Duque had imagined many scenarios, such as Jaina throwing a tantrum at him, Jaina trying to reason with him, Jaina bringing Daelin over to suppress him …
However, Duque had never thought that Jaina would use the most primitive and feminine reaction to move his heart.
Jaina's reputation of selling out her father had left a deep impression on him. He had avoided her as much as possible, feared her like a snake or a scorpion, and always kept his guard up against her. However, the prejudiced Duque had forgotten an important principle time and time again. While a person's nature was important, experiences were the core factors that shaped a person's personality.
For example, children who had experienced domestic violence or grew up in a single-parent family would easily distrust their family.
Another example would be children who had failed in everything they did since they were young. They would lack confidence when they grew up, and would never have the ability to lead.
Jaina's life path was very different from history.
Although she was still not favored by her father Daelin in this life, and Crown Prince Thanreid already had a son, she would never be able to inherit the throne of Kul 'Tiras. However, she did not have to act like a social butterfly, flirting with idiots and rich men. All she wanted was a future.
Illucia had personally confirmed that Jaina had been very dutiful in the past ten years. She did not even have a male dog by her side, much less a lover. The only things that kept her company were magic and business.
"She's still a virgin," Illucia had said temptingly at that time.
Duque smiled bitterly. In this era where people had to get married in their teens, Jaina had undoubtedly become an old lady in the eyes of the world because she carried the title of his fiancée.
Before Duque's transmigration, it was not uncommon for women to get married in their thirties. After all, there were many single men.
In the circle of humans in Azeroth, she was at the level of an old hag.
Even though Duque knew that Jaina's ambition was not here, gossip was a fearful thing!
Duque suddenly felt guilty when he thought of this, and looked at the two streaks of tears on Jaina's face under the gentle light of the magic lamp.
"I'm sorry, I didn't notice how you felt. I was being inconsiderate. I wanted to keep my private life separate. "
Jaina lowered her head weakly and looked at her toes. Then, she quickly raised her head again. Duque couldn't read her complicated eyes at all.
Gianna clenched her fists tightly, her whole body tensing up.
In the next moment, an almost hysterical roar erupted from that sexy little mouth.
"I've been working hard to fall in love with you, Duque! But I've been your fiancée for more than ten years in vain. I've always been thinking about how to change myself so that I can be more pleasing to you. But your heart has always been rejecting me. You haven't even given me a chance to start. You've already ruthlessly cut off all possibilities! "
With tears in her eyes, Jaina moved her trembling body and stepped forward with her left foot.
"After I found out about you and Miss Aurelia and Miss Sasha, my court tutor told me that as long as the title of your wife belongs to me, I must pretend not to see anything. This is the rule of the nobles. Not to mention other kings, even my father did it. "
Then the right foot!
"Yes! I wasn't an adult then, but from that day onwards, I told myself that I had to endure it. I made myself a good student. Because that was the only time you wouldn't be wary of me! "
Then the third step!
Jaina was less than a meter away from Duque. She could clearly see every curve of shock on Duque's face.
"Since I was a young girl until I became an adult, I've always been thinking about how to win your heart. Oh God of the Sea, I was very depressed for a long time. Because my tutor and I started to think that you only liked High Elves and not human women! "
The fourth step!
The distance between the two was less than half a meter.
"Ten years! I waited for you for a full ten years! A woman's golden and most beautiful moment was spent waiting! In order to avoid the torment in my heart, I didn't dare to read any romance novels! He even specialized in Ice Element Magic! I spent almost all of these ten years in the library and in the laboratory! "
The fifth step. At this point, the two could almost smell the hot breath coming out of each other's nostrils.
"But you came back! Suddenly, just when the whole continent needed you the most — the great hero Duke Marcus came back! But when you came back, you accepted Illucia Barov! That expression of a woman in love, no matter how you pretended that nothing happened, you couldn't even fool the guards! Only then did I know, oh, so you like human women too. "
"Uh …" Duque's Adam's apple moved a little.
At this time, the tip of Jaina's nose was almost touching the tip of Duque's nose.
It was a pair of infinitely sad blue eyes.
"First it was Countess Elucia, then Queen Kalia, and now Queen Sylvanas … How can I continue to pretend that nothing has happened!? I can't take it anymore! Please tell me — what did I do to make you so disgusted and reject me!? Even if I lose! Even if you cancel my fiancée status! Can you give me a reason to let me know why I lost!? "
"Phew —" Duque let out a long breath and sorted out his thoughts.
From the perspective of the engagement, even though this was a bad debt, even though he had never acknowledged this marriage, because of the accident of Karazhan's explosion, he had indeed dragged Jaina down!
And the women he had offended were getting more and more powerful. In the past, he could still pretend that she was his secret lover and not see it. But then, the queen came out one after another as if she did not need money.
If the engagement was broken, Jaina, who had no marriage partner, would not have to worry about being captured by Daelin and locked up in the palace for the rest of her life. But now that the Dalajan had been destroyed, it was understandable that Jaina would feel great pressure and indecisiveness.
"Jaina, no matter what, this is a bad debt. From the perspective of a noble, this is already unsolvable. But I just want to ask you, do you think that by marrying me and having a child to be my heir, you can fulfill your dream with peace of mind? "
"Dream …" Jaina's body trembled, and then she froze.
Duque continued to patiently guide Jaina, "According to the tradition of the royal family, if you marry a powerful person you don't like and simply become a tool to carry on the family line, without doing anything for the rest of your life, would you be willing?"
"I …"
Would you be willing?
There was almost no need to ask further, Jaina had already given the answer.
No! Never! Absolutely not!
How could I be willing!
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