Saved Him, Now I'm Obsessed (10 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 177

“I drank it without even realizing it was alcohol.”

The strong scent and bitter taste of alcohol weren’t noticeable at all, so I assumed it was just fruit juice.

“There wouldn’t just be plain soft drinks in a place like that. It didn’t have a high alcohol content, but it definitely contained rum.”

“I should’ve been suspicious from the start—the drink was garnished with strange herbs.”

After stepping outside, my dazed mind gradually began to clear. I’d thought Ian was rambling because he was drunk, but it turned out I was the one who’d been intoxicated.

Only after noticing the mask I’d tossed aside in the heat, now rolling beneath my feet, did I realize how embarrassingly I’d behaved. Just what nonsense had I babbled while clinging to Ian?

Because Ian and I were the closest of friends, I’d always been honest with him about everything that happened to me.

It was different from how things were now with Ileina, who’d become like family, or the young ladies who’d become my friends. With him, I felt no hesitation—even as Jane instead of Claire.

But precisely because we were so close, there were things I wanted to keep hidden.

Especially things like how jealous I’d felt seeing Princess Greina and him together so perfectly, or how terrified I was that someone might become more precious to Ian than I was—those were secrets I even kept from myself.

I sighed deeply and buried my face in my knees. I was so embarrassed I felt dizzy.

In that moment, I remembered everything—how I’d readily agreed when Ian mentioned marriage, how I’d beamed foolishly at his compliments.

I really should’ve drunk enough to lose my memory entirely.

Of course, even if I couldn’t remember, those things wouldn’t vanish, and Ian would recall them vividly—but at least then I could’ve insisted it never happened or blamed it on his faulty memory.

But even someone as shameless as me couldn’t possibly deny what I’d just done when every detail was so painfully clear.

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