Secret revealing.

"Their tale begins in childhood, blooming with time. Time gave him sufficient amount to make her his wife. But he ignored it in his reign." [For Stuart]

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In irritation, Stuart held her shoulders in a tight grip and shook her hard asking for an explanation.

"How did it happen, Riley Brown?"

Seeing his outrageous reaction, Riley was stupefied. She never saw him reacting the way he did. Even in the past if somebody proposed to her. He never reacted to it. 'If I tell him about the real reason. What will he do?' She didn't want to even imagine it? If he was this angry with her because of it. He might even flip the table. 'Or maybe he will kill Christian Evercast. Or maybe he will laugh at you for saving a man who is responsible for your destruction.' Her subconscious mind mocked her.

Stuart glared at her when she didn't answer. He shook her out of her thoughts. 

"I have asked you something, Riley Brown." 

The intensity of his