“...You can’t decide what I’ll resent."

Done with his work, he was taking a tray with something steaming hot on it.

From what Laylin had told him of when he was unconscious, the woman might have just come to take a look to alleviate her guilt before planning to disappear again to lick her wounds

With how she was hiding in the forest at the time of the ritual, he could tell she had no intention of even seeing her supposed beloved daughter. How could such a person ever be an anchor to anyone?

She knew her daughter was a hated Mistress here and she was also aware her daughter was a motherless child in Ehan's court but Laylin wasn't good enough in both instances for her to step up.

Most notably, Laylin's previous stunt proved something. She was desperate to get away from him enough to poison him.

Though the Princess was rather content with him now, he knew he was no good man. She might not feel this way after this newly acquired Honeymoon period fades away.

He was scarred by her attempt. He would be a moron to give her a h