"And Lila was a spy for Prince Darren. Everything in our past life was her scheme. When you killed her back then… you did nothing wrong. I will never marry Lila now. You are the only one I love."
He reached out, wanting to touch my cheek.
But I turned aside, and his heart turned to ice.
Still, he smiled bitterly and apologized.
"In my past life, I shouldn't take vows of celibacy out of some false guilt. I shouldn't have left you to live your last years all alone. This time, I won't make the same mistake. For the rest of my life, I'll only be by your side. I'll watch over you and our children. Won't you let me?"
Kael looked at me, remembering how I'd looked in my past life—gaunt and wasted, older than my years, right before I died.
Only now did he feel true heartache.
His voice crack
