A misunderstanding

"I don't care, he can go out with anyone he wants."

I put a handful of chips in my mouth.

"It is okay to care," Ruhee said gently, "you are soulmates and you are supposed to care about each other."

I rolled my eyes, "Trust me Ruhee, this whole soulmate situation looks better in your head."

She put a chip in her mouth and wiped the corners of her mouth, "Let me put it this way, no relationship is easy unless both partners work equally to make it better. I know you think he is bad but you are not trying to get to know him, you are judging him because of one thing only."

I looked at her with no words forming in my mouth.

"Do you know he went against his father for you?"

"What?" I asked in a small voice.

"His parents asked him to stay in the palace with you but he denied because he knew you would have to stay in the room mostly which you would have hated. His father did not give him the throne because of you, he said you are not re