***
Darius had always felt a deep connection with Amelia. It was not the spiritual kind. It was more of a feeling of being able to relate with someone.
Amelia and him were quite alike. They had both wanted to make the people they loved happy by sacrificing their work, their hopes and dreams.
For Amelia, it was giving up her travelling to make her husband happy. For Darius, it was leaving his pursuit for honing different skills to join his father's company.
Darius sympathised with her and could understand her struggle. That drew her even more to him than her strong will which had attracted him in the beginning before he knew more about her.
The only difference was that Darius had given up on his father's business, choosing a simple life in the military away from the overarching schemes, while Amelia had been stuck, wearing a fake smile that masked her inner turmoil among her family members.
He didn't want her to die.
