"Huh?" Emmelyn furrowed her brows. "What do you mean?"
Maxim shrugged and acted like he was fine, as carefree as he had always been. He put down his cup and changed the subject. "The garden looks really nice. I think I know where my mother got the inspiration for our garden back home. There are so many similarities between this one and ours."
Emmelyn couldn't believe Maxim would just change the subject like that. She gripped the man in the arm and asked him urgently. "Please tell me you are not going to marry a woman you don't love for my sake! I cannot live with that knowledge."
Maxim looked down at his arm, which was being gripped by Emmelyn. His heart ached for her.
Emmelyn was too kind, he thought. Even though her life was in such a bad place, she was still thinking about other people.
Maxim remembered when they were in Mount Tempest, Emmelyn chose to save Kira instead of getting something for herself.
