Reborn to Choose Better의 모든 챕터: 챕터 11 - 챕터 20

With both her hand and cheek hurting, Cecilia's tears wouldn't stop falling. She grabbed her half-finished embroidery and walked straight to the door, nearly running into Joshua on her way out."Cecilia?" he called.Rebecca's voice followed her out the door, "Useless girl, crying over nothing! How did I end up with such a fool!"Cecilia couldn't take another word. Without stopping to greet her brother, she just kept walking with tears streaming down her face.Joshua watched her go, then stepped inside. "What was the fight about this time?"Rebecca was already furious, and at his question, she immediately started ranting, "Your sister, that's what. I've spent years trying to secure her future, but she turns around and sides with an outsider. You should've heard her, already acknowledging that woman as her cousin-in-law. Give it a few more days and she'll be volunteering to serve her like a maid!"At the mention of Vivian, Joshua's eyebrows went up. He settled into the seat beside

Damian ignored Joshua and looked down. From his angle, he could see the fine beads of sweat on Vivian's smooth forehead."Give me the sword?" he asked, in a tone that sounded almost like a request.Vivian made a small sound of agreement. Her voice shook in a way she couldn't control, perhaps because of the repeated shocks. Damian noticed it at once and frowned, then took the iron sword from her hands. It was a blade Vivian could barely lift with both arms, yet it seemed weightless in Damian's grip.He turned and looked at Joshua.Damian had an exceptionally handsome face, but the countless battles fought through mountains of corpses and seas of blood had left him with a heavy, lingering aura of killing intent. As he stood over Joshua and looked down at him, the effect was overwhelming. It rolled off him like a physical force.Joshua didn't dare meet his gaze. His whole body stiffened."What was it you just said?" Damian asked in a low and unhurried tone.Joshua got on his knees

After the examination, Gavin made a few adjustments to the prescription. Vivian sent Sylvia to see him out, then watched Harvey bend down and carefully, if a little clumsily, tuck the blanket neatly around Damian.After a moment of thought, she asked, "Harvey, how long have you been serving His Highness?"Harvey answered without hesitation, "My father served in the Royal Guard. I was sent into the palace not long after I was born. For as long as I can remember, I've been at His Highness' side. That would be..."He counted on his fingers. "Twenty-seven, twenty-eight years, give or take."A thought crossed Vivian's mind, and she turned to him. "Then, you must know a great deal about him.""I suppose I do.""Do you know if he has someone he cares for? A woman?"Harvey froze, his expression clearly conflicted. "Your Highness..."Vivian understood why he was hesitating and smiled. "In fact, I've already heard that His Highness has someone he loves. I don't mind. If I did, I wouldn't

Rebecca never got to say a word. The question caught her completely off guard, and she just stared.Eventually, she managed to say, "You... you're questioning me? You've been in this house just a few days and you're questioning me?"Looking into Vivian's young, utterly calm face only made her anger burn hotter. "The nerve of you, speaking to me like that. You just crossed the threshold and you're already this brazen. Give it time and I suppose you'll be throwing my children and I out the door entirely."Vivian didn't argue. She just asked, "Did you give Joshua an access token last night?"Rebecca didn't even flinch. She sneered. "So what if I did? I manage this household. I can give the token to whoever I like. You've been here two days, and you're already trying to take that from me?"Vivian held her gaze. "Then, you're saying you ordered Joshua to try to kill Prince Damian."Rebecca thought she'd misheard. "W-what?"It took a second for it to sink in, then her jaw tightened wi

Damian wondered if Vivian would have been perfectly happy if she had married Julian instead. Was it because it was him that she said it was better this way? His mood turned sour immediately.A moment later, Vivian spoke again, "Think about it. My father, brother, and uncles are all gone. And my mother has passed too. The tradition says the groom comes home with his bride to meet her parents. But if His Highness came with me, the only things there to greet us would be portraits of the dead lining the walls."Damian was stunned again.Sylvia looked like she might cry. "Your Highness..."Not wanting the mood to sink any further, Vivian smiled and changed the subject entirely, asking, "Sylvia, do you want some honey cake?"Sylvia blinked. Then, her eyes lit up. "Are you going to make it yourself?"Vivian nodded.Any trace of sadness vanished from Sylvia's face. She swallowed, already hungry at the thought.One of Vivian's aunts-in-law was the daughter of a renowned chef and had inh