Kayden Greyson might be her lover but she knows that before that title, comes his title as the King and his responsibility towards his people.
She was afraid that these people might come in between their relationship in one way or the other.
She was only betrothed to him yet they saw her as an eyesore, the most useless scum in the world.
What will they do to her or talk about the King when they learned that he was in love with her?
She might be mentally and physically strong right now but she doesn't even want to think or imagine what they would do to her if her secret affair with the King is brought to light.
[I wish I had fallen in love with you a bit sooner. That way we wouldn't have had only two weeks of uninterrupted time together but a month. I wish...]
Joanna closed her eyes and tried not to think about the numerous times she pushed him away despite his deliberate actions.