No Escape From Them
"You mean to tell us you’re going to marry someone else?"
I quickly nodded my head, my eyes wide as I tried to project absolute certainty. "Yes. Yes, I am. So you have to leave me alone."
Valerius let out a soft, low sigh, his expression suddenly shifting into something remarkably like sorrow. "Ah. That means we can’t be with you anymore," he said, his tone dripping with a profound, painful vulnerability that sounded entirely genuine. "It’s fine, Aurea. We understand."
The raw pain bleeding from his voice caught me off guard. A sudden wave of guilt washed over me. Did I do something wrong? I wondered, my mind spinning in chaotic circles. Are they actually hurt by this?