Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 69

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#69

Aiden seemed determined. Sonnet felt unnecessarily nervous when Aiden said such things. She had thought it was just a place to show her face.

‘Is Aiden thinking something else?’

Then Aiden found another green dress. He turned to Sonnet with a particularly bright face.

“This one would suit you best, wouldn’t it?”

The dress Aiden chose was one with an unusually low back compared to the other dresses.

Sonnet thought about how Aiden’s taste hadn’t changed and picked up the dress.

“I’ll try this on.”

Sonnet followed the salesperson to a small room. It had comfortable chairs like a place for serving quite important guests, and there was a separate area for changing clothes.

Warm tea and butter biscuits were already prepared on the table.

The salesperson quickly helped Sonnet into the dress. The dress fit Sonnet’s height better than expected. She wasn’t particularly tall, but there didn’t seem to be any parts that needed shortening.

As soon as the salesperson went out first and opened the door, Sonnet followed. Aiden was sitting calmly, but as soon as she came out, he frowned.

He sighed lowly and said.

“Ha, other people will fall for you if they see you.”

His face was quite serious. Sonnet stood there for a moment. The situation was similar to when she used to go to Rosefield before.

‘He said something like this back then too.’

Then Aiden came close and looked at Sonnet.

“I think I chose a dress that suits you too well. Want to try on something else?”

Aiden had quite a serious face and looked like he might offer another dress at any moment. Sonnet turned around and looked in the mirror.

As Aiden said, the dress suited her extremely well. Like it was originally her dress.

This was her first banquet dress since she had tried on such dresses when she went to banquets with Aiden before.

Aiden stood beside Sonnet and said.

“I feel like other bastards will only stare at you.”

When Sonnet turned around in surprise, Aiden looked only at Sonnet’s dress with a stern face.

Then the salesperson approached. When Aiden looked up, Sonnet said.

“I’ll take this dress.”

“Will that be okay?”

“Yes.”

Aiden seemed completely displeased. He looked with stern eyes before turning to the salesperson.

“Give us this one.”

Even while waiting for the dress to be packaged, Aiden had a face lost in deep thought the entire time. Sonnet didn’t say anything more to him and drank tea while looking at the dresses.

Certainly, most of the dresses showed Aiden’s taste. It was when Sonnet was eating butter biscuits and touching the dresses.

“Sonnet.”

When she turned her head at his call, Aiden looked at her with slightly sunken eyes.

“When we broke up, what did my father say to you?”

It was quite a low voice. At the completely unexpected words, Sonnet couldn’t answer immediately.

“I’m sure he must have given you conditions too.”

Sonnet’s eyes widened like a surprised rabbit.

“How did you know?”

“That’s how our father is originally. He always presents conditions to make people miserable. Isn’t that right?”

Sonnet couldn’t easily open her mouth. Why was Aiden suddenly asking about this? Sonnet asked out of genuine curiosity.

“Why are you suddenly asking that?”

“Because I think father was the biggest reason we broke up.”

Aiden’s face had cooled and looked cold. His eyes were extremely dark and fierce, as if one couldn’t easily approach him.

Sonnet hesitated for a moment. She didn’t like the Rosefield Duke, but she was concerned about Aiden. Honestly, if she told the truth, it would only make Aiden feel worse and angrier.

Besides, there was no point in revealing everything now. She was already meeting with Aiden anyway.

Aiden’s gaze was quite persistent. Then the salesperson offered a green box beautifully wrapped with white ribbon. The color wasn’t excessive and was quite luxurious.

Even after Sonnet took the box, Aiden didn’t take his eyes off her. In the coldly stiff atmosphere, the salesperson gave a brief greeting and left the room.

Sonnet looked at the completely cold tea. She looked at the teacup while speaking, afraid her lie might be discovered.

“He just said that if I stayed by your side, your engagement with the Princess could be ruined, and that you had to marry the Princess for your future to be guaranteed.”

“Is that all?”

Sonnet looked at Aiden.

“Yes.”

It wasn’t completely a lie in its own way. Though she couldn’t bring herself to say that she had received a lot of support while staying at the Royal Research Institute on the condition that she wouldn’t appear before Aiden.

Sonnet didn’t care much if the Rosefield Duke cut off his support now. Soon she would present her research on the Dungeon Temple in the First Kingdom Army, and then no one would be able to interfere with her.

“You really didn’t appear before me for six months because of that?”

Sonnet nodded.

“Because I didn’t want your future to be ruined because of me.”

Aiden’s eyebrows twisted for a moment.

“I told you before. Just worry about yourself. Don’t worry about me.”

“….”

“You’re originally selfish enough to only think about yourself. So why do you bother worrying about me?”

Sonnet was so surprised that she couldn’t speak for a moment. While she stared blankly, Aiden said with a stern face.

“Of course, I was most at fault for not telling you properly. I should have been a little more careful.”

He sighed as if lamenting, then picked up the dress box Sonnet was holding and stood up.

“Let’s go.”

Sonnet hurriedly followed Aiden.

“Did your memory come back?”

Aiden stopped and turned around. His expression looked extremely cold and sensitive.

“No.”

As Sonnet turned her head dejectedly again, he said.

“Don’t you like me even without my memory?”

When Sonnet looked, Aiden said lowly.

“It seems like you’re looking too much for the old me.”

“You wanted to find your memory too. And since things turned out this way, I thought it would be good if you found your memory quickly.”

Aiden looked at Sonnet for a long time before opening his mouth.

“Sometimes you seem to like the me from Rosefield more than the current me, you know?”

“What do you mean by that?”

Sonnet couldn’t understand Aiden’s words. When she seemed completely unconvinced, Aiden turned around and said.

“Let’s go.”

Sonnet couldn’t understand Aiden’s inner thoughts at all. Even in the carriage, Aiden just maintained a stern expression and didn’t start any conversation. Sonnet didn’t bother to open her mouth either.

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When they arrived at the banquet hall, Aiden got out first and extended his hand.

Sonnet took his hand and got out of the carriage, then immediately let go. But her hand wasn’t easily released.

It was because Aiden was holding on tightly.

When Sonnet looked up, Aiden slightly pulled Sonnet toward him. Their meeting gazes became quite close.

As Sonnet held her breath in confusion, Aiden stared down piercingly.

“Just go in together.”

Sonnet furrowed her eyebrows and tried to let go of Aiden’s hand. But Aiden didn’t let her go.

When she slightly frowned, Aiden let go of her hand. He looked at Sonnet with a low gaze.

“Can’t you just listen to me for once?”

“I told you before. I don’t want to attract attention at events where important people come.”

“So you’re determined to go in alone?”

“Yes.”

Sonnet hadn’t liked Aiden’s attitude since earlier. She couldn’t understand what he had said either.

Finding his memory was natural, so why was he thinking of himself as a different person?

Sonnet walked past Aiden. Word that his carriage had arrived must have already spread, as people were already walking around with fire in their eyes.

As soon as Sonnet left Aiden’s side, several people approached him. Sonnet felt slightly relieved as she stood in front of the banquet hall door.

The servant who checked her invitation kindly guided Sonnet to the white door.

The white door was for those who came by invitation rather than major nobles, so their names weren’t even announced.

On the surface it was discrimination, but Sonnet didn’t particularly mind. Rather, she didn’t want her name called out loudly at such an event.

Sonnet’s reason for coming here was simple. She had something to discuss with Professor Aldoren. No matter how much she had tried to meet with Professor Aldoren recently, their schedules just wouldn’t align.

Based on the materials she had organized during this time, she had come up with many research topics, but she needed to choose which ones were more worthwhile. In situations like this, Professor Aldoren always gave brilliant advice that made it easy to find direction.

As soon as Sonnet entered the banquet hall, she looked around.

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