Chapter 96

Every time I look at Lia's peaceful face, I don't want her to be sad or miserable.

I won't allow anyone to hurt her, even if that person is her biological mother.

I stroked Lia's cheek. I don't want to lose a soulmate like her, who has been with me for many years.

I get annoyed thinking about the damn man who got her pregnant but so far he hasn't come to see her once. Then he'd better never see her and her baby again.

That's why Lia needs to stay in this mansion, live under my protection.

I got up, left her room without making any noise and went back to my room.

…

Lately, Lia often sits alone outside in the garden and reads books, she always seems sad when I'm not with her. She also became difficult to get along with everyone else except me.

The proof is that she rarely talks to Anna. After a few unsuccessful attempts to initiate a conversation, Anna could only give up.

“She seems to be wary of me,” Anna said after entering my office. “She was very upset knowing she was being controll