If Rio's strength could bring peace to the world and save countless innocent victims from a horrible fate, Lia was willing to part with Rio for a few moments.
A single week was a very short time compared to the long years that she hoped to spend with him afterwards, and so she let the small sadness fade away quietly.
'It's just similar to how Rio behaves… he never pressures me to do anything and always asks my opinion; he never confines or tries to control what I wish to do.'
He had never once ordered her around, and in all the years they had known each other, he had always listened first and spoken later.
'I should not be overly controlling; I should be like him and should understand when to take a step back at important times. Mel also said that I needed to develop more tactfulness…'
She nodded to herself in her heart, silently promising that she would grow into the kind of wife who could stand firmly beside him rather than cling to his shadows.
