My only concern is her happiness. That is what it truly means to love someone.

I keep this truth close to me, whisper in my mind like a mantra. It gives me the strength to protect her from myself.

She is so happy with her handsome financee. Her aura, already so bright, radiates when he smiles at her.

If I love her, how could I disturb that happiness with my sadness and selfish desires? I have to leave her and her prince to their happily ever after.

Because I truly love her, I will never reveal my heart to her.