"How are you not used to them? I figure you'd hear them all the time from your many, many suitors Rey. And yes, of course I adore you; you're the only one in this family who's genuine, not hiding behind politics and changing faces for the public. You're brilliant..." Of course he adored her, she was so much more, and there was a part of him that was jealous of her happiness, the fact she could see such good in things.
But he knew that was temptation, and he didn't want that; to truly become a dark wizard, a true dark lord like his grandfather, he had to push away such things. Ben scoffed at that, "I am too busy with my plans. I have aspirations for myself, ambitious endeavors; love requires effort, time, commitment that I simply do not have. You have to learn about that person, understand that person, decide if you an even love that person..."
Ben raised a brow looking at her, "Life isn't as simple as it is between you and I Rey, and that would take time out of my own commitments."