Forced Marriage: Thirteenth Wife
Waiting for Others

After a long time Diane did not see the painting Eirene, now she again saw it. In Elios's room while he was still Narendra, every corner of the room was occupied by a painting of Eirene with a golden frame.

All the paintings exuded love and admiration for the beautiful figure of Eirene.

Diane gulped as she turned her face away from Eirene's painting, turning to Elios who was sitting on her old bed. It must have been very often that she and Eirene were there.

"I'm sorry" Diane hesitated. "I'm troubling you."

Elios just looked down, staring blankly at the floor.

"Young Master, I don't mind at all." Diane knelt in front of him, hoping that Elios would see the hope of Diane's resignation.

"I'm certainly scared, but I don't mind. If you get Narendra's name again, the insults given to you will end and Young Miss Eirene, you will get it again."

Elios looked at Diane weakly. "I look stupid for making you my weakness, don't I?"

"Please don't talk like that. I'm not your weakness. I'm just—"

"I love you. That's right."

Elios pressed his lips against each other, not knowing he had to express his feelings right now.

"I want Eri but I love you and I don't want to use you as a mashup" she said desperately.

Diane clenched her hands tightly. He's happy but Diane doesn't want to be happy because that means she's hindering Elios.

"That may not be love, Young Master," Diane replied with great difficulty. "It could be because you don't want your wife to do the same as Young Miss."

Elios laughed grimly. "You think you know more about me? I know my heart. I fell in love. And I'm honestly sorry I didn't know you earlier."

Don'tplease. Please don't be happy. Elios could have said that but in the end he was willing to take Eirene back.

There's still a chance. Diane could definitely be useful to him.

"Young Master—"

"I can still kill Roxanne even if I admit you're my weakness." Elios reached out a hand, pulling Diane into his embrace. "For now I will rely on Sanya's genius."

But in her heart, Diane was scared because Elios was expecting Sanya.

He never sided with anyone.

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Askala folded her hands and looked at Sanya who looked very confident. Of course Askala is not as sharp as Eris can see everything in Sanya. Even though he looked at Sanya with fine eyes, Askala would not know as badly as what damage Sanya had.

Therefore Askala had much to hear Sanya's answer.

"Why should Arkas be the victim?" ask Askala after a long silence.

"For Eris's weakness is just her."

"Eris's Weakness is many, Little Boy. Eris is weak to her mother and me."

Sanya laughed loudly at Askala's words. "It's not a weakness if he's just holding back. He didn't hurt you or his mother because there's no profit there."

"Eris's ability to lead is much better than Arkas's. If Arkas dies, it's only about Eris being the head of the family even if his eyes are blind" Askala replied.

"He blinded his eyes so that this family would not be led by the blind. He's forcing Arkas to stay alive, miss."

Sanya smiled widely. "He couldn't live if Arkas left him. That's why Eris's only weakness is Arkas. It's not that he cares, he loves her or anything. But it's just about Eris 'living' for the sake of this family and she's forcing Arkas to be the leader."

Askala. I began to understand why Elios wanted this child, Askala thought secretly. He even understood Eris's tangled thread-like feeling.

"Alright," Askala said after thinking for a moment. "I'm gonna get you out of here so try to kill Arkas, like you said."

"Just don't want to."

"What?" Askala was clearly surprised. "Eris pluck out your eyes and you think you're waiting for her again? You want to be blind like him?"

"Just not dancing for anyone but Sanya." The girl laughed. "And Sanya ... waiting for others. So go, Troubled Miss."

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