Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 39

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#39

“Then what am I supposed to tell His Majesty? You agreed to be engaged to the Princess, but if this happens…”

“The Princess’s side would be happy if we broke it off first anyway. It seemed like she had someone else in mind too.”

The Duke pressed his lips together tightly and frowned. Aiden chuckled and said,

“You knew that too, Father, so why are you saying such things?”

The Duke closed his eyes and let out a deep breath. He looked at Aiden as if barely managing to control himself.

“I understand you suddenly came back here and want to rebel, but…”

“The rebellion is already over, Father.”

Aiden gripped Sonnet’s hand tightly.

“Thanks to that, I’ve found peace of mind in Rosefield.”

The Duke seemed at a loss for words and closed his mouth. He placed his hand on his waist, shook his head back and forth, then let out a deep sigh.

“I’ll handle breaking off the engagement with the Princess myself, but reconsider that marriage.”

“Father.”

“I told you to get married, not to marry just anyone.”

“I…”

Sonnet grabbed Aiden’s arm.

Aiden turned to look at Sonnet with a hardened expression. Sonnet pulled Aiden’s arm and said to him,

“Let’s stop here and go.”

“Sonnet.”

“I’m fine.”

Aiden frowned as he looked at Sonnet’s face, then took her hand and left the room.

Sonnet had wanted to leave this place for a while now. Her heart felt stuffy and she felt like she couldn’t breathe.

Aiden looked at Sonnet with concern.

“Are you okay?”

“Where’s outside?”

Aiden immediately led Sonnet by the hand to the balcony. At least the cool breeze made her feel like she could live.

Aiden stood in front of Sonnet and said,

“I’m sorry.”

Aiden took out a small black box from his pocket. From it, he naturally slipped a ring set with emeralds and diamonds onto Sonnet’s finger.

“For not telling you beforehand.”

The ring fit Sonnet’s finger perfectly.

As if Sonnet had been the ring’s owner from the beginning.

He smiled brightly as he looked at Sonnet.

Sonnet felt cold as if her face and even her mind had been doused with cold water. Aiden chuckled softly and lowered his head.

“Were you very surprised?”

When he naturally tried to kiss her cheek, Sonnet stepped back.

Aiden hesitated and looked at Sonnet. His eyes hardened strangely.

“I don’t want to marry you.”

Then she took off the ring and held it out to him. Aiden didn’t take it and just looked at Sonnet.

“I know you’re surprised, but…”

“Now that you’ve used me completely, shouldn’t you stop?”

“What are you talking about?”

His eyes darkened at the coldly spreading words.

Sonnet brought out the words she had been keeping in her heart since earlier.

“I’m going to abandon you.”

“What?”

“I said I’m abandoning you.”

Aiden bit his lower lip and exhaled. He slowly looked at Sonnet and took a step closer.

“What are you talking about?”

“Exactly what I said. I’m abandoning you.”

He spoke as if barely holding back his anger.

“Sonnet.”

Sonnet suddenly felt a surge of emotion welling up inside her.

“I’m sick and tired of people like you. You speak in roundabout, refined ways with people similar to yourselves, but you treat people like me who have no background and whom you consider beneath you like objects, saying whatever you want however you want. Regardless of what kind of person they are, what they’re thinking, or how they feel being there.”

“…”

“Do I really have to listen to this kind of talk from you people?”

“That’s…”

“Don’t say it’s your father’s problem. I already know well enough from experiencing plenty of people like you at school.”

Aiden frowned and exhaled.

“I’m sorry.”

For a moment, Sonnet felt those words were so powerless and helpless.

Why was he apologizing to her?

“What good does being sorry do? We’re just different people from the start. And just because you’re sorry…”

“Father is just like that originally, but who’s the bastard that did such things to you?”

Aiden’s eyes blazed fiercely.

When Sonnet felt like she couldn’t communicate with him anymore, she turned her head away. And she tried to leave just like that.

As she tried to pass by Aiden, he immediately blocked her path.

“So you’re really going to abandon me?”

His eyes looking down at her were desperate.

As if all the wrongs were hers. Sonnet avoided his eyes and answered,

“Yes.”

“Are you serious?”

Sonnet spoke without looking at Aiden until the end.

“I told you earlier. I’m abandoning you.”

Heavy breathing spread through the air.

“Were you thinking that the whole time you were by my side?”

Sonnet nodded.

“While I was thinking about wanting to marry you, you were…”

“I was thinking about abandoning you.”

Aiden’s face turned cold.

He also looked dazed. Sonnet passed by him and left the balcony.

Laughter echoed from around them.

For some reason, that sound seemed piercingly sharp to Sonnet’s ears.

Sonnet hurriedly left the banquet hall. She disliked everything surrounding her so much that she wanted to quickly take off the dress Aiden had given her.

As soon as she left the manor, cool wind brushed against Sonnet’s face.

Sonnet sniffled as her nose suddenly stung. Tears were flowing without her knowing.

‘Now everything is over, I planned to do this from the beginning, so why on earth…’

Strangely, saying she had abandoned Aiden weighed on her mind.

She had said it deliberately to hurt him, but now that she had spoken it, she felt like she had caused him tremendous pain.

Sonnet wiped away her tears while clenching her fists tightly. Aiden had humiliated Sonnet anyway.

Besides, she had always been selfish. Someone who didn’t think about others and only considered her own feelings and actions important.

But now… Sonnet kept wiping away the tears that continued to flow. She didn’t even know why she was so sad.

She had already planned to end things with Aiden, and she had always thought about what to say to him. Besides, she had to end things with Aiden anyway. That was for Sonnet’s own sake too.

When she was by Aiden’s side, somehow bitter feelings kept rising and she thought less of herself. Strange feelings of inferiority also bloomed.

‘It’s for the best.’

Sonnet tried hard to think this while pushing away Aiden who kept floating in her mind. Anyway, not caring about others, not caring whether others got hurt or not, and living selfishly was the way Sonnet had lived all along.

‘It’s for me.’

Everything was for Sonnet herself. To avoid getting hurt anymore.

Sonnet walked quickly through the night streets, thinking only of herself.

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When Sonnet opened her eyes, it was early morning. Yesterday, it had taken almost 40 minutes to walk from the banquet hall to school, and even after arriving, she had tossed and turned sleeplessly.

Even though she was thinking selfishly only of herself, her heart couldn’t cut Aiden off with a single stroke.

Perhaps because of the unforgettable memories with him, the first time she had ever been truly happy, her heart felt uncomfortable and her mind raced as if vividly awake.

Sonnet had finally fallen asleep at dawn, and even then, she hadn’t slept deeply. Sonnet woke up earlier than usual.

She had a morning lecture today and was leaving the dormitory early, when she noticed the Deliter Jerky Shop was open next door.

She naturally looked around, but it felt unfamiliar. A bespectacled man, a blonde woman, groups chattering and giggling together.

Suddenly, Sonnet realized she was unconsciously searching for Aiden among them.

Sonnet turned away with a hardened expression.

‘There’s no way Aiden would come.’

Sonnet had been the first to say she would abandon him, and he had told her. That he would also abandon anyone who abandoned him once. Sonnet didn’t think he would go back on his word.

He had been so resolute in that moment.

As she walked along the path with heavy steps, a gentle breeze blew.

The leaves rustled softly and sunlight sparkled. For a moment, Sonnet remembered Aiden’s face smiling in that light.

The time when she had come to prefer summer over spring. Sonnet’s brow furrowed.

‘Aiden, like apple pie.’

She hated it. Even though Sonnet had selfishly thought only of herself and cut him off, he kept appearing in her mind.

‘I really shouldn’t have gotten involved with him from the beginning.’

She should have listened to Tester from the start. She shouldn’t have associated with someone like Aiden after all.

The classroom she arrived at was quieter than usual.

There was no one except a blonde-haired man sitting in a daze and a woman sitting in the very back.

It was natural since there were still 30 minutes left before the lecture started.

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