Chapter 119. Others-Right?

"Hush, my child. Your desires are nothing to be ashamed of. But being a man's second choice is. You say he has a lady yet he hasn't mentioned anyone but you the entire time he has been here and his eyes want to only seek you in a crowd. Don't tell me you're blind to it all."

"I..." Doris said helplessly. "I don't know what to say about that. I don't know what his intentions are for me, but we're not lovers."

"My dear, I think he has higher standards for you than that." Eliza pulled out a bag and started to stack the clothes in neatly while Doris uselessly watched. "You can't fake the way he acts for you. I can sense the bond you have with him, perhaps it's about time you stop denying yourself of his feelings when everyone else can already see it."

"I just think everyone might be wrong. I'm worried he will try to use me and discard me like he's done to so many other women at the palace."

It was the first time she admitted it out loud, but it was true. What if