Seducing the Tyrant Instead of My Favorite (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 99

How did things end up like this?

I kept my head as low as possible and followed Cynthia.

I wanted to run away, but any suspicious behavior might expose me.

‘Why did she call for me specifically, leaving the other maids alone?’

Cynthia was said to know every maid’s face and name by heart.

Could she have noticed something?

I swallowed hard and stepped into Cynthia’s quarters.

My gaze was briefly stolen by bookshelves tidier than those in the imperial palace library.

They were filled with scholarly texts on philosophy, mathematics, economics, history, geography, and more.

Cynthia asked, her tone suspicious.

“Can you read?”

“I’ve learned a little.”

Cynthia’s eyes grew sharper.

Should I have pretended not to know?

“Well done. No one can predict what fate holds.”

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