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Truth be told, Xavia hadn’t been paying much attention to what clothes she had grabbed earlier since she didn’t remember owning any of them… and now that she realized what she was wearing, she couldn’t help but regret that decision! After all, the dress she had chosen was quite tight-fitting, and adding that to the fact that it had a V-neckline, it almost felt like she was trying to be seductive on purpose! It took him a while, but Zivon eventually smirked as he replied, “What? Already that eager to gain my affection again…?” Clenching her fists, she awkwardly replied, “I-I just didn’t get a proper look at the dress earlier since I had too much on my mind! A-anyway, I’ll go change into something else now-” “No, it looks good on you. Now let’s go. Everyone’s waiting for you to start lunch,” interrupted Zivon, instantly prompting Xavia to feel guilty. They had been waiting for her to start eating…? Had she known, she wouldn’t have taken such a long bath! Not wanting them to wait

Sensing Xavia’s shock, Yasmin was quick to hold her daughter’s hands as she explained, “Look, it’s just… Zivon has made far too many sacrifices for you to deserve this… You may think that he only lowered himself to wed you, but you have to understand that we’ve made him prove his love by giving him all sorts of challenges before we allowed him to even marry you… For one, we made him go to a very cold place just to mine diamonds for you…” “He almost died back then, yet he still continued tackling test after test… To our surprise, he had even been planning your wedding throughout that period. Moving on to after your wedding, he soon learned that you had been poisoned, and he spent days on end just trying to find a cure for you… Even when he finally got you the antidote, however, disaster continued to strike in the form of your kidnapping.” “Throughout your four-month disappearance, he kept thinking of potential ways to look for you… From hosting population consensuses, to developing

Looking at his raised brow, Xavia was quick to add, “…Look, I’ve been told that you haven’t been getting a single night of proper rest in the past few months… Care more about your health, alright…?” Though she had meant well, Zivon couldn’t help but feel like she was only saying all this because the others had told her to. It took him a while, but he eventually said, “…I know my body’s limits. Don’t worry about it.” …Even if that was the case, he shouldn’t push himself to his limits! Alas, she felt that she had no right to continue asking him to do so. After all, it felt awkward nagging a stranger… With that, she simply muttered, “…Then you shouldn’t be burdened about my kidnapping case anymore either. After all, I’m here now, and I didn’t suffer that terribly in the first place…” …Being beaten up daily and getting locked in a dog cage wasn’t terrible? What utter bullshit… Zivon wanted nothing more than to hug her tight, and to apologize for making her go through all that suffe

As Zayne and Chace went speechless once more, Cade himself found himself experiencing an even rougher time. After all, although he was able to reunite with his family, it barely took an hour for him to realize that his family refused to acknowledge him! For context, his mother had apparently died from heartbreak after years of depression after losing him, and not wanting the same fate to befall him, his father had gotten married to another woman. Thankfully, things started looking up again once Cade’s father had more children, and they were currently living together as a happy family of four… Regardless, though his father was overjoyed to see him at the start, his stepmother and siblings didn’t even pretend to like him… and by the end of the hour, he knew that he didn’t belong there. Eventually, he left and headed to his mother’s grave… And when he saw her monochrome photo on her tombstone, he instantly fell to his knees while saying, “…I’m sorry for coming back so late, Mother…

Eyes widening when she saw him start to cough violently, Xavia bent down to touch his forehead… and sure enough, it was burning! “Y-you’re terribly sick, Brother Cade…! Why didn’t you go to the doctor first?! H-hold on, I’m sure there are doctors somewhere in the palace-” “S-stop… I… Someone like me doesn’t deserve access into such a grand place… I know you mean well, Xavia, but… We now know that you’re the princess of Aplos… I… I really don’t think that it’s wise for us to continue meeting each other… Just… remember to take your meds… I’ll be off now…” Watching as he slowly got up again before turning to leave, Xavia couldn’t help but clench her fists. Was she seriously expected to be this uncaring simply because of their status difference…?! He was her savior, for God’s sake! With that, she was just about to retort… when once again, he flopped to the ground! Only this time, he had really fainted! Now pale with fright, she quickly began shaking him while anxiously yelling, “B-