Married to the Devil's Son novel Chapter 146

Chapter 146 - 23

Irene was keeping an eye on Heaven. So many things were going on, starting with the stranger who marked her and her grandfather who had plans to make her his successor. Danger surrounded her and Irene would do everything in her power to protect her granddaughter, hopefully without suffocating her. Therefore, she kept an eye on her from a distance.

After making sure that Heaven was asleep, Irene went to take a break and relax in her room when she suddenly got a visit from someone she expected to show up sooner or later.

Lothaire.

"Why are you here?" She asked, turning to him.

"I missed you." He said, walking closer.

"You wouldn't have left me then."

"I didn't leave you. I never wanted to. I wanted you to follow me, to be by my side, to be my Queen, but you refused." If she didn't know better now, she would have believed that he was sad.

"Of course. Did you expect me to leave my son to come with you?"

"You didn't have to leave him if you stood by my side. We would have convinced him together." He explained.

Irene shook her head. "Or you could have stayed with us."

Lothaire sighed, then he crossed the distance between them and took her hands in his. "Irene, my love. Have I not stayed with you all this time? Can't you now stay with me? Can't you be by my side? Imagine our lives together, all the happiness we shared. We can do that again. Yes, I might have lied about many things, but my feelings for you were never a lie." _{freēwēbnovel.com}

"I know. Your feelings for me were not a lie, but that is your feelings and that is all you care about. You never cared for my feelings. You sacrificed my happiness. If you truly cared about how I feel you would have tried your best to bring me our son knowing how empty I felt all those years without him. How could you do that to me? How could you do that to someone you claim you love? You even sacrificed your son's happiness for you evil plans."

"You don't understand." He said with clenched teeth.

"I do. You don't know what real love means. You version of love is twisted because you are selfish, and real love is not selfish."

He nodded, dropping her hands. "Very well, then. If you think I am selfish, alright. But what I did was best for everyone. Yes, it was difficult for you and Lucian, but look at him now. He was protected all those years, and he grew up to be a fine man, and now you can be with him. The result benefited everyone." He explained.

Irene stared at him, appalled. Why did she except that he would understand?

"Where you sure this would be the result? What if things turned out differently? Like the time our son almost committed suicide, or the time when he actually died. What if he hadn't come back?"

"He did come back. Bad things could have happened even if he stayed with us. There is no avoiding that."

"What about all the scars and loneliness you made him go through then? You took his childhood away." Her eyes teared up, recalling all the hurt her son must have gone through.

"That made him stronger. Difficulties make people stronger."

"Yes. And strong benefits you because then he will fit perfectly into you plan."

"Don't twist my words." He warned.

"I don't need to. You are more twisted than your words. And your actions are even worse. Don't come back here. We have nothing left between us and don't you dare come for Heaven. I know what you are planning." She spat.

"Heaven is my granddaughter, too. You can't stop me from meeting her. I will come for her whenever I want. She is old enough now to decide for herself whether she wants to meet me or not." He sounded angry this time.

"So it's not enough you ruined two lives. Now you want to ruin another?"

"No. I wouldn't call it ruin. I call it freedom. With me, she can do whatever she wants."

Irene clenched her hands into fists, trying to contain her anger. "Leave!" She said in a calm yet threatening tone. There was no use in talking to him anymore.

His lips curved into a smile. "I will. For now. But I will come back for you. We will be a family again." He caressed her cheek with the back of his hand before he vanished.

Irene stood there for a while. Anger and hatred boiling within her. Why could he just not leave her to finally stay happy with her family?

She would not let him lay a finger on Heaven. She would not let him hurt her children again.

When the morning came the first thing Irene did was to visit her granddaughter. To her surprise, she was awake early this morning and already dressed.