I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 69

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“What do you think about the news that Leticia became my foster daughter?

It was about time to enter the party. Count Aster was waiting for Enoch near the door when he made that comment. Enoch was being cautious because the purpose of the party was to demonstrate the Achilles family’s position.

He was worried for a while that Count Aster might be offended by what he said, and he felt rather distressed.

“I didn’t think about it yet. It’s better to announce it as soon as possible, and…”

Enoch rubbed his neck, a little embarrassed to be saying it now, and confided the fact that he and Leticia had decided to become engaged.

While they weren’t blood related, he felt badly that he’d given the news so late to Count Aster about his foster daughter. However, the Count’s face showed that he wasn’t the least bit disappointed.

“Please continue to take good care of Leticia.”

Enoch nodded lightly to thank him, and entered the party with Count Aster.

As soon as he entered, he felt all eyes focus on him, but Enoch was too busy looking for Leticia to care. His heart began to beat faster thinking about officially announcing his relationship with Leticia today. He was becoming nervous, more nervous than during his knight examination, and felt like he was suffocating.

How happy he’d felt that day when he learned she shared the same possessiveness. His desire to monopolize, which he’d been swallowing so far, had been unmasked.

Without even realizing it, Enoch felt a pang of conscience when he thought of her pale face that he liked having all to himself. However, he still had no intention of letting her go.

Enoch put a pleasant smile on his face, and went out to find Leticia. He looked around as he exchanged a quick hello with the nobles approaching him, but he didn’t see anything strange.

Feeling increasingly impatient, Enoch quickly moved on. By chance he checked to see if she was on the balcony, then he paused. He’d found Leticia, who was turned away with a troubled expression, and Levion, who was talking about something in front of her.

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“Are you sure you won’t regret saying that?”

Levion said this with a gracious smile.

Her words, saying that she wouldn’t return to her family or him, penetrated deep into his heart and struck a nerve.

“It’s your last chance, Leticia.”

From Levion’s point of view, the Achilles family wasn’t anything special. It was only recently that you could say that good things were happening.

Even so, there wasn’t any benefit to Leticia. He couldn’t understand why she kept trying to stay by their side.

“Rather, you should go back to your family.”

“….”

“You know I’m not doing this to make you like me.”

Levion lightly shook his wet hair as he said this. His voice had relaxed even further, but Leticia’s expression had grown colder.

“Do you realize what you’re doing?”

Leticia had her head bowed down this whole time. She slowly raised her head and looked straight at Levion.

“That you always tried to teach me as if looking down from above.”

“What?”

“Then you would say ‘I’m doing this all for you.’”

“….”

“Everytime in this kind of manner, just like now.”

Why does this person treat her like she doesn’t know anything? Did she look that ridiculous to him?

Leticia has mixed feelings, and a smile spreads across her lips.

“At first, I thought you really cared about me, but now I know you don’t.”

“That’s not true.”

“Don’t fool yourself.”

“Leticia!”

“You were ashamed of me.”

She thought Levion would know, even if she didn’t say what he was ashamed of.

As expected, he immediately realized, and closed his mouth. He shook his head for a while, then said.

“You know that it’s not like that.”

“You were embarrassed to have me stand next to you as your fiancée, but you didn’t want to break it off and look like a bad person.”

“….”

She didn’t say anything, but Leticia had known everything. She had quietly swallowed it, because she was afraid that the relationship they had would collapse.

“It’s cowardly and childish.”

“Leticia!”

You’re that kind of person.”

“It’s not like that…”

“Look at you even now. Trying to get what you want, pretending to do it for me, and trying to appease me.”

Leticia turned her head with an expression that she didn’t want to talk more. She felt like she was losing her strength because of how uncomfortable she felt around him.

I’m tired, tired and annoyed.

In the midst of Leticia suffering from her complicated and intertwined emotions, Levion persistently tried to talk to her.

“I just don’t want you to regret it.”

“….”

Not knowing what to say anymore, Leticia bit her lip tightly. She felt disillusioned with the way he was still pretending to be doing this for her.

“There’s only one thing I regret.”

Before Levion could ask, Leticia said.

“That I didn’t take care of myself.”

“You…”

“So I don’t regret what you think. However…”

It’s such a waste that she’d given her heart to him.

Leticia turned around to say that this would be the last time. She didn’t want to waste any more time dealing with Levion. She just wanted to meet with Enoch as soon as possible.

“Wait, Letty…”

Levion quickly reached out, as Leticia seemed to be walking away without regret. Even before he could reach her, someone blocked his way.

“I’ve held back my jealousy until now.”

When he stepped out, Enoch coldly looked at Levion as he wrapped his arm around Leticia. The way he was protecting her from Levion made him sigh in frustration.

“Duke Achilles.”

“I hope you behaved yourself well, so that there’s no misunderstanding.”

The way he casually held Leticia’s hand, it was obvious to anyone that she was special to him. He definitely thought their relationship had become distant, because there was no ring on her finger. For some reason, Levion felt like his heart was sinking to the bottom of his chest.