The Princess Returns From Exile

On the day of Lucas Sterling's wedding, I left a signed annulment letter in our room and prepared to return to my quiet fishing village.

My maid asked me, full of concern, what I would do if my young son missed his mother.

I offered a bitter smile. "That is impossible. He has long wished for a commoner mother like me to disappear before his eyes."

"Besides, the woman his father is marrying today is the only mother he recognizes."

I walked away, perhaps fulfilling their secret wish, and sever