Kabanata 8
Maximo smirked when I felt my jaw dropping, “you can’t say no, it’s duty.” Duty. That somehow left a pang in my heart, it’s not like I was expecting for something more.
He was right. It was my duty as his queen, to bear him children who will rule next. It’s so stupid of me to romanticize this. All of this. I should be disgusted to myself.
“Right, duty.” I smiled at Maximo, somehow it didn’t reach my eyes. I was beyond disappointed, not of him, but to myself. From the very beginning, it was all duty. Duty calls.
Hinawakan ni Maximo ang aking kamay, “it’s your duty as my lover and my duty to you as your lover.” He expounded.
I blinked, “w-wait, we’re not yet married.”
“Our union has been sealed already with this coronation. There’s no need to marry you, starfish. You are alr
