“Aaah…!”
The violent hand yanked her hair, and the pain felt as though her scalp was being torn. But more painful than that was her mind, which couldn’t fully grasp the situation even at this point.
“Windsor, Windsor, Windsor. Sick and tired.”
Heathcliff muttered with a twisted tongue. Yuri Hsien understood Heathcliff’s words.
Although he was the second in line to the throne of the Openhaid Dynasty, Windsor was a noble family standing shoulder to shoulder with the dynasty.
Because of this, Heathcliff was always compared to Windsor and was often told that he was less powerful than Windsor due to being born of a concubine. The conservative nobles even said this.
That piledup frustration exploded like this today. It seemed as if Yuri Hsien Windsor’s dignity would finally be brought to the ground.
“Windsor, you, a mere woman after all, the whole world must know.”
The hardtounderstand words were filled with intense resentment and contempt towards Windsor.
“Sigh…”
Yuri Hsien couldn’t help but snicker at the sound.
Everything had been a mess since Oergen disappeared. Even though women ascending to the head of the household was frowned upon, saying Heathcliff was born of a concubine, thus weaker than Windsor…
‘To think that a remarried wife has greater legitimacy in the family than her own daughter.’
She still didn’t understand it. In this situation, the number of people who treated Yuri Hsien as a princess was very few. One of them was, needless to say, Heathcliff.
‘But the reason he’s doing this to me is because I’m Windsor?’
She didn’t know whether to be happy that he thought of her as Windsor or sad that he only saw her as Windsor.
Tears welled up. The excitement she had felt when she heard Heathcliff’s call had shriveled up like a burst balloon, gone without a trace. Her heart constricted at his rough handling.
Where had his usual respect and consideration for Yuri Hsien gone? Now, she only felt the front paws of a vile beast consumed by desire.
“Ack!”
A scream slipped out involuntarily when the necklace was torn off.
The image of Oergen, smiling brightly and opening his arms to her, flashed through her tightly closed eyes before disappearing. It felt as if she would never see him again. That everything was over.
“Stay still. Huh? Stay still…, then I’ll make it enjoyable for you too….”
At the moment Heathcliff’s violent hand was about to tear Yuri Hsien’s dress…
“Princess!”
Someone shouted Yuri Hsien’s name from beyond her hazy consciousness. The deep voice was urgent. She felt the vibration of someone pounding on the door.
‘Father?’
Although she knew it couldn’t be, she thought of Oergen first. Unconsciously, Yuri Hsien opened her blurry eyes.
“!”
Her mind nearly left her at the sight of the lower half of the man before her, and then a piercing cry rang out again.
“Princess Yuri Hsien!”
And then the door that Heathcliff had surely locked swung open.
“Uh!”
“Princess!”
Someone’s arm firmly caught Yuri Hsien as she fell backward. The mild impact brought on severe dizziness from the earlier blow to her head.
“Are you all right?”
The master quickly checked Yuri Hsien. Although the necklace had been torn off, injuring her neck, thankfully there seemed to be no other problems. The dress was only crumpled, still intact.
Through her rolling vision, she saw the master’s face contort with anger. He bared his teeth at Heathcliff.
“What are you doing, Your Highness!”
The thunderous voice echoed. At the same time, heavy boot sounds were heard. Startled, Yuri Hsien’s vision caught sight of men in armor appearing in great numbers.
“Who…”
“Don’t worry, Princess.”
When Yuri Hsien’s body involuntarily shuddered, the master reassured her.
“These are the patrolmen who guard this street. They can be trusted. I entrust the princess to you.”
“Yes, understood.”
The kindly speaking master handed Yuri Hsien over to an approaching patrolman.
“Princess. You have suffered.”
A patrolman had dared to pity the princess. However, the shock was so great from almost having suffered a terrible incident at the hands of Heathcliff that Yuri Hsien did not even feel the misery.
“Do not worry. We will take you safely to the duke’s residence, Princess.”
Another patrolman wrapped a thick hood around Yuri Hsien’s shoulders. As the appropriate weight enveloped her body, only then did Yuri Hsien start to tremble. Her teeth chattered against each other. Because of that, the headache that had been piercing her since earlier intensified.
“Ugh… my head….”
The ringing in her ears was growing worse. She didn’t even have time to be ashamed that others had found out that she had almost suffered a cruel fate.
“We’ve called a doctor, so please receive an examination in the carriage. Please do.”
Whether the patrolman had noticed Yuri Hsien’s strange condition or not, he told her not to worry. He was about to leave, supporting Yuri Hsien.
Clang!
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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