"I-I… I sometimes truly wished… sniff… You never told me the truth. B-Because losing you like this hurts far more than being fooled."
Those words… those literally fucking words… hit his heart deeper than any wound he ever felt before… like he wanted to strangle himself for manipulating her.
Seeing his tears, Delphine trembled… it broke her heart even more… knowing she was hurting him… she wanted to stop… she really did her best, but he pushed her… again and again, so she had no choice.
She hated that she was the reason he cried, yet she hated even more that he forced her into this corner.
At this moment, Delphine realised… she could never have wanted him to be sad!
No matter how much she tried to convince herself otherwise, her heart rejected the idea with painful clarity.
Even if he lied… even if he manipulated… her love was still above them! That love refused to die, no matter how wounded it became.
