Chapter 97✨ · TRCR

Yulian struggled to steady his breathing.

“You were really going to throw away your life for someone like Zahidra? Is your life that worthless to you?”

“It’s my life. What right do you have to interfere with what I do with it? Besides, one word was enough to win the emperor’s favor. And it’s not like he’s going to kill me right this instant, so why are you being so sensitive about it?”

“That’s enough for you? Were you always this selfish? Your life isn’t just yours anymore. Have you even thought about the people who would grieve if you died?”

As though imagining that very scene, Yulian swept a hand over his face, twisted in despair.

The sorrow in his eyes made Rebecca’s chest waver.

Yet she stubbornly raised her voice.

“I’ve always been selfish. That’s the kind of person I am! Stop trying to force me into the…