Lily’s POV
The meeting with Anna went surprisingly and weirdly…well.
She didn’t even wait for me to ask but offered to take me into the palace spontaneously.
It’s not like something went wrong. It’s just…I had assumed there would be more obstacles for her to agree to bring me into the palace.
I knew how it felt like when you found out the man who asked you to marry him was still married to another woman. I hope those lies about Aries killing me would make her feel better. It’s not like I’m executing a fraud here. Aries did love Anna and wanted to marry her. It’s just…I guess…he wanted to clean our relationship in a secret way, then Anna wouldn’t feel disappointed with him.
“You, this way.”
Suddenly, a middle-aged maid in a grey uniform ordered me to follow her in the direction which
