It Seemed My Fiancé Hated Me, So I Distanced Myself—But for Some Reason, He Complained - Chapter 23

“Hey Clarissa. What do you think you’re doing?”

Lord Ryan asked in a cold voice. I clenched my hands tightly.

“…Please stop this!”

I shoved Lord Ryan’s chest with all my might. He seemed caught off guard and staggered backward. Taking advantage of the opening, I quickly moved away from him.

Lord Ryan stared at me in astonishment.

“What do you think you’re doing, Clarissa?”

“I-I’ve always been in pain whenever I was with you, Lord Ryan. Being made to sit beside you while you looked so bored, being told you’d rather have my sister – how could that not hurt me?! I’m tired of silently obeying you!!”

“Wh…!”

Lord Ryan’s face grew even more irritated than before.

“If you keep spouting such nonsense, I’ll break off our engagement! Is that what you want? Without the marriage arrangement with the Flory family, you’ll become completely worthless to the Meriam Marquis household!”

Lord Ryan said this with a frightening expression.

He was right. The only reason I was allowed to live in the mansion, even if barely tolerated, was because I was Lord Ryan’s fiancée.

If I lost that position, I’d probably be treated worse than the servants or locked away in the basement rooms.

My real mother had probably arranged this engagement with Lord Ryan so quickly because she feared this exact situation.

I had no way to defy Lord Ryan’s words.

Even knowing this, I simply couldn’t bring myself to do as he said.

“I don’t care! Break off the engagement or do whatever you please…!”

“You…!!”

Lord Ryan’s hand rose up. Thinking he was going to hit me; I squeezed my eyes shut.

But the impact never came.

When I cautiously opened my eyes, I saw Prince Lucas holding Lord Ryan’s raised hand.

“Lord Ryan. What exactly are you doing to a lady?”

Prince Lucas glared at Lord Ryan as he spoke.

He must have rushed here in a hurry, as he was quite out of breath.

“…Well, well, Prince Lucas. My apologies for showing you such an unsightly scene. My fiancée was saying such foolish things that I let my emotions get the better of me.”

Lord Ryan said this with a smile. However, his eyes weren’t smiling at all.