Killing the Possessor - Chapter 42
In some ways, it was an inevitable outcome. What kind of woman would accept such a crazy proposal?
The person who said those words was none other than the man who had loved her unwaveringly for over ten years, so the betrayal was all the greater. Camilli, who had always shown affection behind her prickly exterior, was now changed.
Her once gentle smile, like a bud blooming in early spring, withered away, and her steps, once familiar as she entered the palace, completely ceased as if she had forgotten the way there.
For some, it was a natural part of life, but for others, it wasn’t. Unable to accept Camilli’s decision, Wyner visited her repeatedly and begged.
“Camil! What do you mean, it’s over? How can we break up?”
“Step aside, Wyner. I have nothing more to say to you.”
“Don’t you trust me? Do you think I would betray you? That can’t be true. Calm down, think carefully again, okay?”
When Camilli stopped visiting the palace, Wyner resorted to sending people to track her down. Wherever she went, he made sure they crossed paths, and eventually, Camilli retreated into isolating herself at home.
“Just meet me once, Camil!”
The prince, who had long since abandoned any sense of propriety, visited the Mute family mansion nearly every day but never managed to see the face he wanted. Their reunion came at a ball hosted by Madam Revilis.
Camilli, unable to refuse her cousin’s invitation, agreed to attend. After hearing of her decision, Wyner rushed to the venue on the day of the event. However, his attempt to rekindle their past memories and change her mind was doomed before he even began to speak.
“Camilli, I…”
Slap.
With a sharp noise, the ballroom fell into an eerie silence. Despite the quietness that felt louder than any silence, Camilli stared at him coldly.
“Ca-Camil…”
Wyner’s cheek turned bright red as he stammered, but her piercing gaze showed no signs of softening. The chill in the air, as cold as an iceberg, made those around them shiver.
Camilli didn’t speak a word. She kept her lips sealed, but she didn’t avoid his gaze or move from her place.
Her fixed gaze was like an arrow aimed straight at him, a silent protest that made it clear that nothing could change the current outcome and that the person who should leave was not her.
In the end, Wyner couldn’t say a single word. He left the ballroom in silence, and the once cherished lover of the past became the subject of gossip throughout the empire.
This was the story of the breakup between Camilli Mute and the Prince.
And after witnessing all of these memories, Kim Sae-i (29, the possessor who wants to die)…
“This bastard! After all this, he made a scene with me? Is he insane?”
She screamed into her pillow again. Her expectations that the high affinity of 88 would lead to a smooth marriage had been completely shattered.
What the hell does she need to do to get the permanent residency?
“F*ck.”
After cursing, she collapsed on her bed, breathing heavily.
Could the Prince really go against his parents just because the affinity is high? As a direct imperial family member, deciding on an imperial marriage wasn’t as simple as he made it seem.
Then, why didn’t he break up with her sooner? Even the Emperor and Empress could have dropped a bribe or something to make it easier. Was it his imperial dignity that stopped him from doing such a thing?
But to ruin the future of a woman who’s at the age of marriage like this? Camilli’s not exactly young anymore!
“Wait a minute, green hair… Where does that green-haired guy work again?”
Suddenly, Sae-i jumped up in a hurry and grabbed a pen. This time, she was determined to get help from Hongik Ingan. She had become skilled at gathering information, after all.
“The priests here, they can’t possibly be unable to get married, right? No, they must be able to. They wouldn’t have set such a horrible condition otherwise.”
Muttering anxiously, she quickly scribbled a letter to Bali, addressing it from Madame Marion of the Rouge dress shop, and sent it off with a servant.
The day she would face the last male lead was quickly approaching.
