C531 You Insisted on Protecting Me

"If Your Highness insists on an answer, I can provide one," she said, pressing her lips together. "I don't want people in this household to think I'm someone who would sell myself just to climb the social ladder."

"Are you truly unhappy being with me?" Pei Xuanzhang asked.

A pang of regret hit him. He didn't want to pressure Yaen Yu or force her into becoming someone she wasn't