Volume 5 - CH 12

I Will Avoid The Male Lead And Make A Harem

“A-adrian!”

I dashed in front of him.

‘This jerk is going to go crazy.’

How could he grab a high priest by the collar?

I shook my head to prevent him from doing so.

“D-don’t…… don’t do it.”

His eyes gleamed with rage as he turned and stared at me.

“He addressed you by name, noona. Can a mere priest do that?”

“T-the priest c-c-came here to heal u-u-uncle. T-to someone like him……”

Adrian’s hand, which was clutching the priest’s uniform, was splattered with blood.

The more I tried to stop him, the angrier his face became.

“Noona, could you please step back for a moment? It’s because I need to speak to this hi.gh.pri.est. for a moment.”

As I had done with Valhail, I entwined my finger in Adrian’s strong fist.

“C-come on…… L-l-let this go.”

But, unlike Valhail, Adrian did not submit to my command.

Instead, his fist tightened.

“Noona, why do you care so much about this dull?”

“What?”

“You’ve been hesitant to touch me. You hated being close to me, even for a second……”

His pale pink lips twisted violently up.

“Who the hell is this jerk? Why are you being so fussy over him?”

Adrian’s fresh green eyes reflected a fit of violent jealousy, and I instantly froze.

Beep beep beep beep beep…!

In my head, an alarm went off.

Franz widened his eyes and shouted to me as if he was thinking the same thing.

“It is clear that the devil is possessing this man. Lady Selina, leave me here and flee quickly.”

I took a big step, not taking my gaze away from Adrian, pretending to be in a state of shock.

“Y-you’re always like this… d-d-do whatever you want… n-n-never listen to me……”

And I didn’t forget to tremble my hands with a frightened expression on my face.

“……Noona.”

Adrian abandoned Franz and followed me as I turned to the hallway, as if I were fleeing.

“It’s a misunderstanding, Noona! That was not the case!”

I made my way to the stairwell.

Adrian took three steps while I took one.

“Noona!”

I couldn’t even make it half way up the stairs before he grabbed my wrist and turned my body.

“……!”

And he hugged me in an instant, before I could scream in surprise.

“Please don’t turn your back on me.”

His voice was pleading, but he never acted like that.

‘This jerk really…’

He was holding my wrist, stopping me, and even carelessly hugging my body without my permission.

He did everything exactly as he wanted.

“I was just too worried because a priest I’d never seen before acted so close to you, noona.”

Adrian rushed to make an absurd excuse before I could even say anything, as if perplexed.

“No man has ever called your name so casually, noona. What if someone else hears it and interprets it incorrectly?”

‘Ha… this guy really……’

It’s amusing when he says things like this.

I don’t care what others think of me when I go out, so why should I be concerned if they misunderstand me?

“He could have approached you with a different intention, noona. I noticed his face was ripped open. Why does the priest blush when he sees you?”

“You……”

“Huh? Noona, what’s with me?”

Adrian grabbed my shoulder and looked me in the eyes.

His expression indicated that he was expecting something.

“I… to you……”

I spoke one word at a time, looking him in the eyes.

“I really hate you.”

Adrian froze when he heard the words that were almost spitting out of my mouth.

His eyes shook like an earthquake as he looked at me to see if I was serious.

“The w-way you behave…… d-do it right.”

I walked down the stairs, shaking off his hand, which was still like a hoop around my shoulder.

‘Oh, my wrist hurts.’

My bare white wrists had already turned red from handprints.

Adrian, who stood motionless, then chased me down the stairs like a worried man.

“I’m sorry, Noona. Don’t hate me…”

“No. I hate you.”

“I’ll fix everything you don’t like, Noona. Everything you say you don’t like, I’ll fix it all.”

“L-l-let go……”

Adrian buried his head on my shoulder as he hugged me from behind.

I tried to untie his chain-like grip on me, but I wasn’t strong enough.

“For seven years, I’ve only had you, noona. You’re aware of it as well……”

He eventually burst into tears and made a somber confession.

The shaking of my body, the sound of rough breathing, and the sensation of my shoulders becoming wet gave me the impression that blood was escaping all over my body.

‘What are you crying about?!’

I was the one who wanted to cry.

How did I end up with such a jerk……

“I’m not going to ask you to like me. I’m not interested in anything else. Just… please don’t say you hate me. Noona, whenever I hear that from you, I want to die……”

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