Asking for It

Is she trying to tell me that she’s doing this willingly? Why and what for?

“Do you care about your father’s political career or your family’s social standing that much? I honestly never thought that you wanted to become the next queen,” I said before I cocked my head slightly to the side and stared down at her face.

Regina smiled a bittersweet smile that further confused me. It looked like she was happy but then it looked like she was about to burst out crying at the same time. It was a very strange look that I had never seen on her face before, and it disturbed me.

“I don’t…care about any of that. I just…want to be with you, Leo…” Regina said as her voice shook with emotions.

This wasn’t the first time that someone had confessed their feelings to me, and I had honestly thought that had gotten used to it. Rejecting women and their feelings had become something easy for me. I could reject them straightforwardly and coldly without feeling any regret. I always told myself that it was