His actions of holding me were insincere, not to mention manipulative and mocking.
I spoke, slightly trembling with anger.
“There was no need to play such a joke if we’re not going to marry anyway.”
But Cassien burst out laughing, so loud it was refreshing.
“Who says? I intend to marry you no matter what.”
“Stop making a fool out of me, Cassien.”
Cassien, with an unreadable look, stared down at me, then curled his lips into a smile.
“Interesting to hear you say that.”
“What do you mean by…”
“Roel. Seeing you go to this extent, I know how much you want to break up.”
“So then…”
Cassien pulled me in closer, almost breathlessly embracing me. He whispered softly in my ear.
“So, I can’t let you go. What should we do?”
“How can you be like this even now…”
Maybe this meeting was to be my last with Cassien.
If we parted here and returned to the ballroom, Cassien would be drawn to Iris, and then he’d completely forget about me.
But Cassien seemed to disregard my sincerity until the very end.
“I thought if I said all this, you’d… you’d treat me seriously for once.”
Not even as a lover, but as a person… out of respect for someone you’ve spent four years with.
But he acted as if I was just an existence to be swayed by the male lead.
“If you really wanted to keep me, you wouldn’t have acted this way.”
At the very least, he wouldn’t have let me enter the ballroom without a partner today and would have come to pick me up from the mansion before the palace ball.
Yes. If he had been sincere, he wouldn’t have easily left when asked and wouldn’t have suddenly sought me out when I didn’t want him to, turning everything upside down.
Despite maintaining our engagement for four years, Cassien never loved me for even a moment.
That was a fact that couldn’t be changed, no matter what.
‘I’m such a fool…’
Tears welled up slightly, but I desperately swallowed my sobs and said,
“There’s no need to do all this if we’re going to break up anyway.”
Cassien, hearing my words, scrunched his face in apparent dissatisfaction.
Who is he to get annoyed? Seeing his unpleasant expression made me feel worse, and I frantically escaped from Cassien’s embrace.
“You’re the worst, Cassien.”
Fearing that I might be caught again, like I had been a few days before at the Ibel Earl’s mansion, I quickly left the terrace. But it was an unnecessary worry.
Cassien just watched me go and did not follow.
I ran aimlessly, thinking I should get as far away from Cassien as possible. It was only when I felt the surroundings grow quiet that I stopped.
Only then did the tears I had barely held back in front of Cassien start to flow freely.
I knew he wasn’t serious about our relationship, but I didn’t expect him to be so cruelly indifferent. No matter how much I tried to calm my sorrowful heart, the tears wouldn’t stop.
“That jerk…”
To believe I could end things amicably with such a person, I was the fool.
While wiping my tears and turning a corner, I collided hard with someone.
“Ah!”
The impact was so strong, my nose tingled with pain.
‘What’s so hard…?’
I held my sore nose and waited for a moment with my eyes closed for the pain to subside.
When I finally opened my eyes, what entered my vision was the chest of a man. As I lifted my head to see his face, I let out an unwittingly foolish remark.
“Ah…”
The person I had bumped into was none other than Leus.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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