Chapter Sixty-Four: It Must

Marko’s body stilled at her harsh sense of distance; he expected this, but… she wasn’t even giving him a chance.

“I- I asked that my servants and colleagues not mention anything about you. I did that because I thought I would run to you at a mere word that would entice jealousy; it did not cross my mind that you could be in pain. Forgive me, Alba.”

He uttered in honesty, for what else could he lose at this point?

Her address of him by his title bittered him even though she had been doing it for most of her life, yet if that were her revenge on him for not visiting her, for not being by her side when she awoke from her accident, then he would take it.

Her eyes raked his frame as if looking for cues of whether he lied or not, and a nod followed.

“Okay...I perhaps should not have dismissed you that quickly as well.”

She uttered.

“How did you find out of my state then if you asked none to mention me.”

A groan escaped him, he did not want to say it, but if he answered her, perhaps s