The Villain Is Obsessed With His Fake Wife

John was a very handsome man.

To be honest, he knew that he was better than others from the moment he was born. Because he used to do things that others found difficult so easily. Even though the family collapsed, John took revenge perfectly.

But Estelle…

When dealing with this woman, John often felt that everything he was proud of was meaningless.

“The person behind it was Libertan? Did they personally spread a negative rumor about the adopted daughter that the Libertan duchy loved?”

“Yes, someone came forward who witnessed the scene where Baroness Morselli and reporter Ricello, who were the epicenter of the rumor, received the source from Libertan. And they themselves began to testify as if they had finally remembered it.”

“Can it suddenly happen like that? How bad have you been at handling things so far that it’s like this?”

“I’m sorry, my lord.”

Everything that had been so thoroughly investigated had gone astray. John’s perfect results were stained with failure and arrogance. So John tried to find out who was behind this.

‘I thought the temple was behind it.’

Here again, the Libertan duchy appeared. From the very beginning, when the Libertan Dukes adopted Estelle, they did not cherish Estelle as if she were their own daughter.

‘In the first place, this is more behavior befitting the Libertan duchy.’

There was no way a vicious family like the Libertan Dukes would be devoted to an adopted child with whom they have no blood ties. At first, John also had doubts. But all the evidence was perfect, and in another moment, all the evidence was overturned, as if everyone had been hypnotized and broken.

‘I thought the Libertan Duke family didn’t love her as much as they took her as a replacement for her biological daughter.’

In the first place, the Libertan Dukes did not treat her as a replacement. If that were the case, they wouldn’t have come out like this and spread rumors that she was an evil woman.

‘Does Estelle know about this?’

It was strange, but Estelle still seemed to regard the Duke and Duchess of Libertan as her parents.

The reason why John revealed the truth that the Libertan Duke family was behind it was to shatter Estelle’s faint expectations. So, just like John did, Estelle should also hate the Libertan Dukes. 

And so that the relationship between the two could become stronger.

But Estelle’s reaction was completely different. He thought she would at least be furious and tear up the newspaper. She would beg him to avenge her and he expected to see her relying on him.

“Honestly, I don’t know.”

Estelle was calm.

“I really never thought about this.”

He immediately felt that she had no expectations of the Duke and Duchess of Libertan. Unlike before, she seemed to think that they were still her parents.

‘Is this real?’

Looking at Estelle, who wasn’t sad at all, John was lost in doubts.

‘Did you know from the start, or did you notice it implicitly?’

“I’m weak and I’m always at the mansion, so I’m insensitive to news…”

“But why does your expression look like that?”

“Huh?”

John felt a desire to understand Estelle by scraping her inner thoughts to the bottom. Her navy blue eyes waved like waves.

‘What are you hiding?’

Estelle turned white with no time to hide her embarrassment. As John looked at Estelle, he put together the pieces of the puzzle he had been accumulating.

“You don’t look sad at all right now. Like you knew it would happen.”

Normally, she felt wronged when she was treated as a villain, even if she did it herself. But even though she was falsely accused of being a villainess, she didn’t seem to have much intention of getting rid of it.

‘The process of getting revenge on Mireyu Juti was the same.’

Estelle did not actively defend herself. She didn’t even try to dispel the rumors of her being a wicked woman. Although she was able to shake off the false accusation, Estelle didn’t seem to want to dispel the rumors completely.

If that were the case, she would have explained her situation to people like Princess Diana, whom she seemed to be close friends with.

‘Punish Mireyu as much as she deserves for her crimes, but why does she continue to be called a villain?’

When Estelle refused to take revenge on the reporters who slandered her, his doubts grew even greater.

‘I get angry just thinking about what happened to you.’

He didn’t know what this feeling was. But John wanted to give Estelle whatever she wanted, and he didn’t want Estelle to get sick. He hoped he could repay Estelle for more than the wrongful hurt she had suffered in the past.

Even if Estelle didn’t mind, this was not an issue that could be ignored. Wasn’t everyone trying to bury one person in a vicious way?

‘Ma’am knows very well that you are terminally ill. But she doesn’t want to make anyone worry, so she just doesn’t want to reveal it to everyone.’

‘She was in a lot of trouble because it was known that she only had one year left to live.’

No way.

‘Did you do that because you were planning to run away?’

He didn’t know that if Estelle, who was a victim of injustice, suddenly disappeared, bad rumors might spread about John. Even if she dies from a terminal illness, John would face strange misunderstandings.

‘If Estelle dies while she remains an evil woman…’

There would be no blemish on John’s reputation.

“Really, you have nothing to say?”

He didn’t know what Estelle would say. However, John thought that she would speak within the scope of his expectations.

“I, I mean, I…”

But he felt like his heart sank when he saw Estelle’s tears.

“I, I didn’t mean to fool John.”

Estelle had kept her true feelings hidden, so it was necessary to embarrass people in order to find out her truth.

‘This isn’t it.’

If he had known it would be this hard, he would have done things differently.

“So I… I didn’t want to disappoint you.”

Estelle probably seemed to be suffering from a sense of guilt that she had not been honest about from the beginning. And it seemed like she thought John would be disappointed in her and abandon her.

“Because I’m scared of this moment ending.”

Estelle’s voice trembled mournfully.

“It’s my fault. If you ask me, I will answer everything you ask. I’m sorry for deceiving you all this time.”

John was devastated and angry at himself.

‘Stupid bastard.’

It seemed that Estelle was abused at Libertan more than John thought. The trembling figure looked like a child about to be punished.

The sight was strangely shocking.

John’s mind went blank. As he was staring blankly at her, Estelle, who was crying and begging, did something shocking.

“So please save me.”

Estelle, who had been staggering as if she would collapse at any moment, fell to her knees in front of him. Her fair, white face was pale.

Estelle, who was shaking pitifully, finally… She put her hands together and began to pray to John. With her tears flowing.

* * *

“So please save me.”

In her confused mind, something John said in the past came to mind.

‘Then say you want to live. Please say that to me. Said you want to live. That you don’t want to die.’

That was the only way for her to survive right now.

‘Yes, please. I want to live. I want to stay alive somehow.’

John… Because he said he would save her life if she begged for it.

“So please save me.”

She looked up at John, falling to her knees like she was collapsing. John’s face was not visible because of the backlight.

“I’m sorry for not telling you that I wasn’t a loved daughter from the beginning. If I sais so, I had nothing left. I was afraid it would all end.”

She wanted to live.

“I know it’s meaningless to say this now, but…”

So, as John had said, she began to cry and pray.

‘It’s so miserable.’

She felt like her insides were being crushed and blackened.

“But please forgive me just this once. In the past, you too. You said you couldn’t do it without me. You said that if I prayed like this, you would save my life.”

She pressed her hands to the corners of her eyes where tears were welling up and prayed to John. It was the same as crawling on the floor anyway, but the person inside her was falling to the floor.

“Just this once…”

“Okay.”

John got down on his knees and took her into his arms. He was just hugging her, but suddenly she felt like her throat was blocked and she couldn’t breathe.

“I understand.”

A strong hand covered her entire head, and the other arm supported her waist. She was surrounded by John as if her whole body was submerged in water.

“So stop it.”

John growled like an angry beast. She could feel the sound of suppressed breathing above her head. She could feel the arms holding her trembling with strength.

She asked, barely able to catch her breath while still being held by him.

“…Stop what?”

‘Why am I suddenly like this?’

It seemed that John had suddenly lost his shame because he was not laughing at her miserable appearance or getting angry.

“Isn’t this what you wanted, John?”

Now, John was in a situation where he needed to be angry with her. It would be the moment when the mask of the woman who lied that she was the beloved daughter was removed.

‘You’re being nice to me just by not pushing me.’

“So you brought me here as a gift. You wanted to ask me if I was still loved despite the fact that Libertan had framed me.”

But she became more sad. She felt like John’s strong arms would protect her right now.

She felt like the warmth of John that she had become accustomed to was his heart. And she didn’t like the whole thing, she was angry and tears were streaming down her face.

“If not this, what on earth should I do? You told me that if I want to live, I have to get down on my knees and cry and beg for myself. You were the one who said you would do anything if I did that.”

“…”

“What should I stop doing? What if I do it the way you want?”

John hugged her tighter. John’s breathing became heavier.

“…Estelle.”

At that moment, the trees worried about her.

-Baby, are you okay? Strangely, it feels like your condition is not good.

-Yes. Some of the Eden Roses that were fine until just now are withering, and some are suddenly shining, causing your calming energy to run wild in confusion.

-Is there a dangerous or difficult situation happening now? If it’s dangerous, talk to us briefly. Now, with your restored strength, you can ask for help from nearby trees.

But she didn’t have the spirit to answer the trees. Then the trees seem to have taken the situation more seriously.

-Quickly contact the other trees! Why is my baby in such a difficult situation and I can’t even figure out where she is?

-Why can’t I let other trees see the situation even though the connection isn’t lost? Are there places in the world without trees?

-It’s a bigger problem if you’re in a place without trees. I guess it won’t work. I’ve been waiting for my baby to fully master her fairy powers, but I can’t wait any longer.

-Then what should we do? Are you saying we will interfere with elemental power on your behalf? Then, even if the curse is lifted, it will be difficult to use it alone because you will not be able to adapt to the fairy’s power…

-If the child does something wrong, what’s the use later?

After taking a deep breath, John grabbed both of her shoulders with his large hands and lifted her head up.

“Estelle, look at my face.”

‘Strange.’

John was always a flawless and perfectly handsome man. John was relaxed and elegant just a moment ago.

‘It’s not the face I was thinking of.’

John’s eyes were twisted as if in pain. John’s red eyes, burning with anger, even shook slightly as soon as they made eye contact.

He gave strength to his hand holding her shoulder and spoke one syllable at a time.

“This is not what I wanted.”

“Then what did you wish for?”

She couldn’t understand what John said.

“Didn’t you ask me about something I was hiding and hoped I would apologize on my own? So, you’re saying you know everything I have to say to you.”

It was John’s specialty to create an advantageous situation by cornering the opponent and getting the answer he wanted.

‘He probably prepared this whole time while watching me take revenge on Mireyu.’

“If this isn’t what you wanted, are you saying I’m misunderstanding? What else am I doing wrong?”

Honestly, she couldn’t believe John. It was strange that this man, who said nothing was impossible, who was so smart and great, was blatantly setting a trap for her and making excuses instead. Anyone could see that this was a trap made for her.

“I know it can’t be like that.”

His hand holding her shoulder trembled. His tightly closed mouth also trembled. The John she saw in front of her looked like a person who really didn’t want this.

‘Maybe it’s because I miss you so much.’

Because everyone saw things the way they wanted to believe.

“That’s enough. It’s okay to be honest and say what you want to say instead of talking around it. Anyway…”

She reached out her hands and pushed John’s chest to create more distance between them.

“You don’t even love me anyway.”

“I?”

A spark flew out of John’s complex red eyes. His face, which had calmly stayed still as her arms widened the distance, came closer.

“I don’t love you?”

At that moment, her whole body became cold and hot.

‘Why…’

Normally, she should have felt like she was boiling from the inside. But this time it was a little different from usual.

 

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