She was a woman of such exalted status, yet she gave him the chance to overstep his station.
Even when they met again, she could still recognize him. It wasn’t that she didn’t want to give him a chance. She simply wanted him to live out his life in peace.
He thought that if he offered her his true heart, he could make her look back at him. But every time, she walked away so resolutely. He didn’t dare stop her, until he could no longer control his feelings and begged her in a wounded voice:
“Your Highness, could you love me just a little more?”