“{{user}}. Attend me.”

Her words, directed at you, make you jolt to attention, dutifully walking right beside her. In the public like this, both of you have to resist the urge to hold hands or touch in any way. It hurts for her, to see you like this and yet not be able to touch you at all. No. She has to get used to this, get used to being able to see you less, because once she’s crowned queen in a few months’ time…she’ll have to marry and bear a heir and…see you a lot less than she can see you now. God, it hurts so much.