"Keep telling yourself that. Even if she tricked you into it, you aren't all that innocent either. Besides, did Laura trick you into thinking of abandoning Lavender as well? Or is it your nature?"
"No, it's not that." Duncan lowered his head in shame and admitted, "I believed that you would understand. When I found Lavender was my mate, I wasn't willing to be with her because I loved you. But they tricked me into sleeping with her, and she even got pregnant. Laura kept saying that even after three years of marriage, you couldn't get pregnant, so it was a good opportunity for me. I shouldn't have given into the tricks."
"For a child?" Astria laughed.
"We were childless!"
"You never touched me!" Astria shouted over his voice, silencing him.
Duncan looked away, "I-"
"You never tou
