Chapter 466: I Call Ethan

Chris Blackwood – The King Returns

The weight of my mistake still lingered as I leaned back in my chair, my fingers tapping lightly against the glass of whiskey in my hand. I never let things slip. Yet here I was.

I grabbed my phone and dialed. Ethan answered on the first ring.

"Your Majesty."

"I need you to find out if Rhea is pregnant."

There was a brief pause. Ethan never hesitated, but I knew him well enough to catch the slight shift in his breath.

"Understood. Do you want me to handle it quietly?"

"Yes. No one—not even Rhea—should know we are checking."

"And if she is?"

I took a slow sip of my drink, considering the weight of that possibility. A child. My child.

I wasn't sure what unsettled me more—the idea of an heir outside of my plans or the fact that I had let this happen at all.

"If she is," I said evenly, "you will inform me first. No one else."

Ethan understood what that meant. He never questioned my orders.

"I'll handle it, Your Majesty."

As the call ended, I sat in silence. I would not act recklessly again. But for now, I would wait.

And waiting was something I did very well.