Chapter 41: Paternity Test
Leo Orlando: "Not asleep?"
"Do you think marriage must be based on love?" she asked.
Leo Orlando paused for a moment, "I suppose it should be."
"Suppose?" Lilith Douglas turned to face the man, "So, you're saying that a marriage without love is also acceptable to you, right?"
"What are you trying to ask?" he looked at her intently, not to be ignored.
"Nothing." The words she was about to say were swallowed back, "There's something I want to discuss with you."
"What is it?"
"I want to go and stay at my mother's house for a few days. Is that okay?" Lilith Douglas spoke softly, as if holding back a myriad of emotions, yet unable to express them.
"Do you need me to accompany you?"
Lilith Douglas shook her head, "I just want to spend a few days alone."
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