Chapter 219

After a long while, Clemente put the pregnancy stick into his pocket and picked up the lemonade again.

He crossed the lawn and found Janet and the twins by the water fountain.

“You are back!” Belle jumped up as soon as she saw him, “Come and smell the roses, Clemente. The gardener just picked it out for us.”

“Thank you, Princess Belle, but I am good,” Clemente replied in a polite yet distant voice.

Then he turned to Janet, “Lady Janet, I was wondering if I could ask for a day off today.”

“A day off?” Janet was stunned, “W–What for?”

She couldn’t get him out of her sight for even one second when she tried to dispose of that pregnancy stick.

And now he was asking for a day off?

It sounded too good to be true.

Clemente’s face remained expressionless, “My brother died on this very day, 6 years

ago.”

A deathly silence fell upon them.

“…I am sorry. I didn’t know about that,” Janet said lowly after a long pause.

“It is alright. But I want to visit him at the cemetery. Bring him some flowers. Let him know that I am doing OK.”

“Of course,” Janet nodded hastily. “Go.”

“And can you stay with Prince Wells and Princess Belle before I come back? That way I will know that you are safe.”

“Just go, man. We are with Janet,” Wells said.

Belle picked up a bunch of roses and handed it to Clemente, her eyes misty,

give this to Keavy? Let him know that we all miss him very much.”

“I will. Thank you, Princess Belle.”

can you

With the bunch of roses in his hand, Clemente turned and left the water fountain. 45 minutes later, he arrived at the Lycan’s cemetery, which was perched on the summit of the mountain, overlooking the sprawling valleys below.

The air was thin, and the distant echoes of nature’s melodies seemed muted by the weight of grief that clung to the place.

As Clemente climbed up the winding path, he could feel the crisp mountain breeze carrying the scent of pine and damp earth, intermingled with the aroma of roses in his hand.

Keavy was buried at the center of this graveyard, underneath an ancient tree.

When Clemente arrived, there were already two people standing by Keavy’s grave. One was a lady dressed in a black dress, and the other was a boy at around 7 years old.

“You are late.”

Agnes turned around, with tears still glittering in her eyes.

was with Janet and the twins,” Clemente

rub the boy’s

Bryn was Keavy’s kid.

sticking that sometimes Clemente felt that he could see his

personalities were nothing

and a people person. He was like a magnet, drawing everyone around

quiet and sullen, eyes always looking down at his

not only didn’t answer Clemente’s question but even tilted his

avoid his

out a

his brother’s tombstone and set the bunch of roses down on

Belle asked me to

“Take it away!”

roses. You know that.

I have

between his eyebrows grew

want to argue with

little to the right, away

“Happy?” he asked quietly.

blinked her tears away, “…What do

for a

took out that pregnancy test stick

“What is this?”

from him, “A pregnancy test? Why am I looking at it? Don’t tell me

dating someone

suddenly grew

dating that obnoxious little

Clemente looked offended.

not obnoxious,”

you are

Agnes’s cheeks as

of days ago? She expelled me from my own tea party, Clemente! How can you ever hang out with her? You swore to your brother on his deathbed that you would always help and support me.

“Enough!” Clemente growled.

breath to organize his feelings, and then opened them back up

it upsets you,”

it

is n

froze on her

eyes grew wider and wider, with a mixed emotion of disbelief, rage, and panic flickering

screamed abruptly at the top of

winced by

“Agnes!” Clemente snapped.

niece’s shoulder, “You can go play, Bryn. Your mother

need to talk.”

an

serious look on his face, “Can you watch yourself around the kid? You scared Bryn. And

not listening to

and forth in front of

is pregnant…pregnant with

to Clemente, “It is

tightened, “I

“I bet it is!”

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