Stunned, Persephone teased him with a smile, "Was she the love of your life?"

Morpheus' face sank again.

Quickly, she surrendered. "I'm sorry. I won't do that again!"

They laughed.

Morpheus wasn't one to be triggered easily. Moreover, she was right about it.

The moonlight was beautiful that night.

The girl who told him the story had no idea she was talking to him now.

Morpheus smiled. He was sure the girl was Persephone. Besides royalty, only those from the Irwins could enter the rainforest.

Meanwhile, he enjoyed special treatment as Southeast Aciatic General Kaiden Orton's son.

It was the Irwins' banquet that night. Just a little over ten years old, he disliked such occasions.

Sneaking out to the rainforest, he met a beautiful porcelain doll-like girl...

Never did he think they would meet again over ten years later.

Morpheus asked softly, "Sephy, who told you this story when you were young?"

"Me?"

she tried to recall

Persephone, His Highness Christopher Charles is here.

"No, no!"

lower her phone's volume. Amidst the chaos, she turned it up to the

pig of the Hamertons, it's

Morpheus felt conflicted.

As she tried to explain, she saw him forcing a smile. He informed her that his teammate had a competition he needed to monitor, so he hastily ended the video

She felt beaten.

knocking at the door

her head in irritation before jumping from the bed. "What?

holding a pig

annoyed, while he forced

school together. Never did he think he'd see this unknown

elegant as he had imagined. She would get worked up easily, and it turned out she wasn't delicate all the time. Her hair was a mess now. She wore black-framed glasses,

Nevertheless, she looked cute.

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