Chapter 8 (2/2)

“Let go of my hand!”

As Herietta shrieked at him, Edwin released her. There was no notice that he would let her go, so she almost fell on her behind. As she stumbled heavily backward, she managed to keep her balance. Her body swayed to and fro, and a few strands of her hair that had been pulled up and secured with pins flew down in front of her.

She didn’t know what she looked like in Edwin’s eyes now.

‘This is going to be troublesome.’

Herietta lifted her head and saw him standing in front of her. As expected, unlike her, he was breathing calmly.

After all, it’s always been like this. This is a perfect one-way direction. She had him in her heart, but he didn’t even glance at her. She carefully nurtured her affection for him, even though she was sometimes frustrated, but he didn’t even know she existed in this world.

He didn’t ask her to do those things, she had started it on her own. But even though she was aware that the Edwin in her mind was different from the real thing, she couldn’t help but feel a small tingle somewhere inside her heart.

‘Come to think of it, he’s just a slave now, just as Hugo said.’

The more she felt the plight of her own situation, the greater the desire to dig into Edwin’s indifferent face grew in Herietta’s mind. She wanted to make him react by any means.

“What do you want to know?”

There was no time to think twice. She asked provocatively.

“Did you want to know if I knew you were originally a nobleman, or, to be precise, someone from the Redford family? What would you do to me if I did?”

As the word ‘Redford’ came out of her mouth, Edwin’s face, which looked like it was covered with a mask, stiffened. His eyes opened wide. It looked as if someone had poured cold water over him. A moment later, his well-groomed lips twisted into a frown.

“As expected, you knew.”

His voice got lower. On the contrary, the energy surrounding him rose sharply.

Herietta trembled in surprise. She had chills as she did in the middle of winter when she went out in thin clothes. The atmosphere was unusual. She soon realized she had made a mistake, but it was already too late.

“How did you find out? I heard that people here are very slow to the social flow of the outside world, so I expected that no one would know about me.”

He asked with a dry smile.

“Did someone tell you something beforehand?”

“…”

“Does everyone else know?”

“…”

At Edwin’s question, Herietta shook her head vigorously. She wanted to say no, but her voice didn’t come out because his fierce gaze seemed like he was about to catch her and kill her.

“I didn’t completely believe it anyway. But… Still, why do you make fun of people like this?”

He smiled coldly as he mumbled something. His tone was either angry or pessimistic.

“I thought you were worn out, but I have no idea what you are up to this time.”

“What… what am I up to?”

Herietta, who had managed to regain her voice, asked. But instead of answering her, Edwin took one step closer to her.

He was exuding a menacing force as he inched closer to her, and he did not try to hide it. Herietta instinctively stepped back. But the hard wall behind her back blocked her movement.

“Do you want me to crawl like a dog?”

‘A dog?’

Herietta’s eyes widened as the unexpected words came out of his mouth.

“Or is it that you want to dr*g me to satisfy your s*xual desires?”

‘Dr*g? S*xual desire?’

Herietta was speechless at the words that came out of his mouth. What was she hearing now? Her mind went blank. She was so shocked that she wondered if she had heard him wrong.

Seeing the frozen Herrietta without saying anything, Edwin moved closer to her. It was close enough to reach her with outstretched arms. He held one hand against the wall and with the other hand, he lifted her head, which was frozen in place.

Blue eyes that were as blue as the deep, cold sea met auburn eyes that trembled anxiously.

“What are you pretending to be so nervous about?”

“…!”