Chapter 289: healing injuries

Marianne pov contd

I could smell drama in the air.. Mother was angry but was Cassius among the one who would listen? Though he was behaving oddly these days, I could not be so sure.

"I know, i was the one who broke her concentration and disturbed her. It was all my fault. Hope i will be the one to get all the punishments you decide, and my wife can rest. She is already injured." said Cassius with a certain calmness I did not know he had.

My mother blinked as he continued to look at him, after a long pause she finally asked, "So your wife is innocent and you are the guilty one or is it you are trying to protect your wife?" what was with your wife.

I was her daughter first. Wasn't it! I can see the glimmer in her eyes, she was smiling ears to ears. Her anger had vanished, she was just trying to enact it and that also very badly…