I Didn't Really Want to Do Farming! (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 153

“You’re back!”

Stella, who had come running breathlessly, warmly clasped Melissa’s hand. Standing against the backdrop of a fresh green garden, Stella wasn’t as flamboyant as other princesses, yet she shone as brilliantly as sunlight.

“…Yes. Thanks to you.”

Startled by the sudden warmth, Melissa stared blankly at her hand enveloped in small fingers before finally lifting her gaze.

Stella’s eyes, fixed upon her, still sparkled brightly, and Melissa’s own hand—now helplessly captured—seemed lost, unable to find its way back.

Stella wasn’t stronger than her, nor did she wield greater power. In fact, Melissa was a full head taller, and wealthier—perhaps dozens, even hundreds of times richer. Then why…

“Don’t you want to make a good impression?”

Melissa was utterly exasperated by the eager, shameless flattery coiling tightly inside her heart. This feeling was entirely new. She’d never even considered wanting to impress Kai.

Trying to impress Kai had always felt like an affront to her pride. She’d believed her natural self was more than enough, brimming with confidence and solid self-assurance.

Yet jealousy had always tormented Melissa. She wanted to marry Kai, and the thought of another woman standing beside him filled her with deep resentment.

Stella, once merely an irritating nuisance among many, had somehow become someone who now casually held and shook her hand without a second thought.

“Are you hurt anywhere?”

Letting go of Melissa’s hand, Stella carefully examined her, standing stiffly upright. There were no visible bandages or bruises.

Though injuries might be hidden beneath her crisply pressed uniform, nothing obvious marred her appearance.

“Here…”

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