Those beautiful phoenix eyes, their corners already cried red, and the vermilion mole below them shone even brighter under the crystalline tears, dazzling to the eyes.
Every word she spoke was like that dagger, piercing deeply into his heart, pulling out again, and stabbing back in...
Over and over, an agony beyond words!
She said: You should have me now...
If it were before, that soft, tender voice would have been like heavenly music to his ears, utterly captivating!
He would not have hesitated to take her immediately!
But now, he just wanted to hold her tight, to cherish her dearly.
No more disbelief.
Truly... no more.
Even if he couldn't understand what was different about her now compared to before, he believed it; her heart was completely filled with him.
As for that Regent King...
Yelyu Lie had long heard of him, his reputation thunderous to the ears.
Rumoured to be an astoundingly talented and peerless nobleman.
Also... the most handsome man in the Central Plains.