"Elodie." He narrowed his eyes slightly and asked unexpectedly, "How long have you known me?"
"Ten... 10 years, I think." Her gaze darted away. She couldn't meet his eyes for even a second. "Why are you suddenly asking?"
From 14 to her present age of 24. Exactly 10 years.
"No reason. Just asking."
This woman he'd ignored, treated cruelly, and pressured and bullied for someone else's sake could still remember that they'd known each other for 10 years.
Yet the woman he'd kept close to his heart and given everything he could had forgotten their seventh anniversary.
Did he not understand her well enough?
His eyes darkened. The emotion deep inside them gradually faded. He pushed Elodie off his lap and said in an unreadable voice, "Find a seal stamp for me. I'll leave
