Mari left my room with the promise that she would not reveal my secret with anyone and that it was safe with her. To trust her or not was something I failed to figure out. She wasn't exactly reliable and was always selfish to the point where she cared about nothing but herself. If she was willing to keep the secret instead of exploiting it, there must have been something to gain from it that she could benefit from. The problem was that I couldn't quite figure out what she would gain from keeping that secret.
However, I was grateful that she wouldn't tell on me to Ven. That would give me enough time to sort out my feelings. I knew deep down that I wasn't in love with Ira, but his chivalrous ways and his own love for me made me see him in a different lighting than before. He was similar to
