If You Want To Possess Me (9 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 99

“……”

Kisa should have responded to the Duke’s apology, yet strangely, she could not utter a word.

Neither words accepting his apology nor any lament over her soiled dress came out.

Meeting his hazel eyes behind his spectacles rendered her as immobile as a small creature caught by a predator.

Her hand, tightly clutching the crimson-stained hem of her skirt, trembled faintly. Without knowing why, she became certain.

This was absolutely no accident.

It wasn’t merely that the Duke’s expression showed no trace of remorse—at least, that wasn’t the real issue. After all, he was famously known for his minimal facial expressions.

It was something far more fundamental.

In that fleeting, brief instant, Kisa had sensed something in the Duke’s eyes as he looked down at her disheveled self.

Something akin to satisfaction.

“Good heavens!”

Just then, a sudden shout jolted Kisa out of her thoughts.

“Lady Bansfeldt! Are you all right?”

The young lady she had been speaking with moments ago approached and asked if Kisa was hurt.

Kisa replied with a dazed expression that she was perfectly fine—even though her dress, thoroughly soaked by Duke Hiran’s spilled wine, certainly was not.

Read full content of this chapter on r e d c a t t y . c o m