Sabrina and Aino were stunned when they heard Zayn say that.
"Zayn?” Sabrina looked at Zayn in disbelief. Was this change not too drastic?
Aino looked at her uncle in surprise and happiness. She was stunned for a long time. After that, she smiled. "Uncle Zayn, is this...true?"
"Of course, it’s true! Now, Aunt Hana is my wife. My legally wedded wife,” Zayn said.
"Uncle Zayn, did you marry Aunt Hana...for my sake?" Aino asked. The transition for Aino to change the way she addressed Hana was very smooth. In fact, Aino had addressed Hana as Aunt Hana in her heart many times. She felt Hana would be her Uncle Zayn's wife the moment she laid eyes on her.
Zayn nodded. "Mm-hmm! Yes! For Aino’s sake, I have married her! You little child, you've won!”
Hana also smiled. She was very considerate. "Aino, look how much your uncle loves you.”
Aino chuckled. She was extremely happy.
Sabrina, on the other hand, was not as easy to fool as Aino. She still looked at Zayn with a puzzled expression. "Zayn, what's...going on? I..." She then looked at Hana. "Madam Sharpe, I'm sorry. I...I don't
have any issues with you. On the contrary, I quite like you. However, marriage is a serious matter and both o f you are not children anymore. This can’t be a joke, especially when he is my brother..."
"I understand," said Zayn. He looked at his sister very gently. He understood all of his sister's concerns. " Sabrina, I am exhausted. My heart is exhausted. Perhaps I have already started having this kind of exhaustion seven years ago. Back then, I have been wasting my time away with Nigel every day, and I have also...toyed with quite a number of women. Later on, I met you one day, and I witnessed how you struggled in high society, yet you can still come out of i t while remaining pure and untainted. I witnessed with my own eyes how you risked your life to save Nigel. From then on, my soul has been suffering. It had always been suffering. It wasn't until I fled South City while taking you along with me that my heart felt a little better. I had spent seven years redeeming myself and with your help, and only then did my heart get a little better.
He continued. "When I looked back, I realized that I truly could not be in love with those girls who were like flowers. To me, Tessa is an incomparably noble flower. I could no longer get used to the behavior of keeping her for myself. Do you understand, Sabrina?
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