to answer, Magnolia’s grim face and her dry tears said it all.
“We have no confirmation yet, but I believe it has something to do with the Barons Faction,” Daniel explained.
“Those bastards,” Henry mumbled.
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MAGNOLIA PACED BACK AND FORTH IN HER ROOM. It was clear that Daniel was not planning on helping the barons pass that bill. “This should not be the priority right now.” She slammed her hand on the table. ‘Geoffrey is.’ She crashed down on the chair and leaned into her arms across the table. She remembered when she found out she was pregnant, she was only seventeen and she hated the baron. She thought of getting rid of the baby because she did not want her child to be brought into her horrible world. The baron was indifferent, he did not care about children or heirs, but at least he kept his distance from Magnolia when he found out she was pregnant. He did not come to her bed and he did not vent his anger on her and beat her anymore. Magnolia had secretly bought an herbal mix that would have caused her to lose the baby, but she just stared at it for days without being able to use it. She could not bring herse
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