NOVEL NEXT WORLD Chapter 175.2
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“Why do you dislike me?”
One day, in the royal palace library, between the bookshelves, Cedric quietly asked Jade, who was sitting on the floor.
Jade, whom he thought would ignore him, sneaked a glance at Cedric.
“Because it upset me.”
“Which part?”
“Some time ago.”
Jade frowned in thought.
“I felt a murderous intent from you, Your Highness. It was for a brief moment, but that intent was directed at someone it shouldn’t have been.”
Towards Leticia.
Cedric knew what Jade left unsaid.
“Aren’t you denying it?”
Cedric smiled wryly. Then he closed his book.
“I like Lady Leticia.”
“I know. That’s why I dislike you.”
“And I’ll court her diligently.”
“…”
“But if…”
Cedric hesitated.
“If I go mad with jealousy seeing Leticia happy with another man, please stop me, even if you have to kill me. Will you?”
“That’s a weird request. Why not take care of it now? I can do it very cleanly. I even have a method for cleaning up afterward.”
Like father, like son.
“Later. Just in case. I’ll come to you when the time comes.”
“…She’s too popular with madmen.”
“Isn’t that spitting in my face, young lord?”
“Does Leticia know your two faces?”
Yes. She knows everything about me. The problem is she can’t remember. Cedric swallowed those words.
He just smiled wryly.
“Anyway, I promise not to harm her, even if I have to break my own hand. Please believe that.”
Jade closed his book. The answer seemed clear without having to hear it.
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“Cedric?”
One afternoon.
She, who loves sweets, spoke from across the cafe that sells all her favorites.
Cedric, who was sleeping, opened his eyes.
Bright light poured over her head. In the sunlight, she looked like a perfect goddess.
“Are you okay?”
“I’m not.”
“Why?”
“Because I’m not. So.”
Please recognize me soon.
Otherwise, I don’t know what I’ll do. I might go mad from loving you too much.
Cedric couldn’t say that and just laughed. Leticia blinked her eyes.
“Why are you looking at me like that?”
“Ah, even when Cedric wakes up, he’s so pretty.”
“Is being called ‘pretty’ a compliment?”
“Of course.”
“What if I…”
Cedric looked at her intently.
“What if I was actually very ugly? Would you then dislike me?”
“I can’t imagine.”
Leticia frowned.
Hmm, she pondered for a long time.
“But there would still be a beautiful part.”
“Which part?”
“Just… the part where a person looks beautiful overall. Even if you had a big scar on the face or was truly hideous… I think you’d still look beautiful.”
“Do you like beautiful things?”
“Who wouldn’t?”
She once said under a bridge. His head became clear, just like the sweet light he first tasted that day.
And one day, she stormed into Cedric’s office.
“Cedric, I like you. Let’s date, secretly.”
Looking at her saying that, Cedric thought.
Thank you, Leticia, for giving me the leash that was originally yours.
It was originally yours. Thank you for deciding to have me.
Cedric thought as he placed her on the desk and kissed her as if he was going to devour her.
‘I feel so happy I could die.’
After all, mother was wrong. Life can change from hell to heaven in an instant.