Aries should have drawn the line between her and Miguel from the very beginning. She shouldn't have waited or dwelled in the mystery behind that face of his.
If only she had done that… If only she had turned a blind eye to that face and listened to the advice she had told herself, she wouldn't be in too much pain.
The saying it was better to be hurt by the truth than comforted by a lie was a lie. Aries just wished not to know anything at all. The truth that she had yet confirmed but reckoned was enough to devastate her.
"That's all, Your Majesty." Suzanne bowed, keeping her hands linked before her. When she uncurled her back, Aries was still working on the documents without casting her handmaiden a look.
"Your Majesty…"
