"This is what's peculiar. I remember how you were when we were children. You were quite brash, and you refused to make friends with anyone," Henrie explained.
"I don't know if you recall this, but when you were imprisoned in the palace, you confessed something to me. You said you were sorry for your past behavior, that you were simply shy, and that you actually liked me."
Runa had harbored feelings for Henrie? It was a startling realization. If that were true, then Yohana had been meddling in their fate, living a life that wasn't meant for her.
Runa, if she were still in control of this body, could have accepted Henrie's proposal genuinely, without the pretense that Yohana had maintained.
Yohana struggled with the sudden pang in her chest as Henrie added, "I always suspected it wasn't sincere, I believed you were desperate and felt trapped, using seduction as a means to escape."
