Chapter 160

My eyes flickered because of what he had said. King Edward wasn’t kidding, and I was sure he meant his threat against me. What I couldn’t understand to myself was why I was shocked to hear him say those words, especially since I had predicted he would be at war just to have them.

He was desperate to have a child. Now that he knew he had a twin who would be his successor, he wouldn’t let me have them since I decided to hide them from him. I was one of his mistresses, and I knew the rules: once I got pregnant, he would get the baby, whatever happened.

As I swallowed because of fear and anxiety, I felt how my chest tightened because of the glint of panic in my body. It was like I didn’t know what I was going to do next. We were talking to my children, whom I had taken care of for almost a year, and for me, I was the only one who had the right to have them.

“Are you threatening me, King Edward?” I asked, and he sounded so mad at him. My voice cracked despite my attempt to stop myself from