#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.

yet resolute.

his voice tinged with uncertainty. “How can

gaze squarely, her eyes reflecting a well 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

I couldn’t keep this from you any longer. You deserve

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

rely on, but now, faced with the possibility of their shared bloodline, he couldn’t help but feel a profound sense

unspoken emotions. “Since when… since when do you know?”

after you were shot,” Sophia confessed, her own voice tinged with sorrow. “I didn’t say anything until now because I wanted you to

mixture of shock and anger. “This is crazy. It can’t happen to me,” he muttered, his words a desperate plea to make sense of

to contain his turmoil, Benjamin began to pace the living room, his steps erratic and 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

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

is to calm

he struggled to contain the storm of emotions raging within him. ”

the room, punctuated only by

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