Didn't Plan to Become a Companion (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 37

“What did Walter do?”

His voice was so cold that I involuntarily shivered.

“No, it’s not that he did something. But since you disappeared together with him while holding that flower, you must state your family name so he can resolve the situation.”

“…….”

“You don’t remember, so you don’t even know why I was there. And you said you had no intention of taking me as your lover or mistress…”

Even after my continued explanation, his icy demeanor showed no sign of softening. Wasn’t he always the type who feigned indifference toward everything, as if nothing ever mattered? Yet for some reason since a moment ago, he was acting as though he might start a war at any second.

“He seemed quite troubled too. You saw it with your own eyes—he really was just there by sheer coincidence.”

Ricardo seemed to recall the incident at the banquet and barely managed to calm himself.

Silence returned, heavier this time. The sound of rain, louder than before, filled the space between us.

Neither Ricardo nor I spoke, yet he showed no intention of breaking his intense gaze. He scrutinized me like a predator deciding which part of the deer beneath his feet to devour first—without the slightest trace of emotion toward the deer itself.

I didn’t even want to imagine how I, trembling helplessly before him, appeared in his pitch-black eyes.

“But… what did the Duchess ask you to deliver to me?”

“It’s….”

I clamped my mouth shut, unable to utter a word. How could I possibly explain it? The item I was supposed to give him.

“A handkerchief, isn’t it? Embroidered with your family crest.”

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