Peace Offering To The Cursed Prince

Julia knew he could not lie so he decided to blend the truth. "I knew about father's plans but it was only after you left. I was going to tell you about it but I was scared my brother will have his eyes on you and realize I am still alive," Julia said.

Although his statement was logical, lady Catherine felt he was lying. She believes that the only reason why he did not tell her was that he did not trust her or he just wanted to manipulate her to seek revenge for him.

Her late father(general Thompson) had told her countless times that the father and son acted the same.

First king Roderick had used her father to kill his brother and plant the evidence on Ericsson. If there was no third party then nothing would have ever linked him to the death of his brother. 

More so, Julia himself had told her that the only reason he approached Ellen was to use her against Sébastien.

Lady Catherine was not stupid, she knew that the reason why Julia had treated her well all the time was because of her father. Since he had eyes for the throne, getting the support of a general like Catherine's father was beneficial. 

Things were not the same anymore, her father was dead and the family would have been ruined, luckily Ellen was kind and allow her to return home before things were out of hands. 

These past few days she has been busy, she was almost unable to resolve all the issues. Some lords even dared to take over her father's land. Since she was a lady no one paid attention to her until she met the young man from Ryan's household. 

The Ryan household was just a small house, it was not in the same leave as the Thompson household. Furthermore, this young man had no status in the family. 

His mother was just a mistress. Since his mother was not a wife, he had no right to inherit anything from the family. If he had turned out to be a girl the family would have been nice to him, after all, as long as she was beautiful she could be offered off as a wife to another lord. 

This was not the point, the young man from the Ryan household was very talented. His mother name him Brighton as she hoped he will shine bright. 

Brighton was very intelligent and he knew a lot about managing a household property. He managed to get the respect of the few servants left and unit the house. 

He also offered to continue helping lady Catherine but she would have to marry him. Of course, he was willing to marry into her family. This means that when they had children in the future they will not be considered as descendants of the Ryan family but Thompson. 

It was a win-win situation, so she accepted, after all since the man was marrying into her family he will be under her. For a person like lady Catherine who likes to control this was a good thing. Especially since he will not take another wife. 

Again, marring him will make it easy to fulfill her father's wish of persevering their family bloodline. Furthermore, he had outstanding qualities no one will laugh at her. Brighton took after his mother so he was very handsome.  Lady Catherine was someone who cared about outward appearance so he was perfect.

Julia's return from the grave will only ruin her plans, especially since she found out that Julia kept other women in their two years of marriage, yet he had vowed to her father that she will be the only one in his eyes. That aside, Julia will never agree to marry into her family. 

So she was sure that if they got back together, they will be a small part of the royal family but Julia will accept it as this was his only way to have a chance to get the throne in the future. 

When Julia saw that lady Catherine still did not react the way he had expected, he panicked. Lady Catherine was his only chance to stay in Avalo. No matter how much power Sébastien has he can not force the two of them to break up their marriage.

So Julia believes that there is hope, if not for him, his son will be able to stanch the throne from Sébastien's son in the future.

"you have to believe, I even made father promise to tell you the truth once you were done serving your punishment. Unfortunately, he was killed," Julia said.

Lady Catherine looked at Julia, she wanted to believe what he was saying but she could not. This Julia had lied to her for two years. 

During their marriage, he continued to play around but he will always have a cover up story anytime she asked. 

Most importantly going back together with Julia was as good as becoming enemies with the king. She was not sure what tricks he played to get back into the kingdom but she did not want to be a part of it. If they could not even beat Sebastian when he was only a crown prince going after him now will be digging one's grave but Julia was too stubborn to know this.

The truth is that Sébastien brought him(Julia) back to Avalo to give him a chance to fight for the throne because he (Sébastien) did not want to leave him alive and well to cause problems in the future but he also did not want to kill him without Julia doing anything.

So he brought him back, but the lords and noble wanted nothing to do with him, but Sébastien could not just send him back. 

Sébastien was a strong man, he did not want to do anything against their tradition of Avalo. Julia was not a threat, but leave one wolf alive, no matter how weak the Wolfe is, the sheep will never be safe.

To Sébastien, he was just a mouse that he could kill at any moment but he was giving him a chance to fight back. 

So he called lady Catherine here to see if she was willing to continue their marriage. If Catherine accepted him, then he will destroy him together with Thompson's household. But if Catherine refuses to get back together with Julia, then as the king, he will Exile Julia, preventing him from ever having a claim to the throne in the future.

Just when Julia became hopeful, lady Catherine said something that shocked the three people in the room. 

"Your Majesty, this man is not my husband, I know you are not close to him, but as his wife, I can tell he is not my husband,"

Sébastien was so shocked, as a person who read the behavior of others, he could not have expected this reaction from Catherine. 

Of course, when he decided to bring Julia back to the kingdom, he already made plans. Lady Catherine's encounter with Sun was planned by the king. He hoped that the man will give Lady Catherine a reason to want to separate from Julia. 

He also ensured that Lady Catherine found out about all the different women he meet when they were married. Since Sébastien had spies watching his brothers, he knew of all the promises he made to Catherine. 

He hoped that all these reasons will make her reject him, but he never anticipated that she will deny him.