Not true

"Guilty about what? What happened?" Mero asked, he came closer, resisting the urge to hold her in anyway.

Wura sighed, after what they had agreed last night, she did not know if this recurring occurrence of her running to Mero with all her problems whenever she felt weak. This was one of the reasons she had developed feelings for him over time.

He had always been there, he always listened, and he was doing the same thing right now.

"Mero, honestly... I do not know if I should tell you or not." said Wura.

"Alright... I will never ask you to do something that you would not want to do, so I will not ask." replied Mero simply, he did not even know why he was here, he wanted to check on her even though he knew that it was better he kept his distance.

"I really do appreciate that Mero, but I need to talk to someone right now, and I cannot speak to Nora about this." complained Wura, she really felt conflicted, but one thing was sure, she definitely felt like such a bad person right now.

"I understand..." said Mero, he was always so understanding with her.

"Alright, you know what Mero, I need to talk to someone, please sit." said Wura as Mero nodded and sat down, she knew she should not be speaking to him about this, but sometimes old habits die hard.

She was so used to hearing him speak and offer her good advice that she felt like there would be a big hole in her heart missing if that part of their relationship was to be removed, she would feel so sad and empty.

"I believe that this is about Nora?" he asked as she nodded her head.

"How is she?" Mero asked, it was clear that he was worried about her, but he had been unable to go visit her, he knew that staying away from her was for the best at the moment.

"She is alright, doing wonderfully well, in fact she just resumed work today and I was so happy to see her." said Wura as she smiled.

"That is good news to hear." said Mero as Wura nodded.

"Do you think that... she would want to see me now? I just feel terrible for how bad things went between us." said Mero.

"That is part of what is causing me so much concern Mero..." said Wura as she sighed.

"No, she does not want to see you at all, in fact she asked me discreetly not to even speak of her to you, she wants nothing to do with you." said Wura sadly.

"That is understandable, I knew that what I did hurt her, and as much as I want her to forgive me, I do not regret how things happened, but I do regret how long I made her feel like I was really serious in our relationship." said Mero.

"Mero, I do not know how you can continue to say such hurtful things, if Nora heard that it would only fuel her anger more." replied Wura.

"I will never regret falling in love with you." said Mero unwavering as Wura's feeling of confliction came back.

"We are not here to talk about us, we are here to talk about Nora and how she hates me." said Wura.

"Nora will never hate you, she can never hate you, and you know that Wura." said Mero.

"That may be true, but indirectly she hates me, she hates the woman that caused her so much pain and it is me." Wura said pained.

"I do not even know how I can dare face her every single day smiling and pretending as if I have done nothing wrong." said Wura.

"It is so frustrating, I feel so guilty so dirty, not worthy of all her adoration and affection, she trusts me so much and yet I betrayed her trust and did not even think of how it would affect her." she cried.

"That is not true Wura... stop making yourself sound like a bad person, you were always considering Nora's feelings during the course of our relationship, you were always." said Mero seriously.

"And yet with that I still allowed myself to be carried away with you and I do not mean that in an offensive way Mero, believe me, I just feel like I should have known better." she said.

"And so should I." he replied.

"Look, it is not only your fault, we both decided to give what we felt a try, and we decided that it would not work." said Mero.

"Yes, the problem is that the guilt is eating me up from the inside. I feel like one day, any day I might just erupt and tell her the truth." said Wura, she had expected Mero to instantly become defensive considering that if she spoke the truth, not only would her reputation be ruined but his as well.

"Do you feel comfortable telling her the truth?" he simply asked.

"Well... no... I am scared, I am worried, I do not know how she is going to react, I am afraid that she will hate me for the rest of her life." said Wura, she was stressed, she was strained, she was tired.

"And that is understandable." he replied.

"Are you not going to tell me that I should not speak the truth, or I should remain quiet because if I do it will ruin everything, your reputation and mine?" asked Wura as Mero shook his head.

"Not at all, I would never do that. I know that you stand for the truth, and so do I. I would never force you to lie for me, we both made a mistake that we willingly fell into, thus we much face the consequences." he said calmly.

"Even if the consequences are dire?" she asked as he just smiled at her and leaned in closer, holding her chin delicately.

She was so simple, so innocent, so young, she was vibrant, those were the things he loved about her so much.

"Even if they are dire." he replied.

"Would you like me to speak honestly?" he asked and she nodded.

"Sure, our relationship if brought to light will be publicly scorned, but they can never charge either you or me for adultery." he said as Wura's eyes went wide with confusion and surprise.

"You and I never had any intimate relations. We shared a kiss or two occasionally, but that is it. Now, if you were to confess, which I would support, you would not be charged with adultery, however, you would still be met with the same disdain from the kingdom, and so would I." he said as he let go of her chin.

"So you mean that we will not be charged on an offence?" she asked and he nodded.

"Adultery is the worst trespass, but you would never commit it, I know you would not." he said.

"So it lies with you to decide whether you want to tell Nora or not." he said.

"Just know that no matter how upset the kingdom is, they can never unseat you as the queen, and I can testify to that." he said. He knew that he did not need to go into the lawful side of things, but if Wura decided to tell the truth then her enemies would cease that opportunity to unseat her as queen, and he would never let that happen.

He was more knowledgeable in these things, and he just wanted her to know that she had nothing to fear.

"As relieving as that sounds Mero, I honestly do not care about what the people would think, I only care about what Nora and the others will think... and Liam... those are the only people I truly wish to have their forgiveness." she said.

"Then if you are ready, if you are bold enough to speak the truth, then just do it, and I will support you no matter the outcome." he said as he smiled.

"Thank you Mero, you do not know how much I needed to hear those words." said Wura as she smiled at him.

"So... do you think that there is a possibility that Nora would accept to speak to me, just for a little while, just for me to apologize to her?" asked Mero as Wura shook her head sadly.

"She is adamant, she wants nothing to do with you, I tried to plead on your behalf but she concluded that for the sake of her own sanity she needed to stay away from you." she replied.

"Do you think that she would be calm enough to speak to me in the near future?" he asked.

"Maybe, but for now Mero, just please try your best to leave her alone so she can try to heal healthily on her own." said Wura as Mero nodded.

"Of course... I understand." said Mero.

"So, what did you come here for?" she asked.

"Nothing... I missed seeing you." he replied as Wura looked away and shook her head.

"You know what, thank you for your good advice Mero, so please leave now." she chuckled.

"With pleasure... I will just wait till I actually have something important to tell you." he said jokingly.

"Yes, wait till then." she replied as he got up and walked away leaving Wura smiling.

If only things had been different, she could see herself have a future with Mero.