Enoch called Abella, who looked strangely gloomy.

“Abella?”

“Huh?”

“What are you thinking about? Are you sending this document to Duke Sirius?”

Enoch threw the candy bar he had eaten into the trash can on the floor.

Arsene of Sirius.

‘Hmm.’

As far as he knew, Arsene was Abella’s fiancé.

Eight years after Abella’s departure for Vincent, the engagement continued.

Certainly, the Duke of Sirius didn’t break the engagement, despite having a reason that Abella ran away without a word.

Of course, there was something to be gained from Amerigo for Duke Sirius as well..

Was that it?

Arsene could hang his wrist on the fact that he still had feelings for Abella.

‘I don’t like it.’

Enoch bit the lollipop.

“Not yet.....”

“Why? Is there a problem with the papers?”

“Ah. I think we should take a closer look. This was the last thing Carlo was going to do. I don’t want to deal with it recklessly.”

“Hmm.”

A ridiculous excuse.

Abella didn’t see Enoch’s dark blue eyes shaking coolly.

Abella rubbed her cheek as she mulled over her excuses.

‘What a poor excuse, Abella.’

Abella mocked herself, pretending to rummage through the papers.

Whenever Arsene was involved, her heart would become soft.

It must be because she was guilty.

At that moment, Abella gritted her teeth as she tried to avoid Enoch’s gaze.

Enoch casually opened his mouth.

“Abella. Is it because of your fiancé?”

“What?”

“Your fiancé. Arsene Sirius. On the day you met him, you just sat blankly while the man treated you carelessly?”

“No? How could it be?”

It was so gentlemanly and cold that her heart froze.

“Then? Are you just being ridiculous?”

“It’s not that either. Just.....”

“Just what?”

Enoch rolled the candy in his mouth. It was now a habit and was more strange not to eat candy. Abella warned that all of his teeth would rot, but was that a problem in the era of advanced magic?

But it kept bothering Abella.

Did he know that the amount of candy he ate had doubled after coming to Timur?

Enoch swept all the candy left in his mouth with his tongue and swallowed it.

“Should I ask directly?”

“Uh....?”

“Is the man still on your mind?”

Enoch tilted his head.

A playful smile spread across Enoch’s face.

Enoch and Abella’s eyes met.

The gray eyes full of colorful emotions, and the purple jewels that displayed no emotion.

Abella captured all her emotions and concealed them inside herself.

“Then, no?”

This time, it was Enoch who was embarrassed.

“He was the only one on my side in Timur.....But what can be done? It’s my feelings. I don’t mean to force my feelings on Arsene.”

“Abella, I..”

“It’s okay. I will meet Duke Sirius and come back.”

Abella shook her head and raised herself. She felt like if she stayed here, she would be angry at Enoch.

Abella’s situation wasn’t Enoch’s fault.

She came out of the office and paused for a moment.

There was a place she needed to stop by before going to see Arsene.

*

Enoch furrowed his eyebrows and quickly squeezed a stick of candy into his mouth.

Even if the sweet taste spread out, it didn’t make him feel better.

Enoch bit the candy and narrowed his eyes.

“It won’t be easy.”

He hadn’t shown up in the last eight years.

Yet she still had him in her heart?

Enoch clicked his tongue briefly.

*

The place Abella headed for was her former room.

Abella pulled out her engagement certificate for the first time in a while.

Young Abella had hidden her engagement certificate in her own treasure box.

For Abella, Arsene was her only friend and her favorite person.

For Abella, the engagement certificate was the most valuable treasure.

Click–

Inside the wide-open jewelry box, she could see a folded white piece of paper.

It was a formal engagement certificate signed by Arsene and Abella.

“It’s just paper....”

There were times when Abella believed that with this, Arsene would be beside Abella’s side forever.

With a pure heart.

No one would stand in the way of Abella and Arsene.

At that time, they didn’t know who would be leaving first.

Abella grabbed the paper with strength, then pulled it out.

There was no courage to tear it apart, nor the courage to destroy it formally.

Abella closed the lid of the jewelry box.