IELNDMH - Chapter 85 < Get Ready to Apologize, Vincent >
I Ended Up Living Up Next Door With My Ex-Husband
“...What kind of bullshit is this?”
Vincent looked back and forth between me and Cedric in confusion.
“Divorce? No, it's not that I didn't expect that. Yes, but... Then why are you two here together now?”
It was no wonder that Vincent was confused about this situation.
Cedric lazily touched his eyebrows a couple of times and took a step closer to him.
“We secretly divorced, so we had no choice but to live together for a while.”
A low voice echoed inside the lobby once again.
“During that time, I really learned about Rebecca that I didn’t know about.”
“....”
“And then I ended up falling in love with this person.”
There was not even the slightest wavering in Cedric's eyes as he said that.
Vincent's brows slowly furrowed as he looked at his face filled with sincerity.
“What kind of nonsense is that...”
“Luckily, Rebecca also accepted me, so I don’t want to miss out even more. But I don't think the human world will easily acknowledge our relationship, given the Pope's wishes and all. Thanks to that, now...”
Cedric’s angular chin grew into thin muscles.
“It was so annoying that there was even a guard attached.”
He opened his eyes wildly again and looked at Vincent.
“So, I want you to attract attention by pretending to be me in front of that person.”
Vincent couldn't hide his embarrassment at his confident attitude and snorted.
"I? Why do I have to do that?”
“Because while you’re at it, I want to meet Rebecca in peace.”
Even though he said something that could be unfamiliar, Cedric remained calm.
Vincent was looking at him in bewilderment, and a new laugh escaped his lips.
It didn't look like Cedric at all, so it seemed like he thought he was seriously joking.
However, Cedric's expression was still grave, and Vincent's face gradually hardened when he noticed it.
“Cedric, no way now...”
“...”
“Are you saying that you have truly fallen in love with Rebecca? So you want to see her at least that way? Your wife, Rebecca Twins, whom you hated so much?”
"Yes."
At the same time, Vincent's golden eyes slowly opened wide.
But Cedric's face didn't show the slightest agitation.
After looking at him like that and frozen for a moment, Vincent shook his head as if he was denying it.
“Even if it’s true, all you have to do is erase those feelings. I hate complicated things.”
“Vincent.”
“There are many women in both the human world and the demon world. If it is not an imprinted pet, there is no need to make it complicated...”
Vincent's expression slowly hardened once again as he stopped speaking.
He looked back and forth between me and Cedric with an expression of disbelief, and then his lower jaw dropped.
“No way, you two...?”
"That's right."
Cedric nodded his head slowly.
“It was imprinted on Rebecca. I don’t know about Rebecca, but at least for me, it’s already become unbreakable.”
At his calm words, Vincent looked at Cedric for the first time as if he were pitiful and shouted.
"You said they've endured it well until now, and that you even ended up getting divorced! Why did you imprint it on a human?”
Although Vincent's words were off-putting, Cedric let out a small sigh and nodded his head as if acknowledging it.
“I know, it’s stupid. Still, I have no regrets. Because I embraced her with her sincerity, not with her fleeting greed.”
Vincent glared at Cedric with a face that could barely contain his boiling anger.
That too for a while. His cool gaze turned to me.
“Rebecca, you... Did you seduce Cedric to take advantage of him?”
As Vincent asked me that question, I began to feel younger little by little as I looked into his golden eyes.
“Aha, because Cedric is the guardian of ‘Lillian’s Heart’ with me?”
“...Vincent.”
Cedric's voice calling out to him became so cold that it felt gloomy.
However, Vincent's pupils, which had already begun to run wild little by little, only gradually shrunk to a frightening degree.
“I was suspicious from the beginning because your parents are from the Kingdom of Katsis. Few families know as much information about our mixed-blood demons as that dynasty.”
Vincent came closer to me and slowly lowered his head to make eye contact with him.
“If you are using Cedric for that purpose, as the guardian of Lillian’s heart along with Cedric, I cannot just leave you like this.”
“...”
“Tell me honestly, Rebecca. Your father told you to use Cedric to get Lillian’s heart?”
In his heavily contracted golden eyes, I could sense not only madness but even deep life.
Immediately, compressed air began to swirl around the room, as if it would burst at any moment.
“Vincent, you know I can’t take it anymore if you threaten my pet.”
Sensing a dangerous atmosphere, Cedric's expression sank coldly.
However, Vincent only smiled, curling the corners of his mouth like a man already steeped in madness.
“Then inevitably, a war between my cousin and I will begin. At best, it’s because of that untrustworthy woman.”
It was a time when Cedric ground his teeth as if he couldn't bear it any longer.
“Vincent, you’re right.”
I slowly removed my lips which had been closed the whole time.
Cedric tried to stop me, but I withdrew his hand and continued talking.
“It was true that Duke Bold asked me for Lillian’s heart.”
Vincent slowly frowned as if he was surprised to see me like that.
“Is that right? You sound like you’re talking to someone else.”
"That... I also have personal reasons, so I don’t remember the previous events in detail.”
There was no need to tell Vincent about the sudden possession of Rebecca's body.
The most important thing now is to resolve Vincent's misunderstanding and prevent him from losing to Cedric.
Although I was afraid of the fierceness emanating from Vincent, who was like a wild beast, I tried my best to pretend to be calm and looked straight at him.
“As soon as I found out about it, I told it to Cedric. Of course, I ended my relationship with my father even before that.”
“You're ending your relationship with your parents? Ha, are you asking me to believe that?”
Vincent sneered proudly.
I had already guessed that he wouldn't easily believe me, so I just nodded with a deadpan expression.
“My father doesn’t think of me as anything more than a tool to use to gain power or wealth. It's always been that way since I was young. So, he always abused me in many ways.”
“Ha, I wouldn’t believe such a ridiculous lie...”
“My father is a man who could kill me if necessary.”
The eyes of the two men slowly opened wide at my firm words.
Vincent might not have known it, but Cedric would have known that Duke Bold had been threatening me due to a previous incident.
Nevertheless, my words that a father would try to kill his child with his own hands seemed shocking.
Soon, Cedric's eyes became increasingly harsh.
“Duke Bold, that crazy person.”
Grinding his teeth low, his eyes turned to Vincent again.
“It’s all true. As far as I know, there are already several instances in which Duke Bold threatened Rebecca.”
Vincent's expression as he looked at Cedric softened slightly.
Still, he shook his head with difficulty.
“How can I believe that? What if the father and daughter are acting together under a plan?”
I nodded slowly towards Vincent, who had not yet let go of all his doubts.
“Even if it were me, you wouldn’t believe it based on just words.”
“That’s what I said.”
“So, as Cedric said, stay here and check for yourself.”
“...What?"
“Please check. And if I'm right...”
I opened my eyes fiercely at Vincent, who couldn't hide his bewildered expression and spoke strongly.
“I will accept your apology for doubting me just now.”
“...Ha?"
Vincent's eyebrows rose high as he laughed.
He eventually burst out laughing cheerfully, as if he found this situation interesting.
He held his stomach and laughed for a while. He wiped the tears from his eyes and looked at me again.
“Divorce? No, it's not that I didn't expect that. Yes, but... Then why are you two here together now?”
It was no wonder that Vincent was confused about this situation.
Cedric lazily touched his eyebrows a couple of times and took a step closer to him.
“We secretly divorced, so we had no choice but to live together for a while.”
A low voice echoed inside the lobby once again.
“During that time, I really learned about Rebecca that I didn’t know about.”
“....”
“And then I ended up falling in love with this person.”
There was not even the slightest wavering in Cedric's eyes as he said that.
Vincent's brows slowly furrowed as he looked at his face filled with sincerity.
“What kind of nonsense is that...”
“Luckily, Rebecca also accepted me, so I don’t want to miss out even more. But I don't think the human world will easily acknowledge our relationship, given the Pope's wishes and all. Thanks to that, now...”
Cedric’s angular chin grew into thin muscles.
“It was so annoying that there was even a guard attached.”
He opened his eyes wildly again and looked at Vincent.
“So, I want you to attract attention by pretending to be me in front of that person.”
Vincent couldn't hide his embarrassment at his confident attitude and snorted.
"I? Why do I have to do that?”
“Because while you’re at it, I want to meet Rebecca in peace.”
Even though he said something that could be unfamiliar, Cedric remained calm.
Vincent was looking at him in bewilderment, and a new laugh escaped his lips.
It didn't look like Cedric at all, so it seemed like he thought he was seriously joking.
However, Cedric's expression was still grave, and Vincent's face gradually hardened when he noticed it.
“Cedric, no way now...”
“...”
“Are you saying that you have truly fallen in love with Rebecca? So you want to see her at least that way? Your wife, Rebecca Twins, whom you hated so much?”
"Yes."
At the same time, Vincent's golden eyes slowly opened wide.
But Cedric's face didn't show the slightest agitation.
After looking at him like that and frozen for a moment, Vincent shook his head as if he was denying it.
“Even if it’s true, all you have to do is erase those feelings. I hate complicated things.”
“Vincent.”
“There are many women in both the human world and the demon world. If it is not an imprinted pet, there is no need to make it complicated...”
Vincent's expression slowly hardened once again as he stopped speaking.
He looked back and forth between me and Cedric with an expression of disbelief, and then his lower jaw dropped.
“No way, you two...?”
"That's right."
Cedric nodded his head slowly.
“It was imprinted on Rebecca. I don’t know about Rebecca, but at least for me, it’s already become unbreakable.”
At his calm words, Vincent looked at Cedric for the first time as if he were pitiful and shouted.
"You said they've endured it well until now, and that you even ended up getting divorced! Why did you imprint it on a human?”
Although Vincent's words were off-putting, Cedric let out a small sigh and nodded his head as if acknowledging it.
“I know, it’s stupid. Still, I have no regrets. Because I embraced her with her sincerity, not with her fleeting greed.”
Vincent glared at Cedric with a face that could barely contain his boiling anger.
That too for a while. His cool gaze turned to me.
“Rebecca, you... Did you seduce Cedric to take advantage of him?”
As Vincent asked me that question, I began to feel younger little by little as I looked into his golden eyes.
“Aha, because Cedric is the guardian of ‘Lillian’s Heart’ with me?”
“...Vincent.”
Cedric's voice calling out to him became so cold that it felt gloomy.
However, Vincent's pupils, which had already begun to run wild little by little, only gradually shrunk to a frightening degree.
“I was suspicious from the beginning because your parents are from the Kingdom of Katsis. Few families know as much information about our mixed-blood demons as that dynasty.”
Vincent came closer to me and slowly lowered his head to make eye contact with him.
“If you are using Cedric for that purpose, as the guardian of Lillian’s heart along with Cedric, I cannot just leave you like this.”
“...”
“Tell me honestly, Rebecca. Your father told you to use Cedric to get Lillian’s heart?”
In his heavily contracted golden eyes, I could sense not only madness but even deep life.
Immediately, compressed air began to swirl around the room, as if it would burst at any moment.
“Vincent, you know I can’t take it anymore if you threaten my pet.”
Sensing a dangerous atmosphere, Cedric's expression sank coldly.
However, Vincent only smiled, curling the corners of his mouth like a man already steeped in madness.
“Then inevitably, a war between my cousin and I will begin. At best, it’s because of that untrustworthy woman.”
It was a time when Cedric ground his teeth as if he couldn't bear it any longer.
“Vincent, you’re right.”
I slowly removed my lips which had been closed the whole time.
Cedric tried to stop me, but I withdrew his hand and continued talking.
“It was true that Duke Bold asked me for Lillian’s heart.”
Vincent slowly frowned as if he was surprised to see me like that.
“Is that right? You sound like you’re talking to someone else.”
"That... I also have personal reasons, so I don’t remember the previous events in detail.”
There was no need to tell Vincent about the sudden possession of Rebecca's body.
The most important thing now is to resolve Vincent's misunderstanding and prevent him from losing to Cedric.
Although I was afraid of the fierceness emanating from Vincent, who was like a wild beast, I tried my best to pretend to be calm and looked straight at him.
“As soon as I found out about it, I told it to Cedric. Of course, I ended my relationship with my father even before that.”
“You're ending your relationship with your parents? Ha, are you asking me to believe that?”
Vincent sneered proudly.
I had already guessed that he wouldn't easily believe me, so I just nodded with a deadpan expression.
“My father doesn’t think of me as anything more than a tool to use to gain power or wealth. It's always been that way since I was young. So, he always abused me in many ways.”
“Ha, I wouldn’t believe such a ridiculous lie...”
“My father is a man who could kill me if necessary.”
The eyes of the two men slowly opened wide at my firm words.
Vincent might not have known it, but Cedric would have known that Duke Bold had been threatening me due to a previous incident.
Nevertheless, my words that a father would try to kill his child with his own hands seemed shocking.
Soon, Cedric's eyes became increasingly harsh.
“Duke Bold, that crazy person.”
Grinding his teeth low, his eyes turned to Vincent again.
“It’s all true. As far as I know, there are already several instances in which Duke Bold threatened Rebecca.”
Vincent's expression as he looked at Cedric softened slightly.
Still, he shook his head with difficulty.
“How can I believe that? What if the father and daughter are acting together under a plan?”
I nodded slowly towards Vincent, who had not yet let go of all his doubts.
“Even if it were me, you wouldn’t believe it based on just words.”
“That’s what I said.”
“So, as Cedric said, stay here and check for yourself.”
“...What?"
“Please check. And if I'm right...”
I opened my eyes fiercely at Vincent, who couldn't hide his bewildered expression and spoke strongly.
“I will accept your apology for doubting me just now.”
“...Ha?"
Vincent's eyebrows rose high as he laughed.
He eventually burst out laughing cheerfully, as if he found this situation interesting.
He held his stomach and laughed for a while. He wiped the tears from his eyes and looked at me again.
"Ha ha ha... This is the first time in my life that I’ve seen someone like you.”
One corner of his mouth curled as he let out a long breath as if he were trying to suppress laughter.
“As expected, you are really fun.”
I shrugged my shoulders and parted my lips again.
“It’s a good idea for both of us. I have no hesitation because I am confident, and it is good for you to confirm the truth.”
“And my cousin Cedric can enjoy a thrilling relationship, so it’s good, right?”
For a moment, Vincent's eyes turned to me.
"Good. I accept that offer.”
As he said that, a warning light appeared in his eyes again.
“If, as I said, this was all your plan to betray us...”
Vincent paused for a moment, and a cool smile appeared on his lips.
“Then you’ll see me go crazy, Rebecca.”
A feeling of intimidation that makes me swallow dry saliva without even realizing it.
However, my pride was slightly hurt by the repeated threats, and I gritted my molars trying not to lose.
“Of course. Get ready to apologize, Vincent.”
Vincent's characteristic giggling laugh once again flowed from his lips.
Eventually, he began to walk slowly and look around his living room.
“So, from now on, I will be staying in this human world for a while.”
He mumbled something funny a few times and then playfully frowned.
“It’s a shame that I can’t get help from a good butler like Adrian at a time like this. Why is the timing like this?”
“It can’t be. What a sincere person Adrian is.”
I answered with a chuckle.
'Now that I think about it, I haven't seen Adrian much since I returned to the North.'
With that thought in mind, I looked around inadvertently and then turned my gaze back to Vincent.
He made eye contact with me and tilted his head as if wondering.
"Hmm. Isn’t that an issue that has nothing to do with sincerity?”
I slowly blinked at Vincent's incomprehensible words.
“You, the owner of the dark mansion, are staying here, so there’s no way Adrian, the butler here, won’t help you.”
At that moment, the atmosphere between the two men became subtly awkward.
I looked at Cedric and Vincent alternately and asked slowly.
"Yes... Isn’t it?”
Then Vincent looked at Cedric with a slightly surprised face.
But Cedric only kept his mouth shut tighter, like a person hiding something.
“Cedric, I can’t believe it...”
Vincent paused for a moment, and then his eyebrows arched, drawing a tall mountain.
“You still haven’t told Rebecca?”
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