Chapter 128

Yuan left Serret’s bedroom with a vacant expression. The light had gone out of his ash-gray eyes, streaked with red.

With slow, lifeless steps, Yuan headed toward the baby. The child Serret had begged to see. The child who was her only remaining hope.

Entering the nursery, Yuan dismissed all the attendants and lifted the baby into his arms. The baby’s face was still bluish, breath faint and shallow.

He looked as though he could die at any moment—but was clinging to life more stubbornly than expected.

“Baby… I’m the one who killed your mother.”

Tears streamed down as a hollow laugh escaped him.

Regret crashed over Yuan. He should have shown her. Let her hold him just once. So she wouldn’t die with that awful misunderstanding in her heart.

“If I’d shown you to her… would your mother have stayed? Would she not have left me?”

Yuan pressed his…