“No need.”
Annie said it so bluntly that Lauren couldn’t help but turn his head away.
He was clearly a conservative at heart.
Lauren backed down, but Annie wasn’t going to let him off.
In love, her strategy was to advance when the enemy retreated.
Faced with someone who was afraid of love, Annie would close the distance between them.
She stretched out her limbs and hugged Lauren tightly through a thin blanket.
Their bodies pressed closely together, exchanging warmth.
“But boss, your body doesn’t seem to agree, meow?”
She faced him and teased.
“I can feel boss’s body is really hot. Want me to—”
Lauren rolled over, pinning her beneath him, his breathing rapid.
Annie blushed, looking like she was ready to be taken.
‘It’s all your fault, Annie, always doing this. When did I ever notice that you, this cat, could be so seductive behind my back?! In the morning, you’re making me all pent up! As a normal functioning person, I can’t take it! This early morning, you’re being rebellious, aren’t you! Wait, no—could there be a conspiracy?! Screw it, let’s just enjoy it first! Ah, can’t let my lust rule my head. Suddenly this—there must be a trap! Haven’t I been suffering long enough? Can’t I enjoy myself a little?’
Lauren’s mind buzzed, as if two little people were arguing in his ears, reason and emotion at war.
‘Didn’t Annie pledge her loyalty to you yesterday? Now she’s offering herself, and you’re refusing? Too hypocritical!’
‘So pretentious. This twisted personality will ruin you. I say enjoy it first, the rest is nonsense. Getting on top is winning!’
‘What if it’s poisoned arsenic? Look at her words last night. What if she locks you in a dark room later? Brainless!’
‘Don’t forget, there’s important business today. Do you want to spend the whole day in this bed fooling around? You’ll only hurt yourself in the end!’
‘Stop arguing!’
After a painful struggle in his mind, Lauren finally suppressed his desire.
What I want is sincerity in return.
I originally yearned for pure love!
In a society drowning in materialism, I carried a heart of pure love, like Ip Man bringing his fists to World War II!
He could sense that behind Annie’s heart, there were many hidden secrets.
This was not what he wanted.
Overthinking it, Lauren calmed down and spoke his next plan to her.
“Annie, I want to break off the engagement…”
“Break off the engagement? With who, meow?”
“Yuli Floren.”
Lauren replied flatly.
These few words sent a huge wave crashing through Annie’s heart, overturning her hundred years of experience.
Boss actually wants to break off the engagement!
She had thought about her own actions changing the future drastically, but she never imagined this.
The biggest change—the engagement-breaking incident involving three women—and Lauren, the storm’s eye, was the one to initiate it, ahead of his own fiancée.
Walk her path so she has no path to walk.
Was it for her sake then?
“Why? Boss was always unable to forget Miss Yuli before. It was almost like no one else would do…”
Annie couldn’t help but ask, with a faint hint of anticipation.
“Because… I don’t like her anymore…”
What other reason could there be for calling off an engagement?
It must be incompatibility, no longer loving her!
But to Annie, those words tasted different.
“Boss, since you don’t like Miss Yuli, that means you have someone else you like, someone who makes you need to break off the engagement, meow!”
Annie looked at him with expectant eyes, and Lauren only said:
“Something like that…”
‘Then it must be me,’ Annie thought to herself naturally.
Boss hardly has any women around him!
Yuli Floren is out of the running!
Who has been with boss the longest?
It’s me, Annie Liko!
That village girl saintess, Lian Camilla, is probably still raising chickens in some remote corner!
So the final victor is me!
Breaking off the engagement is proof of his love.
Annie had already connected all the dots and believed it without a doubt.
“Boss, no time to lose. Let’s go break off the engagement right now, meow!”
Annie urged Lauren impatiently.
She couldn’t wait to cut through this tangled knot from their past life!
‘I’ve finally gained a little happiness. I’ll just run away with boss and we’ll be happy together forever, meow!’
Because of the information gap, Lauren obviously had no idea what Annie was thinking.
He only noticed that after he said that, Annie’s enthusiasm surged to unprecedented levels, which really surprised him.
“Boss, I’ll prepare everything for you right away, meow!”
Afraid that delays would cause changes, Annie jumped off the bed, leaving behind just one sentence.
“Break off the engagement! Right now! Can’t wait…!!!”
…
Duke Village.
Originally part of the Scotmart territory, Yuli Floren was the daughter of Knight Lord Kaer, who was stationed here.
Due to the Scotmart family’s years of decline, Yuli was also freed from the historical tradition of becoming a knight for this family, and became a free knight.
However, everything about the Scotmart family that she hated did not leave her; she was still bound by one identity from that family.
The fiancée of Lauren Scotmart, the last duke of Scotmart.
At this moment, in the Florence household, the warm morning light shone into the girl’s room, illuminating two vibrant, youthful figures.
A girl with flowing silver hair lay on her bed in floral pajamas, her small feet restlessly kicking the bedboard.
She bit her red lips, her beautiful face full of worry.
Clearly, Yuli’s mind was working hard on how to shed her identity as Lauren’s fiancée.
“Oh, Lian, what should I do!”
“That stubborn father of mine won’t agree to my request to break off the engagement with that Lauren Scotmart!”
“Use that wise head of yours to think of a way!”
“You don’t want your beautiful lover to spend her whole life bearing children for some disreputable nobleman, do you!”
Yuli looked up at the beautiful girl with short golden hair, who was currently serving as her lap pillow.
Her small, pale hand was cool as she gently rubbed Yuli’s head.
It felt so nice!
Seeing Yuli’s innocent gaze, Lian was very satisfied.
Her smile didn’t change, and she spoke in a gentle tone:
“My little flower Yuli, how about going to Sword God Mountain to participate in the Sword Lord’s Trial?”
“If you can pass the sword path trial and become a disciple of the Sword Lord, no one can force you to do anything you don’t like.”
Yuli frowned as if remembering something, then her eyes widened in shock.
“The Sword Lord? You mean the legendary Pillar of the State of our Thornflower Empire?”