Becoming the Villain’s Family - Chapter 256

Chapter 256

“But, now you think you can get everything you once gave up from me?”

After saying those words, Sabina realized what she truly wanted to confirm from Tristan. Until then, she had been confused because she didn’t even know her own heart…..

‘Ah, shit.’ It was only when she asked that question that she found out.

Sabina wanted to hear a confession directly from him. She wanted a straightforward confession, not vague or ambiguous expressions, to confirm her own feelings.

“Wait, don’t say it.”

Sabina firmly silenced Tristan’s words, who was licking his crimson lips without hesitation. She even raised her heel to keep his mouth shut.

She was afraid that after hearing his response, it would be irreversible.

However, he didn’t stop.

Tristan released her hand, pressing his hand firmly onto Sabina’s palm as if leaving a deep kiss on her hand.

Then he withdrew his hand, saying,

“I see fleeting hope in you every day.”

Her intense flame even gave hope to his soul that had thought all hope was lost. It made him dream of tomorrow.

“I like you, Sabina.”

“…..”

“Enough to make me want to live.”

The man who had imposed death on her dreamed of life.

He saw fleeting hope in her.

‘Hope in Valentine.’

In a place like Valentine, was there a more accurate expression than ‘fleeting’?

“Did you expect that your life would change in some way as long as I’m around?”

Even if Sabina showed him hope, in reality, nothing would change.

‘His world is still a ruin, no matter what.’

In his world there were no days when the rain stopped nor days when the sunshine came.

Sabina was just an ordinary human with a strong desire to live, stronger than most people. She didn’t possess any special abilities.

“I don’t have the skill to keep the devil’s malice away from you.”

Even the Valentine bloodline with their monstrous physical abilities couldn’t do anything about it, how can she? Tristan must have known this better than anyone else.

“Yes, that’s probably true.”

And he admitted that fact.

“But with you around, my life will be completely different.”

“…..”

“Hope and the like can just remain fleeting.”

What Tristan needed was not delusional hope. It was Sabina herself, who made him have hope.

“Even if my hope becomes a reality, it’s unnecessary without you.”

“….”

“Even if what you carry is actually misfortune, it doesn’t matter.”

It was an incredibly foolish judgment. But it was a human judgment.

Sabina, hearing words so uncharacteristic of Tristan, felt a sense of discomfort welling up inside her.

She clenched her fist tightly and averted her gaze.

“You should learn to act more calculatedly. You’re going to become the demon Grand Duke soon, but you haven’t lived up to the name at all.”

He responded to her muttering with a smirk.

“Well, you’re not that different from me.”

Sabina had nothing to say.

Her heart had been pounding so much since she heard his confession. It had been throbbing painfully.

It was different from what she was saying as if she was repeatedly denying it.

Could it be that he noticed…

“…you heard it?”

Upon reflection, it seemed that way. Someone who could discern footsteps from afar couldn’t possibly fail to hear the sound of a heartbeat right in front of him.

Unable to contain her embarrassment, Sabina finally asked bluntly.

“Can, can you hear it?”

Without even attempting to conceal her flushed cheeks, she asked as if she hadn’t noticed herself.

Thump, thump.

Tristan thought. If he told her that her heart is racing like a wild horse, she would probably get angry.

“It’s noisy…..”

After a moment of silence, he answered in a low, almost whispering voice.

His eyes seemed to be crooked.

If he can hear it, he should just say he can just hear it. He was just ading insult to injury by saying it’s noisy.

“Then you…”

Sabina shook off Tristan’s hand. She then raised her eyes and placed her hand on Tristan’s chest.

She wanted to retort that he had no right to make such a remark about her heart when he thought his own was perfectly fine after saying such strange things.

However, Sabina almost stumbled forward due to her surprise and pushed him away, so Tristan had to catch Sabina.

A droplet of water at the end of Tristan’s hair fell onto Sabina’s face.

“Are you okay?”

No, she wasn’t okay.

Sabina had to pull herself away from his embrace, carefully removing his hand.

Her face, through her disheveled hair, aws excessively red. The sound of the heartbeat, transmitted through her palm, was almost deafening.

Every element of him was overly erotic.

‘Suddenly being drawn to someone emotionally and sexually, isn’t it the end?’

Strangely, her hand trembled as if it was thrilled by the sound of his heartbeat.

And every inch of his taut muscles that her skin touched, too.

‘After hearing the confession he won’t ever let me go even if I die, I didn’t think it meant this.’

Tristan’s prediction had come true.

Of course, at that time, it had a somewhat possessive tone. As if he would keep her by his side even if he had to imprison her. However, in the end, it felt like she was completely captured in a different sense.

Maybe she was already captured.

“Truly… stupid.”

Sabina didn’t know if she was saying this to Tristan or to herself. She had willingly walked into the trap, even though she knew it was a trap from the beginning.

‘I can’t deny it anymore.’

Sabina had been helplessly attracted to Tristan.

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