Chapter 14: Chapter 8.2

What about that?

Yernia looked back at the situation while she ate the chicken skewers.

Ears turning a little red, the knight shut his eyes as if he had made a mistake for assuming something.

Her leg was still settled on Cassian’s thighs, and he immediately withdrew his hand off her leg so that the Knight wouldn’t get the wrong idea.

Yernia noticed the source of his embarrassment a beat later.

The knight seemed to think that both were doing… naughty things in the carriage.

Of course, the private picture they have painted earlier had a chance to be misunderstood.

“It’s not like that.”

“I’m sorry. I just can’t believe that the two of you are getting married.”

No matter how much you misunderstood, how was he able to come up with ‘that’ conclusion?

Yernia didn’t understand, and she found it unpleasant to dwell on it.

The knight quickly apologized and excused himself, but the more he did it, the more Yernia’s face crumpled.

“Marriage! How can you talk about it?”

“I apologize.”

The driver was losing words when he heard Yernia chewing her chicken skewers roughly.

She found their imagination absurd.

“I had no idea what I imagined about the two of you.”

“Do it one more time.”

“I’m sorry.”

“Okay. You can leave now.”

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Yernia also had a lot of things to say to the driver.

First of all, she hadn’t done such a thing, and even Cassian had no intention of doing so.

She wanted to defend herself and tell him that the marriage between her and Cassian wasn’t true as well.

However, her ankle hurt so badly, and she wanted to eat the chicken skewers, so she decided to let it slide.

Even now, she will have plenty of opportunities to make the Knight shut up.

The driver had heard rumors that they were getting married.

The two were already adults, and in addition to that, the situation they had witnessed was strange.

So, they ended up having a terrific misunderstanding.

The white Knight blamed himself for his actions and bowed his head.

Cassian looked at Yernia, who seemed to hate him enough to give him a look of distaste, and then, he took all the chicken skewers from the knight’s hand.

“Go and buy my shoes.”

“What? Where are your shoes?”

Why did he have to say that?

Only then did the driver find Cassian’s large shoes, almost swallowing Yernia’s feet.

“Yernia got hurt from her shoes. Throw this away.”

Cassian, who placed the rest of the chicken skewers in Yernia’s hands, grabbed her shoes and laid them in the knight’s arms.

As she held all of the chicken skewers in both hands, Yernia shouted in astonishment.

“Why would you throw away my shoes? No way!”

“Do you want to hurt your ankle again?”

“I like them so much. I’m just not going to wear it until my ankle gets better. So hurry up and give it to me.”

Cassian was already aware that those shoes were limited edition, so his suggestion to discard them was horrible.

The corner of Cassian’s lips curled anxiously when she cried out, “These shoes are very precious to me! What are you going to do? Just put it down.”

An ominous feeling swept Yernia’s spine.

“Then you should give up.”

“What should I do for you?” I’ll do everything. Just tell me.”

The situation saddened Yernia.

Why did she have to be obedient to protect her shoes?

What a depressing life this is.

Yet, Yernia chose to be subservient because that demonic Cassian was determined to throw them away.

He had no idea what she did to possess those shoes.

She slept only for a little bit that night and waited in front of the designer’s house early in the morning.

Yes, it was a little crazy, but Yernia wanted those shoes too much.

It was a pity that she barely wore these shoes, and now they were being discarded!

Cassian smiled wickedly.

As expected, he was aiming for this.

He was a punk.

“Whatever it is?”

“…Okay. Tell me.”

“Hmm.”

Yernia was overwhelmed by the urge to slap his contemplative face.

She must hold it in.

Hold it in.

She had to hold it in.

“Think about it.”

“I would think about it for a long time. For a very long time.”

Today, Cassian’s bad luck slightly increased.

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“You are walking around for no reason. Don’t get hurt and stay still.”

There were twists and turns, but Yernia could return home safely.

She had defended her shoes and ate some snacks.

“Am I a kid? I was going to do that. You don’t have to tell me.”

“You must be tired.”

Worried about Yernia, Cassian said he would take her to her room.

She didn’t have to think about the offer for long because she seriously wanted to go upstairs in comfort.

It was too much to walk alone with this swollen ankle.

“Look and walk carefully so that you don’t fall.”

“Yes, yes. Go ahead.”

She was confident that she wouldn’t care if she was carried and hugged by Cassian at home, but it was a bluff.

Yernia thought she would go crazy if another person would talk about marriage.

She didn’t want to bait her family to think that their engagement would have a chance to continue.

She had no idea if her ankle still hurt a little more, but she was alright now.

However, as soon as she made up her mind and took a few steps, Yernia’s body tilted forward that she almost fell.

It was because one of the shoes that didn’t fit her was peeled off out of her foot.

Yernia hopped with one of her feet up before settling it back into Cassian’s shoes.

She also took her time to appreciate it.

“Your feet are huge.”

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Cassian’s carriage quietly moved away from the Cilliard mansion.

Yernia heard the sound of horseshoes beating on the ground before she entered the front door, limping.