“What?”

Isabella never saw herself telling Charles that part of her past so soon. In fact, if she had a way, she would have made sure that he never finds out. But then… she just told him he was once a father.

Rather, she just informed him that he would have been a father if not for the situation surrounding her life then.

“You were carrying my child?” A visibly angry Charles asked as though wanting to be certain he had not heard the wrong thing. She gave a short nod to his question. “What happened then? Wait a minute…”

His head tilted to the side, his fingers danced in...