"Deepen the relationship? Your Majesty, our relationship has already reached this point, how could it deepen further!" Empress Augusta responded to Jerome Bonaparte with a mocking tone, "You wouldn't be thinking of making a move on two pregnant women, would you!"
Despite the dim light in the room, making it difficult for Jerome Bonaparte to see Empress Augusta's expression clearly, he could hear from her words that Augusta still resented him.
"Actually... actually I'm here to apologize!" Jerome Bonaparte rubbed his nose as he explained to Empress Augusta, "I really know... that you and... (Jerome Bonaparte paused, glancing at the Marchioness Aile curled up under the covers) were sleeping together... if I'd known..."
"If you'd known, what were you going to do?" Empress Augusta pressed on with her scolding of Jerome Bonaparte.
