The Secret

"You're too high! Listen, I know this sounds cruel but I have to tell you one thing. In this world, never trust anyone, even those you think are good. Never trust, do you understand?"

"Why is that?"

"Because everyone is a liar, we will never truly accept someone's sincerity and try never to depend on anyone! If you don't want to be hurt, try not to give your trust to anyone!"

"So, what about me? I trust you, I also depend on you. Are you someone you can't trust too? Is there a possibility that you will hurt me one day? If that's true, why are you being so nice to me even though you know that I won't be able to give you anything!" Azura's statement was like a hard slap that made him lost for words.

Azura was right, he was the one who had brought Azura to live in his narrow and very simple flat, cooked food for her and allowed this girl to sleep in the only bed he had. He even spent the money he had worked so hard to get just to buy clothes for Azura, he even wiped the tears that flowed down this girl's face when she cried, let her sleep in his arms and protected her from the cruel people who bothered her. Aiden didn't know why he had to do all that and why he was doing it all.

Aiden turned away and didn't know what to say, he was just afraid of himself because he knew how terrible and dangerous he could be when he lost control of himself who was not a human like Azura thought.

Seeing Aiden remain silent and not answer her question made Azura confused. What should she do if Aiden asks her not to trust anyone, including herself.

"Aiden, I-"

"I might hurt you, Azura."

"Hah?"

"I might hurt you like I hurt everyone, like I hurt Ella. I might hurt you." He said with sad eyes as if he had deep pain.

Azura felt her heart beating very fast. She saw sadness in Aiden's eyes and she could feel his pain. The pain when no one wants you in this world, the pain when you are considered a monster that brings disaster, the pain when you are shunned and abandoned by the people who used to always be with you, the pain when you know that you are alone and abandoned.

Azura hugged Aiden very tightly when she felt the pain Aiden felt even though Aiden didn't say anything to her about the suffering he had experienced for a very long time.

"Aiden, it's okay if sometimes we accidentally hurt someone. Because in life, there are times when we will be hurt and also hurt. But when we realize that we accidentally hurt someone, we must immediately apologize and bring the medicine that makes it happen. can feel better and that medicine is love and sincerity."

Aiden smiled at the advice that Azura said and her hug made him feel much better.

"Where did you listen to that wise advice?"

"From Ethan!"

"Is that so? The man you've known for 40 nights, but he's become the world to you. He's really lucky!"

"Lucky? Ethan lucky?"

"Because he is so loved by a girl like you, that makes him the world you want to live in."

"Then Princess Ella is also very lucky."

"Why? Because she is loved by a very handsome and kind man like me?"

"No! Because she is a princess who lives in a very magnificent palace."

"Damn it, I was too confident earlier!"

"Hahaha...Princess Ella definitely prefers a prince, Aiden. Maybe that's why she didn't accept you."

"Because I'm poor and live in an old flat with cheap rent, right?"

"Yes!" She answered with an innocent smile that made Aiden unable to get angry with her.

"If he still rejects me, how about you be my partner, do you want to or not?"

"A pair for breeding, I see?"

"Geez, you only know the breeding part, right? Do you think couples only have sex?"

"So what? Isn't that the only way to increase our offspring?"

"Your way of thinking is really an animal's way of thinking, isn't it? Where have you been living all this time?"

"I can't tell you!"

"Why not?"

"You said earlier that everyone has secrets. So I also have secrets that I can't tell!"

"Okay, it's up to me, I don't care where you come from! At most, you come from a primitive tribe that lives inland which is very far from modern civilization. Or perhaps you come from the sea because previously you smelled very fishy, ​​like sea water." Aiden said it in a joking tone. He no longer really cared and was suspicious about Azura's origins. However, Azura, who heard his guess, was silent and felt restless. She was always afraid every time Aiden mentioned the ocean.

Seeing Azura who suddenly fell silent made Aiden think that he had said something that offended Azura.

"What's wrong? Are you hungry?" He asked gently. Azura shook her head slowly without wanting to look at him.

"So what are you doing? Mad at me?"





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