░49░ His Unbreakable Promise

Lucius knew that, he knew that time will come to tell her who he is but he never expected that this will be the time to tell her

'Not yet, I'll make sure that I'll tell her when the right time comes but not right now'

"I'm someone who had lived my life through hardships but I learned to cope with them thanks to Victor, your father that showed me hope to live every day," that answer coming out from Lucius' mouth made Iris' only be confused more knowing that he didn't directly answer her question

Iris looked unconvinced towards Lucius but he can only answer up to that extent because he can't tell her the truth about his birth. He can’t tell her that he was also searching the truth of despite knowing that he's an illegitimate son of Duke Maxwell

She was about to speak again when there was someone from the outside knocking on the door of the room where they were in. That made the two paused for a while as both of them focused their eyes on the door that was continuously knocking