Aurora seemed to know the answer in her heart, but she remained unsettled and unwilling to accept it.

"When you loved me, was it just a momentary infatuation?" she asked.

Barrett remained unable to answer. He didn't know.

His feelings for Aurora were genuine at the time, but whether they were merely a passing fancy, he couldn't clearly say.

Because after marrying Aurora and divorcing Carissa, he felt a pang of regret. He remembered telling Solomon that he hoped Carissa wouldn't regret her decision, but in truth, he knew that he himself had begun to regret it.

Didn't he love Aurora then? He certainly did.

But couldn't a man's heart hold space for two women?

How many men take multiple wives and concubines? Carissa couldn't accept it, and perhaps he was angered by his own broken promises. In any case, with Melanie now dead, he no longer needed to answer to the Duke of Northwatch's family for his promises.

Maybe he had thought he had Carissa under control. After all, she was an orphan with no family to rely on.

she was so skilled in martial arts, even surpassing him and Aurora in many

countless merits. During the siege of Simonton City, he had witnessed her courage and decisiveness firsthand. Amidst a rain of arrows and countless dangers, she remained calm and composed. Even if her calmness was an act, it

it had intimidated him

that he had not answered, Aurora understood

is retribution. But we both wronged Carissa, so why haven't you faced any consequences? You're remarrying, and to the daughter from an earl's family at that. You'll join the Prince family, and from now on, your official career

words,

about in matters of love and relationships? I let Carissa down, but

between Fawnrun City and the destruction of the Duke of Northwatch's

died, and those who survived are wounded. Now I have been dismissed from the military and can only remain in the corner of this estate,

head, her gaze sharp

in the inner household more than anything. I won't provoke her, but if she dares to provoke me, I will make sure she regrets it!" Hearing

is she. Just stick to your own duties. What's this talk

will likely see us tied together. If you cannot manage her, don't blame me for being ruthless." Barrett looked at

as you please," he said, his voice

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