Chapter 98: You Can Never Be Free With Him

(From Blue's Perspective)

"Ah, dear, I know it's because of you," she said with a faint smile. "He loves you more than anything else."

"Love?" I muttered even without myself knowing. 

"Of course!" she said enthusiastically. "You behave as if... He didn't tell you he loves you?"

'He did, but that time, he was not in his right mind. But well, he truly loves me. It's clear. But it's weird to say it out loud right now in front of Mother for some reason. Perhaps because of how similar she looks to Demetrius, it feels like I am saying it to him.'

"Did you tell him you love him?"

I did not say anything. What was there for me to say? I was not ready yet. To be honest, there were a lot of things that happened within a short time. And I could not say that I was being sincere since the beginning. 

"You know you can be honest with me, Blue," she patted on my back. "Even if you don't like my son, I can understand..."