At the End of Ruin, There You Are (56 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 124

Controlling someone was thrilling and fun. It was even more so when you manipulated someone strong—who shouldn’t possibly be swayed by a small, insignificant person like yourself.

Meeting minds and hearts was a fantasy that only existed in fairy tales. Such a thing simply didn’t exist.

If miracles existed in this world of one-sided relationships, then the miracle would be someone as plain as Caella manipulating someone as extraordinary as Pheon.

Caella watched Beatrice from afar as she attended the Crown Prince’s pre-engagement banquet. Though this perspective—Caella watching Beatrice—was familiar, today felt somewhat different.

Before, she had looked at the belle of high society with envy and jealousy, but today she found herself observing her anew, with a strangely curious gaze.

Beatrice was the most ill-tempered and wicked person Caella had ever known.

‘So that’s why it’s so entertaining.’

She’d been trying her hardest to torment others and bewitch their eyes to win their hearts. Before her regression, Caella had never understood Beatrice at all. If it had been her, she would have married Pheon right away.

If it had been her, she would have supported Pheon wholeheartedly. She couldn’t fathom why Beatrice, who professed her love so desperately—declaring Pheon was the only one for her, giving him coy glances and whispering sweet nothings right in front of Caella—never truly devoted herself to him.

Now, she thought she understood. Beatrice simply found joy in manipulating people.

Last night, the broken man clung to unremarkable Caella and poured out words stained with pain. He, writhing in agony, nearly drove himself mad—but she, listening, had quietly delighted in it.

She knew it was wicked of her. Yet, it had been too fascinating and astonishing.

How could someone as lowly as Caella torment the most exceptional man in the world so thoroughly? How could someone as unattractive as Caella receive such desperate, heartfelt gazes from such a man?

Not you?

Thump, thump—her heart still pounding, Caella clenched her fist tightly.

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