Chapter 302: If you still love me (2)
"You have every right to be mad at me. I kept the truth from you, but I honestly wanted to tell you. It was just hard to do because I feared how you would react to finding out I was from here. I regret that I didn’t tell you when we were giving our goodbyes. I’m sorry," Annalise apologised.
Rafael understood that it wasn’t something she could find easy to share even though he wanted her to trust in his feelings. He had said time and time again and also liked to believe he showed her just how much he loved her for her to have some idea that his reaction wouldn’t be to have her imprisoned.
What was he to think when she was fearing he would have her imprisoned? What type of person was he in her eyes? He swore to put the kingdom first, but he had a mind to know when to hide some things from the palace.
"What part of it was real?" Rafael questioned, looking away from Annalise. He found it hard to look at her now as he felt he knew nothing about her. He looked straight ahead at her people to make sure there was no surprise attack.
"My feelings for you were real. Believe me, I did not come to your manor looking to have feelings for you. That happened on its own. I tried not to like you since I knew it was wrong that I was the only one knowing the truth. You have witnessed me denying my feelings for you. I really tried to do the right thing which was to deny your feelings," Annalise said, lowering her head before looking back up at him.
She already knew this would be a tough conversation so she prepared herself for it, but being here with him now and seeing him upset with her, was not something she had entirely prepared herself for.
Seeing how angry he was now showed more of why she should have said something before she left.
"You let me bed you but you couldn’t be open about who you are? Did jealousy have anything to do with you claiming to like me or did you change your plan to using your body to get something from me? Did you plan to come back here and make a fool of me? Make fun of the things I did for you?" Rafael asked, releasing a dry laugh. "I see now why you spoke of bragging about my confessions."
"So when does the fun start? Of your people laughing about how I foolishly loved you while being clueless?"