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Despite thinking that Aiden wasn't talking about her, that he wasn't talking about how she tried to fool him in the past—which she knew she wasn't pushing through, but then she knew that in the other's perspective, she did in the first place—made her almost forget how to breathe.

"If she disappeared, maybe she was guilty?"

"I hope so. But she hurt me so deeply that I don't think I could ever forgive her."

Erina gulped again, as she could feel how heavily Aiden had said it like he was saying it on behalf of Arden because they have the same sentiments about the woman who hurt them.

"Then...why do you still want to find her despite what she has done to you? Isn't it more peaceful if you just move on and forget her?"

Aiden stopped walking, and Erina stopped as well. The topic was so important that the trees weren't already enough to distract them from walking and admiring the trees.

When Aiden faced her fully, like she was that woman whom he was talking about, she felt like she had seen t