Chapter 222 - What Will You Choose?

Ren looked up and stared at Amelia with an expressionless face. He raised his hand and invited Amelia to sit down.

Hesitantly, Amelia stepped closer to Ren and sat down in a chair nearby. The girl looked at Ren with a face full of question marks. She didn't understand Ren's attitude. She couldn't read the man.

"Tea?" Ren asked while giving a signal to John who swiftly came and served tea in two cups for Ren and Amelia. Ren nodded. "Drink up."

Amelia looked hesitant, but after seeing Ren take a cup and start sipping his tea, the girl relaxed a little. Perhaps, after thinking for months, Ren finally came to his senses and returned to his old self.

"I heard you went to Bali ..." asked Amelia in a low voice "How are you?"

Ren looked at the girl, still expressionless.

"You can see for yourself," he replied.

"Hm ... I hope you're all right," said Amelia finally. She then fell silent. "Have you visited your grandparents?"

"I guess you know court affairs better than I do," said Ren. "That's not what I called you here for."

Amelia swallowed hard.

"If it's about Fae's pregnancy ... I did that for you, Ren ..." Amelia said hoarsely. "I don't know what got into you at the time, but you shouldn't have gotten her pregnant. The children will interfere with all your plans for revenge. I am helping you get back on the right path."

"You don't know anything, Amelia. Stop deciding as if you did it for me ..." said Ren. "You're just not willing to see another woman have my child, while you—"

He did not continue her words.

"While I.... what?" challenged Amelia in a bitter voice. She rose to her feet and faced Ren with eyes filled with tears. "I just kept your word when we were teenagers. You promised to marry me after everything was over. You hold such a big grudge against the people we could never possibly reach .... You live only to watch them suffer. You are so obsessed with everything. But after you met her, you want to just get rid of me? I have been loyal to you for years .. I always waited for you, I support you ... I even accept the fact that you will not be able to love me ..."

"I have told you many times that I'm a bad person and you shouldn't trust me, "said Ren. "It's your fault that you're so stupid and let yourself being taken advantage of by other people."

Amelia was stunned by Ren's ruthless words. She always heard Ren tell her that he was a bad person and She shouldn't trust him, but Amelia never paid heed to his words. She thought Ren would change. As long as Ren wasn't with other women, she wouldn't mind if Ren used her.

However, hearing Ren call her stupid so harshly like this ... Amelia's heart which had been immune to all of Ren's mistreatment all this time, was finally shattered to a million pieces ...

"Ren ... you don't remember when we slept together in the attic and talked about all your aspirations to rule Moravia, and then rule the world ...?" asked Amelia in a trembling voice.

"At that time you showed me your newest telescope. We saw the stars together from the window, and you told me that one day you will avenge the man who killed your father. You will also take over Moravia from your mother's family who had mistreated her.

At that time, I looked at you with great admiration. That's when I started loving you. When I saw your earnest and determined look, I felt happy for you and I just wanted to help you achieve everything your heart desired ..."

Ren did not respond to Amelia's words. He remembered that event. He still kept his telescope in his childhood room. He did hold a big grudge against many people and that was what drove him to move forward.

He wanted to show all those people who had wronged his family that he would make them pay with interest. Every second of his life was focused on that one goal. Revenge.

"We're almost there ..." whispered Amelia. She moved slowly and knelt, hugging Ren's knee who was sitting on the chair. Her tears were streaming down hard. "We managed to kill your cousin and have you appointed as his successor. One more step and you will become the king of Moravia. You have also made Alaric Rhionen get his first punishment. You have kidnapped his daughter. Soon, you will also get the immortality potion and master the formula..."

"I don't want that anymore," Ren said in a flat voice. He looked at his teacup which was almost empty and his mind drifted back to the past.

"You must be feeling unwell and can't think straight," said Amelia. "That's all you have ever wanted all your life.. When you get it, you'll be able to rule the world."

"You're right. I'm not well and lost my clear mind. I lost with my two children when you killed them, Amelia," replied Ren in a bitter voice. "The damage you caused can never be fixed. I will never recover from it..."

"Two— two children?" Amelia was stunned when she heard Ren's words. She didn't know Vega was pregnant with twins when Amelia shot her.

"You heard it right," said Ren. "I've been thinking about this for a long time, Amelia. You've been my friend since childhood and we've been through a lot together. For months, I have calmed down and thought about what is the best punishment for you ..."

"Ren ... please, I didn't know she is pregnant with your two children ..." whispered Amelia in panic.

"One or two, it makes no difference, Amelia. You have taken the lives of my children in cold blood. I was wondering if I should shoot you multiple times in the stomach and destroy your uterus so that you will never have children on our own ..." Ren's voice sounded so cold. "Or should I kill the two people you care most about in this world, so that you understand what it means to lose the people you love...."

"Don't touch my parents!!!" screamed Amelia in a hysterical voice. She gripped her nails against Ren's arm and tugged hard. "You shouldn't touch them. My mother helped raise you. My mother loves you very much. Don't you forget that my mother is your mother's best friend .."

"Or maybe I should ask you to choose. Do you want me to kill them... or you?" Ren seemed unfazed. He stared at Amelia with his honey-colored eyes that showed no light at all. 

For a moment Amelia seemed to feel jaded. Ren's eyes were cold and murderous.

"Ren ... please ..."

"What would you choose Amelia? Remember, you know my principle is an eye for an eye, life for life ...." Ren looked at Amelia without blinking. "The lives of your children in the future, the lives of your parents ... or your own life? Which one do you choose?"

Amelia bit her lip and tried to hold back her tears. "You're so cruel, Ren."

"If you don't choose, then I will choose for you, and I don't think you will like my choice," Ren commented.