Chapter 33

 

 

Chester always met me in a sparsely populated place, not in a crowded place, after I collapsed in a crowded place once.  

 

Of course, it’s not a filthy place but a place that’s beautiful but devoid of people. Or a cafe. 

 

“Yulia. I want to marry you as soon as possible.” 

 

Every time I met him, he whispered sweet words to me, but a seed of anxiety was growing in the corner of my heart.  

 

This is weird.  There wasn’t really any evidence, but my instincts were screaming that he was dangerous.  

 

To be honest, I have deviated a lot from the original story so far, but there is still one thing left.  

 

The decisive cause of Chester’s obsession with the female lead was the death of her father, and he felt like it resembled his situation.

 

They’ve been through the same pain, so they can understand each other.  

 

“Do you want to marry me soon?”  

 

“Yes. Every day when I wake up, I want to see you sleeping next to me.”  

 

“……”

 

“I’m working hard.”  

 

What… what are you working hard on?  

 

Hearing his surprising remark, Chester reached out and touched my lower lip with his fingertips.  

 

He had a smile that seemed to seduce a person and whispered softly.  

 

“You don’t know. How hard I am enduring. How far is my greed.”  

 

“Chester. We are getting married after my brother is married.”

 

“……”

 

I thought he would say he was okay and he could wait, but he suddenly looked serious. 

 

No matter how long I waited, he seemed to have no intention of answering. No, I felt like he was deep in thought. 

 

“Chester?” 

 

“I’ve been worried for a while.”

 

“No, why are you worried!” 

 

What’s there to worry about? 

 

“I was calculating how much longer I had to put up with it.” 

 

“No! Why are you calculating that again?” 

 

“It’s important. No matter how much I think about it, if I want to get married…”

 

He frowned while talking.

 

“I wonder if I’ll ever get married in this life.” 

 

“Um….”

 

“I want to marry you as soon as possible and monopolize all your time.”

 

His hand, which touched my lower lip, slowly went down to my neck. 

 

“You seem to want to put off marrying me. It’s my misunderstanding, right?”

 

“No way! My brother is not married, so it’s kind of bad for me to get married first.”

 

“Is that a problem?” 

 

“What?” 

 

“Then can you speed up the marriage with me when your brother gets married?” 

 

He took his hand off the back of my neck and held my left hand carefully.

 

 “Uh, Chester.”

 

“Don’t you like it?” 

 

“No! It’s definitely not that I don’t like it!” 

 

“Yulia. Then can I marry you as soon as possible if your brother gets married?” 

 

“Oh… okay?” 

 

He smiled meaningfully. 

 

What are you thinking about? It was a face that looked very determined. 

 

 “Chester.” 

 

“What?” 

 

“Don’t do anything weird.” 

 

“I won’t do anything weird.” 

 

“Don’t touch my brother!” 

 

Why aren’t you answering? Did you really want to mess with my brother?

 

“I was just going to urge your brother to get married quickly. So don’t make that face, Yulia.” 

 

“……”

 

“I’m hurt because I’m softer than you think.” 

 

Lies. You don’t look soft at all. And what’s wrong with my expression? 

 

I slipped my hand out of his hand. 

 

I held the fork again and put the cake in my mouth. 

 

The sweet taste spread in my mouth, making me feel better.

 

 “Yulia, is it delicious?” 

 

“…Yes, it’s delicious.” 

 

Chester smiled languidly. And stared at me. 

 

Looking at me like that with a handsome face, I had the illusion that my heart beat had become faster.

 

“Why are you smiling like that?” 

 

“Because you’re so pretty.”

 

I hope my face didn’t turn red. 

 

Oh my- My face got hot. 

 

In order to calm my flapping heart, I hurriedly put the cake in my mouth and chew it.

 

Obviously, no taste was felt in the sweet cake until earlier.

 

“And lovely.” 

 

“Cough, cough!” 

 

The cake I was eating was caught in my throat by his sudden remarks. 

 

When I coughed, Chester tapped on my back.

 

 Ah… It was really embarrassing. 

 

“Are you okay, Yulia?” 

 

“I’m okay now.” 

 

I’m okay, but now I want to die of shame. 

 

Unlike me, Chester was smiling.

 

“Why are you smiling?” 

 

“Because you’re cute.” 

 

“Chester!”

 

“I want to eat you up.”

 

A dangerous glint was seen in his eyes. 

 

My body hardened on its own. 

 

“Don’t worry. I won’t eat you right away.” 

 

I covered his eyes with my hands. 

 

“Then can’t you say it normally?”

 

“Yulia.” 

 

“I can’t believe you if you look at me like that!” 

 

But why is this man handsome even if I covered his eyes? My heart is in danger! 

 

“Can’t you trust me?”

 

“Of course, it’s not that I can’t trust you, but you’ll keep your promise, right…?” 

 

“Yes.”

 

I took off the hand covering his eyes.

 

“Hmm, I’ll go home now before it’s too late.” 

 

“I don’t want to.” 

 

“……”

 

“I want to marry you. Then I’ll be able to be with you every day.” 

 

This man! How can my heart not react if he smiles kindly with these eyes while saying that?

 

It was a face that made me have a heart attack.

 

This is why Yulia in the novel also died because of this face. 

 

Wait, did she fall in love at first sight just by looking at his face? 

 

***

 

A few days after the date with Chester, my brother’s marriage partner was suddenly decided.

 

I felt something strange, but I was curious about who the marriage partner was, so I headed to my brother’s office.

 

 “Brother!”

 

“Yulia?” 

 

“Brother, I heard you’re getting married! Who are you marrying?” 

 

“Oh, did that already go into your ears?”

 

“What? Did you try to hide it from me?” 

 

“No, if you found out, it means everyone knows it now.” 

 

Was I really such a hermit? 

 

“So who’s going to marry you?”

 

“Your friend.”

 

“My friend?

 

” “Yes.” 

 

I only had one friend.

 

“Cecil Chloe?”

 

“Yes.” 

 

“What? Really?” 

 

“Um… I don’t know how you will react.” 

 

“Why? Why are you marrying my friend?” 

 

I wondered why. 

 

“Is it because of political reasons?” 

 

“That’s a big reason. And above all, my father is weak to the Duke of Blair family. “

 

I don’t know in detail because I’m not interested in politics, but the male lead’s family was still more politically influential. 

 

Therefore, he seemed to marry and try to balance their power.

 

There is no princess the same age as her older brother, but for the position of the Crown Princess, she must be at least a lady, a Marquis’ daughter, so the lady who met the conditions was probably Cecil.

 

Above all, she was like the center of society as she played an important role as a heroine. 

 

“…I like it!” 

 

I was surprised, but my worries weren’t that long. 

 

What if Cecil really marries him? 

 

The ending of the novel I knew might be completely changed. 

 

Does that mean the ending of me and him will change too? 

 

Me, my brother, and my dad will not die and live happily? 

 

“I’m grateful if you think so.” 

 

“But are you really marrying Cecil?”

 

“I won’t do it if you don’t want to.”

 

“No! I want my brother to get married.” 

 

“Okay. Too bad, I wouldn’t have done it if you told me not to marry.” 

 

“Are you really not going to do it because I told you not to?” 

 

Of course, even in the novel, my brother is not really married. 

 

“Yes. I won’t do it if you tell me not to, Yulia.” 

 

Maybe in the novel, Yulia begged her brother not to get married. 

 

But if my brother and Cecil get married, will my brother become the male lead, not an extra who dies with me? 

 

Again, the scene from the dream was played. At the same time, I felt pain in my head. 

 

“Ugh!” 

 

“Yulia?”

 

Suddenly a memory of the novel character Yulia came to mind.

 

But why are they showing me these memories now? 

 

I didn’t understand. Why are they telling me such terrible things? 

 

Is it implying that it is the future I will experience? 

 

Or should I try hard not to experience such a future?

 

“Yulia! Are you okay?”

 

“Doctor! Doctor!” 

 

“No…I’m fine.” 

 

“What do you mean, you’re okay? My mother always said it was okay too…!” 

 

My brother stopped talking after realizing what he said. I looked at him. 

 

He still feels uncomfortable talking about his mother in front of me. 

 

I need to go out now. 

 

I shook off the past, but my brother still seemed to have not escaped. 

 

My brother hugged me tightly. 

 

“Sorry, sorry. I’m sorry, Yulia.” 

 

“Brother. I’m suffocating!” 

 

“Oh, I’m sorry.” 

 

“It’s okay. So don’t overreact for no reason.” 

 

I patted my brother on the back. 

 

He was taller than me and got older, but he really seemed like a child at times like this. 

 

It’s as if he was weakened after his mother’s death. 

 

“Brother. I’m not sick. I’m very healthy.” 

 

“Yes…”

 

“Yes. I can’t die easily.” 

 

“Yes, Yulia. You must never leave.”

 

“I know. I won’t leave neither my dad nor my brother.”

 

I won’t leave them. 

 

I don’t want them to sacrifice for me like that terrible dream. 

 

I want everyone to live and be happy. 

 

But it feels too real to ignore the dream.

 

“So Yulia, if you’re sick, you have to tell me.” 

 

“Yes. I got it.”

 

 “Don’t be sick…”

 

Yes. I hope our ending will be different from the book I remember. 

 

I hope my precious family will not die and live happily with me. 

 

All I want is the well-being of my precious family.

 

Is this too much? 

 

I don’t expect much.

 

If it is a crime for us to live with such a nice fate, I would be happy to commit a crime.