Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 13

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#13

Sonnet thought she had plenty of time until morning and headed toward the place where furniture was haphazardly piled up.

That place was truly a chaotic mess. As she searched for a chest of drawers while shining her lantern here and there, she found chairs with missing legs, desks with separated legs and tops, and even a rabbit doll with one eye missing.

Sonnet diligently rummaged through the furniture to find the chest of drawers.

When her hands were bleeding from the rough wood grain and her wrists ached, she held the lantern higher. It looked similar to her chest of drawers that was always beside her bed.

However, that chest of drawers had its second drawer open. She looked inside just in case, but there was nothing in it. Except for some strange scribbles.

Disappointment drained all the strength from her body, but she didn’t give up and diligently rummaged through various furniture again.

It was heavier than expected, making her shoulders and arms ache, but she didn’t even have time to show her pain.

Before she knew it, the surroundings began to gradually brighten.

Having searched for the small bracelet all night, her eyes naturally stung. Moreover, she was so tired from rummaging through heavy furniture that there wasn’t a single part of her body that didn’t hurt.

Sonnet suddenly lost strength in her arms. She barely pushed aside a chair missing one leg and sat down.

Now the lantern was burning dimly.

‘What should I do?’

How could she possibly tell him that she had lost the bracelet Aiden gave her, the one her mother had worn, the bracelet that might be Aiden’s most cherished accessory?

Previously, she regretted putting it in the chest of drawers, but now she thought herself so stupid. This was the first time she had such thoughts. Because of Aiden.

Sonnet’s eyes welled up with tears. She even began to think that confessing to Aiden in the first place was wrong.

‘Aiden, like apple pie.’

Tears flowed down Sonnet’s cheeks. Until now, she had only thought about studying without caring about anything else. Because that was the most important thing in her life.

But not anymore. At least now, the bracelet Aiden gave her was more important.

‘Why am I going this far?’

Sonnet began rummaging through the furniture again while sobbing.

In the process, one desk leg fell on her arm, causing bruises and scratches, and though it hurt terribly, she endured it and continued searching for the chest of drawers while rummaging through the waste.

Now she was sick of the smell of wood.

Why am I going this far, even spending time and money?

Sonnet wiped away the tears that came for no reason and threw a chair.

‘He might not even be sincere. Why am I like this…’

Tears flowed down her cheeks. No matter how much she wiped them, the tears flowed faster than she could wipe them.

Sonnet sniffled and barely pushed aside a desk.

As she raised her head while cursing him, Sonnet suddenly opened her eyes wide. It was the same as the chest of drawers she had used beside her bed.

The first and third drawers were unsightly open, but the second drawer was locked.

The flowing tears stopped. Sonnet hurriedly tried to open the second drawer.

As expected, it wouldn’t open. Her heart beat fast like when she met Aiden.

Sonnet hurriedly searched her pocket for the key. With trembling hands, she barely inserted the key.

Click, as the drawer opened, the bracelet Aiden gave her rolled into her hands along with her cherished notebook.

The funny thing was that Sonnet was more pleased to see the bracelet Aiden gave her than the notebook she had cherished all this time. Sonnet hurriedly gathered the bracelet and notebook and left that place.

She headed to the management office with the lantern. The lights were on there. Sonnet quickly went to the door and knocked.

Knock knock. The door rang briefly and the old man came out.

He looked down at Sonnet with disheveled hair and narrowed eyes, as if he had just woken up.

Sonnet handed him the nearly extinguished lantern and said.

“Thank you. Thanks to you, I found it.”

Somehow the man didn’t immediately accept the lantern.

He looked down at Sonnet with a bewildered expression for a moment, then opened his eyes wide and asked back.

“You found it?”

“Yes.”

When Sonnet answered confidently, the man opened his mouth in disbelief. When Sonnet held out the lantern again, he finally took it while still not taking his eyes off Sonnet.

“Are you alright?”

“I’m fine.”

Sonnet greeted the man and turned around. She had stayed up all night and her eyes were tired, and her whole body ached as if her muscles were being pulled, but her heart felt at ease.

At least the regret and self-loathing she had felt earlier were gone.

Sonnet now thought herself amazing. Still, she never wanted to go through something like this again.

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When Sonnet arrived at Rosefield Academy, the morning lecture had just ended.

Today’s lecture she was supposed to attend was also a morning lecture, but unfortunately she missed it.

In the past, she would have been very disappointed and her heart would have been unsettled, but now she didn’t feel anything.

The fortunate thing was that today there were only morning lectures.

Sonnet got off the carriage with a face that had barely woken up.

People around her were startled or looked at her strangely when they saw Sonnet appear in such a shabby state.

Sonnet didn’t care and headed to the dormitory.

She had already fastened Aiden’s bracelet securely on her wrist, afraid she might lose it.

It was when Sonnet arrived in front of the women’s dormitory.

“Sonnet.”

It was a low voice that made the surroundings feel cool. It was also familiar.

The moment Sonnet raised her head, she met bright blue eyes along with a fresh mint scent.

He was visibly emanating coldness. He was different from the Aiden Sonnet had seen before.

Perhaps he too had something tiring happen, as his eyes looked rough, and his black hair covered his forehead, making him look even more sensitive and cold.

His eyebrows furrowed slightly when he saw Sonnet’s appearance.

“Where did you go?”

Sonnet was about to tell the truth but didn’t want her stupidity to be discovered, so she lied.

“I went out to have fun.”

Even Sonnet thought it was a ridiculous thing to say. She was someone far removed from the word ‘fun.’

But the fact that such a lie came out meant she definitely wasn’t in her right mind from lack of sleep.

One of Aiden’s eyebrows rose slightly.

“Have fun?”

His sensitive questioning tone was quite low.

Sonnet sensed something was wrong but wanted to quickly escape this situation. Above all, she was too tired.

“Being around you made me want to do that somehow, so…”

“Then why did you go alone instead of with me?”

“Because I wanted to go alone too.”

“Where did you go?”

Sonnet was momentarily at a loss for words. Then she thought of the furniture she had seen to the point of being sick of it, and the smell of wood…

“I went to the forest.”

Aiden’s eyebrows furrowed.

“The forest?”

“I was curious about what the forest was like at night.”

Sonnet’s heart beat so fast she didn’t know why she was speaking so nervously. It was also because Aiden looked unfamiliar.

When Sonnet avoided his eyes, Aiden’s low voice rang out.

“You’ve never missed a lecture.”

Sonnet was puzzled by herself too. She had missed such a precious lecture, but why didn’t she feel that bad about it?

When Sonnet raised her head, Aiden approached.

His eyes, which always curved gently, were sharp like cold blades, and his gaze, which always shone affectionately, was heated as if swallowing anger.

Sonnet’s whole body stiffened as if tensing up. His appearance was very unfamiliar to her.

Aiden stared at Sonnet piercingly and took another step closer. They were close enough that their breaths could almost touch.

When Sonnet flinched and stepped back, Aiden came closer and said.

“You appear in front of me with your whole body in such a state and tell me you went out to have fun?”

Aiden’s thigh touched her leg. When Sonnet stepped back, Aiden pressed his thigh deeper between her legs through the gap.

“At night, and alone?”

When Sonnet stopped, Aiden exhaled lightly and said.

“Tell me who did this to you.”

“No. I just did it by myself….”

“The forest around here isn’t the kind of forest you’d wander through until you got hurt this badly.”

“….”

“Did Delr bother you? Or was it his group?”

“No.”

Because Aiden kept asking persistently, her voice unintentionally became stronger.

When Sonnet pressed her lips tightly shut and wouldn’t say anything more, Aiden spoke in a low voice.

“Tell me. Who did this to you.”

His eyes were blazing red as if he would kill whoever it was immediately.

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