My Body Has Been Possessed By Someone - Chapter 159

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Chapter 159
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Orsini’s mind cleared the moment he rescued Isabel from the bandits.
The chaotic forest, the situation descended into pandemonium, his mother Chloe wailing in distress, and the Empress feigning innocence.
And Kanna Adis, calmly observing the entire scene.
Orsini let out a bitter laugh as he glimpsed her profile. There was no evidence, nothing concrete, yet he was certain.
This was a scenario orchestrated by Kanna Adis.
Everyone was dancing upon her chessboard.
“Kanna Adis will dismantle House of Adis. Just as my mother did, she too will shatter the Adis family!”
Suddenly, a sentence he had heard from his mother since childhood echoed through his mind.
Was it a prophecy?
It had come to pass.
Discord that never existed before now festered between Orsini, Kalen, and Isabel, and Alexandro Adis and Chloe had divorced.
And at the center of it all stood Kanna Adis.
They were all ensnared in the web she had woven.
As reality crystallized before him, ice crept down the back of his neck.
What am I doing right now?
I mock Kalen for circling Kanna Adis like a dog, yet am I not behaving identically to him?
While drowning in self-loathing and torment, he noticed Kalen harboring sinister intentions.
He had purchased an island and bribed its inhabitants.
And he had presented it as a gift to Kanna Adis.
‘There’s something here.’
Seized by an ominous premonition, Orsini infiltrated the island and lay in wait. It was then he discovered a single outsider among the islanders.
A suspicious man.
He was masquerading as one of the locals, but his eyes could not deceive.
His suspicion proved correct. After beating him to a pulp, the man revealed he had been arranged to secretly spirit Kanna Adis away.
Someone was helping Kanna Adis.
Yet even after breaking his body to pieces, the man would not reveal his accomplice’s identity, so he could learn nothing more.
One thing was certain—Kanna Adis was planning to flee.
Sure enough, Kanna Adis leaped onto his boat, which he had disguised as a ferryman’s vessel.
“Does it please you?”
My shoulders stiffen.
“Does it please you?”
Kanna Adis turned around very slowly, deliberately slowly.
The moment our eyes met—her black irises glistening with shock—Orsini sensed it.
This woman will destroy me.
Just as Kalen has been ruined, I too will be utterly shattered.
‘Not yet.’
At least he still possessed one opportunity.
Before that woman could break him, he would break her first.
As expected, Kanna Adis had tried to kill me. How perfectly the situation unfolded exactly as I had foreseen.
Orsini finally made his decision.
‘Yes, let’s kill her.’
Throughout my life, I had never spared anyone who attempted to take my life. I had never failed to kill someone I had resolved to eliminate. So then.
‘Let’s end this here and now.’
But I failed.
Miserably failed.
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Kanna Adis regained consciousness amidst excruciating agony.
“Damn it….”
Her legs burned as though aflame. The moment awareness returned, curses spilled from her lips.
Then a voice reached her ears.
“You’re awake?”
Kanna Adis whipped her head to the side.
Right beside the chamber, Orsini sat in a chair, watching her.
“….”
Right. That bastard drove me into the sea.
Kanna Adis ground her teeth as memories of before losing consciousness flooded back.
“You son of a bitch.”
“I’d rather not hear that from someone who tried to stab me to death with a poisoned needle.”
“Shut up. I should have killed you long ago.”
“Now that’s something I could say.”
That bastard, that insufferable wretch—I wished he’d drop dead right then and there.
As she propped herself up on her elbows while spewing curses, a sharp pain lanced through her legs.
“Ugh.”
It hurt so much…!
Orsini, who had been watching, clicked his tongue in disapproval. Then he hurled the crutches that had been leaning against the wall toward her.
“What?”
“The Physician paid a visit.”
Several packets of medicine flew through the air.
“He said your legs are in poor condition, so be careful for a while.”
Her mood soured instantly. Was he really offering advice after trying to kill her?
“Never mind that. Where is this?”
“A Hotel.”
“In the Lamas Kingdom?”
“Yes.”
Thank goodness.
Kanna Adis felt a wave of relief wash over her. Regardless, I had reached my destination. At least the plan hadn’t deviated too drastically.
‘If only that bastard hadn’t been in the way, everything would have been perfect.’
That bastard, the obstacle in my life, that parasitic wretch!
But I suppressed my emotions firmly. This was not the time to be swept away by rage.
It wasn’t over yet.
“How did you even know to wait for me on the ship?”
“It just happened.”
Yes, I hadn’t expected him to explain anything.
Fortunately, he seemed unaware that I was receiving help from Yoanna Friedrich, or of the detailed plans to reach Yalden.
‘If he’d known, he wouldn’t have come so willingly to the Lamas Kingdom, our escape route.’
Then Orsini tossed a bundle of papers at me.
It was a newspaper.
“You’ve certainly done something quite entertaining.”
【The Tragic Death of Kanna Adis, Young Lady of the Duke】
【The Eldest Daughter of House of Adis, Who Survived the Great Fire at the Princess Palace, Could Not Escape Death’s Grasp】
Already in the papers. Remarkably fast.
‘It seems everyone was properly deceived.’
Yet I couldn’t rejoice freely. Orsini was staring directly at me with both eyes wide open.
He pressed me with suspicion.
“You supposedly took your own life. What trick did you use?”
“It just happened.”
I returned his half-hearted answer in kind. And I spoke brazenly.
“That’s exactly what the newspaper says. Kanna Adis is dead.”
“Then who is the woman standing before my eyes?”
Orsini let out a scoff and draped his arm diagonally across the back of his chair.
“If Kalen knew you were alive, he’d be absolutely delighted.”
I glared at him before letting out a sigh.
“What do you intend to do with me now?”
“I wonder. What should I do?”
Orsini stared intently at my face.
“What would you have me do?”
“Will you listen if I tell you?”
“Perhaps. Perhaps not.”
In other words, he’d do as he pleased.
“Don’t take me back to the Adis Family Estate.”
“Fine. And?”
I narrowed my brows. Did he just agree?
“Don’t tell anyone that I’m alive.”
“And?”
This was suspicious. I felt as though I were walking into a trap.
“Let me leave on my own.”
“That’s difficult. But I’ll consider the first two.”
I was utterly bewildered. Whether it was my imagination or not, those words sounded like acceptance.
So you’re saying you’ll cooperate with my escape right now?
Why on earth?
‘I was trying to kill you.’
But the conversation ended there.
Orsini rose from his chair and moved to the sofa.
As he sprawled across it, his long legs dangled halfway off the edge. Yet he didn’t seem to care, like some wild animal indifferent to comfort.
“Sleep. It’s late—we’ll finish this conversation tomorrow.”
He murmured with his eyes closed, and within moments, he appeared to have fallen asleep.
I stared at him blankly.
There was no way he could simply fall asleep like this.
I pushed myself up from the bed and limped toward the sofa. But Orsini didn’t open his eyes.
Was he truly asleep, or merely pretending?
‘What on earth is wrong with this man?’
When did he become so aggressive, and why did he suddenly back down? Why did he spare my life? Why does he keep pursuing me? Why does he grant my requests?
And why…?
‘Why did he look at me like that?’
His face as he watched me floundering in the sea.
Those eyes, fragile as a windowpane struck by a tempest, seemed ready to shatter at any moment—and they kept flickering through my mind.
There was clearly something there, but I couldn’t discern what it was.
Perhaps it would become his fatal weakness…
I pondered the matter carefully before abandoning the effort. This was a problem that thinking alone couldn’t solve.
So there was nothing for it but to conduct a bold experiment.
I sat cautiously at the edge of the sofa and reached out to caress his cheek.
The moment my hand made contact, Orsini’s eyelids slowly opened.
“Remove your hand. Before I cut it off.”
Everything about him was rigid.
His cheek, his gaze, his voice—all of it so stiff it seemed he was trembling with tension.
‘Perhaps…’
I didn’t withdraw my hand. Instead, I moved my thumb, gently brushing across his cheek.
At that touch, his eyes trembled faintly.
Every curse that had gathered on his lips seemed to be washed away, swept up in a tidal wave that consumed everything in its path.
I witnessed it all.
‘Good heavens.’
I wanted to laugh, but instead I whispered.
“Do you hate it?”
“You’re insane.”
Orsini’s eyes blazed. Those eyes, burning like ghostfire, now seemed almost pathetic.
But not yet. This wasn’t enough. I needed more certainty.
I lowered my head.
My lustrous hair cascaded down, spilling across his forehead and cheek. My face drew steadily closer.
Orsini’s breath caught.
I watched as his breathing, his gaze, everything about him froze in this singular moment.
Kanna Adis lowered her lips toward his cheek, then stopped abruptly.
A distance so close it was almost touching.
In that precarious gap, only Kanna Adis’s breath traced across his cheek with raw intimacy. His lower lashes trembled faintly, quivering.
The temperature between them rose slowly. In the instant when tension pulled taut as a wire.
Kanna Adis suddenly extended her hand downward.
It slid with serpentine allure. Tracing down his firm chest, it lingered slowly over the sculpted muscles of his abdomen.
And finally, she found what she sought. His large hand resting above his hip. Kanna Adis claimed it. She mounted it gently and gripped it.
In that instant, a strange sigh escaped his lips. Observing his reaction with detachment, she found the gap between his fingers with her fingertips. She pressed in and interlaced them. His fingers yielded helplessly, accepting her.
Your body and words don’t match?
She wanted to taunt him with that, but restrained herself. She simply applied gentle pressure to their interlaced hands.
“Orsini.”
As she whispered in a honeyed voice, she felt the fine hairs on his skin stand on end.
Kanna Adis confirmed all of this clearly. This was enough.
So this was the finishing blow. Kanna Adis pressed her lips softly against his cheek.
“Sleep well. Have sweet dreams.”
The moment her lips moved against his skin, sparks ignited in Orsini’s eyes.
“You.”
His voice came out hoarse and fractured.
But that was all. No words followed.
‘That’s enough.’
The experiment was over. The instant Kanna Adis tried to pull away, having obtained her answer.
Orsini seized her hand firmly and yanked her toward him.

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