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“Do not bother I will refuse to accept it, and you will have wasted your time to no purpose”

“You cannot refuse to accept it The scandal—”

“The scandal will be less of a scandal with you by my side,” Andre insisted

“There will always be those who say there is no smoke without fire There will always be those who believe I had a hand in Niko’s schee to Zax’s voice “I am the primary beneficiary should you die without sons, not Niko”

“Let them believe what they want to believe” Andre so? Those ish to see evil will see evil You cannot live your life based on what people believe of you Only on what you believe of yourself”

“But—”

“You know your own innocence As do I”

Silence stretched between them Then Zax said in a low voice, “Thank you for that” Another long silence was broken when Zax asked, “Do me a favor?”

“Anything”

“Have sons Soon”

Andre laughed, and Zax joined hihter subsided “Not to cut you out of the succession, but because Juliana has agreed to be my wife”

“Finally”

Andre breathed deeply, nodded and smiled with intense satisfaction “Finally”

Quiet reigned for a ”

“Of course”