"Am I a genius or what?"
Rosalina lifted her chin with an unmistakably proud expression as she dried the water from her long black hair, feeling both refreshed and rather satisfied with herself.
Every now and then, however, her onyx eyes drifted toward the lake behind her. Sylviana was still there, sitting quietly in the water with a distant expression, seemingly lost in thought.
Rosalina couldn't tell how much of what she had said had actually reached the girl, but judging by her expression, at least some of her words had managed to get through.
Breaking someone out of a mindset they had lived with for years was never going to happen in a single conversation, especially when that person had spent so long convincing herself that everything was fine.
Still, Rosalina had done what she could.
She had shared her own experiences, explained the difference between being desired and being cherished, and pointed out the things Sylviana had been deliberately avoiding thinking about.
