Chapter 329

“Fia, I’ll treat you well for the rest of my life. I won’t let you walk the same path your mother did.” Fia bit her lips even as she trembled and her tears began to roll, her vision blurring. She couldn’t see his handsome face anymore, and her final defenses crumbled as she caved into his arms. “Fia, I…” She opened her mouth and bit into his shoulder, cutting him off. She put a lot of strength into it and soon, she could taste iron. Conrad was feeling a bit sad, so he simply let her bite into him while he stroked her back. “I’m sorry for misunderstanding you all those times. I should have seen through everything earlier. I should have treated you better earlier.” In the past two days, he had found out too much about Esme. The more he found out, the more he realized that everything that she said about Fia seemingly by accident was fake. She was a naïve and kind girl, but she made it sound like she was someone jealous, extreme, calculative, and a robber. And the one thing that