I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 26

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Leticia and he were closer than family.

A relationship in which you can vaguely reveal your anxiety and nervousness that you couldn't tell your family because you weren't awakened. When we were engaged, he thought they would get married without difficulties.

Until Letisha was excommunicated.

˜Where the hell did that come from?'

No, since when.

Levion sighed in frustration and tapped the table with his fingertips.

He couldn't understand why we, who were closer than anyone else, are so far away from each other now.

Leticia's voice still echoed in his head.

[I'll decide where I belong.]

The day he went to the Achilles' mansion and tried to bring Leticia home.

Levion was shocked by Leticia's unfamiliar gaze, which always showered him with kindness and warmth.

It's the first time in his life he'd seen that sharp look and heard the sternly cutting voice. The gaze that was staring at him was brighter and sharper that day.

Strangely it didn't feel like a very good sign. Rather, it made him nervous.

It was the day of the Knighthood ceremony that he met Leticia again.

Throughout the ceremony Levion tried to make eye contact with her, but she was avoiding his gaze. He was the only person who could help Leticia, who had been abandoned by her family.

But Leticia moved away from him. No, she turned away.

Like I wasn't needed.

At that moment, what Leticia said to him a few days ago rang in his ears.

[Something like that... I don't need it.]

The cold stare when he said he'd buy a new ribbon string to replace the broken one.

Even then, Levion didn't notice something was wrong. Leticia refused to let him buy her a ribbon strap while saying; "I don't need it."

On the day of his ceremony, he was completely shunned by Leticia.

He finally realized that their relationship was changing. No, it was falling apart.

But it still didn't worry him too much.

˜She'll talk to me again.'

We've always had a good relationship with each other, so we'll get back to the way we were with time.

Leticia had always tolerated everything, so he was sure that this time would be no problem either.

However, a person's heart can be fickle.

It was the moment when he stood up, pretending not to know, when he heard a knock on the door. Levion told the person to enter. However, someone unexpected entered his room.

"Father, what brings you here?"

"I'm here to talk to you, so take a seat."

Marquis El entered the room, and gave a light nod towards the chair.

Levion was curious, but quietly sat in the seat that Marquis El pointed to.

"I'm here to discuss your engagement."

"Ah... is that so?"

Levion sighed briefly, and nodded with mixed feelings.

Leticia was excommunicated and her engagement with him was in pieces.

˜Would it have been better if you just followed me?'

Levion sighed and berated Leticia, who firmly refused to leave the Achilles' mansion.

If she had just come to El Mansion. They could have talked about how to keep his engagement with Leticia, even if she'd been pushed out of the Leroy family.

Thanks to her choice, the engagement would fall through without a fight.

"I had a good talk with Marquis Leroy."

"Father, I'm..."

"That's why."

Marquis El stopped talking for a moment, and looked directly at Levion.

"How would you like to be engaged to the second daughter of the Leroy family?"

"If it's the second daughter..."

No way.

"Are you talking about Diana?"

Trading engagement partners within the same family.

Levion looked at Marquis El with a look of incredulity.

He really hoped he heard wrong.

But his hopes were dashed.

"Yes, Marquis Leroy suggested it first."

"But no matter how much..."

"It's just the fiancée that changed."

"...."

"Don't think about it too hard."

Levion's expression hardened as Marquis El's casual indifference.

It wasn't enough that he had to break off his engagement to Leticia, he had to get engaged to her sister, Diana. From the atmosphere he got from her, he'd say she'd already figured it all out.

˜Is that why you turned away.'

Suddenly, he remembered the moment when Leticia passed him like a stranger. Maybe she knew about this before he did.

"I want to rest today, Father."

"Okay, rest well and let's talk more next time."

Marquis El nodded lightly and left the room as Levion rubbed his face with a tired expression.

Upon hearing the door close and confirming that Marquis El had left, Levion sighed deeply.

"You said it was a discussion..."

What kind of discussion was that?

Notification papers.

He started to feel suffocated by all of his troubles.

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"I guess you're here sightseeing."

"Diana."

"Enjoy with your eyes what you can't afford to buy."

Diana mocked sarcastically while glancing at the pitiful site.

Unlike Leticia, who gave a short sigh at her blatant hostility. Elle, who was standing beside her, approached Diana with her arms crossed.

"Is now the time for sarcasm?"

"What?"

"Shouldn't you be on your knees apologizing?"

"What kind of nonsense..."

Diana momentarily stopped talking without realizing it. She looked like she remembered the ridiculous bet she made that day.

As soon as Elle noticed, she raised her chin and smiled more brightly.

"If I succeeded with my wishing bracelet, you're supposed to apologize."

"...."

"I'm not going to say it again..."

"When did I say that?"

"Excuse me?"