I Was The Perfect Queen But He Forgot My Name Chapter 54
All color vanished from Rowan’s face.
“I know.”
He also knew I had been quietly searching for Julian’s remains.
The burial had been too hurried, and the riverbank had since been battered by floods. Even Rowan no longer knew the exact location.
“When things settle, I’ll help you look. Inch by inch.”
I wanted to tell him not to lower himself like this, but I was afraid that would give him hope he shouldn’t have. In the end, I said nothing.
I also did not take the new badge.
Rowan remained stubborn.
“They were a pair. The other one—the one Julian had—I threw it into the river. I’ll find that one too and give them both to you.”
From late summer into early winter, he spent every free moment at the Lorne River.
With diving gear, he searched from the upper reaches bit by bit downstream.
I had scolded him more than once, but he never stopped.
Another winter came, and the royal charity gala was once again held at Red Plum Lake Manor. This time, Luna Queen Evelyn presided.
As I walked down a quiet path, Adrian—whom I hadn’t seen in a long time—stepped out and blocked my way.
He had put on weight. His gaze stuck to me unpleasantly.
“Genevieve, you’re even more beautiful than last year.”
Behind me came the sound of Tessa struggling.
I turned and realized she had been restrained by Adrian’s private guards.