Chapter 97: why he hates Marianne

"I will still say, think rationally. Your past is colluding your thinking. I will come back at night, after confirming everything from my spies in the duchess chamber, my lord please think wisely.'' Ian bowed and left the office.

He was right, the past was colluding my thoughts. I still remember those days, they were ingrained in my heart that I could not get free with those chains no matter how much I try.

I closed my eyes remembering her face again, how much I had loved her, from the core of my existence, she was like the missing piece of my soul, I did everything to make her one with me, and yet what I got except tears, oh Elizabeth, what had you done to me. (past memories of him, his is remembering when he was 16/17)

That night when we had shared the pie, I thought It was the first and last time we shared time but no, we kept meeting and she kept taking small footsteps towards my life only to ruin it in the end.