If You Want A Cheeky Seductress (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 77

Floyd blinked slowly, thinking that he himself might be the one sinking into her.

—”Because I have Your Highness.”

That alone gripped Floyd’s heart.

—”As long as Your Highness remains by my side, they won’t devour me.”

That single whisper eroded Floyd’s resolute determination and shook it to its core.

“Moreover, at the end of my path will stand not only those responsible for my family’s deaths, but also those who control Your Highness’s life. Beneath Your Highness’s clear light, I shall confront them as well.”

Control my life? Them?

He wanted to deny it. He wanted to insist that no one could ever control his life.

But Floyd knew it wasn’t true.

He still remembered—the king’s indifferent gaze, the queen’s damp, insincere voice, his mother’s screams as she burned, and Lucas’s mockery as he watched it all.

Floyd remembered it all. Remembered it with perfect clarity.

Those gazes, voices, screams, and mockery still ruled his life, still gripped his ankles, still filled his gut—he had merely tried to ignore and turn away from them.

The moment he became aware, his emotions surged, reddening the corners of his eyes. His jaw clenched, teeth grinding together with a heavy, grinding sound. The blood drained from his clenched fists, and his furious heart pounded—thump, thump—as if ready to burst.

Even with her beside him, he couldn’t suppress the flames raging within. A massive inferno encircled Roxiana and Floyd.

Grass and trees burned away; the pond water dried up completely—but within the towering flames, Roxiana and Floyd stood calmly, gazing silently at each other.

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