-You kidnapped and put someone in a cage, are you happy? Great job. Are you satisfied now?
-...
- I asked you a question! Are you satisfied?
“I can’t be satisfied with just this.” There's still a long way to go, Adaline.
— Shane Blanchard.
When she said his name quietly, Shane looked straight at Adaline. Meeting his gaze, Adaline spoke slowly.
- Don't do anything that you will regret later.
Instead of making him repent, no way to escape came to mind, but she knew something. Since her rebirth, more than half of Adaline's life has been a lie.
- Regret?
Shane suddenly burst out laughing.
“I’m done with regrets.” On the very day you 'died'.
- So, what is the reason? Because I deceived you? Because you thought I was dead? Should I apologize for being alive? Yes, I really regret that I deceived you, but I had no other choice...
The smile instantly disappeared from Shane's face. Adaline found herself falling silent involuntarily.
“You, dying right before my eyes... It’s still vivid in my memory.”
-...
- Yes, because you are alive...
Shane gritted his teeth. He remained pale and motionless, as if not knowing what to do. Like a person faced with a suddenly opened wound.
‘I ruined everything...’
Looking at the doll's face, her sanity slowly returned. Adaline reminded herself that she was locked in a secluded room with this madman.
Moreover, the man in front of her was neither her ex-fiancé nor her childhood friend.
It was a complete stranger.
‘I really deceived him, but should I just apologize and beg for forgiveness? ‘
A feeling of fear crept into my soul. The terrifying aspect of a madman is not knowing what he might do next.
However, Shane simply sat back in his chair and silently looked at Adaline for a while with calm eyes. He didn't say a word.
Then he suddenly stood up. Adalyn screamed involuntarily.
- Wait, Shane!
Before he opened the door, Shane stopped and turned to look at Adaline. His clear blue eyes, sometimes even called sapphire, were now clouded with dark emotions.
The affectionate groom whom she admired became a completely different person in just five years.
- Don't even think about running away. Unless you want to see how far I can go.
With these words, Shane left the room.
Left alone, Adaline exhaled only after a moment. Her body, tense to the limit, relaxed. They had no idea that she was so tense.
The bed, soft enough to sink into, was very comfortable, but Adaline couldn't enjoy it. The dark room suited the situation perfectly.
‘What does all this mean? ‘
What is this? This damn situation? How did it all come to this?
If Shane was the same protagonist Adaline knew, she wouldn't be scared no matter what the situation was. But this man was a complete stranger to Adalyn.
She wanted to believe that Shane couldn't be like that... but judging by his eyes, there would be nothing strange in the fact that if it was the main character Shane from the novel who killed 'Adaline', there would be nothing strange.
‘I don’t know where exactly everything went wrong...’
Five years later, the main character, who should have been enjoying a happy ending, began to kidnap people and act like an accomplice to infidelity...
“If I had known that you would fall for such a simple trick as announcing your death, I would have done it earlier.”
This meant that the death notice was fake.
‘Well, that’s fortunate.’
If her mother had been alive, there couldn't have been better news. Even Adaline, who had dedicated her life to escape, could not question or ignore her mother's death, no matter how hard she tried to disappear.
Perhaps Shane even suspected that Adaline felt guilty towards her family. That's why he chose it as a means so that she couldn't ignore it.
‘Where does truth end and lies begin? ‘
She couldn't trust anything.
Did the Saint really have a happy marriage?
‘Is it true that she became happy by marrying this scoundrel? ‘
Fundamental doubts arose.
Since the point of this empty-headed novel is that the main character Genevieve receives love and healing, thereby cleansing the world, the main character should be happy.
However, the behavior of the ex-groom, who averts his eyes and kidnaps his ex-bride, seemed far from happy.
At least in the novels she read, not a single line mentioned such an event.
‘After the villain escaped a bad end, she was kidnapped and imprisoned...’
Moreover, the main character turned out to be the villain.
Was it a mistake to firmly believe that he couldn't be a villain because he was the main character?
‘No, he was very kind when we were young, right? ‘
Kind... Was he kind?
Adaline carefully immersed herself in her memories.
Yes, from the very beginning.