I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 164
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“What’s wrong?”
It seemed like Isaac couldn’t just watch her like this. He grabbed Ivonne’s chin and forced her head up.
“Ah, ugh.”
She didn’t want to look, but Ivonne had to meet Isaac’s eyes. When a tear rolled down her cheek, his pupils contracted sharply. The dark green of his eyes seemed strangely eerie, as if a dot had been placed right in the center.
“Look at me. You said you couldn’t leave me. You were the one who begged me.”
The grip on her chin was painfully tight, as if he was trying to break it. A muffled sob escaped her involuntarily.
“You shouldn’t have left me.”
Ivonne tried to wave her hand in an attempt to escape, but her shoulders just twitched weakly. Isaac saw it and laughed.
“What, are you trying to die again? Don’t you realize that you can’t escape me, even if you die?”
What on earth was he saying?
Ivonne didn’t want to cry. She hated herself for being so helpless in this situation. But the fear of seeing her ex-boyfriend—the one who had killed her—creeped up on her and made her vision blur.
Isaac, watching her sobbing, asked with a look of ecstatic delight,
“Didn’t you miss me?”
⚜ ⚜ ⚜
Once upon a time, there was a prince.
“You mustn’t run in the hallways, Crown Prince!”
A man with a stylish monocle and mustache, urgently called out. His outstretched arms looked desperate.
Even he who said that was running the glittering hallway. The reason? He was chasing the young Crown Prince, who was darting down the palace corridor like a squirrel.
“Haha! But how can I calm down?”
“Please, maintain your decorum, Your Highness!”
The Crown Prince, barely five years old, was famous for both his genius and his athletic ability, and now, even in this moment, he easily dodged the adults chasing him.
“Your Highness, Crown Prince! Please, catch him!”
In desperation, the Crown Prince’s etiquette teacher called out to the flustered servants for help. They tried to catch the prince, but as soon as they heard his order, it was no use.
“Don’t catch me! This is an imperial decree!”
The Crown Prince, showered with love from both the Emperor and Empress, had already been crowned as heir to the throne.
At the sound of ‘imperial decree,’ the servants hesitated, and in that moment, the Crown Prince dashed further away from the etiquette teacher.
“Your Highness!”
“Ha ha ha!”
The corridor echoed with the sound of the Crown Prince’s laughter and the etiquette teacher’s scream, ringing through the palace.
Despite the amusing chaos caused by the Crown Prince early in the morning, it was a peaceful start to the day.
The Crown Prince, with his dark hair flying behind him, had run eagerly to the Empress’s palace. He was dripping with sweat from the running. His face flushed and his small shoulders heaving from the harsh breath. Despite his exhaustion, his green eyes, which resembled the Emperor’s, shone with a rare joy.
“I’ve arrived, announce it!”
“Yes.”
It seemed that the guards were no strangers to the sight of the Crown Prince visiting the Empress’s Palace, as one of the guards grinned and called out,
“His Highness Prince Aiden Nishuel Questiago has arrived!”
The young Crown Prince who had been causing a bit of a ruckus from early in the morning, was none other than Aiden.
“Empress, congratulations! Finally…!”
As the doors opened, Aiden announced loudly. His bright green eyes were fixed on the Empress, who sat on her bed. Her violet eyes, tinged with amethyst, were captivating, and despite just having given birth, she looked as radiant as ever. The Emperor, Arnold, sat beside her, his expression looked content as if he had won a thousand troops.
“Yes, finally, a legitimate heir has been born. According to the court physician, a healthy baby boy.”
Arnold, smiling more widely than ever, answered Aiden.
Just as the baby was called a ‘legitimate heir,’ Aiden, who had ascended to the position of Crown Prince, was not born of the Empress. Due to the Empress’s frailty, it had been the Queen who gave birth to Aiden.
Despite this, the two shared an incredibly close bond that surprised historians, so much so that the Empress tutored Aiden in his studies.
“Finally, the crown prince has a younger brother,” the Empress said with a bright smile.
Younger brother! Aiden’s chest was filled with excitement. He had eagerly awaited this day, and now he finally had a younger brother. It felt almost like a dream.
At Arnold’s gesture, Aiden hesitated for a moment before nervously walking toward the Empress.
“Come now. Don’t you want to see your brother’s face?”
“No, I do! But…”
Aiden was so excited that he could barely contain himself, feeling nervous about seeing the baby’s face. Seeing his hesitation, the Empress laughed cheerfully.
“Come now, hold your brother’s hand.”
Her words were filled with kindness and encouragement. It was affectionate.
Aiden, encouraged by her words, moved closer to the bed. He stretched his neck to get a better look at the child the Empress was holding.
At first glance, yes…
“…It’s… ugly.”
