He was still claiming that was his reason? She couldn't think of a more convincing one and he had consistency in his favor... If that was really true then it meant he'd rather have a bastard for an heir than have a legitimate heir and lose her. That made her feel strange. He definitely couldn't be lying, there was little to gain from admitting something like that, it was probably embarrassing for him. It ought to be anyway. She'd be embarrassed at any rate. That only made it worse, he almost might as well have declared love for her which was a highly disturbing thought. Maybe she was a little under the weather and that was why she felt funny.
Against her better judgement she pressed him for clarification. "Then you don't care if it's mine or someone else's? If it's technically illegitimate?" Maybe he no longer cared about that and it wasn't as unsettling an admission as it first seemed.
Against her better judgement she pressed him for clarification. "Then you don't care if it's mine or someone else's? If it's technically illegitimate?" Maybe he no longer cared about that and it wasn't as unsettling an admission as it first seemed.
