"Oh," a slow sort of dawning and she scowls, brow furrowing slightly. "I - I did not trick him or try anything to change his mind - I did what he asked. What he wanted."

The edges of her shimmer and she clutches tightly at her shoulders.

"He loved me because I was me," her voice wavers, and she swallows - eyes wide and almost frightened. "N-not because I was beautiful."

It isn't meant to come out as questioning as it does.