Unrequited Love is Over, Fend for Yourselves (5 Chapters Left to Complete) - Chapter 96

“I’m sorry for keeping you when you’re busy. Then I’ll see you at the ball.”

Just as Etienne bowed to Reinhart and turned away, she felt a hand grasp her wrist and turned back toward him.

“Is there something else you’d like to say?”

Unsurprised that Reinhart had stopped her, Etienne responded quietly and naturally, as if she had been waiting to hear something from him.

Her steady gaze swept across Reinhart’s eyes, nose, and lips in turn. After studying his eyes, she gently followed the line of his nose down to stare fixedly at his lips—as though admiring the face of a beloved man… yet…

‘Your eyes are trembling.’

She was examining him this way because of the unease she’d felt during her conversation with Fernando.

“I just… can’t afford to be late anymore. Please, this time, don’t walk away—just listen.”

Still holding Etienne’s wrist, Reinhart gave her a preemptive warning. Though his tone carried a hint of laughter, suggesting she wouldn’t escape this time, it failed to lighten the mood.

“My ability only activates when you die.”

Though this was already a known fact, Etienne remained silent, waiting for what came next.

Since she couldn’t tell whether he was about to speak of her death or his ability, all she could do was listen.

“But… I was truly foolish. I pushed forward despite knowing how cruel a fate your death would be for you.”

Etienne shook her head. She’d been sad at the moment of her death, but now she could understand everything.

Honestly, if it hadn’t been for Reinhart, she wouldn’t have been given another chance at life—so she didn’t want him to feel sorry.

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