Chapter 83: No need to apologize

"I married King Johannson, you hear me!? I married him! The Priest mentioned his name, not yours! I said yes to him!"

Merlione's grin widened if it was possible. He spun around, withdrawing a file from the top of the vanity, and held it up for her to see.

"Whose name is written on our marriage certificate?"

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She rushed to him but the certificate disappeared.

"Destroying it won't make a difference. I'll just get another from the registry."

She collapsed, her tear glands finally functioning.

She was finished, everything had gone down the drain. Nine years of waiting for the right moment so she could free herself just disappeared in a puff. She just lost everything, she just lost her freedom and... Her sobs increased. She just lost him, the hope she had clung to all these years. She just lost King Johannson.

"I'm sorry," Merlione's voice broke through her bitter haze, "I had no choice. It was the only way I could get you to truly be happy on our day. I had a hunch you still loved him an