Elaria lowered her eyes. "It hasn't hurt for a long time."
Sebastian's gaze darkened. "If it doesn't hurt, then why were you crying on the side of the road? Elaria, you could've just..."
She cut him off, voice cold. "Cry in your arms? Sebastian, your arms are too crowded."
He wanted to say something, to explain-but in the end, he said nothing.
There was no point anymore. She didn't believe him, not even a little. And explaining... might just make things worse. Deep down, he just wanted her to live a little more freely, the way he'd promised her back when he proposed-
That she'd be standing at the top, admired by everyone.
And they did make it. They became the power couple in all of Caelmoor. But now, it was falling apart. Elaria didn't want this marriage-or him-anymore.
