Chapter 74 A Life for a Life

[Aimee] Gradually, Adrian realized that something wasn't right. The King had summoned him today, not to bestow an honor on him but to blame him. Adrian got down on his knees without dignity and sobbed. “Your Majesty, I have cut ties with my ungrateful daughter. Whatever she has done, it has nothing to do with me.” I felt no emotions for my father’s change of tune as if I were uninvolved. In fact, I found it funny. I laughed at my former yearning for family and mocked my father for the wealth and glory he craved before getting to the bottom of the situation. “But that wasn’t what you said earlier, or were you lying to me, Lord Adrian?” “I… Um…” Adrian stumbled for words. Either way, he couldn’t change the King’s mind. The King wanted to remove the Hale family from the aristocracy. “Aimee, why are you just standing there? Hurry up and explain yourself to His Majesty. I don’t know what you’ve done, but don’t drag the Hales down.” Since Adrian couldn’t explain himself to the K