Hi lovely!! I’m so grateful for your comment I’m so glad you’ve loved the story so far! 3 more books to come (although I am currently uploading a re-write of this first one!)
Tbh I hadn’t thought much of it but now I do, rodolphus probably divorced her or annulled the marriage but she kept the surname. I think she’d think it suited her better than him, so it makes the boys legitimate. (More of this process in the multi pov book)