âYou must be out of your mind, huh? I canât believe you want to go to the monastery on your own feet.â
Shannon and Emma had arrived at the annex by the time I was going to leave for the monastery.
âShe must have turned into such a stupid idiot.â
âI believe I remember uncle forbidding you from entering this annex. Or perhaps you assume what my uncle said was merely horseshit.â
âUncle? Un-cle? Oh my goodness.â
Shannon burst out laughing, as if she was taken aback.
Emma spoke to Shannon without missing a beat.
Then Shannon opened her mouth.
âI heard you consumed some medication. What kind of medication did you consume? Your stuttering barely improved after taking it, but youâre overjoyed, arenât you?â
I simply smiled at Shannon and made eye contact with her, pulled up my lips and bent my eyes.
Shannon and Emma became paralyzed as I did it.
âWhy? Have you ever seen my smiling face before?â
Iâve never read a description of Selinaâs smiling face while reading the novel.
Maybe thatâs why the two of them just stood there staring at me.
âI know. Iâm so pretty, right? But please stop staring at me. Youâre going to make my face wither away.â
âYou crazy b*tchâ¦â¦â
âThe designer will arrive shortly. You pay her the price of the dress you ripped.â
âI didnât do it!â
âIâm busy, so Iâll get going. I informed the monastery that I would be coming today. Theyâll be concerned if Iâm late.â
I grinned and walked back into the bedroom.
âWouldnât you stop there?!â
Shannon yelled back from behind me.
âNow what is this idiot doing and bragging about?â
My expression abruptly cooled.
It was an offensive remark that could not be tolerated.
Penny, who had run out in the midst of the commotion, was holding her mouth shut and trembling as I slowly turned around.
She must be taken aback to see me up against Shannon.
Because in the original story, Selina always was hit or hid by the evil mother and daughter, and even until the day before her wedding, she had never talked back or fight back.
With my gaze fixed on Penny, I inquired.
âHow do you feel about this annex, Shannon?â
âYouâre a crazy b*tch! Youâre a stutter. You know what I mean?! A stutter!â
Shannon was even more perplexed by my cool demeanor.
âYou know, I donât like this annex.â
This is a small annex that was originally used for the attendants when guests arrived.
Camillaâs ruse kept me in this place where there was no sunlight.
But even after I went to the monastery, I didnât want to be here.
âI need to leave soon, so Iâll leave. Shannon, Iâll see you next month.â
ââ¦â¦â
âDrink a lot of Herb tea. It helps with anger management.â
âHa! How could she be so totally different in a single day?â
Shannon, who was muttering to herself, snatched my arm as I turned around pretending I hadnât heard anything.
My body spins like a fish entangled in a hook.
âWhat the hell are you up to? Did you summon a demon out of nowhere? And what is there in the monastery? Huh?â
I roughly shake Shannonâs hand off.
âHer body is as light as a featherâ¦.â
I ignored her and shut and locked the bedroom door.
âHey! Canât you answer quickly?!â
Shannon slammed the door and yanked on the crotch.
âSo, whatâs there in the monastery?â
Well, maybeâ¦â¦
âyour husband?â
At that moment, Penny looked at me with a pale face when I couldnât hold back my laughter and giggled.