Two Reborn, One Throne novel Chapter 22

Arthur lowered his eyes.

When he had carried Grace to the hospital and heard the doctor's recommendation for her to be admitted, he had already mentally prepared himself to stay and take care of her.

He had only called Amber over to let her know what happened to Grace, and more importantly, to have her pick up some hospital necessities.

He could have bought them himself, but there were some things Grace needed that he simply didn't understand. Amber was a girl; he figured he could just hand her the money and let her handle it.

For the past twelve years, Arthur had never considered himself and Grace as two separate families.

He was a simple, single-minded man. Once he committed to something, he gave it his all. His entire heart was invested in Grace, and he genuinely just wanted to build a steady life with her.

But today, Lucian hadn't just explicitly stated that his mother would never marry him—he had also blocked Arthur's number. With Grace now hospitalized, Arthur couldn't help but wonder if Lucian truly would, just as Amber predicted, blame him for encouraging the police report.

Even if he hadn't done it, Lucian wasn't his biological son. Raising another man's child was never the same as raising your own. The boy would inevitably resent him, blame him, perhaps even find him disgusting.

Yet, Arthur also believed that being a decent human being meant following your conscience.

He decided once again not to hold grudges against the kids. Just then, Grace, sounding as if she had suffered the ultimate betrayal, shrieked, "Just go home, all of you! No, get out of my way, I'll walk myself! I'm not paralyzed yet. If you all find me such a burden, then leave!"

Grace made a big show of throwing off the blankets. She didn't need Arthur, this spineless pushover, pretending to be so conflicted over her.

He talked a big game about building a steady life together, but the moment things got tough—like right now—he wasn't even willing to take care of her in the hospital and expected her to pay for a nurse?

Men were all liars. What, did he think his daughter was right? That because they weren't legally married, he had no real obligation to her? Plain and simple, he just didn't want to put in the work.

Why pretend to be so noble and deeply in love?

She, Grace Walters, didn't need his pity!

And that brat, Amber—she didn't have the skills to keep Lucian interested and stop him from falling for Joanne, yet here she was, manipulating her father into quitting his role as her free labor.

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