Selma Payne's POV:
Aldrich was flustered. He hugged me in a hurry and said incoherently, "Then let's not keep it a secret anymore. Let's go public immediately and announce our relationship, okay? Don't worry. I'll accept all the blame from the King and the Queen. I won't leave you alone, and I won't give up on you!"
"Not this one!" Now it was my turn to be a child, crying unyieldingly, but I couldn't speak clearly!
"What's that?" He pulled out a tissue and gently wiped my face. "It's okay. Cry it out and vent your emotions. We'll talk about it when you want to."
So I cried in his arms.
When I calmed down, I wanted to find a hole to hide in. I came to apologize to Aldrich, but why was he the one who coaxed me in the end? I was crying like a baby!
