Chapter 201 - He Had To Kill Three People

What a night of surprises.

Vega sat on the edge of the bed and watched so many photos and videos on the tablet that Altair gave her. Her tears were streaming down incessantly as she saw a man who was very similar to Altair and a beautiful woman holding two small children who looked a lot like their father.

Vega could easily guess the two children were herself and Altaïr. They really were twins, and it was clear they took after their father's face.

She sobbed when she saw Elios Linden carrying her on his lap and whispered to her explaining the various colors in the sky that formed the beautiful tinge of the sunset as they sat together on a terrace and admired the twilight.

Vega could hear Aleksis's voice when she recorded the video. She spoke to the father-daughter duo and asked what they were talking about. Vega could not understand what the answer was that Elios told Aleksis since she became dizzy. She couldn't pay attention to the voices and words they said in various other videos. Her mind was in a mess.

She noticed how tightly her father hugged her in various photos. He carried her on his shoulder in another video, whispered something to her, and smiled really warmly.

Her mother, Aleksis, was a very beautiful and feminine woman. Vega immediately felt a deep closeness to her mother. Subconsciously, she touched Aleksis' face on the tablet, and her tears streamed down harder.

She now realized why she felt absolutely nothing for the people in the photos she saw in the Rhine as her 'parents'.

It's because they were not her parents!

They had nothing to do with her ...

Then, who were they actually?

Why did they have old pictures of them with her, that Vega could believe that they were her family?

Then .. what about her 'grandfather' and 'grandmother'? Were they all involved?

Who got them involved? What was their purpose in doing this to her?

There were so many questions that bothered her mind. She felt devastated when she realized apparently her life had been a lie ...

Ren, who noticed Vega looking so upset and kept crying, felt his chest tighten like it was crushed by a heavy object.

He could feel how confused Vega felt. How she was sad and hurt. Her life for the past six years was not her real life.

"Fae .. Honey ..." Ren said in a hoarse and regretful voice. He came closer to the bed and sat beside Vega. "You're not an orphan girl from the village anymore. Do you understand that?"

Vega raised her tear-stained face and looked at Ren. She didn't think about her status at all. She was still devastated by the shocking information she just received.

"I ... I understand," said Vega quietly.

"You are Vega Linden ... the daughter of the very influential Linden family," Ren looked at Vega deeply. "If you go back to your family ... your life will change drastically."

Vega nodded. "I guess so. What do you think?"

"I just want to see you happy ..." Ren said quietly. He hugged Vega's waist from behind and buried his head on the girl's nape. "But, do you think your family will accept me as your husband?"

Vega looked back and stared at Ren with a frown. "Why wouldn't they?"

"Maybe they think I'm not worthy of you ..." Ren replied.

Vega shook her head. "That's impossible. You are a prince from Moravia. We have also been married for 1.5 years, and you accepted me regardless of my background. There's no way my family will think you are not worthy of me ..."

Between the two of them, only Ren knew that he did not deserve Vega. After all the evil deeds he did to take Vega away from her family, he knew that he had no right to be with her husband.

But ... how could he possibly leave?

Vega would be suspicious of him if Ren decided to leave. And slowly, they would find out more deeply about what really happened.

But if he stayed, how could he have the face to look at Vega without feeling guilty?

And how could he meet Elios and be nice to him? Ren still hated that man to the core. He could pretend, but how long could he take it?

Karl and Ren's previous plan was to enter the Alchemist clan by using Vega. He would make her fall in love with him and marry him. They had carefully considered everything. 

They knew, for someone like Vega, Elios Linden's only daughter who was beloved by everyone in her extended family, even a prince was not good enough. 

That was why they had to take her from her family, stripped her of her status, and made her feel 'lucky' to be noticed and loved by a prince. That was the only way to get her heart, marry her, and infiltrate her family.

Ren's condition, who couldn't romantically love any woman, was considered an advantage because Ren would not fall in love with his victim. He would be able to stay calm and logical at all times until they achieved all their goals.

However, reality said otherwise. Even though Ren didn't have romantic feelings for Vega, he felt an emotional closeness to his wife, because they had children together.

He also felt possessive and jealous of Vega and Mischa's closeness because he knew Vega liked Mischa when she was a teenager.

At that time, Ren was worried that Vega would reignite her feelings for Mischa when they met again and she would forget about him. In a state of panic and jealousy, he made the first mistake, followed by the next.

Now, he had become even more attached to Vega. The feelings he had for her became too deep and he could no longer get rid of it. Vega was the mother of his children.

Ren realized that now, his grudge was no longer important. He just wanted to go and forget everything and leave them behind. He wanted to go somewhere quiet and spend the rest of his life together with Vega and made up for all his sins.

But now, it was too late. They had found Vega, and there was no way they would let her out of their sight ever again.

"My family will accept you ..." said Vega firmly. "If they won't accept you and think you are not worthy of me ... then I will not come back to them."

Ren was deeply moved by Vega's statement.

"Really ...? Fae ... Honey .. is it true that you prefer me to your family?" asked Ren in a hoarse voice. "I made you cry so much .. I'm not a good husband. I can't even protect you and our children .."

His tears dripped slowly as Ren remembered the fate of their children who never had the chance to see the world.

Vega also felt her chest heavy as if it was pressed by a heavy object. She turned around to hug Ren and cried on his shoulder silently.

"I forgive you ..." Vega whispered. "Whatever happened in the past ... I forgive you, Ren. Now, I just want to start everything new with you.. and open a new page."

After weeks of mourning together, the two of them slowly could let go of what happened to their children. This afternoon, Vega had even expressed her willingness to try and conceive again.

She didn't want their relationship to take a backseat because her identity was exposed. She just wanted them to stay together and do what they both had planned.

Ren could only bear the tightness in his chest alone when he heard that Vega forgive him.

He didn't know whether Vega would be able to forgive him if she knew what had really happened.

Ren had to find a way to prevent Vega from finding out ...

He had to kill his uncle and Amelia ... because only those two people knew about his involvement in Vega's kidnapping.

Then, he also had to kill Sophia to erase any remaining tracks.. He had to kill the three people so that his secret would be safe for the rest of his life.