Chapter 4

I called out, "Leland."

"Well," he nodded with satisfaction. "Do you know why the Murray family agreed to this marriage?"

"Isn't it to make Raymond happy?" I asked.

"That's just what it looks like on the outside," Leland said in a low voice. "Some people inside the Murray family are after the power. Raymond is the only heir.

"If anything happens to him, those people will get restless. Now that you're here, we finally have an excuse. The Murray family will have an heir."

"An heir?" I was stunned. "Given Raymond's condition, how could he possibly have a child?"

"In…