He hadn’t slept well due to a very troubling dream, but he accidentally broke his most treasured ornament as soon as he woke up.
An angel statue made of glass
It was a gift from Laure on his 12th birthday.
– One of Phoenix’s seven angels, Epirion. They said it would help you have a good dream if you put it in your bedroom.
He remembered earnestly accepting the gift that the girl was hesitatingly handing over.
At that time, Laure was only ten years old. Long before that, on the day they first met, that girl also sat down and cried incessantly, trying to avoid him with all her might.
If he even says a single word, she will be startled and will run away immediately. If you accidentally had eye contact, she will instantly dodge her eyes.
Calix thought that Laure must have hated him. His young heart was a little hurt then because he liked the girl.
Pink hair like spring flowers and green eyes that sparkle like jewels. She was a girl who felt like her scent would permeate the air when you touch her.
Calix Rochester has had a dull, dry personality since childhood. So, he has heard a lot of people saying that he doesn’t act like a child.
Such a person rarely admired and liked someone. Laure was the only one.
When he first saw her, he was secretly pleased. The fact that such a pretty child is his bride.
He wanted to get close to Laure. For that reason, he did his best to be a kind person.
Although he was far from being tender or gentle, there was no other way to get close to the little girl who burst into tears when she first saw him.
People with a temperament like Laure needed to be tamed slowly. So Calix worked very hard for a very long time.
He became a kind person only to her; he hid his dark inner self in front of her and acted coquettishly.
To get her attention and make her open her heart to him, he deliberately appeared injured or soaked in the rain in front of her.
The twenty-two-year-old Calix Rochester thought that his schemes were very effective.
A smile hung around his lips. A smile that, if seen by people who really know what kind of person he actually is, they would have been frightened.
Calix’s affection was only for Laure.
If he needed to capture her, he would devise a trap, use a rope to carry her and bind her.
Laure didn’t have to know that fact. For her, he just needs to be a friendly Calix Rochester.
That’s why I entirely tamed Laure Ecree, should be looking only at me, and never leave me······.
I’ll give her the name Rochester so that she can be by my side until the day I die. To be buried side by side even after our death.
Yeah, it was that perfect future. It was such a perfect plan.
However,
‘Where did it go wrong?’
Calix leaned against the back of the meeting room chair and closed his eyes.
As his eyelids cast a veil on his eyes, Laure’s face floated and repeatedly disappeared on the wall’s dark-red clock.
Looking at him with a wide smile, a shy face, flushed cheeks, and a tearful and pleading eyes.
His throat suddenly felt dry.
Calix grabbed the armrest. He wanted to run to her right now, hug that little body, and kiss her. He wanted to leave his marks on her body without missing a single place.
She’s entirely mine.
– His Highness, the crown prince, confessed to Laure the other day. Didn’t you know?
Every time I recall that moment, my blood boils, and my anger intensifies.
How dare that bastard.
How dare you covet my woman? She has been my bride for a long time ago. All you are is a scarecrow who is proud to be a part of the royal family.
‘I’m gonna have to warn him.’
The bond between the Grand Duke of Rochester and the Imperial Family is strong. It’s the two giant pillars that supported the empire. But when it comes to which of them is more preeminent, of course, it was definitely the Rochester’s.
A family with a power that even the royal family cannot efficiently deal with. That was the Grand Duke of Rochester.
‘Laure. Whatever you are thinking, you will not be able to escape from me anyways.’
Calix knew the power he has in his hands. It was effortless to manipulate. Even if she changed her mind, even if she tried to run away from him, it would still be him who will be victorious in the end.
There was no doubt that she would be his. That was her fate. That’s what Calix believes.
She cannot run away. I’ll never let go. Even if you try to fly away like a bird, I’ll break your wings to keep you by my side. I’ll lock you up where no one can find you and make you sing only for me.
Laure.
My woman, my bride, the one I love.
Calix is in a state of agony. He wants to see Laure as soon as possible. But he was caught in a goddamn meeting and couldn’t do anything.