Chapter 216: Thank You For Speaking Out [Bonus chapter]

"I only wanted to make you mine as soon as possible to ease my yearning. But I did not even consider you were already yearning for someone else. I got in between you two instead and forced you apart. I should have competed with him fairly for your love. I should have tried getting your attention too instead of suddenly sending a proposal that left you with no choice but to marry me," Ferdinand continued with regretful eyes.

[I had been so ignorant despite all the years I had lived. I am so much older than her. She had not even lived a fourth of the life I've lived. And yet, just because I realized I wanted her to be with me my whole life, I decided to obtain her without a care about what she wanted. It was simply just all about me.]