The Strange Groom's Cursed Bride - Chapter 43: If I must...

... Her heart hitched, faltered, and began pounding in her chest like a traitor trying to break out.

She took a half-step back before forcing herself still. She wet her lips. Her voice didn’t come out strong.

"...H-How did you know?"

Hardy didn’t answer immediately. He tilted his head, eyes scanning her face—not cruelly, not even accusingly. Just... calmly. Like he had seen it all before, and understood more than she did.

Then he looked around at the estate steps, the ...