Chapter 1

‘Dear Diana, How did this happen? I don’t understand why Kiryan Hishleger, the dark side of this novel and the villain who will destroy this country, is sleeping next to me.’

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“Oh my god.”

A sigh escaped reflexively and covered Yvonne’s mouth. She tried to trace her memory of what happened yesterday.

But the more she did, the more she had a headache.

Yvonne carefully lowered her gaze.

“No way… No way. I don’t think so…”

She was dressed in something she had never seen before.

It was a large shirt designed for men.

Yvonne had no recollection of wearing that clothing. She felt extremely humiliated.

She felt nauseated when she checked her blatantly exposed shoulders.

Some parts, including her shoulders, have red marks or bruises.

‘Yvonne Moore you are crazy! What did you do yesterday?’

She had been drinking until she couldn’t remember anything and then fell asleep.

She can’t believe she spent the night with a man.

She had lost faith in herself. She had no idea she was that foolish, no matter how stupid she is.

Furthermore, she spent the night with a known psychopath, Kiryan Hishleger.

Evil enough that he considers people’s lives to be similar to cockroaches.

‘This doesn’t make sense. Someone tell me it’s a lie.’

She was afraid she was about to let out a moan.

‘You’re a coward, yet you did something like this to Kiryan.’

She rolled her eyes and turned to face Kiryan.

The exposed upper body muscles above the blanket attracted attention on their own.

It resembles a carnivore. Every time he breathes, it’s silky.

The texture of the surface was revealed.

His muscles were hidden behind his clothing.

As she looked at his bare body, her face became pale for a bit.

‘Who would have thought.’

“Do you like what you see?”

“Ah!”

The low, resonant voice made her heart race.

His intense golden eyes move slowly as he moves his gaze. Although yellow is a warm color, Kiryan’s eyes are gold.

It used to be as chilly as a frozen lake in the winter. Today, though, the eyes were as hot as the sun.

A summer sun that will evaporate all of the lake’s water.

“Ki… Kiryan.”

“Are you feeling okay?”

“I’m okay… Ouch!”

Yvonne couldn’t speak properly because she was afraid of Kiryan.

She swallowed her breath for fear of hiccups.

‘Why am I such a coward…? How much did I drink yesterday? No, how crazy am I?’

She doesn’t know if she did it with Kiryan?

‘Yvonne Moore, you are the most foolish idiot in the world!’

“Yvonne.”

“I’m so sorry. What happened yesterday was an accident…”

Kiryan flashed his eyes.

‘He hated me.’ Yvonne thought. This is because Kiryan and she met under the most inconvenient of circumstances. He even attempted to murder her.

“An accident? What does that mean?”

“I… It’s… It’s… I’ll get going now. I’m so sorry.”

“Tsk!”

She tried to jump up, but Kiryan was faster. He held her wrist tightly and pulled her back.

He sat down and asked. “Where are you going?”

“Home, of course.”

“Home? But this is your house.”

“What? This isn’t my house.”

‘No way… I don’t remember anything about last night.’

Something happened yesterday.

Her heart was pounding and she heard beats in her ears.

She couldn’t stand it because she was out of breath and her heart was shaking.

She wanted to run away quickly. If all of this was a nightmare and it’s not an “accident”.

“What?”

“This situation is not an accident at all.”

“Of course, agreed…”

She couldn’t complete her sentence because she was crying so hard.

Perhaps her life is coming to an end. The villain’s pinnacle.

Kiryan Hishleger, she can’t believe she did it with him.

Despite this, she has high hopes for resolving the matter. She summoned the confidence to request it.

“But it wasn’t that meaningful. Isn’t it?”

There are many women in the world who want him, so Kiryan is often tempted by women several times a day.

So a night with a kid like her would be nothing. It must be just instant entertainment.

Then, they can make it as if this didn’t happen.

“No way. You spent the night with me. Now pay for it.”

Hiccup!

She was so surprised that her hiccups popped out.

She can’t believe it.

She’s not even the female protagonist. ‘Why me!’

“Calm down.” Kiryan patiently pat’s her back.

Yvonne waited for the hiccups to stop.

His touch is so sticky that whenever his hand touches her back turns numbed.

When the hiccup stopped, Yvonne spoke with strength in her trembling hands.

“Uhm… Duke Hishleger.”

“It’s Kiryan.”

“What?”

“I said just Kiryan. Yvonne, let’s stop the formality. Call me by my name.”

“How can I do that? How can I call the Duke by his name?”

She doesn’t want to get tangled up with Kiryan after calling his name carelessly.

Okay.

“Of course you should. You’re my brother-in-law “FRANZ”.”

‘Ah… That’s why.’

“Yes. I see… What?! What do you mean I’m Franz?”

Franz is her name when she dresses up as a man.

“He” was the brother-in-law.

And Kiryan didn’t know that Franz was really her, Yvonne Moore.

‘How does he know who I am? If we spend one night together, do I naturally get exposed?’

“Franz Bernike, you’d better stop playing.” Kiryan’s big hand approached her face.

She closed her eyes because she thought he was trying to hit her, but she felt a soft touch stroking her cheek instead of pain.

When she opened her eyes, Kiryan turned to her face in an unexpected way.

“It’s strange that you haven’t noticed it yet.”

“…I didn’t do it on purpose. That’s… I was going to tell you…”

“Yvonne.”

Her name from his mouth was like the crying of a grinning beast. It’s low and has a good echo.

She got goosebumps.

Her heart trembled like a fool and she wanted to cry. She doesn’t know if it’s because she’s afraid of him or because he doesn’t like her.

‘This is going to be hard.’

“It’s okay. But if I had known you were a girl, I wouldn’t have suffered so much.”

She wants to pretend that she doesn’t know what Kiryan says.

‘That’s right. I hated myself for understanding uselessly.’

He confessed to her now. He likes her.

“Don’t even try to leave this country like a fool.”

“I wouldn’t have. I have work, so I have to go.”

“Work?” He snorted.

“You don’t have to go to the theater and work in the dust.”

“That isn’t it. Work is fun.”

“But it’s hard work. You have an expensive jewelry necklace and a dress made of imported silk. You deserve to enjoy everything.”

In Kiryan’s way of speaking, it’s a sticky obsession.

“Can you let me go please?”

Kiryan lets go of her wrist and makes his face look ugly.

He asked while rumbling. “Why are you treating me like a stranger?”

“What? What? That can’t be but it’s a little uncomfortable…”

“I’ve known you already, but you’re still uncomfortable? Nonsense. “Franz” didn’t speak to me like that. You didn’t hesitate to get along with me.”

“That was “Franz”…”

She realized that she was completely caught.

“Yes. Franz of the night, Franz Bernicke of the back alley. That’s you, too.You didn’t even say a word while living a double life. I’m upset.”

In fact, she was afraid of Kiryan then, too.

In the original story, Kiryan wanted to have a heroine and do things without hesitation.

Even if it becomes a crime, and destroys even the last favor the heroine had with him. And Kiryan used to be a selfish and evil villain as in the original book. So she always treated him cautiously.

Nevertheless, Franz was able to get along with him. Kiryan didn’t have any family, and Franz (Yvonne) is the only family member he has.

In fact, Kiryan was impatient because he couldn’t do anything more to her when she was Franz. He bought her clothes and gave her his house key.

Yvonne Moore, who “Franz” hated.

‘I’m a woman. Isn’t he going to be angry with the feeling of betrayal? Is there anyone who thinks that I, Yvonne Moore, cheated on him?’

“What are you thinking about? Are you thinking of Paradis Laurent?”

“No, it’s not! Paradis is…” ‘Oh my god! Paradis!’

Her mind went blank.

Last night, she asked Paradis to meet her at the fountain, and now she’s here.

“I have to go. Can you let go of my wrist?”

“What?”

Paradis must be waiting for her. She’s sure he’s angry.

The words circled in her mouth, but she couldn’t say a word because she was afraid of Kiryan.

Kiryan was scary.

When she was Franz, she had the title of “brother-in-law”, so she could talk to Kiryan.

She was able to gossip, but everything is revealed now so the situation is different.

Above all, he is a villain of crazy possessive desire to break the ankle of the woman trying to escape and keep her by her side.

Maybe if she’s right… Kiryan’s obsession is directed at her, not the original heroine.

Otherwise, she can understand his burning eyes and his actions to hold her wrist.

She won’t lose.

And she spent the night with this villain, leaving her fiance Paradis alone.

She’s telling him… She can’t do this without going crazy.

‘Oh my god! Diana, my beloved sister. I think I’m screwed.’