I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 27
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The damp yet refreshing breeze of early summer brushed past Ivonne’s neck. Simultaneously, Rix’s slightly heated nape also felt the breeze. It was an occurrence Ivonne could never have known.
‘It would be nice if we could hold hands like this even when leaving work together.’
Certainly, she would be able to say such things. Rix, however, couldn’t utter a single word.
“Even if I hold Rix’s hand for a long time, it never gets warm or sticky. It’s fascinating.”
“…..Do you like it?”
“Huh? Oh, yes. I actually enjoy holding hands while walking. So, even before…”
It seemed like the effects of the alcohol were still lingering. She almost ended up talking about her past life. Hurriedly closing her mouth, Ivonne redirected the conversation in a somewhat obvious manner.
“But now, it feels like summer for real. It’s a bit hot even at night.”
Fortunately, Rix didn’t catch onto Ivonne’s trailing words. Whether this should be seen as consideration or a weak assertion was unclear, but Ivonne liked this aspect of Rix.
‘No, come to think of it, his assertiveness might not be weak. Maybe it’s just a matter of consideration and politeness.’
If that’s the case, then it’s another point for his consideration and courtesy. Although Ivonne had only known Rix for a week, she found herself thinking that she would rather meet Rix than other men she encounters at work.
If she hadn’t sworn off love and decided to live a solitary life until the end, maybe it would have been different. That’s how much Rix felt like a green zone to Ivonne. At least, there was no sticky and corrupt s****l desire in the gaze directed at her.
When Ivonne reached this point in her thoughts, she unintentionally stopped in her tracks.
‘Wait a minute. But I… I’m looking at Rix in that way.’
The image that appeared in her dreams when they first met, the thoughts she had just now when she saw his smile at the bar—looking at it closely, Ivonne wasn’t qualified to mock a man for his desires. With this realization, her mind sobered up as if the alcohol had instantly cleared.
“Ivonne?”
However, Rix, unaware of Ivonne’s inner turmoil, simply called out to her with a puzzled expression. A face that looked very innocent, pure, and somewhat nerdy. Ivonne’s gaze fell on the hand she had been holding.
The sound of breaking ice echoed in her head.
‘Harassment, harassment, workplace harassment!’
What she had hated and despised all along, Ivonne was doing it to Rix now. She recoiled as if she had touched something scalding.
“Oh, um… What should I do? I made you uncomfortable.”
Nearly dropping his hand, Ivonne, in her confusion, heard a ‘thump’ that reverberated in the serene nighttime street.
“Uh, wow. I’m tired today. It’s so fortunate that tomorrow is the weekend, isn’t it? Now, let’s go!”
Yes, it was indeed fortunate that tomorrow was the weekend. Ivonne almost went to work with Rix, working side by side at the next desk not knowing what kind of face she was supposed to make.
Ivonne felt even more lost as she passed by Rix, who was making a puzzled face indicating he didn’t understand anything. In fact, she could offer no words even if Rix suddenly asked why she was acting like this.
‘I’m really cowardly.’
Ivonne shut her eyes tightly. Even now, Ivonne was taking advantage of Rix’s considerate and polite demeanor.
It was a night where Ivonne found herself hating her own self after a long time.
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When Ivonne finished washing up, the clock had already passed 10.
“Ah, it was a tiring day.”
The fact that she didn’t have to go to work tomorrow was such a welcome relief.
‘I don’t have to see the Deputy Head’s face tomorrow.’
Thinking that she wouldn’t have to see his face made her feel as if she might just fly away. Ivonne wrapped the wet pink hair in a towel, fixed it in place, and sat down at the vanity, lost in thought.
‘Come to think of it, Rix doesn’t seem to mix well with people easily… No, that’s not true. He seems to have gained some popularity among female employees…’
While washing her hands in the bathroom, she overheard their conversation. Employees from the neighboring department were speculating that Rix had connections to the imperial family. Otherwise, how could he be assigned to the internal affairs department during such a busy period?
‘That speculation makes quite a bit of sense.’
As the department responsible for managing the imperial family’s assets, fairness was considered important. However, that didn’t mean it would go against imperial order.
‘When they say members of the ‘imperial family,’ it’s really just the Emperor and the Crown Prince, though.’
At the time of his ascension, Emperor Arnold had purged all the imperial bloodlines, leaving only himself. This included not only his parents and siblings but also his cousins. Historians who spoke candidly referred to Arnold’s reign as the “red lost in blue,” alluding to the imperial color of purple, which is created by combining blue and red.
Moreover, Arnold was not the possessor of the imperial jewel known as the “Emperor’s Eye,” which should rightfully belong to the Emperor. His eyes were not blue or red but green. Considering that the complementary color of red is green, it was quite an interesting color combination.
Moreover, both the Empress and the Queen that Arnold had welcomed were both recuperating at their maternal home for health reasons and were neglecting their duties.
‘Moreover, it’s said that the Crown Prince, in his days as a prince, killed his own elder brother, to ascend as the Crown Prince, and… he didn’t even have a wife?’
It was a dysfunctional household between both father and son. Of course, the reasons for the imperial family at the center and core of the empire background being in such a state had its own explanations.
