I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 94

There was peace in silence. She knew that they would face a storm soon, but she felt strangely relaxed.

“Did the meeting with Marquis El go well?”

“Of course.”

Leticia had barely managed to stop Enoch from going after she came back from the meeting. He could be dangerous when it came to her, so she couldn’t let them be alone together. However, he kept looking at Leticia, as if he was still worried that she’d gone by herself.

“I’m fine. We had a good conversation.”

Leticia purposely smiled, which caused Enoch to sighed in defeat, and he calmly asked.

“What do you think Marquis El will do?”

“Well… Actually I don’t know.”

She gave a veiled threat that sounded like a suggestion, but she couldn’t figure out what Marquis El would decide to do. She just hoped that he’d abandon his deep-seated greed.

‘I’m worried because he’s a man with a lot of ambition.’

She pursued stability more than anyone else, but she couldn’t be completely relieved because she knew that sometimes she needed to take risks for her own ambitions, and needs.

At that time, Mary approached Leticia with a dark look on her face. Leticia guessed where the letter had come from without having to look, and smiled helplessly.

It was a letter from the Imperial palace.

“I guess the time has come.”

She was wondering what was going on because nothing happened for a few days. Sure enough, she eventually received the letter.

‘I’m sure he didn’t use a different method.’

In her head, she remembered the face of Marquis Leroy as he threatened her by using the Achilles family.

Leticia’s shoulder’s dropped as she realized that she could be a burden to Enoch, instead of a strength. Even if she’d prepared for what would happen in the future, she was worried that Enoch’s family would be irreversibly damaged if it all went wrong. If that happened, Leticia wasn’t confident that she could forgive herself.

“Leticia.”

Enoch was sitting next to her, and gently grabbed the back of her hand. Leticia tried to smile casually, but she’d already been caught tapping her hand on the table.

“It’ll be okay.”

Recognizing her anxious mind, Enoch gently cupped Leticia’s cheek. The way he looked at her was still sweet, so Leticia barely managed to swallow her desire to cry.

“That’s right.”

She managed to raise the corners of her mouth, and touched her hand to Enoch’s, which was touching her cheek.

‘It’ll be okay.’

As always.

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That night, Leticia was unable to sleep, so she went outside, and sat quietly on the bench. She slowly looked down at the garden, where there were only the sounds of insects chirping in the grass.

‘Soon…’

It felt good that everything would be over soon.

‘What will happen to me…’

Leticia knew that she could be dragged into the case of the Erebos family’s framing. It wouldn’t matter that she’d become the adopted daughter of Count Aster, and was officially ‘Leticia Aster’, she couldn’t go unaffected.

She knew this better than anyone else, so Leticia was very nervous about how this would come back on her, but she didn’t want to turn a blind eye either. No matter how it affected her, she definitely wanted to prevent the Achilles family from being damaged.

“Will it be okay?”

She leaned back in her chair, and tilted her head. Unlike her usual self, Keena looked at Leticia with a serious expression as she walked over to her. Leticia, on the other hand, had a relaxed expression on her face.

“What if it’s not okay?”

“….”

“Don’t worry too much about it, because I’m not necessarily doing this for you.”

She’d meant it. She was trying to correct what had gone wrong.

“I’ve lived my whole life with no pride.”

The incompetent Leticia, the shame of her family, a disgusting person, and a thorn in their eyes.

These were all words that she’d heard about herself. She’d just bowed her head without denying it.

She didn’t want to shrink away anymore, or think of herself as pathetic.

“I don’t want to be ashamed of myself anymore.”

“Leticia.”

“So, you should be proud of yourself too.”

“….”

“You’ve been hiding all of your life.”

She didn’t dare to think for how long. Somehow, she felt emotional when she thought about how long she’d been alone without revealing her existence.

“You have to be happy now too. I want you to be happy.”

Keena was someone who’d lost her whole family and was left all alone. She stared at Leticia with a mysterious expression, then sat next to her.

“You know, if… When everything is done.”

She seemed to be thinking about something she wanted to say. Only when Leticia nodded, telling her that it was okay, did Keena carefully say.

“Can you talk to me casually?”

“What?”

“No matter how many times I say we’re the same age, you still speak formally to me. It’s uncomfortable.”

The heavy atmosphere began to slowly relax thanks to her playful smile.

“Yes, Keena.”

“….!”