Chapter 156: The Game Begins

Gavin was surprised to get an invitation to a private meeting with Laurel. Didn’t the girl have any sense? Inviting him to tea was like asking him to poison her outright, or at least giving him a chance to whisper into the ears of the people that she surrounded herself with. With Adolph gone and her so far along in her pregnancy, she was uniquely vulnerable.

Anything could happen.

When he arrived at the palace, was escorted to her private parlor and smirked down at her as she sat quietly, already sipping tea. Well, she wasn’t so stupid as to make him wait. That was something.

He sat down and shook his head, “If only my Olivia could see–”

“She’d probably be pulling her hair out in frustration,” Laurel said. “How could a poor country girl be the true mate of the Goddess-Blessed King when she was just his wife?”

He scoffed, “A second mate at best. My Olivia—”

“You can drop the act,” Laurel said, swirling her tea. “Adolph told me everything about her pining away for him during the war