Raising a Villain Went Wrong (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 99

“Besides, Baek Ho left without even giving a proper explanation.”

Even if he’d explained the situation properly, it would’ve been shocking—but Baek Ho made it sound as if he’d abruptly left because he disliked me. I rubbed my thumb over the rough back of his hand and asked cautiously,

“Did you resent me?”

At my question, Dan Mok Bi met my gaze. My face was clearly reflected in his dark eyes, as if they’d captured the night sky itself.

“I thought I had to become someone more worthy of you. While you were gone.”

His whisper to me felt as rich and sweet as chocolate.

“I believed we’d surely meet again. I couldn’t have endured it otherwise.”

Even in those moments when I was endlessly anxious, lost, and unable to trust him—he had held firm to that belief.

That we’d meet again, and the time we’d lost would once more continue.

Dan Mok Bi raised his hand, and mine, held by his, rose with it. His lips pressed briefly against the back of my hand before pulling away.

“Don’t leave my side again, Yeon Ah.”

“…Of course not.”

My heart should’ve fluttered at such affection, yet his whispered words made tears well up instead.

“I missed you too. On sleepless nights, I’d think of you—wondering if you were well, if you were hurt anywhere…”

Smiling with hunched shoulders, I spoke softly of the days he’d been absent.

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