Chapter 262 (2/2)
“How are you different fro the hearts of others! To prove that, Prince Edward chosebroke the last threadto slap her in the face
But even so, the cage between us made it impossible to reach her
In contrast, e and ached i out on …I’m sure everyone around me wore that expressionEven Yuri looked dumbfoundedMy heart hurt more than my hand
“If I were the one to comment on it, I’d have to say I’m completely different from you”
“What? Your position in society? Or your luck?”
“Who the hell is going to talk about so like that? You only kept people around you to use themI trust the people in my life”
“What’s the difference!”
Without hesitation I burst out laughing
It seelare at me became even sharper
“Do you understand what I’ about? When you use so you inconveniencePeople who still approach you under those circu their trust in youThey want to use you too”
Somehow those words shut her up
See in the on themYou should only rely on people if you trust themTrustworthy people are not replaceable into protect them! So don’t you dare coe,became uneven
When I took a deep breath to calm myself, she spoke quietly
“Why…”
Her voice was so quiet I didn’t hear it over the sound of
“Why can you trust? After everything’s happened to you, you shouldn’t be able to trust anyone anyeBut if I had to pick one, the engagehly rejected by soainst you”
Her question was one I’d asked myself countless ti from her
“YesI did become afraid to trustButit’s okay, that they’ll stay with ht me out ofand then being betrayed again
My heart had been wounded so deeply
Because I was afraid of others seeing my weakness, I pretended to be fine
The people who tore that facade doas everyone I’d trusted since childhood and Dean
“I still fear people now, but I don’t think it’s a bad thing to trustIf I were paralyzed by the fear of trusting others, I’d be forgetting everything I went through with the ih to give azed at Tanya while I said thisShe sht be betrayed again…?”
“YesItforwardIf you’re looking past beautiful things for the sake of fear, you’re only entle that people can live without getting hurtThe only thing you can do when you’re hurt is to keep living, keep surviving”
“…Yes”
She laughed out loud as she said that
It was al her body
“In the end, I really do hate you after all”
I couldn’t help but laugh too
“I don’t like you either”
“That’s rightIf you ever said you didn’t disliketo ht”
We both smiled
“Hey…Iris, what does ityou can’t explainBut if you feel like that person’s more special than anyone else…no matter what form that affection takes, I think that’s love”
“Special…indeed”
Her face, looking like it was about to burst into tears, twisting into a smile instead
“I’m an idiotWhen I lost hi special to htYou are an idiot”
I was still sBut thanks to her, I almost wanted to cry too
“There were so many opportunities for me to communicate that to himBut now it’s too lateI am, we really are idiots”
When I said this, her eyes ide
“I’ about Prince EdwardOf course, I ?”
Her voice trembled when she asked
“For Prince Edward?”
She nodded quietly
“Even if it’s someone you hated fro theht as well reetherIt’s better for the people who surviveThat’s what h I hated hiood ht now that means I can only pray for hiht no one else in this world would still grieve him, after Queen Ellia and Marquis Maelia passedAnd I…”
“I will ht still behile-sided”
“Is that so…that’s greatI hope his na her cry as she said this, I al out too
That’s how she loved hi associated with evil
Instead of thinking about herself, she cared more for his reputationIf that wasn’t love, as it?
“Iris, you should go ho”
When she finally ed to stop her tears, her expression was deterood to see you, Lady Yuri”
I had nothing more to say now
“Good to see you, Lady Iris”
She sentlyIt was a smile from her past
And with that I left