Chapter 43: The Words He Longed For in Two Lifetimes
"Thank you. If anyone else disrespects or does anything unpleasant to you, please tell immediately."
[She forgives so easily? Right, she’s a gentle person. But it would be dangerous if she were this forgiving to others too. I have to remind Rendell to always be watchful. I will punish anyone who disrespects her. I don’t want her to suffer here more than she already does.]
’Suffer? What does he mean?’
[I had been too selfish and just wanted her to be mine. But now that she’s my wife, her heart aches for the love I unintentionally broke apart. Can I really call her mine like this? Aren’t I just making her suffer by my side? And yet, still, even if I know it, I don’t want her to go to another man. I still want her for myself. . . But she was crying a lot in her sleep. Does she hate staying here that much? Should I suck it up and let her go?] Ferdinand was very much conflicted.
’I see. He’s worried because of everything I have told Alwin and Raymond.’
She had to clarify this now before the misunderstandings get worse.
Arabella took a deep breath and Ferdinand flinched.
[She wouldn’t ask me about the divorce tonight, right?! Should I leave before she says it?!]
"Uhm, Ferdinand," she held his hand so he wouldn’t escape. He nervously gulped. "They must have told you I talked about divor-"
Ferdinand covered her mouth with his palm.
"Don’t say it! I don’t want to hear it," Ferdinand was wide-eyed and in a panic.