Do Your Best and Regret

Chapter 90

When the doors to the banquet hall opened to the sound of an elegant melody, Maria believed that her world changed today.

Everything was perfect.

Flower petals fall towards her, sparkling lights, a brilliant engagement dress sprinkled with diamond dust, and all kinds of jewels to make her shine. And the gazes that follow her every time she walks.

She wanted to show it clearly. The person who is worthy of this noble position, where even foreign delegations are looked up to, is not some lowly half-baby, but the precious Maria Ethel.

Especially to Olivia Madeleine, who would look up at her with a distorted face from somewhere in the banquet hall.

Maria's ecstatically intense pleasure coursed through her entire body, starting from her toes. Her heart was so heavy that it felt like it was going to burst.

The backlight illuminated the back of the Leopold running down the stairs as if it had spotted her.

Maria couldn't help but smile brightly.

The thing that shines the most here is the Leopold that is coming up now. And it was she who would hold his hand.

But...

"All right, Livia..."

The name that echoed throughout the quiet banquet hall was not hers.

The rosy future floating above the clouds suddenly crashed. Maria Ethel quietly blinked her eyes and looked at Leopold. He should hold her hand and smile softly. Leopold was staring at a place in the banquet hall with his wide back facing her and a face she had never seen before.

And there.

There was Olivia Madeleine.

With the Grand Duke by her side, Olivia Madeleine was smiling as if she had everything.

This is ridiculous. A strange sense of déjà vu came to Maria. Without knowing the identity of the deja vu, Maria desperately cried out to Leopold.

"What are you doing, Leopold? I'm here..."

Maria's voice trembled. When she cried like this, Leopold always looked after her. However, the affectionate eyes that were supposed to be directed at her did not waver, as if they were fixed in one place.

An uncontrollable fear came over Maria. Shaking off the whispering deep inside her heart, Maria held onto Leopold's arm tightly.

She felt like she would die if she let go of his arm.

"I'm here. I am your Maria!"

Your Maria.

Her evil voice echoed in the high-ceilinged banquet hall.

"I'm here..."

And where are you looking, Leopold?

"Stop!"

Only when she heard the Emperor's heavy shout did Maria startle and close her mouth. Everything was now clearly visible before her eyes, which had been pitch black.

The back of her sweet lover who no longer sees her. Olivia Madeleine is where his eyes are directed.

And envoys and nobles from other countries watched the situation with interest. The Princess and the Empress were glaring at Maria as if they were going to tear her apart.

Seeing the Empress looking at Maria with her cold eyes, Maria Ethel instantly came to her senses, as if she had been doused with cold water.

The nobles' whispers that were previously unheard began to be heard.