
OLD LOVER???? THAT SHE ABANDONED BC OF DUTIES???? WHATEVER HE IS HE SHOULD MAKE THE DUMBASS KING REALIZE THAT BERTA DOESN'T EVEN WANT HIS BLAND RUDE ASS

Little spoilers
From what I read so far in the novel he’s not 2nd male lead or an old lover however they were expecting to marry each other. They were friendly to eachother but they didn’t share any longing glances or anything like that (at least in novel) . Berta and him don’t say anything about it but her sister says something like how she thought she would be able to marry the same man as Berta so they could always be together. Berta finds it awkward for obvious reasons but it didn’t seem like King paid much mind to it

First of all, all those years of emotional neglect. waiting for him for a talk and saying sorry might have been a better move than just showing up and being all touchy and then fucking trying to control his life to be a "good mother" without even asking if he wanted that change. I might be projecting onto this bc of mommy issues but she's awful.
Also she isn't sorry because she actually loves her son, she just wasn't ready for the consequences of her actions and how that affected HER and not how it affected HIM all his life. Like bitch I know u a victim of this society and ur feeling caged but that child did nothing wrong. It took you 18 years of neglect and him turning his cheek on ur deathbed to finally figure out that hating ur own son will lead to consequences???? miss girlllll
The mommy issues in the comments hahaha u ok guys? anyway, if my s/o has to give up their passion just to be with me then i don't want it. i don't want to become their regret. i don't want to be the cause of their what-ifs and trapping them into a life they don't want :<
Yeah, I think thats why he never told him. He didn't want to give him the burden... so sad. What an evil dad