Becoming Number One with Confession Attacks - Chapter 83

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#83

“This kid is making it seem like I’m making things up. Hey, Aiden said that first. That he would become your husband. He also said you’d get married soon.”

Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to speak. Aiden had always wanted to get married, but she didn’t know he would say such things to her parents.

More than anything, Sonnet’s parents were the type of people who would make endless demands if Aiden said such things.

Even now, they looked at Sonnet as if they were going to devour her. Like looking at natural prey.

Father slightly frowned and looked back at Mother.

“But will they really get married? It seems like the newspapers keep suggesting the Princess has her eye on Aiden.”

“Even if she’s a Princess, how could she compare to our Sonnet? Don’t you know there’s nothing in that girl’s head? Look at our Sonnet. She went to a good school and brought back a good man too.”

Sonnet felt dizzy at her mother’s words.

“Please stop saying such things.”

“What? I only complimented you. Why have you been acting like you want to devour me since earlier?”

“Because you’re saying strange things.”

“I’m only repeating what I heard from Aiden.”

Then Father interjected.

“Sonnet, you’re not going to stupidly let the Princess steal Aiden away, are you?”

“Honey, Sonnet has a stubborn streak. Don’t you see how she went to Rosefield despite how much we tried to stop her? Once she thinks something is hers, how could she let it go?”

“Right, make sure you hold onto Aiden. I’m really saying this for your own good.”

Sonnet was dumbfounded.

“You speak so well when you’ve never done anything for me.”

“What?”

“You didn’t support me at all when I went to Rosefield Academy.”

“Your grandmother did it, so what more do you want?”

“That was money Grandmother saved up with great difficulty.”

“No matter how difficult it was to save, broadly speaking, it’s our family’s money.”

Mother, who was beside her, smiled and nodded.

Sonnet felt endlessly dejected and exhausted inside, but she felt she needed to know the truth, so she spoke up.

“How much did you receive from Aiden?”

From what they were saying now, they had definitely received more money than what Aiden had mentioned.

“Is how much we received important right now?”

Mother instead got angry and glared at Sonnet.

Then the door opened and the salesperson entered. Sonnet glanced roughly at the menu the salesperson had given her and ordered the food at the very front.

When the salesperson was about to leave with the menu, Mother stopped them.

“This seems like an upscale restaurant, so we should drink expensive wine too.”

Before Sonnet could say anything, Mother snatched the menu from the salesperson.

When Sonnet stared in disbelief, Mother scanned the menu and smiled at the salesperson.

“Please give us Megrod.”

When the salesperson bowed slightly, Sonnet immediately spoke.

“Exclude the wine and just give us what I ordered earlier.”

“Sonnet!”

Sonnet sent the salesperson away first. Anger flashed in Mother’s eyes.

“Are you really going to keep disrespecting us like this?”

“You can’t drink much wine here anyway. And do you know that wine costs more than all the food we ordered?”

“…”

“If you’re going to drink it with your own money, then do so.”

“We’ll have plenty of money thanks to Aiden from now on, so are you going to be stingy with your parents?”

“Then you should have treated me well from the beginning. If Grandmother were here, I would have bought all that wine.”

Then Father interjected.

“Sonnet, what kind of way is that to speak to your mother? No matter how much you think you’re living well on your own…”

“Tell me how much you received from Aiden.”

Sonnet had to know that fact.

Then Mother whipped around to look at Father. When she looked aggrieved, Father looked at Sonnet with displeasure and gestured with his chin.

“Tell her. It’s not her money anyway, so we have nothing to be ashamed of.”

Mother whispered quietly beside Father.

“But Aiden specifically said not to reveal it.”

“She’ll find out when they get married anyway.”

As expected, they took the money given out of someone’s goodwill for granted.

Mother took a sip of water, set it down roughly, and opened her mouth.

“We received 100 million marks to fix our house, and he gives us 1,000 marks every month.”

Sonnet’s mind went blank for a moment.

Not only did they receive 100 million marks, but they were getting 1,000 marks each month. That was much more than Sonnet’s monthly salary.

“Aren’t you ashamed?”

Sonnet’s voice trembled with anger. Mother laughed hollowly and looked at Sonnet.

“What’s there to be ashamed of? This is natural. You’re able to do this because you met a capable husband. Be proud of it.”

Mother lifted her head as if genuinely proud.

Sonnet was so astounded she could only stare down at the table. All strength left her body. All kinds of tragedies seemed to pour into her mind.

Aiden was wonderful, but the surrounding circumstances kept tormenting her.

If she just gave up Aiden… then she could stop her parents from taking money for granted, and it wouldn’t trouble the people around her.

She didn’t want tragedies to continue while being with Aiden. She was too exhausted as well.

“I won’t get married.”

It was a purely impulsive statement, but strangely, Sonnet felt her heart becoming peaceful.

“What?”

Mother’s eyes widened as she stared at Sonnet. Father also straightened in his chair and shouted angrily.

“Are you out of your mind!”

“I keep causing nothing but trouble for Aiden, so how can I marry him?”

“Is this trouble? We’re living well because your husband is capable.”

“Then what will you do if Aiden runs out of money?”

“That’s not my concern.”

Father turned his head away, then glared at Sonnet as if irritated.

“And is the Rosefield Family going to collapse? It’s a family that almost rivals the Royal Family.”

Sonnet couldn’t speak. When she remained silent without answering, Mother spoke angrily.

“What are you dissatisfied with that you’re acting like this? Are you unhappy that we’re finally living comfortably?”

“You’ll keep demanding money from Aiden.”

“Aiden said it! That this kind of money is nothing to him. And Aiden was the first to say he’d give us money every month. We just mentioned that farming hasn’t been going well lately and it’s too hard to make ends meet.”

“Exactly.”

Sonnet felt increasingly indignant and tears welled up. She strained her eyes and continued speaking.

“Because you came at him like that, Aiden gave you money.”

“Ha, Sonnet, you’re really strange. Would that little bit of money matter to Aiden? He’s just giving us his excess money, so why are you acting like this?”

Then the door opened and food came out. It was braised octopus decorated with flowers. The unique aromas mixed together made it look flavorful just by sight.

Even so, Sonnet couldn’t bring herself to touch the food. Mother and Father immediately picked up their forks and began eating noisily. They looked at each other and laughed.

“Expensive food really is different.”

Since there wasn’t much food, they immediately put down their forks. Mother spoke with a face where her anger had somewhat subsided.

“Sonnet, wouldn’t it be wonderful to live eating delicious things like this? Aiden will provide it all.”

They already believed that Aiden would provide everything.

Sonnet didn’t want to inflict the misfortune she experienced on Aiden as well. It was enough that only Sonnet suffered alone.

“Don’t contact Aiden anymore from now on. Don’t take his money either.”

All this time, they had never properly supported Sonnet. When she asked for book money because she didn’t have any, they would just shout at her to help with farm work instead.

Even then, Sonnet was only able to get books and study because Grandmother paid for them instead.

And whenever Sonnet did even slightly well, they would claim it was thanks to them and act arrogantly.

All this time, Sonnet had only received criticism from her parents, let alone any help.

She was even busy intercepting all the scholarships she received and using them as her own money. How many times they fought over such things.

Sonnet’s head heated up just thinking about those times. Of course, it was similar now too.

“Are you really going to break up with Aiden?”

Her father looked at Sonnet with fury. His eyes were filled with red veins as if she had committed some crime.

“Yes.”

At her simple answer, her mother cried out as if dumbfounded.

“Sonnet, are you in your right mind? How could you throw away such an opportunity…”

“I don’t want to see Aiden and my parents getting involved with each other anymore.”

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