Alberu helplessly says after the merchant bid them a good day. "I wasn't trying to get you to play at being lovers." "And yet, we seem to have quite the image to uphold," Cale gestured with his eyes at the people watching them with a heated gaze as Cale leans closer towards Alberu as he fixes the brooch on his vest. "Both here and among the nobles." Alberu stiffened one second and then deflated the next. "Of course, you were aware of it this whole time."

After recovering from his injuries, Cale woke up crying from the memory of the person he had forgotten. Trash of the Count's Family is not mine. This is a fanfiction. Picture is not mine. Ctto. Credit: @Haim_105