“What? You’ve finished talking? Calling my father trash? It’s our father who took you in when you had nowhere to go!”
“I would have been much happier living as a wretched orphan than living tied to your family now. I was treated worse than an insect, sold to an old man by your father… ridiculed and abused for years by your family. Everyone does worse than trash and lives well, so why can’t I live like trash?”
“If it was so terrible and you hated it, you should have left the house. Why did you stick to our family like a leech? Don’t you think it’s funny what you’re saying?”
“……I believed. I thought that someday everyone would accept me as family. Yes, I lived trapped in such a stupid thought then. Not now.”
“It’s because you’re so stupid that you can’t be our family.”
Infuriated, Riley pushed Claire away, irritatedly.
“Get lost, get out of my sight right now.”
“You’re not even aware of the subject, yet you’re so haughty!”
Claire grabbed Riley’s hair. Riley also grabbed her hair, hissing. As the physical fight broke out, the servants who had been watching from outside were shocked and began to break it up.
“Ah, young ladies, calm down! What are you doing!”
The commotion grew, and Ryan and the lady, who were downstairs, came up to the second floor.
“What is this madness!”
At Ryan’s shout, Claire first let go of Riley’s hair. Riley also released her grip on Claire’s hair.
Claire shouted, excited.
“This girl insulted our father, and I couldn’t bear it……”
“You were the one who pressured for an immediate request for divorce from Duke Lianster, Claire.”
“What? Riley, is what you said true, Claire?”
“Ah, Father! Riley insulted Father!”
“Riley’s words are true, aren’t they!”
Claire, confused by Ryan’s persistence, began to whimper and looked at the lady. Always wholeheartedly for her own daughter, she avoided Claire’s gaze while watching Ryan’s mood.
Claire’s tears flowed drop by drop, her face shocked.
Ryan then spoke in a cool voice.
“Come with me right now, Claire.”
Claire couldn’t understand.
It was Riley who had insulted the parents, so why should she alone be scolded? It was so unfair. And Riley saw her own image in Claire’s current appearance, just a short time ago.
Beautiful Claire, no matter what she did. Riley, always criticized no matter what she did.
Riley was tormented by the past images rising from Claire’s appearance.
“The governess said your body wasn’t well, Claire. I’ll manage well, so you rest.”
“……Yes.”
Everyone left the room, and the solitary Riley crumpled the letter and tucked it into her sleeve, lying down on the bed.
She closed her eyes tightly, trying to escape the troubled heart.
Despite Claire’s sweeping passage, the desire to see Gibnen was still there. She was afraid to see him, yet she wanted to see him.
What’s so great about Gibnen Lianster anyway.
It hadn’t been long since they knew each other, and they hardly knew anything about each other. Wondering why she was thinking about him at this moment, she closed her eyes.
I hope I don’t have a nightmare tonight.
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Thud.
A small but clear sound.
Riley’s eyes snapped open as she tossed and turned.
“Ugh[Dash]!”
Her eyes were open, but she couldn’t see. She felt someone wrapping around her body.
“Uuuuhhh!”
‘What? What the hell? Who is it…?’
She felt a sensation of floating, along with a cold chill. The sound of several footsteps, the unpleasant smell of strangers, and the ropes that bound her body, the feeling of solid muscles touching her.
Could it be… am I being kidnapped?
(This is a time separator.)
Where are they taking me? How many are there? Why are they doing this?
All sorts of questions floated in her mind.
I don’t understand what’s happening at all. It’s clear that I’ve been kidnapped, but why? Who?
In her confusion, the carriage that had been running vigorously stopped. People she didn’t know pulled her out. A cold, icy chill was felt.
It wasn’t just because of the cold night air. Riley trembled with extreme fear, feeling a killing intent that seemed to reach her bones.
“We’ve captured her.”
They took off the blindfold that had covered her eyes.
As she raised her head, her eyes met with a familiar face.
“You are…”
“Do you recognize me?”
How could she forget that face?
That greasy, grotesque face buried in flabby flesh!
Riley stared in shock at Count Ermaints. Even though he was a madman, she never thought he would go as far as kidnapping!
“Why are you doing this?”
“You’re asking because you don’t know?”
“…….”
“I haven’t slept since that day because I’m so furious!”
“…….”
“It was the first time I’ve ever been humiliated in my life! Especially! By a worthless woman like you! It was the first time I’ve ever been insulted like this!”
He wasn’t just old and perverted. He was pathetic too.
She was surprised that such a person really existed. That a man once hailed as a war hero could be so narrowminded.
“You refuse to marry me, of all people?”
“You really are mad.”
“That mouth! That damn mouth pushed you into this situation, don’t you realize?”
Male lead reborn without memories — but he still falls for her.
The person he finds displeasing in this life turns out to be his cherished wife-master in previous life…
Xie Zhi and Fang Xianxing who had known each other for less than three days through a blind date sat in the same car in front of the civil affairs bureau. They had a disagreement and failed to get married.
Xie Zhi immediately took out his phone, slid through his contacts, and randomly selected the next marriage candidate.
The woman snatched his phone and hung up. Looking at his phone wallpaper, she awkwardly changed the subject: “An ancient painting, eh? It looks pretty good, it’s just that the person in the painting looks a bit like me.”
When he heard this, he sarcastically mocked her for being so delusional, completely unaware that, the person in front of him was the reincarnation of Wen Ru, the famous prime minister of Yuan Shun whom he most admired…
The female CEO who doesn’t want to get married with a divorce agreement in hand × The male archaeological researcher who will only get married if he’s sure he can get divorced
