The eldest daughter of the Heden Earldom, Audrinette,
Had been sharing a sweet and tingling relationship with Lucian, the Marquis of Cardena, who often visited their household.
But then,
One day, she heard that he was engaged to another woman.
“I wanted you to be the first to know.”
She had been certain that today would finally be the day he confessed.
Before the heat of his soft lips, which had brushed hers just slightly, could even fade,
Audrinette found herself faced with the cold reality.
“…Congratulations, Marquis.”
Though she endured her heartbreak day by day,
She couldn’t understand why she kept running into Lucian so often.
And every time, he look at her with such wistful eyes.
What was he thinking, and with what nerve did he hold onto her like this?
He was the one who had hurt her, so why did he look like the one in pain?
Unable to understand his heart,
Audrinette found herself withering away, day by day…
〈Preview〉
“Audrinette.”
“Don’t call me that!”
At the sound of his low voice calling her name, Audrinette covered her ears and shouted. He always pushed her to this point. After ending things in such a manner, what could he possibly have to say, with that look in his eyes, with that voice of his?
“I don’t understand.”
“…”
“…I wasn’t the one who ended it. It wasn’t my fault.”
She wanted to shout it out loud. Didn’t she have every right to? But her words kept getting tangled. Her mouth felt dry, and in the end, her voice broke into something close to a sob.
“……I was wrong about everything.”
After making her wait for so long, that was all he had to say—a worn-out apology. After leaving her standing in such a restless state, that was the only thing he could offer. A hollow laugh escaped her lips.
“Now, of all times?”
