Then, he skillfully cut the steak with a fork and knife and fed it to me.
‘……?’
As it was hard to refuse the piece placed near my lips, I was puzzled and ate the steak, and a faint smile appeared on Hades’s face.
“You seem to enjoy being handfed by others.”
“……!”
My face turned bright red.
You were the one who fed me first, so what’s the deal?
I swallowed the piece of steak quickly and retorted.
“If Your Highness wants to take the trouble, I won’t stop you.”
“Your face is all red, Angelica.”
“…….”
It was quite difficult to regain my composure this time.
Even though we’re socalled nemeses, how can he agitate me like this?
‘I shouldn’t have accepted his proposal.’
Of course, I didn’t say ‘Yes, I will’ like a fool.
I tried to persuade him as much as I could.
But what could I do?
He wanted me.
The most significant compensation I could gain was lifelong safety assurance, even if I didn’t act as a noble after achieving the objective.
‘This isn’t it!’
I brought my lips to his ear.
“Do we really have to do this?”
Hades answered in a small voice.
“You can leave the castle if you don’t like it.”
This person……!
Had he offered me the favor of staying in the castle because he had predicted this situation, like a cunning snake? The thought flickered in and out of my mind.
“……Your Highness, I can eat on my own, so please return to your seat?”
“As you command.”
Hades answered in an obviously teasing tone.
‘What’s going on?’
I blinked.
Instead of returning to his seat as promised, a small wrinkle appeared between his handsome brows.
“You’re too…… thin. It would be better if you ate more.”
Strangely, those words sounded sincere.
Fortunately, Hades didn’t add anything else and went to his seat, and I was able to focus on the meal.
Hades, too, seemed to think that was enough and began to eat normally.
‘Phew.’
It was when I was eating dessert with a somewhat relaxed mind.
The intricate ebony doors of the dining room swung open.
“Welcome, Sir William.”
Hades greeted the visitor with a calm face.
“What’s the matter?”
Sir William looked at me once, and then at Hades once.
The face of the old veteran, as if he had been through hell and back, was greatly shaken.
“……I had something to tell you, but it seems it’s not the time.”
“There is no separate time to listen to what you have to say.”
Hades answered calmly.
“Speak.”
“No, I will tell you later.”
“There must have been a good reason to interrupt the meal.”
“It’s a difficult issue if there are many ears listening.”
“You would have asked for a meeting separately when I was in my office if that were the case.”
“…….”
Sir William inhaled and exhaled so deeply that his chest visibly rose and fell.
“Your Majesty, is the rumor that you have taken in the government true?”
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]‘I didn’t expect the reaction to come this quickly.’
Hades glanced at William.
William was a knight who had been his swordsmanship teacher since childhood, a moral and exemplary person, but he had a stubborn side.
He couldn’t believe that he, who had always avoided romance, suddenly took in the government.
“How do you feel, Sir?”
“I……!”
Sir William clenched and then released his fist.
“I didn’t believe it. But seeing it, I have no choice but to believe.”
“That’s a precise judgment.”
“Your Majesty!”
“Let everyone know. If anyone tries to harm Angel in any way, know that their neck will not be safe.”
Hades observed Angelica’s shrinking figure on the other side.
Angelica precisely responded to the nickname ‘Angel.’
If it weren’t for Sir William, she would have questioned where such a nickname came from with her face.
“You draw your sword to a woman of unknown origin, and now you take her as your government. Your Majesty, I must speak plainly. How do you know whether this woman has infiltrated to harm you?”
“Huh.”
Hades let out a sigh as if it was ridiculous.
“Sir, look at Angel. Do you think Angel can harm me in any way?”
“…….”
Sir William seemed momentarily at a loss for words.
It was understandable, for Angelica looked so fragile and delicate that it would not be strange if she fell over in the wind.
Especially when he looked down from right next to Angelica’s chair a moment ago, her excessively thin body as a whole came into view, enough to make his heart sink.
“It doesn’t have to be through force to suppress you, Your Majesty. She might dream of poisoning…….”
Hades swallowed a laugh inside.
William did not know how close to the truth what he just said was.
“Sir, you know best that poison doesn’t work on me. If you insult Angelica any further, even if you are a Sir, I cannot overlook it.”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
