Arsene’s face hardened.

His obsession was one-dimensional. If he couldn’t have it, he would destroy it and somehow get his hands on it anyway.

Arsene scanned the face of Abella, Enoch, and the man who claimed to be Abella’s husband slowly.

“Ha? Abella, are you serious?”

“Do I look like I’m lying?”

Abella grabbed Jack, who was frightened and was about to step back. A cold gaze fell onto Jack.

Since he had already received the money, Jack could not betray Abella. What lay between them was none other than the life of his son.

Jack hid his trembling hands behind his back.

“No.”

Arsene smiled. His lips were pulled up smoothly.

“You can’t lie about this. You must have obtained permission from the temple. You must have done your best to turn my proposal into useless scraps of paper. You don’t have to, Abella.”

Abella shrugged her shoulders.

Enoch stood slightly in front of Abella, blocking Arsene’s view.

Arsene had a completely different feeling from the first time Enoch saw him. At first Enoch thought Arsene was a kind and good man. But, was it all acting?

Did he have a double personality?

Amidst all his thoughts, Arsene’s eyes lit up with murderous energy, and Enoch crossed his arms unknowingly.

‘Oh, how creepy.’

Was it because of Timur’s mist?

There seemed to be a lot of crazy people in this city.

“As for their marriage, I am a witness.”

“There are people who come forward as witnesses like this. This is why I can’t help but believe it. Right, Abella?”

“That’s right.”

Abella moved Enoch and stepped forward in front of him.

“So, I want you to withdraw the marriage proposal.”

He had already finished talking about meeting the high priest and making the wedding proposal. Arsene had now come to inform her about the marriage and to negotiate with her.

“Abella, what if I kill the man? Oh, no.”

Arsene came closer to Abella. Enoch tried to stop him, but Abella stopped him first.

“What if I kill you? Do you think I can’t?”

“You’ve already done it once, how can you not do it again? You will kill me, Arsene.”

Abella placed her hand on Arsene’s left chest.

“And you will regret it for the rest of your life. So that this chest of yours will be torn apart.”

Abella took a step back and took Arsene’s hand and placed it on her neck.

“You’d better kill me, Arsene. I also have no regrets.”

Abella smiled brightly as if she was sincere. Arsene, reading the madness hidden in the calmness, stepped from Abella.

He realized that his threats were never going to work.

“Are you going to kill this man? Don’t work too hard, Arsene. Then I’ll get someone else. And if you kill him again, I will find another husband.”

“… … Abella.”

“Cade is watching you, Arsene. Do you think you can cover the mouths of the people you kill forever, no matter how serious it is?”

Arsene ruffled his hair.

The overflowing gloom and murderous energy seemed to swallow Abella.

Enoch pulled Abella behind him.

“If you have more to say, please let me know, Duke. I am Enoch of Clemington.”

Arsene received the lawyer’s business card from Enoch. Arsene ran the business card between his fingers.

“Enoch of Clemington. Abella, you’ve got some good backers.”

“That’s right. I warned you enough, Arsene. I hope you don’t lose everything because of me alone.”

It was her greatest consideration for Arsene, whom she had once loved most.

*

Cade chuckled.

“Is Abella married?”

“Yes, yes, Your Majesty. It seems that approval was easier since the high priest was in the temple.”

Cade contorted his face.

He actually knew that for Abella, this was the best. But, at the same time, it was a flaw for Abella.

No matter what purpose it was, she was a nobleman with a married history.

Cade grabbed his forehead and let out a long sigh.

It wasn’t that he had accused Abella of being flawed that made him angry.

He was angry with himself for being powerless enough for her to make such a decision. At the same time, making such a choice, he was angry at the feelings that Abella would have embraced.

‘Are you thinking of giving up on this life?’

Cade bit his teeth. He turned and pressed against the window sill. The veins on the back of his hand turned white. Burke held his breath at Cade’s momentum that seemed to be able to break the window sill at any moment.

For Cade, who lost his temper simply by getting entangled with Abella, the news seemed a bit troublesome.

It was marriage. He never imagined that she would be getting married in such a secret in the blink of an eye.

“…… What is Lyla doing?”

“Lady Lyla is digging behind Sirius. Among other things, she seems to want to reveal that Sirius was involved in the assassination of Duke Amerigo.”