He Who Covets the Abandoned Bride (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 61

Ever since Laila was seen dashing out of the Crown Prince’s receiving room, rumors had spread like wildfire that Adrian had tried to embrace her there.

Whether in public or private, Adrian had never once shown the slightest interest in the opposite sex. Thus, he was often dismissed as someone obsessed solely with work, and some even cast suspicious glances at his relationship with Rilvan.

But regardless, the Crown Prince had never caused any scandal concerning his personal conduct—until now. The news that he had untied a woman’s dress laces in broad daylight inevitably captured everyone’s curiosity.

Combined with his pressuring of the maternal family of the Fourth Prince over the whipping incident, his summoning of the slave before the Empress, and the revelation that this slave had once been Adrian’s fiancée, a single inference naturally emerged.

‘Crown Prince Adrian harbors special feelings for his handmaiden.’

Everyone inevitably thought the same.

It was the moment when Adrian’s pretense of ignoring the slave in front of the Fourth Prince became utterly futile.

From the next day onward, Laila felt eyes following her wherever she went. It wasn’t merely scrutiny over her work—everyone in the Imperial Palace stared at her with burning curiosity, and among them were even those whose gazes seemed to carry the intent of secretly watching her.

Under normal circumstances, she might not have noticed, but after meeting several people’s eyes directly, Laila grew even more unnerved and sensitive.

‘Yesterday’s incident… must have put His Highness in an awkward position.’

Laila now understood it clearly.

She finally realized what Adrian had lost through yesterday’s incident in that receiving room.

It was his ‘perfection.’

Supreme authority, absolute strength, and intellect to match—what made him truly untouchable was the apparent absence of any weakness.

He had lost his mother early, and he had personally taken the lead in restraining his maternal relatives the moment any trouble arose, demonstrating he cared little for their fate. The position of Crown Princess remained vacant, and his inner circle was so tightly managed that no fault could be found.

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