Elina wiped away her tears with the handkerchief and nodded with her head down.

He gazed silently at Elina, who shed tears to an extraordinary extent.

After sobbing for a while with her head down, Elina slowly raised her head.

“Cedric… knew. Glad.”

…Is this something to be happy about?

Suppressing the anger twisted into his heart as much as possible, Cedric raised his lips leisurely.

“But Elina, how did you find out about that fact?”

The damp eyes slowly raised their eyelids over the watery eyes.

“I heard it from Sion.”

“…Are you talking about Sion Calypso?”

“Yeah.”

It made him curious about what story she would tell next.

“I was actually being blackmailed by Sion.”

Cedric pressed his trembling lips as if to suppress another lie.

“Blackmailed?”

“Yeah.”

Heuk. Again, she shed tears and buried her face in the handkerchief.

“Elina, calm down. Blackmailed? What on earth does that mean?”

He looked at her with wide eyes, fascinated by the surprisingly thrilling development.

It seems she’s decided to abandon Sion.
“By chance, we ended up having a conversation at a social gathering. Suddenly, she told me that Lamein asked me to help her divorce Cedric.”

“She asked me to help her get a divorce?”

“She said she needs Lamein. If I don’t comply, she threatened to expose everything, putting all our families in danger.”

Her lips, uttering a trembling voice, shook as if seized by fear.

“The reason Cedric has been treating me harshly was because of my actions towards Lamein, which I thought were unavoidable due to Sion’s blackmail.”

“…”

“I tried to get Lamein out of this house without her noticing. I had no bad intentions.”

The voice continued to flow without a pause.

“I wanted to tell Killian. However, Killian was more interested in another noblewoman than me.”

Tears streamed again from sorrow-filled eyes.

“I was deceived by Cedric, who was pretending not to know, thinking it was because of Sion’s blackmail.”

“…”

“I just wanted to make Lamein leave this house without anyone noticing. I didn’t have any bad intentions.”

Cedric was impressed in that moment.

In the short time that passed,

he had justified his actions, gained sympathy through Killian, and, now, completely changed the direction of the arrow pointed at him.

‘What is it that you want so desperately?’

He quickly erased the passing thought.

He stared at Elina, who had turned the direction of the arrow aimed at her, without a word.

After a brief contemplation, he slowly spoke.

“Don’t meet Sion in the future, even by coincidence. If you get involved with Sion, even accidentally, it could be dangerous for you.”

Elina slowly raised her eyelids over her teary eyes.

Then, with her lips pressed firmly against the moistened ones, she nodded.

“As I said, I will continue to act as a husband who sincerely loves Lamein.”

A situation where time had to be bought for Lamein.

“For what I want to achieve.”

“…”

“Now that I’ve heard your story, I should consider a way to use Sion.”

For now, Elina should not come near Sion again.

The moment he and Sion came into contact, he would lose his body.

“…Sion?”

As he extended the card he had thrown away, her gaze wavered.

“Why, do you have any concerns?”

“No. I’m just worried Cedric might be in danger. Sion is a worse man than you think.”

Afraid that everything would be exposed, she hid her false face behind the lies.
Cedric frowned as if feeling sorry.

“Oh, Elina. You’ve been through a lot because of Sion. But don’t worry.”

He decided to temporarily sheathe the blade he wanted to unsheath right away.

“I will quietly handle everything, so just be happy when that time comes. Trust me.”

The day when my sharp blade would be stained with their crimson blood.

“Then all you have to do is be happy when that happens. Just trust me.”

For the moment when they could be happy, despite the desperate fear shaking their bodies.