Chapitre 199: Heartfelt Confessions

It was clear that Heidi's sudden ingestion of the distilled spirits had caused some degree of intoxication right off the bat. Her face flushed red, and the light in her eyes dulled slightly. As a woman who seldom ever touched alcohol, it was rather easy for her to get drunk. 

Once she had enough of the drink to calm her nerves, Bruno did not pour her another; instead, he drank from his own glass before he admitted the truth he had concealed from her over the course of their lifetimes. 

"I will be frank with you, Heidi. What I'm about to tell you is an unbelievable story, one which I do not have the means to prove in the slightest. And should it merely be a fanciful story concocted from a mentally ill mind, I would not blame you for changing your perspective about me.