Devil's Prisoner of Love by Prefer

Tears streamed down Ivy's face as she nodded repeatedly. "It was all my fault before. I

was malicious, but from now on, I won't be like that anymore."

Even she felt disgusted with herself. "Frank, do you really not mind my past?"

"Mind it? What if I told you I did?"

Ivy's face turned pale. She knew she was the one who had done wrong, and it would

be fair for him to mind, but her heart ached deeply.

She bit her lip hard. "Even if you do mind, I... I can't change it. Time can't go backward."

Frank held her tighter. "I was joking. What I mean is, even if I did mind, what difference would it make? After all, it's already happened.

Besides, I wasn't part of your past. The Ivy I know is the one trembling when pulled out of the sea, the one afraid of the dark and clutching my sleeve, the one who gets scared to death just by killing a fish.

Your past might have been unbearable, but from now on, you need to learn to be a good person. If you ever again have a heart to harm others, then I really will mind."

Frank gently wiped away her tears.

When Ivy had first confessed her past, he had been shocked. Perhaps if someone else had heard it, they would have scolded her endlessly.

But Frank was more perceptive than most. He could sense that Ivy's actions weren't entirely her fault.

Since childhood, her mother had instilled a warped perspective in her, making her believe that her old self was the right way to be. This deeply ingrained mindset wasn't something that could change overnight.

only after suffering a great deal that Ivy finally realized just how awful her past self had been. And everything she endured afterward felt like she was

couldn't bring himself to hate this version of Ivy. The only person she had truly wronged was Aurora.

run herself ragged to save her mother, even kneeling to beg for help-a sign of her filial piety. She hadn't stood

willing to endure

her strength, wasn't it? And now, the fact that

herself into Frank's arms, sobbing uncontrollably. She had fallen from a proud princess to the dust, yet here was someone who didn't despise her

in the past. Don't dwell on it anymore. I can't change your past, but I can be part of your future," Frank said softly, patting

her tears soaked

entered, carrying a bowl. "Why are you crying so hard? What's

happy. Really

so don't look down on it," the old woman said with a warm smile that reflected in

Grandma, I grew up in the mountains myself. It feels like coming home," Frank replied with a

of

cry. No more tears from now on, okay?" "Okay." Ivy glanced at the

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were hungry, why didn't you tell me? I

your heart is no longer burdened, that's what's important," Frank said, ruffling her

her as well, but his movements were always as elegant as those of a comic book hero, devoid

unpolished, but his hearty laughter and

out she was still a princess-just

a good night's sleep, but after several days without a bath, his beard and hair

is there a bathhouse around here? I'd like to take a bath," he said. On the ship, he didn't care much, but now that

Ivy home, he would inevitably meet her family. She

death. He hadn't

bathhouse? Our village has one, right over there," the old

might not return once he left. "Don't worry, Ivy. I'll be back soon. How could I bear to leave you?" Frank said with