"Sonia, I was mistaken about my feelings for you. My affection for you is just that of a friend—it has nothing to do with romantic love. The one I love isn't you."
On the day of the breakup, that was what Ethan Lockwood had said to the villainess.
The villainess was already on the verge of a breakdown after discovering she was a fake daughter, and she never expected her beloved boyfriend to say something like this to her at such a time.
Unable to accept it, she started screaming and crying in the middle of the mall, clutching Ethan Lockwood's clothes in a death grip. "You don't love me? We've been together for almost a year, and only now you realize you don't love me? What were you doing all this time?"
Ethan Lockwood lowered his gaze, his face a mask of apology. "Sonia, this is my first relationship, too. I couldn't tell what love really was. I thought I loved you, and I thought what we had was love. But reality has shown me that isn't the case. My beloved is not you."
