I Accidentally Kidnapped The Ultimate Villain – Chapter 53

Ch 53

“I have been waiting, Princess.”

Aria felt awkward at Killian’s cold smile as he looked at her. The Killian she had seen until now had been kind to her.

Even when they had strange arguments, it didn’t seem like he had ever looked at her hostilely.

Now, he looked cold, as if he were facing a political rival.

“Why did you call me here?”

Aria spoke coldly without realizing it. Because his eyes were cold.

“Why did I call you here.”

Killian frowned at the change in her attitude towards him.

“I believe you said you wouldn’t marry His Highness.”

“……..”

Aria was reminded that she had told Killian that she would never marry Lionell. But the current engagement was not her will either. She had said several times that she would not get engaged, but those around her did not believe her.

It was understandable. If the villainess who had been madly running after Lionell had a change of heart in a single day, who would believe it?

Perhaps they might think Lionell was even more crazy. For accepting Aria’s proposal.

In such a situation, how could they believe Aria’s words?

She had refused the engagement countless times, but it was useless, so this time she was just waiting for the right moment.

But Killian did not know the details of that. When Aria was with him, she said she wouldn’t get engaged, but then she was in the same room with the Crown Prince, and she even let him pierce her ears… It just seemed like all her words and actions were two-faced.

And today, didn’t she attend the charity party as his fiancée?

“Why aren’t you answering?”

Aria couldn’t trust him. She didn’t even know if he was the Killian she knew.

So she didn’t know what to say.

“Has your memory returned, Duke Loenbert?”

“……..”

Aria looked directly at Killian, who was looking at her without answering. Killian felt strange seeing Aria, who was dressed up to the point of being beautiful, unlike when she was relaxed when she was with him.

It was as if she had used him for a while and then abandoned him, just like he had used her.

“What changes if your memory returns?”

“……..”

“It was the Princess who said she wouldn’t get engaged to me.”

“The situation has changed.”

Killian looked around after hearing her words.

This was the highest floor of the banquet hall.

It was the top floor where no one was present. If you looked down from here, it was high enough to see inside the Imperial Palace.

That meant that even if something happened here, no one would come.

“Aria, you still have no sense of caution.”

“……Duke Loenbert.”

For some reason, he felt disgusted that she called him that. Even though it was a position he had earned after avenging his parents’ enemies.

The moment Aria called him Duke Loenbert instead of Killian, he felt like he had become the person farthest from her.

“No one will know what happens here. And yet, you came all the way here.”

“Your Excellency.”

“That means you want to continue the engagement with His Highness that much.”

“Ah…….”

Aria was about to say that wasn’t the case, but she stopped. Because of Killian’s words, she unconsciously checked her surroundings. It was dark here, and it really felt like no one would know what was happening.

Moreover, the Killian of the original story was a person who coldly eliminated his political rivals for his own purposes.

Aria Dolorein was the precious daughter of Duke Dolorein. And on top of that, she was also the person who was going to be Crown Prince Lionell’s fiancée.

From Killian’s point of view, there was nothing that could strike a blow to the Crown Prince as much as her death. Because even he seemed to think that Lionell was sincere about her.

“Don’t come closer.”

“Aria.”

He completely ignored her words. As he slowly approached, Aria unconsciously took a step back.

“Duke Loenbert.”

“……..”

“I apologize for what happened then.”

“What are you talking about?”

“For, for bringing you by mistake.”

“……..”

“Didn’t you say that you would forget everything if I made sure you returned safely?”

“Ha.”

Aria felt pathetic about the past when she thought he would keep his promise to her. But back then, she was barely able to adapt to her situation. How could she have seen through Killian’s lies and treated him coldly when he had lost his memory?

Even the current Aria found that difficult.

“Seeing that you returned to the Duke’s Estate, I guess you’ve regained your memory.”

“……..”

“Then shouldn’t we just pretend we don’t know each other?”

“Aria.”

“Please do as we promised. Let’s pretend everything never happened, and let’s really live like strangers now.”

For some reason, Aria found it difficult to say that. It seemed like she had grown fond of him during that time. But the Killian she knew was the one from when he had lost his memory.

Aria decided to think of the Killian she knew as if he were dead. The person who had hugged her and taken her to the mansion, the person who had won arguments with strange logic and relied on her.

And the person who strangely shared his energy with her whenever they touched.

“Why would I?”

“Your Excellency…….”

Killian smiled crookedly.

He felt extremely disgusted by this situation. He had called her out like this, thinking about her situation. And he had thought that if he met her and heard her directly, he would feel better.

But seeing Aria’s attitude, his disgusted feelings didn’t improve. It was that she had used him too.

Unlike Killian, who was sincere without realizing it, Aria seemed to have been sincere from the beginning. But now that he saw it, it seemed like she had all been lies.

Killian had tried to believe Aria. Even if Lionell was in her room, it was probably because of sleepwalking.

He had so much trust in Aria that he felt uncomfortable sending her a threatening letter, something he wouldn’t have cared about normally.

But he didn’t regret it now.

If he hadn’t written that, she really wouldn’t have come.

“It seems I am a joke to Aria.”

“Your Excellency.”

“You enjoyed kidnapping and toying with me. And now you’re trying to coldly abandon me.”

“That’s not it……!”

“What isn’t it?”

He unconsciously looked for his bite mark near Aria’s neck. But because it had been a few days, the deep bite mark he had left on her neck was not visible.

All that was visible was the earring that the Crown Prince had left on her ear.

The earring with a ruby that reminded him of those detestable red eyes.

“Yes? Aria.”

“Ah…….”

Without realizing it, her back was against the wall. Killian slowly reached out his arms to prevent her from escaping. Aria lowered her gaze, afraid of the anger in his purple eyes looking at her.

“You should look at me, Aria.”

“Your Excellency.”

“It seems you’ve forgotten that we agreed to call each other by our names.”

As Killian glared at her with fierce eyes, she felt like she was going to hiccup. She felt like she shouldn’t make him angrier here.

She slowly raised her head. Then, Killian looked at Aria with a slightly softened expression. Because they were so close that their noses almost touched, Aria pressed the back of her head against the wall to avoid their lips from touching.

“Killian.”

“Say it again.”

“Ki, Killian…….”

“Yes.”

He released the arms that had caged her in and grabbed Aria’s shoulders.

“If you come any closer, I’ll scream.”

“Go ahead.”

He leaned his face in as if he was going to block Aria’s lips. Aria was so surprised that she turned her head to the other side. Perhaps because of his soft lips touching her cheek, her heart was pounding.

“Ugh…….”

Perhaps because she had avoided him, he bit Aria’s ear. And he obsessively touched the detestable earring, and she felt strange in her body because of the wet and soft sensation. She unconsciously shrank back and tried to push him away.

But her shoulders were still held in place.

He turned her head back to the direction she had turned away from. Then, Aria turned her head to the other side this time.

Killian felt his patience reaching its limit and grabbed Aria’s chin.

“If you avoid me, I will bite you.”

“Ha, but you just bit me……!”

“Yes.”

Aria was so surprised by his approach that she closed her eyes tightly.

For some reason, he didn’t like that Aria was trembling in fear of him. Just a few days ago, she was a woman who looked him straight in the eye and talked to him.

Just because he had regained his memory, which he hadn’t even lost, her attitude could change this much.

“Aria.”

“……Yes?”

“Kiss me.”

“Ah, that’s…….”

“If you don’t, I will tell His Highness everything that happened here.”

She was at a crossroads. If she listened to Killian and kissed him, she would continue to be dragged around by him. Moreover, the Killian of the original story had died without kissing anyone.

And if she kissed him here, it would look like she was kissing him because she loved Lionell.

“Do you hate me that much?”

“Huh?”

“So…… So you’re going this far?”

“Aria.”

She thought that was why he had regained his memory and was not keeping the promise he had made with her. Otherwise, there was no way he would completely ignore his promise and threaten her.

And on top of that, he had called her to this dangerous place and created this situation.

“If you kidnapped me, you have to take responsibility.”

“But if you just let me go back…….”

“What can’t I say in front of a kidnapper? I didn’t even have my memories back then.”

Aria was thinking. He was probably trying to kiss her to humiliate her.

“Perhaps……”

“……..”

“Perhaps… did you distance yourself from Young Lady Melina because of me?”

Aria asked, remembering that Melina and he had not entered arm in arm.

“Yes. Then will Princess Aria take responsibility?”

Killian answered without hesitation. Because it seemed like Aria strangely thought that he was fond of Melina.

He wanted Aria to feel the same resentment he was feeling.

Even though he had already broken off his engagement with Melina when he met Aria.