Charles nodded and then he tapped his fingers a little before saying, "so many of the women were stuck in arranged marriages and I was...it was indulging in a fantasy for them, though don't think I am big noting myself there. It was wrong and it's why my family worked so hard to conceal the details of everything. They never really understood why I couldn't settle down and I didn't want to tell them-"
He cut off and shuddered a little. It was the secret he didn't tell. Where had it gotten him, though? He was centuries old and he hadn't yet found real happiness.