[Part 2] Death Is The Only Ending For The Villain (FOR OFFLINE READING PURPOSE)

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The Duke lowered his gaze reflexively and looked down at his teacup. In a clear and transparent tea water, his hardened face was reflected. At that moment, someone’s voice flashed past his ear.

-When you’re with her, look into the tea water on her teacup, Father. ‘Ah.’

The duke swallowed back the groans that almost burst.

He completely forgot. Before running away from home, Penelope had said that. ‘Why did Penelope suddenly tell me that?’

Confusion poured in like a tidal wave. The Duke desperately revived the conversation at that time. For some reason, he suddenly wanted to have a luncheon with Penelope. So he called her to the greenhouse. After that, we talked about….

‘An outing.’

Yeah, we talked about Penelope’s going out. Under the pretext of going out, he was saying he would help her even if she ran away from home.

He couldn’t bear to see the child who keep losing her weight every day after the coming-of-age ceremony, so it was a decision that he made after much consideration all night.

When she said that, that was what Penelope said suddenly. Look at the tea.

An eerie flowed through the back. If she was a person, there was no way she would not be reflected in the tea water.

Of course if it’s a person…

‘Who the hell is that kid in front of me?’

Yvonne had reached the stage of certainty that she was his biological daughter through countless tests.

Even though the appearance resembled his ex-wife who died, secrets, mole, and memories that only he or she could ever know.

It was never a lie.

If it weren’t for Penelope, he would have announced that his daughter had returned without hesitation. ‘Penelope. When did she know about this?’

What was her look like when she said that? Strangely enough, the memory of the luncheon was not clear. His head was spinning like a storm.

And at the end, there was Penelope’s afterimage, frightened and hesitating for several times, barely uttered the words and ran away from the greenhouse.

-Be careful of her, Father!

It was around the time we got into.

“…. I’m upset, but thankfully. I thought Leah seemed to like Paul a lot enough to be noticed”

“…..”

“The two are now together foreverDuke?”

The duke awoke from his recollection with her calling voice. “Ah”

When he looked up, Yvonne stopped chattering and looked at him with round eyes. It was the face of gentle Yvonne, and somehow cold sweat flowed down the back of his neck.

“II’m sorry. What were we talking about?”

“Are there any foreign objects in the tea?” “Huh?”

“Because you keep looking at the tea.” Yvonne didn’t laugh.

The Duke clenched his fists under the table.

“Ohno, no. I suddenly remembered something I had forgotten.”

“Are you in big trouble? You don’t look well.” “It’s all right. Thank you for your concern.” Yvonne quickly looked worried.