Please Provide Compensation Through Divorce

Chapter 27

Drunken Words

The selection ceremony ended more anticlimactically than expected. Shawn had won too easily.

The award ceremony followed immediately. Leto presented Shawn with the Royal Guard's sword. Shawn knelt and accepted it.

"Shawn Matrion, I will lay down my life to ensure the safety of the royal family."

Shawn acted quite knightly, despite his usual disdain for such things. Being selected had evidently affected him deeply.

After the ceremony, Shawn approached me, accompanied by Louis.

"Livia!"

"Brother. You did well."

"Thanks to you picking the bye. But it was so boring; I wasn't even warmed up."

"Shawn, watch your mouth."

"Oh, right."

Shawn covered his mouth with his hand. Louis looked at me, concerned.

"Livia, are you alright? You didn't look well during the final match."@@novelbin@@

The final match... That was when Leto confessed to me.

Or should I call it a confession?

"I like you, you know that."

It was more of a declaration. Three things were clear from it.

First, that he liked me.

Second, that he knew I was aware of it.

Third, that he wouldn't pretend otherwise anymore.

There was no escape.

So I said, "I didn't hear you." More accurately, I meant, "I'll pretend I didn't hear it."

It was a bit harsh. I'd be lying if I said I didn't feel bad. But it was better than giving him false hope.