I Abandoned the Male Lead Who Cheated with the Villainess - Chapter 41
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Even if Celestia could use teleportation magic, attacking Ivonne in a resort posed too much risk.
There could be others witnessing the attack, and Ivonne might have been with someone else at that moment. However, Celestia’s ambush seemed as if she knew that Ivonne was alone.
At that moment, a chilling sensation suddenly ran down Ivonne’s spine.
‘I’m alone…. right now.’
When she woke up in the cottage on Cyrild Island, Rix was by her side, and until a short while ago, her colleagues were around, making the surroundings lively. Without realizing it, she felt relieved, but now that she was reminded she was alone, her heart froze.
Her body felt empty, as if all the blood had drained, and her hands, now cold and trembling, felt like an empty vessel. Cold sweat dripped from her palms and neck.
‘If I were to be attacked now…’
Even if she were to be attacked as helplessly as before, no one would know. Ivonne decided to cast a barrier around herself to avoid falling victim to any surprise magic attacks. However, her frightened hands stiffened, and she couldn’t draw a perfect spell.
‘What should I do?’
Her mind grew frantic. At least casting some kind of barrier and meticulously adjusting it later would be ideal, but her terror-stricken mind didn’t think that far.
At that moment, a creaking sound echoed as the window shook in the sea breeze.
“Gasp.”
Ivonne, startled like a chased rabbit, quickly turned around. Despite knowing that the window shook because of the wind, her whole body tensed up, and she broke into a cold sweat to the point where her back was drenched.
With a heightened sense of alertness, Ivonne quickly scanned her surroundings with sharp eyes.
Tick, tock, tick, tock.
Clock sounds, which were silent just a moment ago, became audible. The sound of an employee passing by with a walkie-talkie echoed in. The waves rushing from the nearby seaside could be heard beyond the window. It was all the normal noise of peaceful everyday life.
However, why did all these sounds now feel so harsh and artificially amplified? Why did everything seem like a prelude before Celestia would do something to her?
Ivonne wanted to escape from all of this, only driven by that desire. It was purely that sentiment. Her mind, consumed by fear and terror, couldn’t think rationally anymore.
“Why is she targeting me?”
Having forgotten the bakery incident, Ivonne would have been just an opponent defeated by Celestia.
Even at this moment, the ticking of the clock became so loud that it was almost painful for her head. Ivonne plugged her ears and crouched down. Focusing on the quiet and resonant sound emanating from her palms.
How long had she been concentrating on the sounds of her heartbeat, the movement of her muscles, and the sounds of her body moving?
“Ivonne, are you there? Ivonne?”
“What should I do? She must be exhausted after being in the sea for so long. She’ll be hungry.”
Amidst the people’s voices discussing, knocking sounds came through.
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“Gasp.”
Due to that gust of wind, Ivonne woke up from a sleep she didn’t even realize she had fallen into. No, it wasn’t falling asleep; it was more like fainting due to extreme tension.
“Hah, haa…”
Breathing heavily, Ivonne still had her ears plugged, and her whole body was drenched in sweat. Her hands were stiffly gripping her ears. When she forcibly removed her hands, the sensation of her blocked ears opening felt strangely pleasurable.
“Ivonne, are you sleeping?”
“Come on, you need to eat something, not sleep.”
The voices were affectionate, but to Ivonne’s ears, it sounded as if Celestia had altered her voice using a disguise spell.
“Ivonne? It’s us. You need to have a meal.”
So, the friendly voices felt terrifying to Ivonne. She first thought she needed to block out that voice.
“Ah… I’m awake. I’ll come down soon.”
Her throat was tight. Ivonne thought she needed to block out that voice.
The colleagues outside replied that they would wait. If they didn’t respond or try to come in, she planned to consider it Celestia and use teleportation magic to leave anywhere, just to get out of Yucoralini Island.
However, seeing them leaving without doing anything, it seemed that it was indeed her colleagues. While Ivonne breathed a sigh of relief secretly, a man’s voice was heard.
“Where’s Ivonne?”
It was Johann, the department head.
“Ivonne says she’s awake. She’ll be down soon.”
“Oh, okay. Um, Ivonne? Take your time coming down. Just in case, I’ve set up a barrier around, allowing only internal affairs personnel to enter. I forgot to mention that earlier.”
“…only Internal affairs personnel?”
“Yes. The internal affairs department has rented the entire resort, but there was someone earlier trying to enter without permission.”
At that moment, Ivonne’s heart sank.
‘Celestia, is it her?’
Her hands and feet started trembling slightly. Did Johann know about Ivonne’s condition?
Johann quickly added.
“Luckily, Rix, who happened to be passing by, detained the person and escorted them out, so don’t worry.”
“Ri, Rix… did?”
As Ivonne mentioned Rix’s name, the trembling of her hands and feet, as if lacking strength, stopped, almost as if it were a lie.
“Yes, after that, as Rix suggested, I set up a barrier, allowing only internal affairs personnel whose identity were verified to enter. Just in case of any unforeseen events, we also reduced the staff to the minimum.”
