Chapter 74

She thought Leon might be angry. However, he treated her with a unique, drowsy, and relaxed expression.

“The maid is a sinner and must be questioned. She can’t see you now, so go back.”

“She was trying to hurt me. Can’t I see her? It’ll only take a second.”

“She tried to harm you, but she was caught for trying to harm my guest. Because you are nothing in this castle without me now.”

On purpose, he was trying to press Dana by scratching her pride. The reason why he did that was obvious. He felt bad about her refusing to marry him.

Leon could have felt bad about showing such an attitude, but somehow his heart seemed to be bright, so Dana was relieved.

“Something won’t change just because you see it, but I just wondered why she did it and what kind of person she was.”

“You’ve become too curious. When did you start being like this?”

It was not unreasonable for Leon to say this. Dana’s personality had changed a little since she returned from outside.

“…”

She didn’t feel it, but whenever pieces of lost memories were fitted, they changed her.

Move, don’t stay still. Find out anything, and remember it.

When Dana was silent, Leon closed his mouth and looked at Dana’s side. As he lowered his eyelashes and watched her lost in thought, he felt nervous.

“Follow me. There are a lot of ears here.”

“Okay.”

As the two started walking together, Lily and Ahil fell a little further away. Leon looked back and made them back away.

Before long, they walked along the promenade and went to the glass greenhouse in the back garden. Lily and Ahil couldn’t cross the door of the greenhouse and bent down.

Dana may not have known, but from the days of the Tertius Royal family, only their blood relatives and spouses were allowed in.

Leon led Dana into such a place without any explanation.

“Marriage is…”

When Leon said the word marriage, Dana flinched and looked at him.

“Even if you don’t like it, there’s nothing you can do. Because that’s what I decided.”

“… Oh. What do you mean?”

“Why? Let’s not talk about marriage.”

When Leon made eye contact again, Dana was heartbroken in a different way than before. Had Leon given up on her? If it was a marriage that he could easily give up, what would it have meant if he had done it in the first place?

Even if he thought aside from his desire, she still had to be more under his protection. Should she just say that she’ll get married?

“No, it’s not right.”

She couldn’t even think about what would happen if the real Dana Deniz appeared.

But to break up with him right now, she was even less confident she could endure it.

What should I do?

Leon’s mind was also disturbed when Dana couldn’t even open her mouth due to confusion.

To talk about marriage as if nothing had happened, of course, he said it to remind her, but he regretted bringing it up himself.

In the first place, she had no choice, and Leon had no intention of canceling his decision.

His position was the same, and the extremely selfish idea that even her opinion didn’t matter remained unchanged.

If I forced this on her without her consent.

He was going to force her to proceed. Of course, he was, but his mind was dizzy waiting for her answer.

Then I’ll be hated.

He wanted to smile. He wasn’t used to being wary of someone or being hated, but it felt so natural.

Nevertheless, he didn’t mean to change it.

It was true that he wanted to keep her wanting him even if he had to tie her up.

In fact, the idea that it didn’t matter had disappeared.

And it was proven the very next moment.

“Are… are you serious? Are you talking about marriage?”

“Of course… No… ”

Leon, who was about to answer right away, felt embarrassed for a moment and shut up. If she was cold at the dining hall, now she was looking at him with grumpy eyes full of resentment.

“Why are you looking at me like that? Why are you crying?”

“I’m not crying. You didn’t see it right.”

Dana quickly turned her head to avoid his gaze, telling an obvious lie. She wanted to clearly understand Leon’s mind.

If it was a marriage that would eventually happen as he wished anyway, it wasn’t something she could change, whether she resisted or accepted him.

A little more clarity was all she needed. So she wanted to shake his heart and get it out of him.

This was more important than whether she would be Dana Deniz or not.

“What’s wrong with you? Do you hate marrying me that much?”

Leon, who tried to treat her as affectionately as possible, grabbed Dana’s wrist and turned it roughly.

The force pulled Dana’s body and she crashed into him. Their eyes met as they were very close.

“Yes, I don’t want a marriage of that kind.”

Leon couldn’t hear the last words. He secretly knew what Dana’s words meant but the words, “I don’t want marriage”, triggered him.

A mean statement popped out of his mouth.

“You talk carelessly without knowing the topic. You don’t want it? Do you think you have a choice?”

Leon lifted Dana’s chin and pulled it closer. His red eyes blazed as if they were going to eat her up. However, Dana was a little relieved to see his eyes.

She unknowingly provoked him a little more. She was pushing.

“Are you saying that you will force marriage without the consent of the bride? Do you think that makes sense?”

“There is nothing that I couldn’t do if I wanted to. It’s the same with you. What are you going to do if you don’t want to? Why? Are you going to run away this time?”

“There’s nothing you can’t do… Ah!”

In an instant, Dana’s lips were sucked into his mouth. His tongue, which dug roughly, stirred wildly around her mouth.

Dana blinked in surprise and closed her eyes, reeling from the force. His behavior was too sudden to refuse a kiss.

Her lips, which were hit so hard that she couldn’t breathe, tingled. Dana had to tiptoe to adjust the height because he didn’t let go of her chin while standing stiff.

Even at this moment, his masculine musk was rushing in and his legs were relaxed.

Ah, I’m a woman who really reveals herself.

She had to grab one of his arms because she thought she would lose her balance with dizziness.

She was running out of breath. She grabbed his arm and shook it, but he remained stiff. Breathing through the nose was insufficient, and gradually, she reached his neck.