“I didn’t do that, I sent him back to the palace. I will apologize on his behalf for the rudeness Enoch caused.”
“You don’t have to apologize.”
From the original work and Roseberyl’s memories, I already knew that the relationship between the First Prince and the Second Prince was not good.
‘In fact, there’s someone I shouldn’t meet in this place today.’
‘Who is it?’
‘Whatever it is, I don’t want to be unreasonably taken away by him…’
Indeed, it referred to Enoch, right?
Although Enoch is the Second Prince, he is the queen’s son, and since the queen’s influence is considerable, he must have been quite proud since he was young, acting as if the position of the Crown Prince was detached.
“Can I ask you just one thing?”
“You can ask anything.”
“When you came to Caden’s birthday party, do you remember going hastily, saying there was someone you shouldn’t meet?”
“I remember.”
“By any chance, the person you were trying to avoid at that time was the Second Prince?”
“Yes, that’s correct. At that time, I thought that was the answer…”
Ian, who had paused for a moment, looked at me. As I blinked in response to his gaze, he slowly continued.
“I don’t plan to avoid you anymore.”
“That’s a good idea. You shouldn’t easily let yourself be taken away if someone tries to snatch you.”
As I looked at Ian with half-closed eyes, another question arose.
He didn’t come here to drive Enoch away, so why did he come to Agnes’s birthday party?
“But why did you really come here?”
“I came to meet my senior.”
“…Huh?”
As if the thought process had abruptly stopped, I couldn’t think of anything for a moment.
“I missed you.”
At Ian’s added words, my Adam’s apple moved involuntarily.
So, he came all the way here to meet me?
Because he wanted to see me?
“Well…”
Without saying anything, I tightly grasped the trembling fingertips.
At the moment when I managed to raise my gaze, a strong wind blew. Ian, who quickly blocked the wind direction, turned to me and asked.
“Are you okay?”
“Yeah. I’m fine.”
It seems quite close.
For a moment, I thought our breaths might touch. When I met his eyes, which were filled with a faint tension, I bit my lip inside without showing any signs.
“It seems like the wind has stopped.”
His suddenly approaching hand gently brushed away the fluttering hair, then moved away. His face, which seemed like I could reach if I stretched out my hand, had already moved back a considerable distance.
I again tightly clenched my trembling hand. When Ian stepped back, I almost grabbed the hem of his clothes.
“I should be going now.”
“Already?”
“To stay here, I would have to keep holding onto you, senior, and people will find it strange.”
If I and Ian continued to stay here on the terrace together, it would surely lead to various rumors.
At least there would be a rumor that I have a man.
“Still, are you leaving right away like this?”
“I already sent Enoch back, and I saw your face. That’s enough.”
“…Are you going back?”
Ian lightly lifted his lips as if to say not to worry.
“I’ll see you at the knight order, senior.”
“Roseberyl!”
As soon as I stepped out of the terrace, someone called my name from a distance. Waving my hand when I saw Daisy, she quickly approached me.
“I’ve been looking for you for a long time without knowing if you were here.”
“You were looking for me?”
Daisy nodded shyly as she asked.
“Did you see him earlier?”
“Of course. You two looked great together. How was the dance with Edwin?”
“It was really amazing. I didn’t think of anything else while dancing. Only Edwin was in my sight.”
Daisy’s two cheeks vividly blushed as she recalled the memories.
“Did you convey those words to Edwin? If he heard, he would have been really happy.”
“Edwin left the hall right after dancing with me, so…”
Why does he keep doing that?
Pretending to stroke my forehead, I hastily came up with excuses.
“Maybe it wasn’t too embarrassing?”
“Could it be? Even if I understand Edwin’s feelings, I don’t really know.”
“Maybe he was overwhelmed by dancing with his destined partner.”
“Destined partner?”
When I met his sparkling violet eyes filled with curiosity, my lips moved involuntarily.
“Even though Edwin may seem carefree, he has always been waiting for his destined partner. He has never harbored feelings for anyone before. But in front of you, Daisy, he behaved in a way even I found unfamiliar.”
“…”
“I wondered if you, Daisy, might be Edwin’s destined partner, so I had such thoughts.”
After saying it, I felt like I had become Edwin’s spokesperson.
Still, if the two of them come together…
I subtly rolled my eyes and examined Daisy’s face. It had a somewhat recalled complexion, but I couldn’t quite gauge what she was thinking.
“…A destined partner, that sounds so cool.”
“Doesn’t it?”
It was then that Edwin, who had left the ballroom earlier, came into my view. He walked toward us with his gaze fixed on Daisy and, as he did when he requested a dance, he kneeled in front of her.
“Edwin?”
“I showed an embarrassing side in front of you earlier, Daisy. My heart felt like it was going to explode, so I decided to stop…”
“What?”
I sent Daisy a subtle gesture to have a comfortable conversation with him and stepped back. With my ears slightly open, I took a slow step away.
“I like you, Daisy. I really, really like you to the point of madness.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
