"Still, she raised her, and has the right to ask."
"What do you want me to do?"
The Old Master took a deep breath, "I want you to stop bothering Vanessa. If you want to find a woman or keep a mistress, isn't that simple? You can't escape the marriage with the Lane family. Rose has come to me crying so many times."
Julian had heard these words too many times.
"I will not marry her," he emphasized softly, yet his aura was imposing. "If I were to choose to marry her now, I might as well have married Vanessa back then."
Between the two, Julian preferred Vanessa.
He had in the past, and he did now.
Exiting the Old Master's room, Julian ran into his father. Over the years, Gustave had tried every possible way to get close to this son, only to be repeatedly rejected.
"I heard you're with
