Chapter 49
When I Stopped Being Your Shadow
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âHey, Ines!â
Ryan hurriedly turned around.
Ines, who was sitting in the carriage, looked down at Ryan with a pathetic gaze.
âStill the same.â
What?â
âWhen visiting someone elseâs house, it is polite to make an appointment in advance and not visit too late or too early.â
ââ¦â
Looking at Ryan with a confused face, Ines smiled prettily.
âEven those basic manners are still not observed.â
As soon as they met face to face, the continuous venom poured out, and Ryan felt his mind dizzy.
But for a while.
âOh, no.â
He was lucky to meet Ines, but he couldnât stand idly like this. Ryan hurriedly opened his mouth.
âWell, Charlotte.â
âCharlotte?â
âI think Charlotte is spreading rumors, and itâs all nonsense.â
Ryan continued to speak hurriedly.
âI seduced Charlotte first, she said, what nonsense is that?â
ââ¦.â
âYou donât believe in such nonsense, do you? Huh?â
Ryan, who was babbling over and over, felt the heat rising in his head.
Once again, it was due to anger.
Ryan raised his voice without realizing it.
âRather, Charlotte seduced me first!â
ââ¦.â
âYouâre the only one I love, although for a moment I went crazy!â
He felt suffocated by the subdued air around him. Ryan pleaded with Ines in a squeezing voice.
âYouâre the only one for me!!â
Ines just looked at Ryan with an incomprehensible gaze, and kept silent.
Ryan felt his heart tighten as he panicked.
âWhy is she so quiet?â
He would rather Ines would be angry or respond back. â¦
But then.
Ines opened her mouth with a cheerful voice.
âOh, Charlotte?â
At the same time, Ryanâs face was distorted.
âCharlotte?!â
Ryan quickly looked back.
Charlotte, who was standing behind Ryan, opened her eyes and glared at Ryan.
She shot with a very sharp voice.
âRyan, how could you do this to me?!â
Charlotte has now even forgotten to call Ryan âMaster Gottâ, which she used to call in consideration of other peopleâs views.
Charlotte roared again.
âYou ignored my calls until now! Do I have to go looking for you like this?!â
After Baroness Wickhamâs tea time.
Charlotte pondered for several days, and she came to the conclusion that she should not be like this.
âIf I keep going like this, Iâm really going to become garbage.â
And she had already been completely humiliated by Ines. She couldnât persuade Ines, and she didnât want to do it again because her pride was hurt.
So now the last string left was Ryan.
âItâs not a prestigious family, and at least I have to cling to the second son of a Viscount!â
But already rumors surrounding Charlotte werenât too good.
Besides, she has already had a bad relationship with the ladies who could introduce her to good men, so Ryan was the only alternative.
But the problem was.
âWhy the hell canât I contact Ryan?â
After he divorced Ines, Charlotte hadnât been able to get in touch with Ryan. As if he was deliberately avoiding her.
ââ¦.No way, thatâs not true.â
With her uneasy mind, Charlotte looked around the bars that Ryan used to frequent.
The drunken men spoke to each other in mocking voices.
So, just in case, Charlotte came to the Briertonâs residence to check it once.
âNo, why is Ryan here?!â
Charlotte opened her eyes wide.
Ryan was arguing, blocking Inesâs carriage going into her house.
âPlease, trust me. Yes?â
Ryan looked up at Ines in her carriage with pleading eyes.
And Charlotte saw Ryanâs face like that for the first time. When he whispered sweet words to Charlotte, or when they mixed their bodies and climaxed together, Ryan always acted like he was in control.
âNever once had he wanted me in such a way or so desperately!â
Charlotteâs eyes went white with rage. She shot sharply.
âWhy donât you beg with the pretty Countess of Brierton more?â
âCharlotte, you!â
âThen you will lick her shoes too. Yes?â
At that outright sarcasm, Ryan had a pierced face, but that was for a moment.
Ryan immediately turned to face Charlotte with a brazen expression on his face.
âWhy do you care if I beg Ines or not?â
âWhat?â
Charlotteâs face hardened.
Ryan twisted the tip of his lips at an angle.
It was a mean smile.
âWhat are you asking me to do?â
âRyan, what are you sayingâ¦â¦ !â
âGet a grip, Charlotte. You are nothing to me.â
Ryan looked Charlotte up and down with a pathetic expression.
âIn the first place, do you think youâre a good match for Ines?â
âRyan!â
Charlotteâs eyes fluttered violently.
Ryan laughed at Charlotte again.
âInes is the Countess of Brierton, how about you?â
âYou, you⦠!â
âArenât you the only daughter of a Baron, whose only dust comes out when you shake it off?â
Charlotte, unable to overcome her shame, gritted her teeth. Ryan threatened Charlotte like that.
âOn a subject like that, how dare you spread the rumor that I seduced you first?â
âYou said you loved me! Soâ¦â¦ !â
âLove? Donât be ridiculous!â
Ryan raised his voice sharply.
Ines, who was watching the couple, smiled mischievously. Now Ryan and Charlotte had completely forgotten Ines, and they were fighting each other.
âYou know what? I divorced Ines because of you!â
Ryan pointed at Charlotte.
âThat alone makes me angry, but how dare you spread such nonsense?!â
âRyan, thatâs⦠!â
âYou know how ashamed I was with that nonsense!!â
Charlotte bit her lip to protest, but that was all she could do.
It was because she was speechless by Ryanâs relentless pouring of insults. In addition, since her partner was Ryan, who had been dating for a long time, the shock must have been great.
Ines glanced at Charlotte.
It was quite pathetic to see Charlotte shaking her shoulders and looking pitiful, but Ines didnât want to comfort Charlotte.
Instead, Ines recalled the past before her regression.
âPretending to be the love of the century like that.â
In her studio, which Ines gave Ryan, while rubbing their lips and mixing their bodies.
Ines laughed.
âSuch a shallow loveâ¦â
âLetâs go.â
There was nothing more to look at.
After giving the command to the coachman, the carriage started moving again.
The door to the townhouse opened.
âHey, Ines!â
Ryan, who belatedly noticed that Ines was entering the townhouse, rushed towards the carriage.
âGo back, Master Gott.â
At Inesâ cold words, Ryan had to stop.
âOf course, if you want to be more chaotic, thatâs fine. But.â
Glancing at Ryanâs bewildered face, Ines bent her bright eyes.
âIâll report it to the authorities, so you know.â
âCome on, wait a minute. what is thatâ¦â¦ .â
âAlso, I never gave you permission to call my name, so in the future, please be polite and call me Countess of Brierton.â
Inesâs smile grew a little darker.
It was a cold smile.
âItâs very uneducated for a Viscountâs son to call a Countâs real name. Donât you think so?â
With those words, Inesâ carriage went into the townhouse.
Chop-t-ch-k-kang!
The iron door was closed.
âCome on, wait! Wait⦠!â
Ryan somehow tried to talk to Ines a little more, but it was all in vain.
âStop it. Itâs late, so please go home.â
âIf you keep doing this, I really have no choice but to report it to the authorities.â
The guards intercepted Ryan with a grim face. Ryan looked at the back of the carriage moving away with a bewildered gaze, but je could not call Inesâs name recklessly like before.
Ines was very pleased with the quietness.