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Curse the Mainframe! - Chapter 233

Published at 24th of December 2019 04:19:45 PM


Chapter 233

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Alec made a stunned expression before his face slowly morphed into something slightly awkward and apologetic.

Ophelia's face dropped, and she knew that she was about to be rejected by him.

Sure enough, the words that came out of Alec's mouth were not the words that she wanted to hear.

"I'm sorry, Lady Ophelia, but-"

Ophelia bit her lips, hastily turning around and leaving before she was able to finish hearing the end of his sentence.

Ye Sha started snickering at the prideful lady's departure. The look of shock and disbelief, as if she never expected to get that answer, made him wonder just what she had that made her so confident.

More than sadness or even hurt, that was the emotion that dominated her face.

He supposed that because she was a princess, the people in her circles never once dared to turn her down, instead waiting on her hand and foot.

Still, there was a trace of stubborn light behind those eyes when she left, and both Alec and Ye Sha knew that she would be back before long.

Seeing her act exactly according to Alec's manipulations like she was a puppet dancing on strings gave him shivers.

He was lucky that he was on the same side as this scary bastard – wait. Suddenly, Ye Sha recalled his string of bad luck some time back.

He always wrote it off as just that. Bad luck.

But, now, seeing how Alec expertly play with the people around him, he couldn't help but have different thoughts.

Ye Sha suddenly felt as if he'd been enlightened.

So, it was all the work of this bastard!

The System seethed, then helplessly laughed.

Tch, whatever. It was his bad to take the other as a friend, right! He'd just take it as a prank and gracefully let it pass.

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Ophelia felt heartbroken.

She was in a state of disbelief and shock.

Sure, she'd been expecting that she may receive this response, but her heart and her mind were telling her different things, having been throw into chaos at his words.

Her eyes reddened, and the guard that was usually so impassive when he followed her around had given her a little look – as if he'd heard her conversation with Alexander!

Ophelia glowered at him coldly and was only satisfied when he looked away, not knowing that the guard only looked away because the usually haughty princess was acting so weak in front of someone that she deemed lower than her.

Even though she'd been rejected, for some unknown reason, the princess lingered at the entrance of the bookstore.

What should she do now?

She had been minutely expecting that she wouldn't be able to get that man from the get-go. What she hadn't been expecting was the sudden stab-like feeling at her heart.

She thought that she was ready for whatever he said, but it turned out that she was being foolish, expecting that she would be able to control her own reactions.


What should she do now?

She came here so confidently, and she even blurted out her feelings like that, only to be rejected.

Where would she put her face now?

More than that, why hadn't she stuck around to hear the end of what he was saying?

Ophelia's eyes shook before she firmed her will.

Taking a deep breath, Ophelia re-entered the bookstore again, her face was a flushed shade, and her eyes were slightly reddened.

Seeing her like this would have caused any other man to feel a strong urge to protect her, as her weak and vulnerable expression made her seem fragile.

Yet, Alec was not any of those men that would have rushed up to comfort her.

Not only did he treat this as a mission, he wasn't moved by outward appearances – aside from Elysi- no.

Alec looked at her with sad eyes, and his hand twitched at her appearance, as if he had reflexively reached out to comfort her, only for him to stop and clench his fists at his side.

Ophelia's eyes reddened even more when she saw that.

This man clearly had some feelings for her, but why was he being like that? She wasn't wrong, right?

Would someone who didn't like her react like that? It couldn't be! She trusted her womanly instinct.

Was there some reason why he couldn't be with her?

At that thought, Ophelia rushed forward, clutching his hand.

She didn't care that noblewomen touching another man's hand so straightforwardly was enough to ruin her reputation.

Anyway, it was only the two of them in this bookstore, and she would not be deterred.

"Alexander, please. Is there some reason why you're acting like this? Is there something about me that you don't like?" Ophelia earnestly pleaded with him.

Strangely, she felt something build up, and her nose felt sour. The tears gathered in her eyes, and before she could hold them back, they spilled over, cascading down her cheeks.

Yet, her tears only made her seem like a vulnerable beauty when Alec knew she was anything but.

He couldn't help but marvel at the dissonance from the outside and the inside, wondering if it was because of this appearance that allowed the rumours that should have followed the princess to disperse like the wind when the nobles looked at her.

Opehlia was rewarded with the sight of Alexander looking troubled by her, but he didn't shake off her hand, and the princess cheered in her heart.

That he didn't reject her meant that she still had a chance, right?

For the first time in her life, Ophelia was making herself seem weak and pitiful in front of someone else, but since it was the man that she liked, she had no shame as long as she could get her way.

She wouldn't be able to sleep at night unless she had gotten a proper answer about the reason why he was rejecting her.

Since he reacted like this, she could only think that he indeed had feelings for her. If so, why?!

Alec shook his head, his expression pained and sad.

Ophelia felt a pang of pain as well, seeing Alexander so pained.

"Our statures are just too different, Lady Ophelia," Alec said sadly.

The anxiety was about to burn her from inside out. Ophelia was feeling so anxious that she couldn't even care about decorum anymore.

"I don't care about that! I don't care about any of that!" she said desperately, but Alexander just made a sadder face when she said that.

"That's what you say," Alec said sadly, "but in the end, you will end up marrying someone else, just like-"

Ophelia's eyes shook when she heard what he said. So, he had been in a similar situation before. Was that why he was rejecting her?

Some noblewoman had stolen this man's pure heart and wounded him gravely when she had, in the end, left him for another noble.

But she was different. Ophelia was different from those ordinary noblewomen.

Ophelia sneered at the woman who allowed this gem to get away from them.

She wouldn't allow Alexander to leave her the moment she managed to properly tie him to her side. That was how much she wanted him, unlike the other woman who'd already threw the fish that she caught away.

Instead of growing depressed at his words, her heart just felt happier at the loss of that woman, even when she felt pained about the pain that her Alexander was going through.

"Choose me," Ophelia pleaded with him, directing her teary eyes at him. "Please. I promise I won't ever hurt you. I'll even run away with you if you want me to."




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