Chapter 31

When I heard what Baste said, I grinned. “Didn't we both already talk about that?” I'm curious about him.

“I know, but you need to marry him as soon as possible.” He responded, while my face expression was blank, and I didn't know what to say to him. I don't understand why he wants me to marry Louie right away? I am so aware that we will get to that point, too, and he doesn't need to rush.

“Wait a minute, Baste. If you think I'm going to run away from my responsibility to him, then you're wrong. You know that I don't just give up on my words, don't you?” I said to him as he stood up, so I also stood up with a look of astonishment on my face.

“Do you want to know who the man is behind all this? Or who stabbed him?” he said, and I shook my head.

“Wait, what does that have to do with our contact marriage?” I asked him as he looked around us and took one step closer to me.

“The truth is,” he said, and then he came closer to me and whispered in my ear, which surprised me. He told me that h