#Chapter 236 – Tying Up Loose Ends

Justin’s POV

Somehow, the months that passed over the course of Helen’s pregnancy seemed to fly by. I spent a good deal of that time getting myself accustomed to the idea that one of the twins was actually going to be the Huntsman’s child.

I’d always thought that issues of illegitimate birth were simple. Either the woman cheated, or she didn’t. That was simple. And as the man, you were either willing to raise someone else’s bastard, or you weren’t. It was simple. If you weren’t, you got it divorced. Simple.

Yet I found myself in a situation that was anything but simple.

Helen had cheated, but not by her own choice. She had been raped, which I suppose isn’t really the same thing as cheating. Especially when the cheating happens when the woman in question is under a spell, I can hardly hold her accountable for that manipulation.

Punishing Helen for the fact that a child was conceived while she was raped was anything but fair. Then taking that a step further, she had my child as well. An