"No. Gale, if you had always been the heiress of the Yarn family, I would still have known you. There are only a few upper-class families in Sea City. I couldn't have missed you."

"But our acquaintance would have been superficial. We wouldn't have interacted, and all of that… wouldn't have happened."

Shawn fell silent for a while. Finally, he sighed. "In that case, I wish I never knew you. I don't want you to go through the pain and love you that way."

It was Shawn's greatest regret. He threw