Chapter 48. Sued

I stopped walking and looked up. I saw the full moon that served as a light to us at those times. We were both quiet so I could hear the noise coming from the party going on in my family's vast land.

"Solei…" He called me in his hoarse voice so I immediately turned to him.

"Hmm?"

He frowned and turned to face me. I could see the extreme fear in his eyes so I was surprised. Is this about what I saw earlier?

"Why, Hector?"

"Please, be mad. Aren't you mad at me for what you saw earlier?" His voice was full of pleading so I almost laughed. He grabs my hands.

"Should I be angry?" I simply asked him. The wrinkle on his forehead disappeared but he remained seemingly confused. His jaw tightened as he stared at me affectionately.

When I saw him hugging Ayanna while crying, the first question that came to my mind was why she had returned from the States and why she was crying. When I asked him that, he explained it well to me. He agreed to meet