If You Want To Possess Me (9 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 28

Kisa dumbly chewed over the words the count had just uttered. Seyard was going to attend Count Haverz’s charity ball?

Thinking about it, it wasn’t actually that strange. The new Duke Hiran had recently become the kingdom’s most talked-about figure—the very personage that hosts of various galas were desperate to invite.

Kisa herself had been the subject of gossip due to her broken engagement, but she couldn’t compare to Seyard in that regard.

‘Right, it’s not strange at all. Even Countess Haverz must have wanted to invite him.’

By the time Seyard officially began participating in high society events, invitations to the ball had long since been distributed—but there was no rule against sending out a few extra ones.

But still….

“Attending as the princess’s partner?”

When Kisa asked blankly, Count Bansfeldt silently nodded. She unconsciously swallowed hard.

The Haverz family’s charity ball required partners. And in such a partner-required event, an unmarried man and woman who weren’t blood relatives attending together typically implied they were in a romantic relationship.

Of course, she didn’t doubt Seyard. Kisa knew better than most just how trustworthy he was.

Although their engagement was contractual, he wasn’t the type to start a relationship behind her back—and he’d originally proposed the arrangement precisely to escape pressure to marry the princess. There was no way he’d be courting her now.

‘If they truly agreed to attend the charity ball together, Seyard must have some unavoidable reason.’

As if responding to Kisa’s faith, the count opened his mouth with a somewhat awkward expression.

“In truth, as a duke, he probably had no choice. Refusing the princess’s request in front of everyone wouldn’t be proper conduct for a subject.”

“Did the princess ask him herself?”

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