Chapter 218: Creeping Fear Chapter 218: Creeping Fear And that was all he needed.

His own lips curved into a smile, warmth spreading through him.

Unlike his siblings, who stood with tension in their shoulders, indifference, displeasure on their faces, or confusion in their eyes…

Abuchi was content.

On the other side, Ebere’s heart clenched as she stole a glance at Carl, the man she had once entertained foolish hopes for.

She had known it was nothing but a dream, a man of his status would never choose her.

But still, a tiny part of her had wished, had imagined.

Now, seeing him stand there unaffected, without a hint of regret or reluctance, made her stomach twist.

She swallowed her emotions quickly, pushing them away.

There was no use holding onto something that was never hers to begin with.

Instead, her eyes flickered toward Ji ho, her actual fiancé.

A surge of satisfaction replaced the sting of rejection, Carl hadn’t chosen Nnenna either.

If he had, their father wouldn’t have dared to arrange a marriage for her.

That alone was enough to lift Ebere’s spirits.

Her gaze settled on Ji ho, her lips curving into a small, victorious smile.

But when she met his eyes, the cold indifference in them sent a shiver down her spine.

His jaw was tight, his expression unreadable, yet something about the way he carried himself made it clear, he was resisting this.

Ebere stiffened slightly.

Why did he look so…

unwilling?

Shouldn’t he be pleased?

He was a crown prince, and she was the eldest princess of Lionara, the only biological daughter of the king.

This was an excellent match.

still thinking

she noticed his continuous glances

of her dress as bitterness

adopted sister still the one

No.

She wouldn’t allow it.

Ebere lifted

sealed, whether Ji ho liked

just because of his cold, indifferent attitude, he had another

with Carl failing increased but both

gaze swept over the hall, taking in the smirks, the mocking

was how they saw

fool who had been grasping at something never meant

the

It was laughable, really.

he

ever made any

Never.

wishful thinking, their own assumptions, that had painted

they turned their own delusions into

Fools.

of

Nnenna, had never once thought of herself as anyone’s bride,

not

Not now.

her posture straight, her expression unreadable as the ball finally came to

began dispersing, making preparations to return to

and quiet rivalries lingered as everyone exited

had only one thing on her

Her father.

she followed after

not let this

the time she and the others reached his study, the doors had barely closed when Abuchi spoke up first, his voice filled with something that caught her

me this engagement,” he

Nnenna blinked.

often saw

to people, especially when it

type to actually love someone romantically, let

he was, standing before

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