Even though a smile spread across his lips, the unknown fire in his eyes promised us nothing good.
Are you thinking of taking revenge on Jeremy right now?
The latter bowed his head, hesitating at the sight of those keen eyes.
"Yes. I was here as an intruder. Once again I apologize for bringing confusion to your holiday."
Jeremy looked at me sternly.
Unaware that Raymond already knew about the relationship between me and Jeremy, he thought to draw a line between us in case the Emperor wanted to complicate my life.
"Then let me take my leave, sire. We will meet again, if fate permits."
"I will remember you."
In an instant, the smile disappeared from Raymond's lips. It was a sad look in which there was clear hostility.
Jeremy was not afraid of the Emperor's gaze.
As a result, Raymond's resentment only rose to a higher level. And at that moment, when the atmosphere of an imminent explosion enveloped us, Jeremy simply left.
I looked at him in the back as he left us, and suddenly my gaze turned to a new obstacle.
It was Raymond who now appeared before me.
"How long will you look at him?"
"When are you going back to the palace?"
I answered the question with a question.
As if he didn't like that answer, he frowned.
"Did he really come uninvited?"
His dark eyes slid over my face, studying my reaction.
"No. I invited him."
"Of course, this is the same one that six years ago..."
"Yes Yes. We met by chance and are still good friends."
"Ha, friends."
He was acting truly absurd.
"This is Drua, not anyone else. Ellie. Have you ever wondered what his intentions were when he approached you?"
"Jeremy may be a Drua, but he is a different Drua."
"And it differs from the inside only because it looks different? I do not know what kind of mutant came from the Drua clan, but he is Drua, he is devoted to my father!"
He screamed like an angry animal.
Jeremy was without black, the symbol of Drua.
The word mutant was annoying, but not that Raymond's anger was meaningless.
House Drua was the former Emperor's staunchest champion, and even Drua's name alone reminded Ray of his terrible past.
When Jeremy planned to take root in the empire, he never thought that he could convince Raymond on the first try.
"Sire. I, too, despise Duke Drua. Duke Drua supported the tyrant."
I spoke calmly to sound as objective as possible.
"But Jeremy is a completely different matter. At first, the Duke loved him, but how he grew up..."
"I don't want to hear anything," Raymond snapped in a cold voice.
"Don't you dare cover it up in front of me. I don't need to know anything else. Don't mess with this family."
"Do you order me?"
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I Won't Accept Your Regrets
Romance"I can't promise you love, but I'll have no other woman but you." I thought it would be okay. Even if he didn't love me, I thought my love would make our marriage happy. But that naive wish was soon shattered. Because Lizzena, Raymond's first love...
