Dilemma

"Noel, I'm sorry."

"Eh?" Noel widened his eyes in shock.

This was what Anna had been wanting to say this whole time. Whenever she had the opportunity to say this, Noel would find an excuse to leave her or shut her up. But this time, Noel was too confused to do the usual action, allowing her to finally say this one word.

'Sorry.' After Anna changed for the better, she hadn't apologized for a single time to Noel. And this apology was directed to her past action.

Anna closed her eyes and explained, "Even though when I brought the topic to my father, I realized that my father and the royal family had decided on your family's outcome, there's no denying that I asked my father to have your entire family get executed.

"At first, I thought that you should be eliminated because your family might rise again and take revenge. Even I don't understand why my father and the royal family decided to spare your life, but…