"You insensitive girl," snorted Prince Aerus, which he aimed at Lia. His voice was quite soft but still curt. "How can she care more about another man than her mate, someone who will become her husband."
Prince Aerus never knew that if someone had a match, it didn't mean they could get married. Because the definition of a mate was forever, while the definition of marriage was different.
"I've approached her to her residence, intending to pick her up. When I found out she was angry I still tried to calm her down. I became my other self because I didn't want our relationship to fall apart. Even after she rebuked me, I held her back. I know I was wrong in the past, but I'm trying to fix it.
"But what did she do? Instead, she went across the street and met another man. When I approached them in anger with jealousy, she scolded me instead. She even treated me as a mistress. Asked me to claim to be her cousin. What's in her brain?
