Fine. How do I get rid of it? She said, and that was that.
Leo’s lips curled into a smirk and had he been the least bit affectionate he might have cupped her face, but he didn’t. Instead he let his gaze meet hers, pleased that she made the correct decision more than anything else; neither of them would have their reputation tarnished, and they wouldn’t have a little bastard running around. Marriage was never an option, not when there was a pregnancy beforehand that had occurred.
(His reputation was everything. Leo would burn every bridge before he let someone think less of him for something he could have in fact, controlled.)
“That’s my girl.” He said, because in a way, she was. Her virginity had been given to him, and well, maybe one day, once this little blip passed, her hand in marriage might be his too; but that would be his choice, and not her trying to force his hand for a stupid mistake. She was a fine enough bloodline and that was all that mattered to him.
Leo bent down to pick up the coin purse that Estelle had batted away, although he left the ones that had fallen out. He didn’t press it into her hands, merely held it out to her.
“Write a letter to suggest there is a situation that needs to be handled swiftly and quietly. Make it sound like you’re doing it for someone else. A friend, a sister, I don’t care who you pick as long as you do not give yourself away.” It wasn’t the first time Leo had dealt with this situation, although he hoped it would be the last; women either needed to learn to deal with this themselves, or learn how to live with the consequences of premarital sex. “My owl will deliver an envelope tonight, with the potioneer’s name already on it. You’ll put your letter inside. The owl will bring the potion back to you—then return to me.”
He glanced down at the bag. “If the price is higher than what you have, I will cover what is needed.” It was probably the kindest thing Leo had ever, and would ever say to Estelle, but it was important to him that she did this. “Write to me once you’ve taken the potion and know the effects have worked.”
Leo’s lips curled into a smirk and had he been the least bit affectionate he might have cupped her face, but he didn’t. Instead he let his gaze meet hers, pleased that she made the correct decision more than anything else; neither of them would have their reputation tarnished, and they wouldn’t have a little bastard running around. Marriage was never an option, not when there was a pregnancy beforehand that had occurred.
(His reputation was everything. Leo would burn every bridge before he let someone think less of him for something he could have in fact, controlled.)
“That’s my girl.” He said, because in a way, she was. Her virginity had been given to him, and well, maybe one day, once this little blip passed, her hand in marriage might be his too; but that would be his choice, and not her trying to force his hand for a stupid mistake. She was a fine enough bloodline and that was all that mattered to him.
Leo bent down to pick up the coin purse that Estelle had batted away, although he left the ones that had fallen out. He didn’t press it into her hands, merely held it out to her.
“Write a letter to suggest there is a situation that needs to be handled swiftly and quietly. Make it sound like you’re doing it for someone else. A friend, a sister, I don’t care who you pick as long as you do not give yourself away.” It wasn’t the first time Leo had dealt with this situation, although he hoped it would be the last; women either needed to learn to deal with this themselves, or learn how to live with the consequences of premarital sex. “My owl will deliver an envelope tonight, with the potioneer’s name already on it. You’ll put your letter inside. The owl will bring the potion back to you—then return to me.”
He glanced down at the bag. “If the price is higher than what you have, I will cover what is needed.” It was probably the kindest thing Leo had ever, and would ever say to Estelle, but it was important to him that she did this. “Write to me once you’ve taken the potion and know the effects have worked.”
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