Zahara Nemeanor, a genius from the Nemeanor kingdom, a cheery girl—someone easy to get along with—and one who is supposed to become the ruler of the Simharian Kingdom, is supposed to die a tragic death.
This was clearly told in the plot, and although Alex didn't care about the plot nor did he want to follow through on it, he knew that getting involved with Zahara would mean carrying a brickload of trouble—not something he wanted right now.
That was why, even though he knew that Zahara was in the right and that he was not being fair to her by not even giving her a chance, he wasn't sure if he should really change his attitude.
And he wasn't wrong about her love being infatuated and illusionary. He just wasn't aware of the fact that her love had turned into real feelings in the past two years. He wasn't a mind reader after all.
Alex wasn't even aware of how much his actions and words today had hurt Zahara—who was doing the act just for him.