Purity Contract

"Perhaps, that day, were you also the one who killed my fiancé?" "Yes. I killed him." A cold answer returned. Without excuses, without explanations. Grace staggered, cradling her pregnant belly. "How could you, how could you not say a word to me?" "What would change if I did? Now you're even carrying my child." This man was not the husband she had known. She must no longer trust him. Everything he showed her was a lie, a deception, a fraud. "If I had known sooner, if you had told me sooner..." He approached and placed his hand on Grace's swollen belly, asking, "Why? Do you regret carrying the seed of a commoner in the womb of a noble princess?" His voice, still calm and gentle, str...