Chapter 5

As soon as the King spoke, the whole hall fell silent in shock.

Grace stifled a laugh, her eyes full of mischief.

"Now this is getting interesting. How did a woman manage to get Ms. Evans secretly pregnant? Or is she so uniquely gifted that she can conceive all by herself?" she quipped.

"Impossible!" Lydia shrieked.

Her face twisted from grief into sheer desperation.

"He's a man. That night, he was so passionate. How could he possibly be a woman?" she screamed.

Even now, she was still trying to ruin my reputation with vulgar lies.

Herbert finally jolted out of…