I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 50

At first she thought people were buying them out of curiosity.

It wasn't until two days later that she realized it wasn't just that.

"They've already sold out and now we're getting a flood of orders!"

Elle was trying to speak calmly, but the excitement was written clearly on her face. Leticia nodded with a thrilled smile plastered on her face.

"I know, I'm so glad."

The sale of the cookies was now at a level that Leticia couldn't handle alone, so she asked for help from the Pegasus company.

The owner had a certain knack for business. So he never misses a good opportunity to attract people's attention and curiosity by naming the new product ˜Lucky Cookies'.

Thanks to this, the rumor surrounding Leticia ended more easily than expected.

˜Come to think of it, I haven't seen Lord Achilles these past couple of days.'

She wanted to let him know that she was okay now, but strangely it had been very hard to even see his face lately.

Leticia glanced at the closed front door, hoping that Enoch would open it and walk in.

Elle noticed immediately where Leticia's gaze was straying and shrugged lightly.

"He must be very busy. I asked what was going on, but he wouldn't answer."

"Oh, okay..."

Leticia's face heated up as soon as she made eye contact with Elle, who seemed to be in a good mood.

"Who said I was curious?"

"You said it based on the look on your face."

Leticia turned her face away coyly, even though she was already caught.

"Sister, are you going to keep acting cute?"

The way Elle rubbed her face on Leticia's shoulder was like a cat complaining to their owner.

Leticia stroked Elle's hair gently.

"You're the only one who thinks I'm cute."

"Come on, my brother adores Sister so much, too."

"What?"

Leticia opened her eyes wide, thinking that she had heard wrong. Elle simply shrugged like it wasn't surprising.

"Whenever I see you together, Brother always looks happy."

Leticia looked at Elle, and poked her cheek with a playful smile on her face. No matter how hard she thought about it, Elle seemed to be having fun teasing her.

"Are you going to keep teasing me?"

"It's true, that's why I'm saying..."

Hangly tightly onto her shoulder, Elle asked.

"What do you think about him?"

"Huh?"

Leticia's voice rose at the unexpected question.

Elle pretended not to notice Leticia's panic and pressed on with determination.

"I'm not saying this because we're family. To be honest, my brother isn't lacking in anything."

Then Elle laid it out plainly; he's handsome, but not funny. He's a responsible person, and he's always sincere with Leticia.

Elle held onto Leticia to stop her from escaping.

Leticia had the urge to run away, because her face had a feverish flush as the conversation continued. She couldn't push Elle away, who was clinging to her shoulder, so she lowered her head.

"Enough, that's enough..."

Her flustered reply was muffled.

She could admit that there was nothing wrong with anything that Elle said.

Saying those words herself was another matter. Nevertheless, there was one thing she wanted to say.

"He's kind and..."

"You're the only one who he's sweet to."

"Is that so..."

She wanted to move onto another topic, but it seemed Elle still had a lot more to say.

"My brother is perfect, except for his lack of money. Is it because of the dowry?"

"What?"

"Ian and I will provide the dowry."

Leticia was bewildered and perplexed by the casual way Elle said it.

"Elle, the dowry is originally prepared by the bride's family. Wait, why are we talking about marriage right now?"

Leticia was feeling embarrassed, so she intentionally asked that question in a distrustful way.

Elle did not back down.

"The groom's family can take care of it. I'm not as tight on money as I'd thought I'd be."

"That's not what I meant."

"If we don't have enough, I'll make more money for you."

Elle's eyes were glistening as she said this. With a slight frown on her face, Leticia then asked.

"Are you still making fun of me?"

"How did you know?"

"Huh, really?"

How did her teasing keep getting worse and worse.

Leticia glanced at her, then removed Elle's arm from her shoulder.

"I don't have time for this."

"Why? Is there somewhere else for you to be?"

Elle looked disgruntled from her arm being pushed away.

Facing her gaze, Leticia gently smiled and held out her hand toward Elle.

"I have somewhere I want to go with you."

***

Leticia took Elle to a street that sells expensive accessories and dresses.

She'd received her money from the director of Pegasus for the Lucky Cookie contract, and she wanted to give them all thank you gifts for taking care of her.

"Tell me if there's anything that you want. I'll buy it for you."

Leticia nodded firmly as if to tell her to trust her. Elle's eyes widened, then she immediately had a big grin on her face.

"Really? I have very expensive tastes."

"I don't know how expensive it is, but to the best of my ability I will buy it for you."

Leticia was worried about her choosing something too expensive, and held her hand tightly with a grim look.