Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 21

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#21

As soon as he gestured toward the painting, a servant immediately moved to take it down.

Sonnet hurriedly looked at Aiden.

“No, it’s fine.”

“I won’t ask for it back, so don’t worry.”

“Still…”

“He’s your boyfriend.”

Aiden’s eyes sparkled vividly. When Sonnet just stared without answering, Aiden smiled and said.

“Just think of it as a simple gift from your lover.”

“I didn’t even bring anything when I came here.”

Come to think of it, Sonnet hadn’t prepared even a simple gift when coming to his house.

Aiden lowered his head and whispered in Sonnet’s ear.

“I just need you here.”

At his words tinged with slight laughter, Sonnet’s heart beat rapidly.

Aiden gripped Sonnet’s hand tightly and walked toward the door ahead. When Sonnet looked back, the servant was already taking down the painting.

When Sonnet looked forward again, the door was open. It looked like a dining hall. A place where nobles gathered with their people to eat.

Sonnet couldn’t close her mouth. On the long table were beautiful wooden decorations, and the food around them was overflowing rather than just full.

From golden-roasted chicken to clam cream soup featuring large shellfish, salad decorated with golden strawberries, and small pasta topped with roe.

Though there were particularly many dishes with carrots, there were also foods Sonnet had never seen before.

Aiden naturally guided Sonnet toward a chair. As Sonnet sat down, she looked back at Aiden.

“Are we going to eat all of this?”

Aiden raised one corner of his mouth and sat across from her.

“I didn’t know what you’d like.”

“…”

“You said you liked carrots back then, so I had them prepare many carrot dishes. How is it?”

Aiden’s face showed some expectation.

“It would have been a disaster if I had said I wasn’t eating dinner.”

“Still, your opinion is the most important.”

Aiden’s eyes sparkled. His eyes reflected by the indoor lamplight rather than summer sunlight looked particularly warm.

Sonnet just looked at the chicken, pork, and beef that the servant busily cut for her.

There was so much food that she couldn’t gauge what to eat first.

Then a low voice rang out from across the table.

“Don’t you like it?”

Sonnet quickly met Aiden’s eyes.

“No.”

She happened to eat the soup right in front of her. Her mouth filled with a savory yet buttery flavor, making Sonnet’s lips curve up instantly.

Sonnet immediately looked at Aiden and said.

“It’s delicious.”

Aiden smiled broadly and looked at Sonnet.

Sonnet moved her hands busily. Though she thought she wasn’t hungry, eating delicious food made her stomach start churning.

Really, this was the first time she’d tasted anything like this. Having lived by roughly filling her meals with cheap food sold at nearby restaurants, she hadn’t known that food made carefully with good ingredients could taste this good.

Everything looked appetizing just by sight. Since it was food made by artisans, there were even delicate decorations carved from vegetables on top.

Sonnet ate pickled carrots and roasted chicken while inwardly admiring it all.

‘If I made sandwiches with such fresh ingredients, they’d definitely sell well, right?’

As she imagined how much she could earn making them that way, a voice filled with laughter rang out.

“You’ve probably eaten the best out of anyone here.”

“Why?”

With so much delicious food, who wouldn’t have eaten well?

When Sonnet looked curious, Aiden continued.

“People here don’t usually eat that much. They think about manners and dignity and such.”

Sonnet felt embarrassed for a moment.

“Did I eat too roughly?”

“No, I’m saying it’s good that you eat well, unlike those people.”

“…”

“I hate seeing people put on airs in front of food the most.”

“Don’t they all do that normally?”

For someone like Aiden, putting on airs would be basic.

Even now, Aiden was just swirling and sipping his wine glass, barely eating any food.

He only looked at Sonnet as if trying to see her every reaction. Aiden spoke without taking his eyes off Sonnet.

“They all do, but you’re different.”

“…”

“Everything about you feels strangely special.”

Aiden smiled beautifully. Sonnet found his smile particularly striking.

It was the same smile she’d seen before, but was it because of the word “special”?

It really felt like a “special” relationship with Aiden. As if she would be the only one for him.

She had thought this relationship would end someday, but she kept growing greedy. Because Aiden seemed sincere about this relationship, at least.

“As long as you don’t abandon me, I’ll never abandon you either.”

Sonnet couldn’t forget what Aiden had said. Perhaps Aiden was giving Sonnet a chance.

That if she didn’t give up on Aiden, he wouldn’t give up either.

‘Would that really be true.’

Sonnet stirred her soup and put down her spoon. After all, this was a relationship formed by a fake confession.

Sonnet didn’t think any deeper. Thinking deeply would only breed desires she shouldn’t harbor in her heart.

When Sonnet stopped eating, Aiden asked.

“Not eating anymore?”

“I’m full.”

Aiden gestured to a servant nearby.

The servant immediately brought Sonnet steaming hot tea. It had a scent she liked. The scent that always came from Aiden.

It was the mint scent Sonnet loved most. Mint from the Itar Region.

Sonnet pleasantly inhaled the scent and looked at Aiden.

“Do you like this tea too?”

Aiden smiled and nodded.

“I like the scent.”

“I thought someone like you wouldn’t enjoy this kind of tea.”

Tea from the Itar Region wasn’t particularly expensive tea. It was rather on the cheap side.

Still, it was also a tea with good value for money due to its nice scent and quality.

“What do you mean, someone like me?”

Aiden leaned back in his chair and looked at Sonnet curiously. His eyes sparkled vividly as if he greatly anticipated her answer.

Sonnet stared at Aiden and opened her mouth.

“You are…”

Strangely, no words about him came to mind.

Aiden was always an unpredictable person. When Sonnet decided he was one way, he would act differently.

Sonnet’s eyebrows furrowed slightly.

“I don’t know.”

Aiden tilted his head and gazed at Sonnet leisurely. While savoring the scent of the mint tea.

Sonnet looked at the steaming tea and slowly opened her mouth.

“What’s certain is that you’re a person of the Rosefield Family.”

“…”

“Someone who can fight like a lowlife in the fighting ring but return to that world anytime.”

Just like now. Yesterday he had fought so roughly, yet now he sat there pristinely, looking like the perfect noble.

“What if I don’t want to go back?”

At the unexpected words, Sonnet’s eyes widened as she looked at Aiden.

Aiden gazed at Sonnet with deep eyes.

“I could give that up, you know.”

“Why would you give that up?”

When Aiden just smiled and watched her, Sonnet’s expression twisted. Was there really a need to go that far?

Sonnet spoke honestly.

“If you’re born into a good family, you should enjoy everything you can. Why give it up?”

“….”

“Some people want to enjoy that but can’t.”

Sonnet drank her mint tea while thinking of her own situation. The refreshing aroma brushed past her nose and warmed her mouth with heat.

It really was delicious tea. The distinctive mint fragrance wasn’t too strong and made her nose feel pleasantly fresh.

“Then want to live with me?”

“Huh?”

“If you live with me, I think you’d realize it’s nothing special.”

Aiden leisurely drank his tea while looking at Sonnet.

Sonnet suddenly felt suffocated, as if a heavy stone was pressing down on her heart.

She looked dazed as if she’d received a great shock, while Aiden seemed truly unbothered.

As if he’d made a casual joke.

When Sonnet stared at Aiden in a daze, he chuckled softly and lifted his teacup, saying:

“This tea has a refreshing aroma, which is nice. It’s also sweet.”

Aiden switched to a different topic than before.

When Sonnet still didn’t respond to his unexpected answer, Aiden met her eyes.

“You were curious about it.”

“….”

“Why I like this tea.”

Sonnet kept mulling over what Aiden had said. No matter how much she thought about it, she couldn’t believe it. The reason he liked it was too simple.

“That’s really all there is to it?”

“Why?”

“Because my reason is similar.”

“Do you need some grand reason to like something?”

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