Forgotten Wife: Let the Traitors Kneel Down

55 True love When April arrived at the dining room she greeted Cassian and took her place at the table, throughout the meal she looked downcast, as if something was worrying her, Cassian noticed this, he thought it was because April missed Alessandro who would be away all day.

the day, that made his heart ache, it seemed April had also fallen in love with his brother, it was more than clear that there would never be a chance for him, Cassian wanted to do something to cheer her up and he told her.

_ It's a beautiful day today and the garden here is beautiful and a bit different, why don't we go for a walk? April nodded, she wanted to put all those thoughts aside, it was useless to think about what would happen in the future.

She stood up and said.

_I would love to go for a walk.

The sun outside was very strong so one of the maids brought April a wide hat and a small parasol.

When she got to the garden, April was amazed.

In the garden there were only white flowers, of all kinds but only white.

There was not a single flower that looked out of place in that beautiful garden.

She smiled and said.

_It's actually a somewhat different garden, why are there only white flowers? _This garden was commissioned by my father, it was a gift for my mother who loved white flowers, whenever we came here she would spend hours walking through this garden on my father's arm, this was her favorite place.

_It is very beautiful, I understand why your mother liked to walk through this garden so much, it is so beautiful that I would also like to walk through it every day.

_I'm glad you liked it and that you were encouraged.

_ What has encouraged me? _During the meal you seemed very sad and thoughtful.

_I wasn't sad, my mind was just somewhere else.

_ May I know what worries you so much? April caressed the soft petals of some white roses that were near her and said.

_I was just wondering what will become of me when I manage to get pregnant, if his majesty will continue to be as kind as he is now or if he will forget about me again.

Cassian had thought that what April felt was just sadness because her brother was not there, but apparently her thoughts were deeper and more complex than he had imagined.

_I don't think my brother is going to do any of those things, he really cares about you and I think his feelings for you are stronger than you imagine.

_ Why does everyone say the same thing? _ The same? What do you mean by that? _Everyone talks about the love that his majesty feels for me, but that is not true, he does not love me, I am aware that my marriage is something that his majesty hates, he is only putting up with everything to be able to have an heir, for him I am not important, only a vessel that will carry her child in her womb, that is why she takes care of me.

_That's not true April, I know my brother and I know that his feelings for you are not a lie, when my brother is with you his eyes shine and he really smiles, like he hasn't done in a long time, when he is with you he looks happy.

For April, believing that the king's feelings were real made her happy, but she was also afraid that she would make up a love story in her head and that one day she would suffer when she realized that none of it was real, that he did not love her and that he would never love her, just as he had told her on their wedding night when he had refused to be with her, those words had remained burned into her mind.

I will never treat you like my wife, I will never touch your disgusting body, you will not have a place in my bed and you will never have my heart She knew he had only started being nice because she was the vessel that would carry his child in her womb, that he had only touched her body and shared her bed because he had been forced to and that was why she couldn't believe he had fallen in love with her.

April smiled, but that smile was laden with sadness and loneliness, she told him.

_If I'm honest, I doubt that's true.

_ Why can't you believe that my brother's feelings for you are real? Because I know they aren't and I don't want to believe an illusion and get hurt later, if he forgets me again like he did for four years, it will be less painful for me if I don't believe that he loves me.

Cassian knew that Abril had deep wounds in her heart, at that moment he realized that Alessandro was guilty of one of them and perhaps the deepest of all.

He had hurt her heart with his words and that prevented Abril from opening her heart completely.

April continued walking, Cassian followed her in silence without knowing what to say, he couldn't find words that would help heal his wounded heart.

After walking a little, April stopped in front of the statue of a beautiful woman.

_She is very beautiful, who is she? _It's my mother, I told you that my father had this garden made for her, the statue was proof of that.

Cassian replied as he looked at the statue with a certain sadness in his gaze.

April realized that she actually knew almost nothing about her husband's family.

She knew that they were dead and that her father had been at fault, but nothing more.

She was completely unaware of the details.

The statue was so well carved that it was a marvel.

It was as if she had turned into stone.

The details were truly amazing, she told him.

_In every detail of this garden you can feel how much love your father felt for your mother, she must have been very lucky to have a husband who loves her so much.

_Yes, it was.