This Marriage Must End in Tragedy (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 21

Still, compared to the reaction when rumors spread that he was seeing Ansi de Rubelsa, this was considerably gentlemanly.

Perhaps he should even consider himself fortunate that they’d walked all the way here.

“There’s a proper sequence for these things, isn’t there? We can’t just rush through it.”

“That’s not what I meant at all.”

“Hmm. Then what exactly did you mean?”

“Don’t betray us who’ve raised you until now, Damion.”

Marianne, who’d been tightly biting her lip, suddenly spoke out. Her golden eyes were filled with anger again today—the same eyes that had once shown sympathy toward Damion and at other times had coldly turned away from him.

“You speak as though I’ve stabbed you in the back, Mother.”

“You’re trying to disgrace us.”

“Yes, well, your elder brother insisted we respect your choice, so we’ve held our tongues—but surely this grand spectacle wasn’t necessary?”

“Then shall we cancel it?”

Damion asked with a slight upward curve of his lips.

Basiloff’s face flushed with visible veins.

The sly brat. He knew full well that calling off the wedding on the actual day was utterly impossible—that was precisely why he asked.

He’d always been like this since childhood. Though outwardly smiling meekly, aware of his own position, his eyes had always hidden a sharp blade.

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