The young Rabbit Clan female sat on the bed with red-rimmed eyes. Her voice was soft and sweet from her recent crying, and a misty haze still lingered in her gaze. One might have expected her to weakly resist, saying something like, "I don't know him," but instead...
She actually uttered the words, "I want to marry you."
The Duke's body visibly stiffened, and his breath hitched. Though his expression remained unchanged, his serpentine pupils unconsciously constricted into a thin line before gradually relaxing.
"Can you marry me?" Yu Zhizhi asked again.
In the dead of night, her voice was thick with emotion, yet so very clear.
The Duke was silent.
'Just as the young man from the Cat Clan said, he won't agree.'
In her heart, Yu Zhizhi understood...
'From the very beginning, the Duke had never said anything about wanting to be with her. He had never once thought of being her Beast Husband, never once considered making her his wife.'
'The Duke had said it before...'
