The Unlikely Imprint of the Villainess and the Male Lead - Chapter 3
Chapter 3
Translator: Yonnee
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The atmosphere in the room changed in an instant.
As if spellbound by the man’s gaze, a dazed voice escaped from Luciana’s lips.
The man was as handsome as she had expected. Perhaps the most handsome man she had ever seen in both her past and present lives.
But Luciana’s surprise was not only due to his superior appearance, which was almost reverent to behold. It was the rare black hair and the eerie aura emanating from his red eyes.
She had no acquaintance with him, but his appearance was familiar. She had seen him from a distance once before.
‘Isn’t he… the male lead?’
Richt Cassio.
As his identity silently surfaced in her muddled mind, Luciana covered her lips and let out a high-pitched scream as if she had witnessed a murder scene.
‘Wait a minute. Did I… sleep with the male lead?’
Realizing what she had done, Luciana’s face turned ghostly pale.
‘The male lead… Is it really Richt?’
Was it okay for things to turn out this way? What about the rest of the original story?
It was just a single night. Suddenly, her thoughts raced to that point.
What had happened at the ball, and why was Richt here with her instead of the female lead?
Luciana bit her lip hard enough to draw blood as she looked at Richt, who had forgotten his important role as the male lead and spent the night with her.
‘What part of the original story is this?’
Growing anxious, Luciana tried to recall the long-forgotten novel, but Richt did not wait for her.
“Gah!”
He grabbed Luciana’s shoulder through the blanket, forcing her to look directly at him.
His tightly closed lips, stiffened jaw, and eyes trembling with undisguised confusion.
Richt seemed as disbelieving of this moment as she was. No, he seemed overly agitated for merely encountering an unexpected situation.
“Please, let go of this first….”
Luciana cautiously pushed away his hand, which was beginning to tighten its grip, as cold sweat ran down her back.
She couldn’t forget the look on his face.
It would have been better if he had shown displeasure while maybe thinking, ‘Did I really sleep with this woman?’ That way, she would have felt bad but not this inexplicable anxiety.
His current expression seemed beyond shock—almost as if he were in a state of panic.
For the male lead, who had everything, to crumble over a mere one-night mistake.
Knowing Richt’s personality from the original story, Luciana found it exceedingly strange.
‘…I have a bad feeling about this.’
Luciana felt a kind of tension she had never experienced before.
Even without a fierce growl, a predator was still a predator.
Just sitting across from him made her feel like prey.
‘I need to wrap this up and leave quickly.’
Deciding it was best not to linger, Luciana was about to say something when…
“You.”
“!”
A voice devoid of any warmth seized her attention.
“Speak.”
“W-What are you talking about…?”
Was he asking about her household or name?
For a moment, she thought so, but his expression suggested he wasn’t interested in trivial details.
Luciana racked her brain as best as she could. However, too tense to think clearly, she couldn’t discern the intent behind Richt’s question.
“Haa.”
Growing impatient, Richt kindly added an explanation.
“If you don’t want to be interrogated, confess what you did to my body.”
“…What?”
Luciana was startled to hear such an absurd accusation without any evidence.
Richt, like her, seemed to have no memory of the previous night.
But even so, what did he mean by what she did to his body?
‘…Wait a minute. One of the male lead’s established characterizations is being an impenetrable fortress with women.’
From his perspective, seeing a stranger appear naked in front of him would naturally raise suspicions.
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