My Fiancée Hates Me novel Chapter 74

"...Do I not get a choice?" Prince Erik asked.

"What are you doing here? You should not be here," I told him.

"See...It was impossible...He has only seen you and will always see you. Even if I make you the mastermind of today's incident, he will probably still take your side," Kaya said.

She had a deep emptiness in her eyes.

I took a few steps towards her.

"What are you doing?" Prince Erik asked.

"...Fixing your mess...You never gave her a proper answer to her confession. You did not do or say anything. Giving her false hope and throwing her away without ever properly giving her a rejection makes you the worst one of us all," I told him coldly.

He stood still after I said that.

Prince Erik should have cut her cleanly from his life to let her move on. He did not do anything. That is why she feels as though she needs to corner herself like this to get even an ounce of his attention.

"...It is always you in the end, Arielle...Can you imagine how I feel?" she asked.

I stopped a few feet before her.

"I cannot...I am not you after all."

"I hate you," she said in tears. "I hate you so much, Arielle."

"The person you fell for loves someone else. That is but one tragic fate out of several hundred fates that could have befallen upon you, yet you want to let this one love led to you to a path of destruction. If he loved you back and was willing to follow you, maybe that would be the ideal romance...but he does not love you. Prince Erik is in love with me. As for me, I am also in love with someone else. Prince Erik's love for me will forever be unrequited as it will be for you too," I said coldly.

She brought out her dagger. It was a familiar curved tip with a gold shaft. The weapon that was killed me was in her hands again.

"...If I kill you, the most beloved person in his life, at least he will think of me forever," Kaya said wickedly.

I walked closer to her.

"He will still never love you..."

She lunged her dagger towards me. I grabbed her wrist as she tried to stab me and knocked the dagger out of her hands. I then punched her in the gut and rendered her unconscious.

It was over...

If the assassination attempt in front of a Royal was not enough, he also probably heard the confession of her crimes as well. This may be enough to clear my name.

"Arielle..."

"Yes?" I answered Prince Erik.

"I am sorry for everything," he said with much sincerity.

"...You do not have to tell me that you are sorry. I never asked for an apology. I only ask that you change your behavior towards women and people that love you. If you do not cut them cleanly, they will come back to bite you because they think they have a chance," I said as I began tying up Kaya Ouchi's hands. "Let's convict her in a proper court...I just ask that you give her some leniency in court. If she could repay for her crimes at a monastery..."

"Done."

"That is great," I said as I fell to my knees.

I wonder why my knees fell at that moment.

"Arielle?"

For several years, I had been carrying a deep burden in my heart.

Prince Erik can be saved...

Sadly, nor Erik or our child will have another chance in their life. This person will find another wife and conceive a child with that person. I do not think I will ever truly be able to fully accept it because I loved this person so much for so long before.

My tears, my memories, my feelings...will never reach you. I can never tell you that I love you. If I do, you will want to return my feelings.

Surely, that person will be hurt...I do not want to hurt him because I now realize that I love Garett more than I love Prince Erik. Yet despite everything, I still want to confess everything to the person in front of me before I can move on with Garett.

I grabbed his wrist as I tried to mouth my words, "For this whole time, I have love..."

From behind Prince Erik, I saw a looming dark shadow. I felt incoming danger as it came closer. I pulled Prince Erik aside.

It was all in an instant...