ALDRIC'S POV
I wanted to pretend I didn't hear it. I wanted to pretend I hadn't heard anything he said. But how could I possibly ignore it when everything was starting to add up? It was all beginning to make sense—the reason I never felt anything for that woman, even as a child. For some reason, I never experienced that feeling of comfort and security a child is supposed to have around their mother whenever I was around Maryce. There had never been a mother-son bond between us, and I didn't even know why. She tried, but it just never worked. Because Hector was right. I may not have known it, but the truth was there, and my subconscious always picked up on it.
How could she? How could Maryce be so heartless towards her fellow woman? And she actually had the guts to lie to me, making up st
