Chapter 474

Claire stayed quiet as they returned, feeling regret and sorrow for what she had done to Blake with Steve. It was true that, in a way, Steve had won over Blake, and she was guilty of that outcome. It would have been probably best that they had divorced then, but her heart had changed with Blake’s actions for her as her husband, and she had never asked the very question she longed to ask.

“Blake.” She broke the silence as they walked the upper hall.

“Yes.”

“Have you ever forgiven me?” Claire asked in a low voice with her head down.

“A long time ago,” Blake said lovingly when he stopped and touched her cheek, looking into her eyes. “Don’t fret over something we can’t change; I love you and the children.”

“When Steve said he had won over you, I couldn’t think straight. It hurt me so bad, and I was doubting myself in thinking, was he correct in saying that or not?” Claire said and placed her head on Blake’s chest as tears began. “I was so clueless about how he was. I thought he loved me,