Chapter 1406 - 1346: Kiya’s Confession

Paige didn’t want to listen, interrupting him and saying,

"It’s late, you should leave! The weather forecast says it will snow tonight. If you don’t leave now, you won’t be able to."

He didn’t want to leave!

He absolutely didn’t want to leave!

Kiya pressed her down, looked into Paige’s beautiful eyes, and slowly said, "I regret it!"

"..."

"Paige, I regret it!"

"What does regret change? What does not regretting change? Kiya, can you stop causing trouble?"

Paige didn’t care; she didn’t need his repentance. What happened couldn’t be undone.

She just wanted to get this troublesome guy out quickly.

"I regret returning to Abyanabad. If I hadn’t gone back, you wouldn’t have been hurt..."

Paige couldn’t bear his light tone. Her injuries were severe, almost life-threatening, turning her into a vegetative state... The car accident left her with an ugly scar, making her bones ache whenever the weather changed. Paige lay in bed for more than three months before she could get up.

This was all thanks to Sienna Johnson’s careful care. Otherwise, she wouldn’t even know what might have happened.

"I wasn’t just hurt; I almost lost my life!"

"..."

"Kiya, do you know? You nearly made Dylan and Ella lose their mother!"

"I know, I know it all..."

"You don’t know anything! If you knew, you wouldn’t have just sent your mother to the Mosque.

What kind of punishment is that?

Kiya, have you considered my feelings?"

"..."

"Kiya, I’ll just ask you once: if I almost killed your mother today, would you still just send me to the Mosque?" Paige looked into Kiya’s eyes and asked.

"I don’t know if I’d send you to the Mosque, but I’d definitely send you to prison."

Paige wasn’t appreciative of this response and sarcastically replied, "You really are merciful!"

After arguing for a while, Paige felt it was pointless. Her heart was filled with suppressed anger, and she didn’t want to talk to him anymore.

She turned over, faced away from him, closed her eyes, and planned to sleep. Anyway, Kiya was so busy that he would leave sooner or later.

After about half an hour, just as Paige was starting to feel sleepy, Kiya began to speak again.

"I beg you, don’t say..."

"If I give up the throne and stay in Sileria City with you, will you forgive me?" Kiya asked nervously, looking into Paige’s eyes.

Paige took a deep breath and said, "Kiya, peacefully be your Sultan. Besides being Sultan, there’s nothing else you can do."

"If I’m not Sultan, I can still support you." Kiya felt a bit disgraced by her sarcasm.

"I don’t need you to support me; I can support myself."

Her parents left her a considerable amount of money, and her brother had also provided her with a lot over the years. She’s working now, so her and the children’s future is entirely secure.

Kiya sat upright, held her hand, traced a few meaningless strokes on it, and then looked up to ask, "Paige, will you forgive me once more? I swear, this time I won’t disappoint you."

Paige withdrew her hand quickly, interrupting him, "Kiya, can you let me have a few peaceful days?"

"I’ve decided not to be Sultan! I want to live here with you and the kids!" Kiya said with determination.

"..."

"I regret returning to Abyanabad back then. If I had stayed here with you, none of those terrible things would have happened."

"..."

"Paige, I really don’t want to be Sultan this time. I don’t want to manage anything, any responsibilities or obligations... I just want to live with you..." he said eagerly, fearing Paige would refuse him.

That kind of lonely life was dreadful. Without Paige, his world felt gray, lacking any color.

Paige just found it funny. She looked at him but realized she couldn’t understand him at all, "What? You want to dazzle me again so that when I slowly accept you, you’ll take me back to Abyanabad?"

Paige suddenly felt this person was thoroughly bad, not just with a dark heart, but even a broken mind.

"Kiya, have you ever seen someone fall in the same place twice? Shut up and stop talking nonsense; I won’t believe you!"

"..."

"I absolutely, absolutely won’t go back to Abyanabad with you!" She kicked him angrily and said, "Hurry up and leave!"

He took a blow to the chest, which was dull and painful. But no physical pain could compare to the dull ache in his heart.

Kiya grasped her foot, sincerely apologizing, "I’m sorry."

"Stop saying sorry, I beg you; I don’t want to hear those three words!"

After a while, Paige spoke softly, "Kiya, I can’t mess with you, nor the Dowager Queen. I just want to hide here, taking one day at a time."

"..."

"You don’t need to worry about me marrying another man. My heart isn’t ruthless enough; I can’t bear to see another man die because of me."

Listening to her words made Kiya feel terrible, as if someone had twisted a knife in his heart.

"I’m serious this time!" Kiya said.

"..."

"The Imperial Palace is particularly cold and desolate; I can’t sleep throughout the night. I don’t want to eat; I don’t want to sleep. Daytime is fine; I’m most afraid of nights. At night, when I’m alone, I especially miss you..."

"..."

"Paige, do you know what it’s like to miss someone? Do you know the feeling of missing someone but not daring to see her? Do you know..."

"Kiya, shut up! I don’t want to hear it!"

He struggled to open his mouth, humbly pleading, "I’m sorry, all of it is my fault."

Paige still held resentment, unable to forget even if she tried for life, "Sorry? Ha! You say it so painlessly. ’Sorry,’ three words, simple and light...

I almost lost my life, and you come to say ’sorry’..."

Her words were filled with irony towards him.

"Kiya, I don’t want to argue with you. It’s pointless, really pointless."

The two considered the issues from different positions, both thinking they were right, so such arguments had no meaning at all.

"Shall I check to see if Erya has kicked off the blanket?" Paige found an excuse to leave.

Kiya watched Paige’s back, clenched his fists, his lips pressed into a straight line.

...

Paige opened her eyes and found herself lying on her own bed. As she got up, her mind was somewhat unclear.

However, she remembered sleeping in her daughter’s little bed last night.

Paige turned to look by her side; Kiya was already gone. Paige guessed he must have returned to Abyanabad.

Paige let out a long sigh; she was truly afraid of Kiya.

She got up, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and outside was the warm and dazzling sunlight.

With a hand partly covering her eyes, Paige said to herself, "Come on, it’s a new day."