Predatory Marriage (Web Novel)

Chapter 218 – Locked up (3)

Translator: Atlas / Editor: Regan

Affectionately, Blain tucked her hair behind her ear, and Leah unconsciously held her breath for a moment. For an instant, she saw Cerdina in this man. Fear went through her as if he were not the man she loved, but someone who would hurt her.

“After the wedding you can do whatever you want, so listen to me until then,” Blain whispered, kissing the back of her hand. “Ill visit you often.”

He pushed her into the carriage. The door closed and the wheels turned immediately. After a long time, the carriage arrived in a peach orchard on the outskirts of the capital. In the middle of the orchard, there was a small, cozy house.

The vast orchard gave the impression of a labyrinth, so someone who didnt know the way would not be able to easily enter or leave. It looked like the sort of place a nobleman with nothing better to do would build to confine his mistress. Now Leah was locked in this place, like a bird in a cage.

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She couldnt believe this. Standing alone in the unfamiliar bedroom, Leah smiled dejectedly. Now who would handle all the affairs of state, and the myriad tasks involved with the wedding? Even if she could have worked from this place, it certainly couldnt compare to the convenience of working from her own office in her own palace.

‘How could anyone behave this way for no reason!

Pulling off her engagement ring, she tossed it on the bed. Her lips pursed as she paced around the room.

Maybe he had noticed the changes in her. In the past, she had clung to him with all her might. No matter what happened, she had tried to please him, and blamed herself when he got angry. She had laughed and cried at his every word, every gesture, every action. All she had been able to think about was pleasing him.

But not now. Now, there was someone else she thought about more than Blain. As soon as she had been locked in this the first thing she had thought of was that man…

Leah stopped. And then she asked herself a question.

What do I want to do?