Love Me Just Once (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 161

The reason she had done such a foolish thing was that Rahelica had felt a certain guilt toward Talia at the time. That lingering emotion, still unerased, was the result of a choice she had made in her youth.

Now, she would have chosen a different way to make amends, but back then, being young herself, Rahelica had thought it wouldn’t be a bad idea to give Talia a man who would be easy for her to manage. Unlike Helena, who was gentle-natured and had no grand ambitions, Talia had clear opinions and goals of her own.

Rahelica figured that an ordinary man would likely try to break Talia’s spirit—but she didn’t want to see her younger sister, who, though brash, had been quite adorable in her childhood, be subdued by anyone else.

And even less so by a man inferior to Talia in both status and talent.

Yet, as an imperial princess, Talia couldn’t avoid marriage. Precisely because Levenen had no intention of marrying off his eldest daughter, he certainly wouldn’t leave Talia and Helena alone.

Given that, it would be better for her husband to be either foolish or mild-mannered. For Rahelica, who was thinking along these lines, the second prince of Tesendot appeared at just the right moment.

First of all, Reshit Tesen was taciturn. Though he could be sharp-tongued among his blood relatives, he was the opposite of Talia—whose words dripped honey in formal settings.

Moreover, he had less than Talia. Though their statuses were equal, Tesendot was a poor nation. In contrast, Talia possessed personal wealth only slightly less than Orienn’s.

Thus, if words failed to control him, money certainly would.

In addition, he was healthy and even handsome—surely there was no better match.

Of course, since his conditions weren’t ideal, Levenen probably wouldn’t approve, but she had a separate way to deal with that.

After carefully weighing all this, Rahelica had extended her hand—but Reshit hadn’t taken it immediately.

“…I don’t understand what you mean.”

Back then, she hadn’t yet developed the patience she had now, so Rahelica felt irritated by the man who was playing hard to get—but she swallowed her annoyance and spoke again.

“I know you’re interested in my younger sister.”

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