“Mmph, mmph!”

‘Please, someone help me!’

She struggled violently while screaming these words only in her mind, unable to voice them aloud.

“Mark?”

A familiar voice came from behind her. When she looked toward the sound, Dion stood there with narrowed eyes, watching them.

“Oh, Dion! Did you come looking for me? Sorry. I was having so much fun I lost track of time.”

Mark released Angela and spouted words that could easily be misunderstood. Since Dion had only seen their backs, Mark seemed to think he could act shamelessly, knowing Dion couldn’t tell what the situation really was.

“Having fun?”

One of Dion’s eyebrows twitched. His gaze immediately shifted back and forth between Mark and Angela.

“As you can see.”

Mark grinned. Anyone would easily misunderstand this situation.

“No. I was just passing by and got grabbed. I have nothing to do with those two people.”

Thinking Dion might misunderstand this ridiculous situation, Angela protested her innocence.

“Those two people?”

Suspicion flickered in Dion’s eyes. He looked like he couldn’t believe her words.

“Over there, those two…”

Angela stopped mid-sentence when she tried to turn her gaze toward Mark and the woman who had been with him. The woman who had been with him had already disappeared.

Oh, did she leave in the meantime?

Angela’s pupils trembled slightly. She had suddenly been put in a situation where it looked like she was lying.

“What’s going on here?”

Dion’s gaze turned to Mark.

“I was enjoying myself with Miss Huntley when you showed up. So could you give us a little more time?”

Lies poured from his mouth like water.

‘What is he talking about? He was enjoying himself with another woman, so why is he trying to pin this on me?’

Mark’s lies were absolutely outrageous. Angela’s patience reached its limit, fearing she would be branded a loose woman or that terrible rumors would spread about her being that damned man’s lover, so she shouted loudly.

“Don’t lie. You have a married woman for a lover. You were enjoying yourself with her, so why are you doing this to me? If you hadn’t grabbed my wrist, I would have already left this place.”

“Hah. Miss Huntley. You were deliciously sucking my c*ck just moments ago, so why are you suddenly pretending not to know me?”

Angela’s face reddened at the man’s vulgar words.

That man was insane. He wouldn’t say such things unless he had lost his mind.

“Stop talking nonsense.”

If he was saying this while sane, his purpose must be to tarnish Angela’s reputation.

“Now that Miss Huntley has become my woman, Dion, shouldn’t you give up on Miss Huntley too?”

Just like she expected, Mark was trying to use that stain to make Angela his woman.

“No. That never happened.”

When Angela continued to bristle, Mark’s gaze turned to Dion.

“Your woman? Since when were you the type to settle down with one woman? Put your clothes on first before you talk, Mark.”

Dion’s voice, which sounded calm, was trembling slightly.

“I’m going to start now. From now on, Miss Huntley will be the only woman in my life.”

“Stop joking and speak seriously.”

“I’m serious.”

“…”

The moment he heard Mark’s words, Dion clenched his fists tight. He was extremely angry at the situation unfolding before his eyes.

He had come looking for Mark, who was late for their appointed time. Since he knew perfectly well where and what Mark would be doing during his missing hours, he had planned to grab him and leave immediately upon seeing him.

But an unexpected woman being with him had thrown off his planned schedule.

Why are the two of them together? Why isn’t Mark wearing anything on his lower body?

Mark’s words and Angela’s words were different, but Dion unconsciously thought Mark’s words were probably correct. Anyone could tell from Mark’s current state that he had been enjoying himself with someone, and right now only Mark and Angela were in front of his eyes.

Dion clenched his fists tight again.

Did she do that thing with Mark too?

At that moment, Dion recalled what had happened with Angela in the forest. Thinking back to her actions that had been so natural, she could easily have done that thing with other men besides him.

She really was a wh*re.

He wanted to deny it, wanted so desperately to deny it, but she seemed like a woman who would readily perform acts that brought pleasure to any man, not just Dion. More than anything else, this fact made Dion most furious.

Damn it.

And he directed that anger toward Mark.

“You bastard!”

He grabbed Mark by the collar and was about to punch him in the face when…

“Oh my goodness!”

Murmuring sounds came from around them. Someone must have heard them fighting and come over.

Behind the woman pointing at them with a shocked expression, several other people could be seen.

“Haha. Can’t be helped. Our relationship has been discovered, Miss Huntley.”

One corner of Mark’s mouth lifted. He didn’t care at all about being grabbed by the collar by Dion. He seemed to only want to make people misunderstand the relationship between him and Angela.

“I saw you two enjoying a secret meeting before, and now again? You two really get along well.”

And there was a woman who supported his words. Though she was acting like she had just coincidentally arrived with other people, she was the woman who had been intimate with Mark just moments ago.

‘I’ve been had.’

Angela could finally understand why this ridiculous situation had occurred.

Ignoring the woman he had been having a secret meeting with, lying to make Angela angry, provoking Dion to tie up his feet, still not wearing his pants – all of it had been to lead to this current situation.

And all of this was a scheme to damage Angela’s honor and force her to marry him. The ones who had helped him were probably his lover and the two noble young ladies who had talked about the tree of fate.

“…”

Angela’s body trembled with rage.

She had nearly died because of money, and now once again she was being used by terrible people because of money.

If she married Mark according to their wishes, he would obviously squander all the fortune Count Huntley had left her.

‘I can’t let things go according to their wishes!’

“We have no relationship at all. That man… he tried to harass me.”

So to escape the current situation, Angela had no choice but to claim that man called Mark had done terrible things to her.

He had shown her disgusting things she didn’t want to see, said vulgar things, and forcibly covered her mouth, so it wasn’t a lie.

“Miss Huntley, are you embarrassed? It’s okay. We’re dating, so everyone will understand.”

“Oh my, Miss Huntley seems very shy. Calling it harassment when it’s from your lover. That’s not harassment, that’s affection.”

But Mark and his lover tried to make the situation favorable to them by any means.

“We’ve spent nights together more than just today. So why are you acting like this?”

Furthermore, Mark didn’t hesitate to make statements that could deal a fatal blow to Angela.

Purity. Pre-marital purity wasn’t extremely important, but it was connected to family honor.