Chapter 5: Restless

Fiona shriveled when Sandro came to stand before her, his eyes glazing with a sheer indifference to her, as always. For the first time, she was glad about it—it showed that he hadn't heard her discussion with Athena.

Sandro was Ewan's right-hand man, and his best friend. A no-nonsense man who wasn't fooled by her antics. He knew of her obsession with Ewan, but had maintained his peace for the unity of his friend's union.

Fiona wondered what he would do now. She knew that he had always favored Athena over her, even though the latter wasn't aware of it.

"Mis... Athena, what are you doing here?" Sandro questioned, darting glances between the two women.

He bit his lower lip for almost calling Athena, Mistress, his eyebrows furrowing when he saw the knapsack in the latter's hand. "Where are you going?"

"She is going..."

"Fiona, I don't remember asking you any question. You can leave now. I think your father is searching for you." Sandro mentioned, not bothering to even bestow a glance at the offending female.

For reasons best known to him, he had never accepted Fiona into his life as a friend or whatever, no matter how much she had thrown herself in his way, a fact that Ewan was unaware of.

Sandro was beginning to wonder if he had made the right choice by keeping it away from Ewan.

Perhaps if he had told his friend, the latter would have been skeptical in believing whatever Fiona told him, the latter would have probably investigated the cheating event, before denouncing Athena from being his wife.

Sandro was logical, especially as he wasn't involved in the scandal. There were a lot of loopholes in Luca's account, yet nobody had mentioned that. He knew that if the matter was thoroughly investigated, Athena would be innocent.

Athena wasn't one to cheat.

She was illiterate, yes, but she wasn't disloyal.

He knew that much, having known her these past three years.

Too bad that Ewan had been too caught up in his emotions, that he had acted unlike himself; or had the latter seen this as an escape route out of the loveless marriage, and a way to get back his father's land?

Sandro shook his head. His friend wasn't that underhanded. No matter what, Ewan always chose the truth over anything else, including his emotions.

why Ewan had let his feelings

won't tear you apart before you get to another

the same time as Athena, who found the wish evil.

pursued far north. Just keep to the path, and out of the thick bushes, and you will be fine.

she knew that he didn't hate her. "Thank you, Sandro. And

not understanding why she was leaving her

me." Athena said, after a beat, reading off the question on the

"My father banished me."

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to sign on the ledger, out of frustration, when Sandro sighed for the third

he had resisted asking him what the problem was, because he had

of him to the right side of the large brown mahogany desk, his hands clasping, and resting on the

transpired yesterday." Sandro started, his morale not in the

her name, Sandro. And why the sudden interest in my ex-wife? Did she manage to sink her sly claws in you, before leaving for her father's town?" Ewan inquired, getting out

the shaming photo. He didn't understand why it was so,

in that sly

her, and that's because of the position she held in the town; yet here was his

that his friend wouldn't stop until he had said what was in

she is innocent." Sandro started, standing up to his feet, abandoning the comfort of

know. But just

Ewan obliged, curious to hear what his friend would say in defense of his ex-wife who had thrown mud to his

he had resolved to be a bit lenient to her, at the request of

before speaking again. "I think it was a setup by Elder Alfonso and Fiona to separate the both of you, so that

sign to stop talking, and get out of

is your childhood friend, and that she had saved you from drowning those years ago—although there is no evidence that she was actually

woman is as sly as her father. I don't trust her, and you shouldn't either. Secondly, I

have heard that so many times. She is your

stated coldly, angry at his best

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