I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 139

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‘I feel like I’ve said this a hundred times, but he still doesn’t change at all.’

Herix had divided Ivonne’s 24 hours into minutes. Apart from the 7 hours of sleep and two 40-minute bath or massage sessions, he was attached to her every other moment.

‘This is truly a fresh way of obsession.’

Not only in the novel <Childhood Husband> she had read before she possessed this body, but also in the popular novels she read in the last month due to boredom, there were many scenes where the male lead obsessively followed the female lead.

However, she had never seen anyone go as far as chaining someone’s ankle and locking them up, then breaking the day down minute by minute to monitor every action and ensure their health.

‘If you’re going to obsess, do it fully. Why do you do it while sneaking glances at me like that?’

Ivonne, who was lounging on the luxurious couch, casually wiggled her ankle. At the sound of the chains clinking, Herix momentarily glanced in that direction. His purple eyes flickered slightly.

‘Look at that. He’s still worried about the chains. I wonder what he’s thinking, not releasing them yet.’

Ivonne observed Herix, who had tensed his hand while rubbing his arm, with a rather indifferent expression. When Herix briefly looked at the shackles, and then met Ivonne’s eyes, he gave a gentle, almost playful smile.

“What is it?”

“Just curious.”

Ivonne answered nonchalantly to the usual question, but still, Herix’s eyes lit up with joy at her response. He looked as if he couldn’t be more delighted to have her look at him and reply.

He even fidgeted, sitting cross-legged at the bottom of the couch, like an excited puppy. She had initially resisted him kneeling down like that, but Herix’s stubbornness wouldn’t allow him to be persuaded.

‘That stubbornness was probably why he became the Crown Prince in the first place.’

As the puzzle pieces clicked into place, Ivonne found herself daily gaining new insights and alternating between them with a sense of betrayal.

‘Anyway, the reason I decided on this voluntary retreat was to calm Herix down… but he still won’t settle.’

Honestly, when she first made this decision, she thought a week or so would be enough for Herix to calm down.

‘I never expected him to keep such a tight watch on me.’

As if to mock Ivonne’s thoughts, Herix not only managed everything at the Tens Mansion, but he even assigned a ‘night maid’ during her sleeping hours. He had gone as far as creating a ridiculous position just to ensure she was watched while sleeping.

‘He had worried there might be someone like Blitzen or Isaac sneaking into my room at night.’

She had known all along that this was just an excuse. Doing this was the only way to ease Herix’s suspicions and anxiety.

Ivonne’s efforts weren’t entirely in vain, but they also weren’t as effective as she hoped. It was clear that Herix’s mood was better than before.

However…

‘Herix is too satisfied with this lifestyle.’

There was no real progress.

After realizing that ‘Ivonne really isn’t going to leave me!’ instead of gradually calming down, Herix became even more excited, thinking, ‘This is so great!’ and tightened his grip on Ivonne even more. This was unexpected for Ivonne.

‘And he’s incredibly pleased that Mary calls me the Crown Princess.’

It was as though his obsession and possessiveness towards Ivonne were growing stronger by the day. Now, looking back, Ivonne thought that perhaps retreating quietly to calm him down a month ago was the wrong choice.

‘It feels like it wouldn’t hurt to ask him why he’s so obsessed with me… but there hasn’t been a satisfactory answer yet.’

She had asked Herix about the root of his obsession before. Ivonne didn’t think she had done anything to warrant such fixation or attention from him. By the time she met Herix, he had already started lingering around her, even changing his appearance to stay close.

At that time, Herix had promised not to lie to Ivonne, and he said this to her:

— Ivonne resembles spring.

—Spring?

— Yes, you chased away the long winter from me.

Ivonne had heard those words before. She never expected to hear them again as the answer to her question, “Why are you doing this to me?”

‘That’s not a proper answer.’

Unfortunately, her face turned red again, and she couldn’t ask him further.

No matter how hard she thought, she couldn’t find a reasonable connection. After all, in her memories, she never chased away Herix’s winter, or even knew what he meant by ‘winter.’

‘Wait, could it be? Did the original Ivonne… help the Crown Prince in the past? Is that why he’s so obsessed with me?’

Ivonne considered the possibility but quickly rejected it.

‘If that were the case, it would have appeared in the original story.’

At least the version of her that had just possessed this body would remember something like that. But she had never read anything about the female lead and the mad Crown Prince having a past like that.

It seemed like such an unusual combination that it should’ve come to mind, but it didn’t.

Besides, Herix wasn’t Blitzen.

‘He couldn’t have missed the fact that Ivonne’s soul has switched.’

Ivonne had occasionally sensed this before, but now she was sure of something: the emotion in Herix’s eyes when he looked at her.