Chapter 0066
I stared at him, startled. Did he actually think that I broke up with him to be with someone else?
He must have, because he returned my stare with one of his own.
“No.” I wished with all of my heart that he would believe me without an explanation, I didn’t want to lie to
him.
But I knew him. So I knew it wouldn’t be enough.
“Then, why?” he asked, voice soft in the quiet room.
I couldn’t tell him the truth. He would hate me worse than he already did.
“Please don’t ask me that.”
His expression hardened. “I can only hope you learned from your mistake. Obviously the man you left me
for wasn’t worthy, if he abandoned you and Elva.”
He had it all wrong. I would have never left Nicholas for anyone else. Who else could compare? Nicholas
had my full heart from the start. Even now, I was still peeling parts of it away from him.
“You were short–sighted, chasing after selfish pleasures.” Looking away from me, Nicholas returned to aggressively scrubbing an already–clean dish. “You left your studies and your boyfriend behind, and for
what?”
Gently, I reached over and removed the dish from him before he could break it. He froze, hands halfway
into the sink.
I had suspected he’d hated me for my supposed betrayal, but I hadn’t realized before just how deeply I
had hurt him
I never thought I deserved him, even before I knew he was a prince. At the time, I had reasoned he
would move on quickly, as jealous as that made me.
I had never expected the hurt would stay with him, even three years later. Unless, of course, this hurt
was only the result of having his ego bruised.
Your hands are calloused,” Nicholas said.
I’d only touched him for a moment just now. How had he noticed?
work hard for what litle I have. I do my best to care for Elva.”
She s fond of you. You’re…
“Thank you, but I feel like I never get to see her enough. I work long hours, and being here has kept me
I gave a small shrug. “At times. But it was tiring too. The political mind games in the palace are
“Someday, perhaps, you will explain to me the reasoning behind the choices you made.”
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