We moved to an alley next to the café, away from the prying eyes.
‘But how did he find me here…?’
I frowned at the uneasy feeling, and Cassien asked, “Did you read the letter?”
I hadn’t replied on purpose. After all, tonight, after paying the final installment at the secret guild, I’d have a new identity.
The escape was so close, there was no need to get involved anymore.
“The letters arrived fine, they said, but no reply. So I came.”
“…Cassien.”
“I wish we’d stop talking about breaking off the engagement.”
Cassien stood there with his usual relaxed smile.
Seeing him continuously smiling, despite sending those letters, made me feel foolish for worrying, even for a moment.
“I don’t understand why you keep insisting on this. We’re not going to break up.”
“Insisting? How is that insisting? I have no intention of taking back what I said.”
Cassien chuckled softly and asked, “Do you really want to break up with me, Roel?”
“Of course…”
“If it were me, I would have sent a formal notice of disengagement. If you really wanted to make it clear, that is.”
“…”
The reason I didn’t formally end the engagement, but only verbally, was obviously because of Peria.
Demanding a breakup without any reason would put the Earl’s family in a difficult position. Even though Cassien was the one neglecting the relationship and causing the breakup, no one in either the Ersian Duke’s or the Earl’s family saw it as an issue.
“…”
Cassien approached me, held my hands firmly, and hugged me tightly. He then whispered softly in my ear, “So, I can’t let you go. What now?”
“How can you… even in such moments…”
Perhaps this meeting with Cassien would be our last. If we parted here and I went back to the ballroom, he would be drawn to Iris, and he would forget about me.
But Cassien seemed to be indifferent to my sincerity, behaving as if nothing mattered.
“I thought at least once, you would take me seriously.”
Not even the basic respect for a person who had been with him for four years. Instead, he acted as if I was just an entity to be swayed by the protagonist, no matter what.
If he truly wanted to keep me, he wouldn’t have acted this way. At the very least, he wouldn’t have let me enter the ballroom partnerless today, and would have come to the mansion to take me to the palace ball.
Then Peria would treat me like catching a mouse, but why would I, just before leaving, needlessly provoke her?
But Cassien mockingly said to me, “You could never do that. Right, Roel?”
“…….”
“So let’s stop this nonsense and give up the useless act. I’ve waited as long as I could. By now, you should know when to back down. Don’t you agree?”
I told Cassien to just wait and see, and as soon as I got home, I planned to send a letter to the Duke.
“Ha, what? Useless act? Wait until I’m no longer angry?”
‘I’ll show you, Cassien.’
I immediately asked Eni for paper to write a response.
Sending a formal notice of disengagement wasn’t my plan, but a letter somewhat similar sent to the Duke would certainly convey my intent to break off the engagement.
I gritted my teeth and began writing the letter to the Duke.
“Why so combative in writing a letter… Hey! Roel! Wh, who are you writing to like this? Wait, to the Ersian Duke…?”
Eni’s surprise didn’t stop me, so she grabbed my hand in shock.
“A break-up letter to the Duke…! Why all of a sudden? If the Lady finds out, you’re in big trouble!”
“It’s okay. I’m leaving soon.”
“Ah…….”
Eni was the only person in this mansion who knew about my escape plan.
Realizing why I was writing this letter, Eni let go of my hand.
“That’s right…! What’s stopping you if you’re leaving anyway? You’ll have a new identity tonight, right? Frankly, that haughty young lord needs to be put in his place once. Write it! Write everything you want to say, Roel.”
After finishing the letter, I asked Eni to send it to the Ersian Duke’s house immediately.
By the evening, when I receive my new identity and board the ship, the letter should reach the Duke.
Thinking of Cassien being stunned by my letter brought a smile to my face.
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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