My Fiancée Hates Me novel Chapter 122

[Erik's Perspective]

"Would you like to return as a Prince?" I asked Garett a few days after the party.

"...I do not understand what you are talking about," Garett said defensively.

"Garett, I know everything...The Queen said that she had another child. I have reason to believe that you are my brother," I said.

"The reason being?"

"...Just a feeling," I said with a smile.

He looked disgusted for some reason.

"No need to flash me your Princely smile," Garett said coldly. "It is fine for women, but when you flash that smile in front of men, it is kind of disgusting."

This bastard...

He has always been honest, but I feel as though he has become bolder and more unrestrained ever since he got together with Arielle. It is as if someone let him off his leash. Now, he is just saying whatever he wants.

"This is my usual smile...You are telling me it disgusts people?" I asked.

"Most people are too afraid to offend you because you are our future King," Garett said.

"Huh?"

He does not want to be King?

"If you really want to impress people, you should copy the Arielle Smile," Garett said as he mimicked Arielle's professional smile. "Slightly upturned lips and smiling eyes...Now, if you want to look at people like dirt, lift only one side and imagine that they are garbage."

"...Why do you know so much?" I asked.

"Arielle told me about her life. Facial expressions...etiquette...gestures...and many more were just a part of her upbringing. You were married to her, but did you really know her?" Garett asked with a sharp tone.

Arielle was always perfect in front of my eyes. I always assumed that things came easy for her. That is why I selfishly and one sidedly relied on her again...and again until she eventually broke down.

"...I guess not," I said quietly.

"You should sharpen up before you become King, Your Highness," Garett said.

"Do you not want to return as a Prince or become King?" I asked.

"...That would mean forcing Arielle to come back here," Garett said with distant eyes.

Everything you do really is for her...I am jealous that he can do that with ease and Arielle accepts his help when she never wanted anything from me as if she hated being in my debt.

Just what made us so different?

I was her husband in our previous life, but I could not do anything for her.

"...Her happiness is the most important thing in the world," I said.

"I can finally agree with you on something," Garett said with a childlike smile.

I feel as though I have gained a cheeky younger sibling.

"I don't think you have the right to criticize others when your smile makes you look easy to be taken advantage of," I said.