Quick, I don't want to be in love anymore

Chapter 414 Adaptation of the Little Mermaid from a Fairy Tale (21)

The queen could no longer hold back and opened her arms to hug the boy tightly.

Perhaps it was the unspoken understanding between mother and son, or perhaps it was because no one had ever hugged him in all these years, but the boy felt a slight longing for this warm embrace.

After waiting for a long time, the Queen calmed down and then recounted in detail what her confidante had found out.

Upon hearing about his past, the boy was unsure how to react. He simply stared blankly at the person in front of him, whose eyes were burning with intensity.

The queen didn't even dare to blink, afraid that the young man in front of her would disappear in the blink of an eye. She quietly looked at the person in front of her without urging him, giving him plenty of time to process the matter.

Only then did she realize that at first glance, the person in front of her looked six or seven parts like the king, but upon closer inspection, she found that his eyebrows and eyes were actually more similar to her own.

This is what the king saw when he entered.

"Bella, what's wrong with you?"

Upon seeing the king, the queen became even angrier, throwing the documents at him and refusing to even glance at him.

The king was stunned for a moment by the queen's rude treatment, then picked up the papers from the ground and quickly scanned them from beginning to end. After reading them, his face turned ashen.

"Bring Allen here to me immediately!"

His roar was filled with anger, and after saying this, he turned to look at the boy, his heart filled with regret and guilt.

Looking at the king's murderous gaze, at the queen's swollen eyes, and at the boy sitting blankly between them, Allen knew perfectly well that what he had done had been exposed.

Although he had anticipated this outcome, when it actually happened, he felt a mix of pleasure and panic, along with a fleeting sense of regret. He should have known better than to bring him here just for his own pleasure, or better yet, to have him kept outside and tortured daily. But there's no going back.

"Why do this?"

Looking at his blood-related but unfamiliar brother, the king couldn't help but ask from the bottom of his heart.

Although they are brothers, they have had no contact whatsoever over the years, let alone any hatred between them.

"Blame those two old geezers for their favoritism."

Allen chuckled softly, and looking at the anger on the faces of the people in front of him, his laughter was also filled with a sense of satisfaction.

"We're only two years apart in age, but if it weren't for those two old geezers favoring you, I should be sitting on this throne right now! And you, you can only slink away to some remote little place, living the same impoverished life as me!"

Although she had anticipated this outcome, the queen still found his words absurd.

The investigation results have clearly documented his actions back then.

She was drugged before giving birth and it took her a whole day and night to finally deliver her child.

Shortly after giving birth, the baby suffered severe bleeding. In this critical moment, to avoid any regrets, the king ordered that the prince from the next room be brought over.

That's when things went wrong. Ellen bribed the queen's most loyal maid, who switched the child with her while the baby was being brought over.

And the king was an indispensable part of this whole affair...