Chapter 26 (1/2)
Duchess of Evantheon
Karhan looked at Stella quietly. He thought he was mistaken, but it was really Stella Delota.
“Evantheon, are you on your way out?”
Stella quickly approached Karhan.
“How….”
He was speechless because he didn’t know where to start. It was dinner time when no visitors were being accepted, and he didn’t even get word that Stella was visiting.
He was relieved that there were no sudden visits these days, but it seemed to have started again. Karhan felt uncomfortable with Stella.
Her endless obsession was like a web wrapping around him. He showed signs of discomfort several times as if he was being watched every step of the way, but all of them were ignored.
And the decisive reason to be reluctant to her is…
As Karhan’s eyes sank dimly, Stella flinched.
However, she seemed to have no intention of retreating easily, so she straightened her shoulders and raised her head.
“It’s raining too, are you thinking of putting me here?”
Tession, who couldn’t continue to watch, stepped up.
“It’s evening, so please tell us your intention to visit next time.”
“Did I come somewhere I couldn’t come? It’s not even that late.”
She said it was still early evening, and yet Stella was rather displeased.
She shouted at Karhan, ignoring Tession.
“My legs hurt. Let’s go in first.”
Karhan took a step away, thinking that the clothes he changed would get wet at this rate. Stella followed Karhan with an umbrella-covered employee.
Arriving at the front door, Stella naturally tried to get inside.
But Karhan looked straight at Stella with his back to the front door.
“What do you have to say?”
Stella paused at the low voice. Maybe because of the rain, Karhan looked even more cold.
At that moment, numerous romance novels that she has read so far passed through her mind.
(Q/C: Moron)
Stella clenched her fist.
If she gets involved here, she’d be no different from the supporting roles.
It was the law that only a confident heroine who was not discouraged could win over the bad man. There was even a justifiable reason to visit him this time.
“I heard a strange story.”
Stella looked straight at Karhan. Stella’s face was reflected in his bizarrely blue eyes.
“The story of you going out with Bloden Young Lady.”
In an instant, Karhan’s eyes shook. Stella, who didn’t miss it, asked.
“It’s a lie, isn’t it?”
There was a gap in the tightly closed mouth.
Karhan replied without avoiding her gaze.
“It’s true.”
(Q/C: I am so fcking proud of you)
Stella’s eyes opened wide and he said something he would never have said before.
“I am dating the Bloden Young Lady.”
Unlike his calm voice, Karhan’s fingertips were trembling but once he uttered it, the next words came out easily.
“I’m sorry to the Young Lady, but please don’t mention about the engagement.”
“Evantheon!!”
Stella, who belatedly came to her senses, shouted in tears.
“How can you do this to me?!”
“…….”
“Why does it have to be that girl!!”
In the tone of criticizing Lilia, Karhan frowned without knowing it. At the moment Stella faltered, but unlike last time she did not back down.
“The Duchess has already accepted me. We’re done talking! Everything is going well, how can…”
As the arrow of resentment flew in, Karhan slowly lowered his eyes. If it was before, he would have been defeated first because he didn’t want to fight.
He thought it was best to be silent and follow the other person’s opinions. However, it was his will that he decided not to be engaged to Stella.
He didn’t want to change the first decision he made himself.
“I’m sorry.”
Karhan did not back down.
Stella, who was trembling with her shoulders, raised her voice.
“Are you going to embarrass me?”
“…We’re not in any relationship yet, are we? If it’s now…”
“What is all this fuss about?”
They both turned their heads at the same time at the unfamiliar voice that came in through the conversation.
A woman walked out through the open front door. Wearing a waist-length shawl, she was accompanied by an employee carrying a lamp on both sides.
“I, I greet the Duchess of Evantheon.”
Stella, who was embarrassed, said hello.
Karhan, who had been stiffened, tried to greet her belatedly, but she spoke to Stella without even giving him a glance.
“Delota Young Lady, what brings you here at this hour?”
“Duchess…….”
Stella called the Duchess in a tearful voice. She pretended to feel sad to arouse sympathy.
“The Little Duke has another woman….”
At that word, Duchess Evantheon turned to Karhan. From the frozen gaze, it felt like it was hardening to the tongue. This was the biggest reason Karhan was reluctant to Stella.
Whenever something happened, Stella ran to the Duchess of Evantheon and told her every word. When her obsession was overwhelming, she would visit the Duchess and complain.
And Stella knew that the method worked better than anything.
“That’s… I didn’t know either.”
The Duchess glanced at Karhan up and down, and looked again at Stella.
“I’ll educate him straight, so Young Lady don’t have to worry about it and go back.”