He met her before the other man did, yet she fell in love with him.
He used to think it didn't matter if she didn't like him. After all, plenty of people did.
Later, he realized that even if the whole world loved him,
if she didn't, his life could never be complete.
This is her obsession, and his as well.
The beginning of this story is fairly lighthearted, but things get heavier later on. I haven't finished writing it yet, so I'll see how the plot goes, but I think it will have a happy ending. I'm terrible at history, so I've set this in a fictional world. Even if I use the name of a historical dynasty, it isn't actually that dynasty, so history buffs, please don't take me to task.