He Who Covets the Abandoned Bride (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 171

Whether it was due to Isabella’s pressure or not, Count Orson hadn’t been able to sleep properly for quite some time. Because of this, he was walking alone through the mansion’s rear garden at dawn, when everyone else in the house was still asleep.

Since they often received guests, on days like today with no visitors, the house seemed unusually quiet.

Yet, precisely because he didn’t have to worry about anyone’s scrutiny today, Count Orson actually felt somewhat relieved.

It was just as he let out a faint sigh.

“Ha….”

“Still not asleep even at this hour of dawn? What’s with such a heavy sigh?”

“…!”

Hearing another’s voice at a moment he hadn’t anticipated at all, Count Orson flinched and quickly raised his eyes toward the source. The voice had come from the tree he had just passed by.

Looking up, he saw a face so blurred even in his memories—but Count Orson recognized him instantly and widened his eyes.

“Why are you here…?”

His companion lightly landed on the ground. As a psychokinetic, he descended so smoothly it hardly seemed like a fall at all.

The man before him was none other than Adrian.

More precisely, the young man who had stayed at the earl’s estate years ago—the one who bore Millay’s appearance.

Worried someone might see them, Count Orson quickly ushered him into the shade and asked,

“Why on earth are Your Highness here, and in that guise?”

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