#191 “I’m So Sorry, Benjamin.”

Despite his initial shock, Benjamin decided that this was just another game on Alexander’s part. He frowned and despite the pain from his wound stood up.

“Let me guess, Alexander tell you this nonsense?” he scoffed, his tone tinged with bitterness.

Sophia shook her head, her resolve unwavering. “Yes, but…”

“Can’t you see that he is trying to separate us? He makes up stories to…”

“Benjamin, listen to me,” Sophia interrupted, her voice tinged with frustration. “What Alexander told me is not a lie. It’s another secret that my grandfather kept from us.”

Benjamin’s brows furrowed in disbelief, his eyes searching Sophia’s face for any hint of deception. But all he found was sincerity, an unwavering resolve that spoke volumes even in the midst of their shared turmoil.

to accept, but it’s the truth,” Sophia continued, her voice soft yet resolute. “Our family has been hiding this secret for years, and I only recently

can you be sure?” Benjamin asked, his voice tinged with uncertainty. “How

of emotions too complex to name. “I trust him, Benjamin. He is not playing, his

brow furrowed in consternation, his mind racing as he grappled with the enormity of Sophia’s revelation. “And what now?” he asked, his voice barely above

couldn’t keep this from you any longer. You deserve to know the truth, no matter

settled over them, a heavy silence filled the room, thick with tension and uncertainty. Benjamin’s mind raced his thoughts a tumultuous whirlwind of disbelief, confusion, and a deep-seated fear of the

Sophia a constant in his life, a steadfast presence he could rely on, but now, faced with the possibility of their shared bloodline, he couldn’t help but

struggled to find his voice, his throat constricted with the weight of unspoken emotions. “Since when… since when do you know?” he finally managed to

confessed, her own voice tinged

into fists at his sides, his heart pounding with a mixture of shock and anger. “This is crazy. It can’t happen to me,” he muttered, his

mean to tell me that my mother hid all this from us?” he shouted, his voice filled with a sense of betrayal.

out, her hand trembling as she gently placed it on Benjamin’s arm, her touch a silent plea for him to calm down. “She wanted to

is to calm down.

breaths as he struggled to contain the storm of

settled over the room, punctuated only by the sound

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