James closed his eyes and thought for a while. Finally, he answered, “Thea.”

She was the sole reason he stood here today.

In order to save him, Thea ended up burned and disfigured horribly. That made the next ten years of her life a living hell.

Because of her sacrifice, he had sworn to protect Thea for the rest of his life.

“Is that so? What about your first love, Quincy? She believed you were alive and waited ten years for you.

“As for Tiara, you’ll have to take responsibility for that too. After all, she’s with your child.”

“...”

Hearing this, James froze instantly. He turned around and stared at Maxine as the color drained from his face. “W-What did you say?”

Maxine laughed teasingly and said, “Tiara’s pregnant.”

“What?!” James exclaimed in disbelief.

“She’s pregnant?”

“Yeah. Remember how I pretended to be you at Tiara’s engagement ceremony and took her away? She was overjoyed and told me everything. She planned to have the child by herself, but her family forced her to