#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.

hard to accept, but it’s the truth,” Sophia continued, her voice soft yet resolute. “Our

asked, his

eyes reflecting a well of emotions too complex to name. “I trust him, Benjamin. He is not playing,

enormity of Sophia’s revelation. “And what now?” he asked, his voice barely above a

sighed, her expression pained yet determined. “I don’t know, Benjamin. But I couldn’t keep this from you any longer. You deserve to know the truth, no matter how painful

them, a heavy silence filled the room, thick with tension and uncertainty. Benjamin’s mind raced his thoughts a tumultuous whirlwind of

rely on, but now, faced with the possibility of their shared

weight of unspoken emotions. “Since when… since when do you know?” he finally managed to

tinged with sorrow. “I didn’t say anything until now because

at his sides, his heart pounding with a mixture of shock and anger. “This is crazy. It can’t

frenzied. ” You mean to tell me that my mother hid all this from us?” he shouted, his voice filled with a sense of betrayal. “As she watched me grow up and fall in love with you, didn’t she once decide

touch a silent plea for him to calm down. “She wanted to protect

is to calm down. Please, you can’t change

storm of emotions

deepened, a heavy silence settled over the room, punctuated only by the sound of

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