Dangerous Fiancee

Chapter 79

"Why do you like to bet on something on the honor of your name like a gambler?"

She was not sure if he really knew the weight of his pledge to her.

"Oh, I'm just kidding."

As she whispered while smiling, he felt all the lights nearby were reflected on her face.

Her clear green eyes sparkled like the sun in a sunny spot burning the shade.

"Anyway, don't be stubborn again. You probably don't remember it all, but you had a close call yesterday."

She fastened the last button of the shirt and asked him a favor as if she wanted to get his reassurances.

"If you break the promise with me, I will never forgive you."

Her clear and embarrassing voice threatened him loosely.

Until then, he didn't even realize that he made so many promises that he couldn't keep since he met her. He also didn't realize how much his promises would affect his life later.

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Shortly after the supporting unit left the southern gate of the Lucio Imperial Palace, Ober returned to his special villa in the capital.

The messenger bird arrived early in the morning, as Grand Duke Christopher had said.

Among the news the bird brought by flying all night was the news about Mrs. Chester's injuries.

As soon as Ober heard it, he instantly realized that she was not responsible for this accident.

As far as he knew, his mother was not the type of woman who would risk her life to break the emperor's carriage. He might have doubted her if the accident had been limited to the emperor's carriage. But all the horses in the procession following the emperor's were running wildly, according to the message. Therefore, it was clear that somebody else was behind the accident.

And there was only person among the suspects he felt was the main culprit. That suspect would benefit the most from the accident. He was a powerful cabinet member who had the power to make such a plot by controlling his minions in local areas.

"Hubble! It looks like this old dotard has gone senile."

Ober spat out foul words in a fit of anger.

"But don't you think he is too sophisticated to go senile?"

Arnet on the opposite side shrugged his shoulders.

Auber frowned violently and said, "He is not sophisticated, but he lost his cool. He didn't kill them cleanly, right? Missing? What the heck was he doing? What if they come back alive? Look, it's a piece of cake to take your life. Did he do that to threaten the emperor? That's the clear evidence that shows that he went senile. He brought a poisonous snake at the banquet only a few days ago. No matter how stupid the emperor was, did he think the emperor didn't know who was responsible?"

"Oh, that makes sense...It doesn't befit Duke Hubble at all."

"I'm pretty sure he has gone crazy. If not, how could he hold the spear backwards at this critical point in time? Aside from my mother, how dare he start all this without keeping me in the loop?"

Ober was very upset when he thought that not only his mother was injured in this accident, but also Marianne, who he asked Hubble not to harm under any circumstances, was pushed down the falls.

After sizing up the accident, what angered Ober most was that Hubble dared to move and tear the cards in 'his' hands without his 'permission'.

Clenching his teeth, Ober shivered with anger. What happened in the morning came to his mind.