My Reborn Villainess Fiancée Is Obsessed with Me—Too Bad I’m Not Interested - Chapter 1.9

“Serena Leclere! I can no longer let your arrogance go ignored. Therefore, our engagement is…”

Even as he said this, Alexis stopped his words once again. This time, for a moment, he looked straight into my eyes. The emotion reflected in those deep blue eyes was not the “cold condemnation” that was in the game data. It looked like it was mixed with a lonely light, as if he still had feelings and my chest hurt slightly.

“Your Highness, please announce it clearly!”

“That’s right, punish Serena Leclere!”

“Please protect Lady Lily!”

The surrounding nobles shouted to provoke him and hurried the Prince. Even the people who were quiet until now spoke up all at once, and I could see glimpses of them hoping for a scandalous development.

Lily also looked up with watery eyes, saying, “Your Highness…” It was a pose that seemed to say, “Please save me!” but Alexis frowned even more when he saw her.

“…Your Highness?”

When I spoke up without thinking, the Prince shook his head slightly, as if he were confused. Then, he spoke in a firm tone.

“I cannot make a fair judgment here. —Serena, I need to talk to you. Come to a private room.”

“Huh?” Before I could even make a sound, Alexis grabbed my wrist. Without giving me a chance to argue, he pulled me toward the exit of the ballroom. The abandoned Lily and the nobles tried to follow us while shouting in surprise and anger, but the Prince’s royal guards moved quickly to stop them.

While the commotion broke out, I looked back for just a second. Lily just stood there with her mouth open, unable to do anything but watch us leave.

—Wait, isn’t this flow completely different from what was supposed to happen in the game?