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As a novel reader, it’s frustrating because if she had just stopped and truly looked inward, if she had done some deep self-reflection and realised how flawed her thinking and actions were, everything could have changed. If she had dropped her pride and genuinely seen both sides of the story, she could have fallen to her knees before Kael, Hess, and her husband, not out of shame, but out of clarity. And in that moment, she might’ve finally found peace... maybe even happiness. Hess was ready to forgive her, to let it all go, but she clung to her stubborn pride and narrow views, and in the end, she chose misery.