Chapter 42
Chapter 42
Killian clicked his tongue. It was quite an insulting attitude for Lilles.
<I guess you’re always like that.>
<What are you talking about?>
<Every time you seduce girls. From what I heard, it seemed like it wasn’t just one or two.>
It was a sentence that omitted many things, but Lilles understood everything.
<From what I saw, you don’t seem qualified.>
The ‘qualification’ that Killian was talking about had several meanings.
Qualification as a noble, qualification as a man.
And qualification as Idina’s fiancé.
This kind of meddling was too much, considering that he had only briefly glimpsed Idina. Furthermore, even though they were pretending to be ‘friends’, they weren’t close enough to interfere in each other’s lives.
It was natural that he would feel repulsed.
At that time, Lilles was so angry that his mind went blank. It was even worse because it was the first time Killian had ever blatantly said such a thing to him.
And the reason for this was…….
Lilles thought of Killian looking at her for a long time after Idina ran away.
No matter how he looked at it, he fell in love at first sight.
If that was really the case, it was a provocation that was too obvious.
Lilles, who was dumbfounded, let out a sharp breath and got out of the carriage.
That was the end.
The two of them completely cut off all communication after that, as if they had made a promise. It was natural since Killian didn’t like him and since then Lilles had been wary of him.
But Lilles felt it. It seemed like Killian was somehow hovering around him and Idina.
It was understandable. He was a confined person in the palace, yet he occasionally showed up at banquets that Idina and himself attended.
Considering that he did not attend official events hosted by the palace, this was quite unusual.
When he first discovered it once or twice, Lilles thought it was just a coincidence. But what if that coincidence happened more than five times? Should he just dismiss it as a coincidence?
Instead, shouldn’t he say that it was clearly an intentional act?
The crown prince, who lived in seclusion in the castle, would attend only a few banquets on purpose. All of them were attended by Idina.
Idina was not a party animal, so she did not attend many banquets. Hence, these many coincidences were too much to ask.
Of course, Killian did not do anything noticeable at those banquets. He even disappeared without anyone noticing, not even sitting for ten minutes.
Still, Lilles instinctively noticed that he was coming to see Idina.
That he was interested in his omega.
Killian’s behavior, which he did once in a while, had been going on for years.
And it was only recently that he changed so blatantly.
It was just a few months ago that he had been urging Lilles to break off the engagement.
“Idina. The guy you danced with at the banquet is him, right? “
Idina was silent after hearing the question.
But Lilles was certain. That masquerade show was all part of that bastard’s petty plan.
“That bastard planned it all out in advance. To possess you! To steal you from me!”
But Idina cut him off.
“You’re talking nonsense. What are you saying?”
He knew that what he was saying would sound strange to her. However, he was so sure of this that he was going crazy. He didn’t know how to make it convincing.
How many years should he go back?
How should he explain this strangely feeling he felt?
All of Killian’s actions as plausible, but he knew that Idina wouldn’t understand even if she listened to everything he said.
Of course it was obvious. Because all he felt was a ‘feeling’. A feeling as an alpha.
There was no way Idina would understand this.
Idina swallowed dryly. He knew that if he couldn’t convince her somehow, he would never be given a chance. That’s why he had to think hard.
However, there was something that broke his will to talk rationally.
It wasn’t Idina’s cold eyes, or his own thoughts.
Idina was in front of him, and he suddenly furrowed her brow. Then, something stimulated his sense of smell, so he covered his nose with his hand.
Suddenly, a queasy feeling rose inside him.
“Urk….!”
Unable to hold back the nausea, Lilles unconsciously let go of Idina’s shoulder that he had been holding onto. In an instant, his stomach turned as if he was going to throw up everything he had eaten for dinner.
‘What is that smell…….’
Lilles felt nauseous, but then realized that Idina, who was in the same place, was fine.
What stimulated his sense of smell was the very thick pheromone of an alpha.
Lilles now realized that Idina was clearly filled with an alpha’s pheromone.
Another alpha.
Only one person came to mind. Killian Escass.
Lilles, who knew better than anyone else what an omega had to do to smell so strongly of an alpha, shivered.
Lilles looked at Idina with a puzzled expression.
“You, no way…….”
You slept with that bastard?
That was the question that came to mind, but he couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud. He wondered if that was real.
In fact, he also wanted to deny it. A pheromone shower… isn’t something one can only do when they have s*x.
He saw Idina take a few steps back from him again. Then, she asked, gently spreading his lips.
“No way, what?”
Her lips looked particularly moist.
It wasn’t just her lips. Her neck also looked particularly curved. Her chest, which was slightly hidden under the shawl, seemed to have risen more plumply than before. The line of her sunken waist also became more alluring.
