I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 87

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A letter from the Imperial family arrived asking for another audience, more than likely it was because of the rumor that the nobles had collapsed at the banquet because of the pink diamonds.

“Enoch…”

Leticia gave Enoch a worried look, but he stroked her hair as if it would be fine.

“It’ll be okay.”

“But…”

“It’s better this way. We can take this opportunity to set the record straight.”

At first, everyone thought it was because of the pink diamonds. However, the situation wasn’t as disadvantageous as expected due to the emergence of aristocrats who’d suffered from fevers because of the Rose Velvet.

“I’m sorry.”

“What do you mean?”

“This is happening because of my ex-family. You’re going through something that you shouldn’t have to.”

Leticia turned her head as if it was her fault. There was no evidence, but it was probably because of them that the banquet was ruined and rumors were spread.

She didn’t think of them as family anymore, but she still couldn’t look at Enoch.

Enoch, who was staring at Leticia, said with an exaggerated look of disbelief.

“Did you order the banquet to be ruined?”

“What?”

“Did you ask them to spread false rumors?”

“No way!”

“Then it’s not a problem.”

Enoch sat down in the chair and immediately tugged on Leticia’s hand. She was startled by his sudden pulling on hand and was taken by surprise.

“Why are you apologizing? It was someone else who did something wrong.”

When Leticia finally came to her senses, she was already sitting in Enoch’s lap. As soon as she realized it, she tried to stand up, but his solid arm was already around her waist.

“Now I want to hear something other than sorry.”

Enoch blinked, then smiled in a way that could melt her away. Leticia clung to Enoch’s arm in embarrassment, because it looked as if he wanted to be even nicer to her.

“Relax your arm first.”

“If you promise not to say sorry from now on.”

Leticia pouted her lips as if she was being falsely accused, with an adamant expression that said was strongly against it.

“No, I didn’t mean to say that I’m sorry. It’s just that I’m sorry that it happened.”

“It’s not your fault.”

“However…”

“If you keep saying sorry…”

Enoch nodded, his eyes dropped down as he raised Leticia’s hand.

“I’m upset, Leticia.”

“….”

“Did you mean to upset me?”

“No.”

“Okay.”

He’s a kind man.

Enoch smiled satisfactorily as he shook his head firmly and grabbed Leticia’s hand. Then, his expression quickly sank.

“You have to apologize for this though.”

“What?”

Not knowing what he meant, Leticia blinked her blue eyes several times. Eventually, Enoch raised her hand as if he couldn’t help it, and he bit Leticia’s ring finger lightly.

“Ah!”

It didn’t hurt, but it was an unfamiliar touch that startled her. As soon as Leticia pulled her hand away, her gaze intertwined with Enoch’s, who was staring at her quietly.

“Ring.”

“Oh…”

“I don’t see it.”

Only then did Leticia notice what he was saying, and she bit her lip with an awkward expression. She’d forgotten that she’d taken it off this morning when she was doing the washing in the morning.

“You scolded me for not having my ring.”

“Oh, that’s…”

“I was even wearing it on a necklace.”

Without giving him time to talk, Leticia excused herself with a pitiful look.

“I had to take it off for a bit, because it’s important to me.”

“Since it’s so important, do you want me to take mine off as well?”

“No! Absolutely not! I just needed to take mine off for a bit!”

He was about to take off the ring, when she suddenly clasped his hand. Enoch tried to gently remove his hand, but her grip tightened to keep him from pulling away.

Her blue eyes stared at him desperately, so he had the urge to play it off as a joke.

“Are you still going to take it off?”

“Can I not?”

“….”

“I don’t want to take off my ring.”

Leticia grabbed onto Enoch’s arm, as she dropped her gaze. Her eyelashes fluttered as if to ask him to let her go, but he was looking down at her with something much more frightening and hard.

When she gently touched the back of his hand, Enoch rubbed her lips and finally responded.

“Why is it that only you do this to me?”

“What?”

“I have to.”

I won’t let you go.

A rough voice came from between his clenched teeth. Then a large hand covered her white cheek and pulled her closer.

His lips that collided with hers felt both itchy and gentle, as if flower petals had landed on them. Then there was a light bite on her lower lip and the warmth that penetrated deep into her mouth. Unable to bear it, Leticia wrapped her arms around Enoch’s neck.

He wanted to touch her more. He wanted more.

When he was with Leticia, who seemed to casually reach out to him, Enoch felt a burst of unfamiliar feelings that he didn’t even know he had.

The desire to keep her close to him, the possessiveness to hold her in his hands, and the obsession.

Unlike her, who was filled with a mass of emotions, it always felt like Enoch could do anything for her if she looked up at him with those eyes

“Leticia.”

He called her name as he slowly pulled his lips away, and he pushed her hair back.

“Instead of saying sorry, please say ‘I like you’ and ‘I love you’.”

“….”

“Because I want to hear that more.”

Whenever Leticia apologized like she was a sinner even though she wasn’t at fault, Enoch felt mixed up. So, he asked her to use a word that seemed to satisfy his desires.

Fortunately, the words got through, and Leticia put them into practice.

“I love you.”

“Good, that’s how you do it.”

“No, that’s not it.”