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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