Chapter 96 - MIA TOLD JIEUN

After Jieun treated Mia's wounds, the princess woke up not long after she fainted. She could see that she was in the living room of Jieun's residence at the time. Her  head did not feel any hurt at all and her clothes had also been changed to Jieun's clothes.

"Finally, you are awake." Jieun who had been watching Mia from earlier started making a noise after seeing the movement from her.

"Here Princess Mia. Drink this." Ayana also comes near them as she heard Jieun began to talk and serve the princess a tea. A different one than what Jieun just drink.

"Thank you. I'm sorry if I intrude or something. I just need to escape for a while." Mia said with her face and eyes glazed over. She began to remember what had happened before.

Seeing Mia who seems to be still sad, Jieun wonder what really happened? Why was the woman coming here covered in blood and crying? But she will never force Mia to tell, it's just she willing to hear if she wanted to share.

"What actually happened Mia? It's okay if you didn't want to tell me the detail. But your situation just now was so shocking to me and Ayana. Did something bad happen? "

Listening to the conversation between the two princesses sounded personal, Ayana wanted to get up and walk away from there. She felt it was inappropriate for her to interfere in the affairs of the royal family as she was merely an aide. But Mia hold her hand there.

"Where are you going? As a friend you should be here for me you know. " Mia said that making Ayana surprised there. She knows they are close, but she never knows that Princess Mia considers her deeper than she thought.  She smiled a little there as she looked at Jieun who also smiled at her.

With that, Ayana returned to sit there next to Mia while Jieun changed position and also sat next to Mia on the other side. Mia then prepares herself to tell the story.

"All this time I hid this problem myself because I felt ashamed to tell others about what happened in my life. But it's time for me to share the secrets because my heart can no longer afford to grieve alone. I need friends to listen." Jieun there hold Mia's hand as if want to give her strength there.

"We will listen to you. Who knows we might be helping a little." Jieun know if the problem is hidden alone, it will definitely affect especially on the mental and physical, so because of that she is very willing to be a listener.

Ayana nodded there in agreement.

Mia shed tears again there.

"It's Ethan. The one that's hurting me."

Both Jieun and Ayana were surprised to hear that. They did not think that the third prince who all this time seemed to be a gentleman was capable of hurting others especially his own wife.

"But... Ethan is not that kind of person." Jieun says her opinion, even though she knows that Mia knows more about who Ethan really is.

"Its him, but not the real him." Mia corrected her sentence again. Making Ayana and Jieun feel more confuse there.

"You know, we already married for three years but our relationship is not changing at all. We are not like you and Eun-Woo. Not even close."

"What do you mean Princess Mia. I can see that he cares a lot to you." Ayana began to say.

Mia nodded.  As she know that very well. 

"But care alone is not enough in a relationship. I know, all of you must already know how me and Ethan got married. I engage with Ray first, but as I already fall in love with Ethan in a long time I decide to rebel and choose him. Turn out he also feel the same, but before our married, he said to me that if I wanted to married to him, I need to follow some rules. Which one of that he cannot give me more than a care. "

Jieun scratching her head in there. Not quite understanding the storyline that being told at the moment.

"I agree. Because at the time I felt that it was better to marry the person I loved than the person I didn't feel anything at all. At the time I didn't know that this feeling would be a painful burden. All I wanted at the time is for him to be close to me always and it turns out I was wrong. "

Ayana rubbed the princess's shoulder, which was now starting to cry harder than before.

"He never kisses me, or touches me like a husband should do on a wife. He always avoids any type of physical attraction, and even though we sleep in the same bed, he will wait for me to fall asleep first before he went to sleep and get up before I wake up. At first I thought he feel awkward, as we are friend before become husband and wife. But it lasts longer. When I confront him, he said he feel the same as me. Love me, but he only able to tell me that the only things that he can give is only a care and that all. Its like a platonic love so far between us. "

Jieun unconsciously sigh there.  She never knew Mia and Ethan had such a problem. Three years anyway! She who has only been in trouble for a few weeks already feels like going crazy, let alone Mia.

"I actually already made my mind to accept all this. As I can't see that Ethan will change, but after seeing Jieun and Eun-Woo, I become restless, and jealous. Both of you got together because of arranged married, but seem closer and more indulge in happiness, while we love each other but become so distant each day. "

Jieun is now become a little surprised there. She doesn't think that her and Eun-Woo's relationship is so great that Mia can be jealous.

"But there must be a reason why Ethan is doing this to himself and trying to stay away. Did you ask him?" 

Mia nodded.

"I confront him as I made up my mind that this relationship is not going anywhere, then why we should continue this. But he said he didn't want a divorce so feeling determine I just started ignoring him, like him do to me. And finally he snaps and tell me why he being like that. After all this year. "

Jieun and Mia concentrates there. Want to know.

"He said, with his power he can see people past, but on his own he could see his future. He saw me die and left him heartbroken also, he saw him die and left me heartbroken that I didn't want to live. He said he just keep his distant from me as he didn't want me to get hurt. He afraid of something that didn't happen yet. He afraid that being close to me will make it come true. "

Now Jieun was sure that Ethan was traumatized by what he was seeing  making him make this reckless decisions.

"Then I can see that he really loves you so much and that's why he became so scared. That future that he sees must have eaten his inside for so long."

"I know.. but I just couldn't understand. Why can't we just be happy now? If we know that our time is not long. Can we change the fate just by doing this? I don't want to waste my time when I know I will be dying. I want to be with him now. " Mia expressed her frustration there.

"You are right about that Princess. But the image that Prince Ethan sees must be a nightmare for him as he is trying so hard not to get close to you. He also drains in the inside just like you." Ayana said there.

Mia was silent. She didn't think about it. Then she continue,

"After our travel to Summer Region, he start to be open up and promised to me that he will be better. I can see that he is trying. Fighting his insecure feeling. But today, he suddenly gets worse. He didn't mean it, but his power unleash suddenly and make me hurt just now. I hate to admit but I feel scared to see that side of him. So I run here. "

Finally, they got all the detail.

"Do you say Prince Ethan suddenly become restless today?" Ayana asked.

"Just now when he comes back after seeing the preparations to welcome King Arthur in the main hall."

Ayana thought of something there.

"Why Ayana?" Jieun asking there because seeing Ayana's face starting to get serious.

"Just now when you fainted in the hallway and Prince Eun-Woo brought you here, I saw from a distance that witch was talking to Ethan in a corner. But because I was worried about your condition I didn't notice her very much. Did that witch also do something to him? " Ayana felt a little suspicious there.

Mia looked at Jieun.

"The witch confronted me to know about something, but I suddenly got a headache and fainted there. Then Eun-Woo came and drove her away. If after that she talks to Ethan, what can she possible do to him?"

Mia started clenching her teeth there. So, that's why Ethan got so bad. That witch must have done something to him.

"Freya also can see the future. She probably showed that vision to Ethan so that he becomes scared again. What's her problem presumably?" Mia started to get angry there.

"But this is just my impression. Maybe it's not right." Ayana said. She was afraid that she had misinterpreted even though the witch was not having a goo reputation anyway .

"No. I know this is her doing. She always meddles on things that she supposes not to. Since long ago."  Mia then got up there quickly.

"I'm going first. Thank you for listening. I came here again if something happens." She said it in a rush.

"Where are you going?" Jieun feel worry now if Mia does something dangerous.

"Don't worry. I just.. want to get some fresh air." Mia said there but her face seem to say otherwise. Then she came out of the residence quickly..  Leaving Jieun and Ayana, who are now only able to look at each other.