"Why me?"

His joking expression withdrew and he stared at me, "Want to hear the truth?"

I nod.

"Because you're simple." Christian sits on the edge of the bed and lifts his head slightly.

"You're not like those scheming women. Staying with you makes me feel at ease. So I married you because of your qualities and nothing else."

He spoke slowly and calmly, expressing himself clearly and understandably. But my heart was quietly filled with loss.

People who are overly sensible in their feelings are sometimes scary.

But I still fell willingly. Not because he slept with me, but because of his grandfather's wish, because of his frank view...