"Cas… Casiano…"
How can it be him?
The man who tormented her for three years, is it indeed Casiano?
The Casiano she has loved from childhood, adored to the point of desperation, even seducing his elder brother, merely to grow a fraction closer to him!
She loved him so profoundly, how could he be so cruel to someone who adores him so?
In disbelief, her eyes welling up, she shook her head vehemently, "You didn't do this, did you?!"
Casiano's gaze slowly shifted to the mask in his hand, as if looking at her any further would induce revulsion.
Ella Reed, head tilted upward, gazed at the aloof and noble man before her, transitioning from denial to acceptance of reality.
"Why have you treated me this way…"
Casiano, unrushed, caressed his mask while casting a cold look at her.
"Don't you understand?"