Goodbye You Never Loved Me novel (Martha and Stefan) novel Chapter 534

He pointed to the guard standing next to him and continued, "Take Catherine Queen Dowager away for now. Without my orders, no one can take action against her!"
"Yes!"
The guards immediately stepped forward and took away the almost insane Catherine.
After Catherine was taken away, King Ducasse looked at Stefan and ordered the guard standing beside him, "You go find a doctor right now and have the doctor check on him."
"Yes."
The guard turned around and quickly left the hall.
After the guard left, Stefan couldn't hold on any longer. He closed his eyes and passed out completely.
Seeing this, Martha supported Stefan who was about to fall.
Her eyes were full of worry, and she dared not to touch Stefan's clothes soaked in blood for fear of touching his wounds.
At this moment, everyone present watched as what was supposed to be a happy wedding turned into chaos. Their hearts trembled with fear.
They all looked towards where King Ducasse stood with their heads bowed respectfully,
"Your Grace, if there is nothing else, we will leave first."
King Ducasse pursed his lips slightly and nodded gently.
After that, all of them left with their families without daring to stay any longer.
Eve watched Martha from a distance as tears welled up in her eyes.
'Martha has suffered so much. Unexpectedly, she fell in love with the son of the woman who killed her mother.'
Yet Eve said nothing, turned and left the hall.
Another member of the Lucas family, Sam, sighed helplessly and shook his head slightly.
The murderer of Elsie had been found. He hoped that Elsie can rest in peace.
But he didn't know what was going through Martha's mind or whether she would accept Stefan eventually or not.
He, however, would let them solve everything themselves.
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Stefan lay pale-faced on the bed, while the doctor was treating his wounds carefully at the bedside.
The doctor understood he couldn't afford a slight misstep with King Ducasse being here.
At this time, both Martha and King Ducasse stood aside, looking at Stefan with furrowed brows.
Martha was worried that something might happen to Stefan due to excessive blood loss.
By contrast, King Ducasse stared blankly at Stefan.
He still couldn't accept that Stefan was his half-brother, though he knew it was probably true.
The woman he liked was his brother's beloved woman. This thought made King Ducasse's brow furrow even tighter. Pain crept into his eyes.
Martha noticed his emotional change and sighed silently.
She knew that King Ducasse was probably suffering more than anyone else right now, since he had just learned so many shocking truths all at once.
It was too much for anyone to bear.
Yet right now she couldn't focus on anything else but Stefan's well-being.
In order to protect her, he was stabbed in the chest by Catherine, and bled so much. Would his life be in danger?
As she thought about this, her mind drifted back to when Stefan protected her from Catherine's attack earlier.
At that time, Even though they were far away from each other, without hesitation, he rushed over and risked his life to protect her.
Martha felt a pang of guilt mixed with affection as she remembered how brave Stefan was despite everything going against them both.
The next second, bitter thoughts hit her, 'Stefan is Catherine's son who killed my mother. Can we ever be together? He is my enemy's son. How can I accept him? What will the Lucas family think?'