The Prince Who Loved Me - Chapter 13

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Chapter 13

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The next day it rained. And the day after that too.

Damien sat by the window where rain was pouring down, staring at the yard.

Even though he knew there was no way the girl would come outside on a day when it was raining so heavily.

Thinking about what happened at the mall made his face burn with embarrassment.

Did the sense of privilege emanating from him feel disgusting to her?

Could it be that I’m starting to resemble my father too?

He felt like his throat was completely blocked with shame.

“Who cares about some brat’s opinion anyway.”

Then suddenly he realized he didn’t even know that brat’s real name. Damien clutched his head.

Why on earth didn’t I ask for her name?

How would I know. An 18-year-old boy’s way of thinking is all jumbled up.

Wait, maybe the girl was hoping I would ask for her name?

Did she get angry because of my arrogance and indifference?

It seemed like I should apologize.

‘Yeah, I was being kind of an idiot.’

Damien suddenly looked at his reflection in the mirror hanging on the wall.

If only the girl could have seen his handsome face beneath the bandages.

No, if only I had revealed that I was actually a real prince. Would the situation have been better?

The moment he realized he was thinking such thoughts, a bitter laugh escaped him.

‘I was sick and tired of people approaching me because I’m a prince. This is the first time I’ve wanted to use my title.’

The next day was clear as if yesterday’s rain had been a lie.

Early in the morning, Damien straightened his clothes, prepared himself mentally, and knocked on the door next door.

Knock knock.

Just as he was about to voice the apology he had prepared, the door opened and the Korean boy appeared.

“Lizzy… no, where’s the brat?”

“The girl? She left for Kentucky.”

“Kentucky?”

Suddenly Kentucky? Isn’t Kentucky quite far from Pennsylvania?

“Yeah. Her white best friend’s family took her. Her name was Carol… something. Anyway, she’s spending the rest of vacation there.”

“When is she coming back?”

“She’s not coming back. She packed all her stuff and left yesterday.”

“…What?”

Damien immediately grabbed the boy by the collar.

“If you’re messing with me, you’re dead. Where is she!”

“Ah, she really left! I’m not lying!”

Shocked, Damien released the boy as if throwing him away, then began searching around the house.

But the girl really was gone.

A bitter taste filled his mouth from the rushing sense of betrayal, and a hollow laugh escaped. His body trembled.

“How could she leave without even saying anything to me?”

Anger rose in gradations.

That brat with no manners whatsoever.

No matter how disappointed she was in me, shouldn’t she at least say goodbye before leaving?

As if something occurred to him, he hurriedly went to find Lancaster and said.

“Change the next tour schedule to Kentucky.”

Lancaster, who had been silent, shook his head as if he’d heard something ridiculous.

But Damien was serious.

He planned to track down the girl.

If he searched through the list of Korean exchange students attending boarding schools in Pennsylvania, it would come up quickly.

He was determined to find the girl even if he had to search all of Kentucky.

How dare she run away? Then I’ll track her down to the very end and find her.

The stubbornness of an 18-year-old boy experiencing rejection for the first time mixed with unidentifiable emotions, leaving Damien’s mind in complete chaos.

Lancaster, who had been watching Damien like this, sighed and said.

“Your Highness. That’s what women hate most.”

“What?”

Then Lancaster took out a folded note from his pocket and handed it over.

“This is a note the girl left for Your Highness. She had to leave urgently and asked me to deliver it.”

“Why are you telling me this now!”

Damien snatched the note with impatient hands and hurriedly read through it.

‘I hope your wounds heal well. Not just the wounds on your face, but the wounds in your heart too.

I’m sorry for leaving without saying goodbye. But if we’re meant to be, we’ll meet again. Like how a river flows to meet the ‘sea’.’

Damien’s hands trembled after reading the note.

Meant to be?

What am I supposed to do if you say such irresponsible things?

Isn’t that what you say when you want to gently persuade someone you don’t want to see again?

And she didn’t even tell me her name until the end.

‘Some brat. Who cares if she disappears.’

He crumpled up the note and put it in his pants pocket.

Lancaster spoke matter-of-factly to Damien, who had turned cold and rigid.

“I’m sorry, but this schedule is concentrated in the eastern region, so visiting Kentucky is impossible.”

“…”

“Please pack your bags now, Your Highness. It’s time to move to the next tour location.”

Being dragged along helplessly by his hand, Damien thought.

Lancaster was right.

Even if he found the girl in Kentucky, it didn’t seem like she would welcome him.

Besides, he had to return to Bernhardt soon.

Nevertheless, he couldn’t hide his regret and disappointment.

If it really is fate, will we meet again?

At this moment, he wanted to rely on that childish word called fate.

He made a promise to himself.

Next time I meet the girl again, I’ll definitely ask for her name first.

I absolutely won’t introduce myself as a prince.

And I’ll never let her slip away again.

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Finishing his reminiscence, he smiled mysteriously.

The girl he met again had grown up to be far more beautiful than he had sometimes imagined.

Hello. My little brat who shattered my heart for the very first time.

‘And yet you can’t even remember me. That’s really too much.’

Actually, he hadn’t deliberately decided to deceive her.

In that situation where they suddenly encountered each other, he couldn’t introduce himself as a prince again.

And above all, there was something he was curious about.

Would she like him as he is now?

Him as an ordinary man, not as a crown prince?

Damien recalled her eyes that held the sunset.

When he looked into those eyes, it felt like something deep in his chest was touched, igniting a spark.

Just as he was heading to his bedroom while thinking of her face.

His phone rang.

Damien checked the caller and immediately answered, and a low voice echoed through.

-How is the state of the horizon?

“The boundary has collapsed, so it will rain soon.”

When Damien gave the answer to the secret code, the man’s report followed.

-We found one of the people in that photograph. He should know about the secret you’re looking for.

Upon hearing those words, Damien gulped and swallowed.

The person on the other end of the line was a private intelligence agent he had secretly hired.

-It seems he’s been receiving threats to his safety recently. So he’s requested protection in exchange for trading information with us.

Damien was actually tracking Charlotte’s suspicious death.

He suspected that a private military company called Obsidian was involved in her death.

Charlotte, who was an idealist, was someone with a sense of mission to become queen and reform Bernhardt’s corruption.

Currently, Bernhardt’s wealth gap was worsening due to hereditary nobles holding power for a long period.

Two weeks before Charlotte’s death.

She had confided a shocking secret to Damien.

‘Behind the Corbona War, there’s a high possibility that the Bernhardt Nobles are secretly involved with a private military company. This… you know it too.’

‘That’s ridiculous. Are you sure?’

‘I’m still collecting evidence, but I’m almost certain.’

Thirty years ago.

In Corbona, a country located on the Balkan Peninsula, war broke out triggered by a minority ethnic group’s independence movement.

This was the worst tragedy in modern history, where thousands lost their lives.

The idea that the Bernhardt Nobles were behind such a war out of nowhere?

If that were true, it would become the catalyst to expose their rotten true nature to the world and reform Bernhardt.

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