Somehow, her heart ached.


    Gently, he removed her high-heeled shoes and quietly slipped the slippers onto her feet.


    “Your feet are red.


    Why don’t you listen to me?” Arturo remarked.


    Wearing high heels for an extended period had been ufortable, but Sh hadn’t cared until now.


    After slipping into the cozy slippers, an immediate sense of rxation washed over her.


    Arturo remained seated, extending and resting her tiny hands on her round, soft knees.Published by N?v''elD/rama.Org.


    “Don’t expect gratitude for what you’ve done.


    ” Sh nervously bit her red lips, lowered her feathery eyshes, and her face blushed, her tone softening.


    Arturo pursed his lips and then said, “I’m not asking for your forgiveness.


    I want to start over with you.


    Sh… I lost my temper earlier and said things I shouldn’t have.


    The sight of you with another man drives me crazy.


    I… I only want you to give me another chance.


    Sh, can we go back to how we were?”


    Arturo crouched halfway in front of Sh and spoke in a tone that was almost begging, his eyes filled with hope.


    Sh smiled faintly.


    “Go back to how we were? When was that? When I was your servant, following your orders and enduring your insults?”


    Arturo’s brow creased.


    He always treated Sh like a precious gem.


    He didn’t remember ever humiliating her.


    “Sh, you used to have feelings for me, right?” Arturo gripped her arm.


    “I have feelings for you too.


    Let’s forget thest five years.


    I promise to treat you well.


    Believe me.


    ”


    “You have feelings for me?” Sh appeared as though she’d just heard a baffling joke.


    “If those actions were your way of showing affection for me, I’m afraid I can’t ept it.


    ”


    In the past, when Arturo was cheerful, he’d treat Sh to candies, splurge on delightful toys, and even gift her fancy jewelry.


    But when he was in a sour mood, he’d brush her aside and flirt with other girls right before her eyes.


    Arturo used to bring questionable girls home, and when his mother discovered it, he’d shift all the me onto Sh.


    He’d im that these girls were Sh’s friends and that she was the one who brought them over.


    Arturo’s mother would beat and punish Sh for it.


    Arturo was acting like a coward, would merely watch Sh silently, never uttering a word in her defense.


    Was this what Arturo considered affection?


    That was a joke.


    Sh believed that only her former naive self could have been taken in by such a spineless man from the start.


    But now, she had awakened to reality.


    “Sh, I admit I was wrong in the past.


    I’m trying to change.


    Trust me, I’ll treat you right.


    I mean it.


    I’ll marry you and make sure you marry me with dignity.


    ”


    Arturo raised his handsome visage with confidence.