Patrick was staring at Samuel in shock because this was a revelation which would alter everything in his life. This was something that he had not dreamed of in his entire life but now a man standing before him was giving him legitimacy without asking for anything in return. This sounded too good to be true.
“Please tell me that you are joking? I understand that you would want to lighten the mood at such a difficult situation but you do realise that this is something that needs not to be attended in this way?” Patrick asked because he was genuinely baffled as to why on earth would the Duke of Mayburry make a choice like this.
“No this is not a joke. And I am not even a state that I would be able to jest about something of this magnitude,” said Samuel as he poured another drink for himself
