Stolen Crown Princess (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 59

Dwayne glared fiercely at Eustia across from him. That alone was enough to chill the air in the audience chamber.

Even under his piercing gaze, Eustia instinctively trembled, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.

“Shall I give you more time?”

“…I-I’ll resolve it soon. Just a little more time, please…”

Her fear-laden voice cut pitifully through the air. Yet there was no way such pitifulness from Eustia would sway Duke Dwayne.

Duke Dwayne slammed his fist down on the table, his brow furrowed mercilessly.

“Last night, Marquis Nette came to me and threatened that if I don’t secure Lellia’s release within three days, he’ll take matters into his own hands.”

“…”

“You wretched girl—you’ve dragged my dignity down to the ground! My dignity, as Dwayne Garnet, head of the empire’s foremost ducal house!!”

Unable to contain his fury, Dwayne trembled violently, his tightly clenched fists shaking. His expression was terrifyingly savage. Eustia could do nothing but be helplessly engulfed by fear.

He had never once been a warm father to Eustia since the day she was born. He always looked at her with contempt and clicked his tongue as if everything she did was pathetic.

Ever since she’d outgrown childhood, he hadn’t hesitated to punish her physically—punishments she couldn’t possibly understand.

Each time those dreadful memories piled up, Eustia came to see Dwayne not as a father but as an object of terror. Today was no different.

“So I went through the trouble of making you Empress, and now you dare make a fool of me?”

“F-Father, it’s not like that…”

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