chapter eigthy- five

Pov Lily

His words echoed in my ears, causing me to cry openly in front of him, without caring.

"I'm just a commodity in your hands, your slave, a personal servant, someone you enjoyed having sex with, it doesn't matter... please, don't pretend to care about me, because if you really did, you would have believed me when Olivia accused me and threw me into the dungeon to rot with the disgusting rats..." I said, hurt.

My emotions were heightened, as if I were letting out everything I had kept inside me for a long time.

"Lily...." he tried to touch my face, but I recoiled, "you know I never wanted to harm you? But, Olivia is carrying my child now, and I need to protect them!" he said with a serious expression, staring into my teary red eyes, "Where were you that day when Olivia was attacked?" he asked me the same question he had asked a few months ago.

"Don't you trust me enough to believe that I'm not a murderer?" I questioned him angrily for his suspicions.

He remained silent, as if th