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Chapter 44

Author: Dark Goddess
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Lorenzo's POV

Sitting at the head of the courtroom, I kept my sharp gaze fixed on the elders gathered before me.

They were all making deliberations on the pressing issues at hand which include treaties, border disputes, and trade agreements.

All this discussion needed my attention but I couldn't fully partake in the discussion as my mind was elsewhere.

To avoid this meeting, I had asked Leo to inform the guards that I needed bed rest as specified by the physician but they didn't buy it.

To them, the discussion was important and can't be postponed but to me, it was the least of my concern.

My mind was solely on one person and that was Loretta.

At the dining room, I was waiting patiently for her to come to the dining room as usual to serve us but she didn't, it was another maid.

Other times, she had refused to meet my eyes, her grief and anger burning even in her silence and it made my heart constrict against my chest.

A few months ago, it wasn't like this.

I was the cold hearted
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