Chapter 25 What Happened at a Social Party (3)
Anthony Barco’s impression was more ordinary than I thought.
He found Roman with a common face and made a fuss with wide eyes.
“Roman! What the hell happened in the meantime?!”
Just now.
I heard through the servant that Roman had changed.
However, I did not expect the change to be this dramatic, so I looked at Roman with genuinely surprised eyes.
Roman said.
“I don’t know the English language either. When I poured a huge amount of money to manage my appearance, nothing changed. Anyway, nice to see you after a long time.”
put the horse at ease.
The light and flirtatious tone was based on the advice of Hans, who had been watching his relationship with Antony Barco.
‘The only person in the secret room is Anthony Barco.’
I looked around.
Anthony Barco, who had been enjoying a party with the ladies of other nobles until recently, sent them all away when he heard that Roman had arrived.
Maybe that’s why the table was really messed up.
It wasn’t enough that countless bottles of alcohol were scattered around, and it was not uncommon to see what was assumed to be women’s underwear.
It was guessed.
What kind of person was Antoni Barco and how he played in a closed room in the name of a social party.
so that.
Roman hid his true feelings.
While dealing with the cunning nerds of the Demonic Cult, he knew that he could not always deal with them only with the correct method.
‘Anthony Barco sent all the nobles from the secret room at the word that I had come. That means I’m telling a secret story that no one should ever hear, and I need a minimum of acting to hear it.’
laughed
As soon as I sat down in the chair, I drank a glass of alcohol, hoping that Antony Barco would think of him as the Roman he remembered.
widely.
“It’s great.”
The spirit of alcohol that passed through the esophagus was blown away at once.
Contrary to his outward appearance, Roman waited for Antoni Barco’s words with a calm gaze.
Anthony Barco.
Information about him is fragmentary.
Through Hans, I figured out the tendencies of the other person, but there was no way to find out the secret relationship between the two.
So I shut up.
By waiting still, the other person induced to speak first.
OK.
Anthony Barco opened his mouth.
“It’s nice to see you after a long time, you can take it as a positive meaning. In fact, even then, I was really curious what your intentions were. When you showed up from the bedroom in the secret room, after ignoring my friendship and forcing an arranged marriage with Lawrence… … . uh huh Even though it’s a secret social party, I didn’t expect you to go out that fast before getting married.”
social party.
secret room bedroom.
In a situation where fragments of the truth were popping out, Antony Barco spoke to the main point with a humorous expression.
“okay. Can you interpret your attendance at this party as meaning that you accepted my offer? No, since you proved your will by breaking up your marriage in the first place, you don’t even need to hear an answer. I’ll keep that time a secret, so let’s talk about marriage with Barco.”
Married to Barco.
The moment he mentioned a key word, the lock in Roman’s mind was unlocked.
click.
the other side of memory.
Memories from before life came alive.
that day.
Roman was very nervous at the thought of attending Barco’s social party.
“Whoa Roman Dmitry. Let’s not be too nervous. You betrayed Antony Barco and accepted an arranged marriage with Lawrence, but you can’t just avoid them forever, can you? So, let’s take this opportunity to rekindle our relationship with them.”
Barco’s invitation.
After confirming it and hesitating countless times, he finally decided to meet and solve the problem in person.
Opponent is Barco.
Because he might have to go to war with them because of himself, he wanted to solve the problem through dialogue as much as possible.
While his father pushed for an arranged marriage with Lawrence, he turned completely hostile to Barko, but Roman Dmitri decided that there was still plenty of room for dialogue in his young mind.
like that.
Roman went to the party.
Anthony Barco greeted Roman more than he thought, and as the tension eased, he drank as much as he could without realizing it.
That was the problem.
The film is cut.
When I woke up clutching my head that was about to break from a hangover, a completely unfamiliar sight unfolded before my eyes.
bed in the locker room.
There were women with faces I had never seen before.
Roman jumped out in a fright, and Antony Barco saw him.
It was from then.
Roman’s life fell to the floor.
Anthony Barco and Roman were usually promiscuous, so I thought they would just let it go, but Antony Barco said this with a ferocious face, as if he would eat Roman right away.
“Roman. I won’t say anything about you playing promiscuously with women ahead of your arranged marriage. But now do you know who you touched? The name of one of the women you were with is Emily Barko. You betrayed me and married Lawrence of convenience, and it was not enough to touch Barco’s woman.”
Emily Barko.
It was a collateral line of Barco.
From that day forward, Antony Barco used that fact as a pretext to blackmail him.
“Choose. Will we expose this fact and break off the marriage unilaterally, or will we fix our relationship again by marrying Barco’s direct, not collateral, family. I’m still angry at what you did, but I’m willing to suppress my anger and forgive you if you become a Barko man.”
The sky has fallen.
Upon returning from the party, Roman locked himself in his room and yelled at Hans to bring him a drink.
It was a day of pain.
two options.
all were the worst.
Dmitri’s honor would fall to the ground if his marriage was broken off for touching Barko’s collateral.
Roman Dmitrigi, who knew the reputation of a commoner family, did not have the confidence to handle the wrath of his father, Baron Romero, when such a thing happened.
However, I couldn’t choose the latter.
Roman loved Flora.
I fell for her the first time I saw her, and even though I knew what the family would pay for an arranged marriage, I asked my father to do it.
But now, asking for a breakup is not enough, and he has to dishonor the woman he truly loves as a ‘breakup woman’.
It was unacceptable.
got into trouble
Anthony Barco sent letters from time to time to pressure him, and eventually the moment of choice came.
that day.
Roman chose to commit suicide.
He was a weak human being.
A human being who had not achieved anything properly with his own strength did not have the confidence to solve the problem and believed that all problems would be solved if he died.
the death of the firstborn.
It was also a disgrace to the Dmitri family, but still, it would be better than being unilaterally broken off due to her son’s lewd behavior, and Flora Lawrence also thought that bereavement was a much better option than being labeled a broken woman.
really.
It was pathetic.
Remembering the past, Roman showed a devastated smile.
‘It’s such a shabby reality.’
reason for suicide.
It wasn’t great.
Barko performed tricks common in politics, and Roman, a weak human, gave up his life out of fear of his father and sincerity toward Flora.
If Roman had trusted his father. Baron Romero would never have let his son commit suicide.
But I didn’t know Roman.
Because of how much his father loved him, he took on the burden of chewing the medicine.
and.
back to reality
When he looked ahead, he saw Antoni Barco waiting for Roman’s answer.
Dimitri’s breakup.
When he first heard the news, Anthony Barco felt really good, like he had the whole world.
‘Stupid boy! To really break off the engagement over something I don’t even remember.’
Roman’s memory.
It was far from the truth.
It is true that he came to his senses on the bed in the secret room, but Roman did not touch the woman he was with at all.
In fact, at first, I was thinking of working sober.
I thought the work would be easy for Roman, who usually lived a promiscuous life, but his reaction was different from what I expected.
“I’m sorry, but I’m about to get married. I have no intention of hanging out with other women from now on.”
It was like
Anthony Barco’s judgment was completely distorted by the way he talked about love, saying that he had been a romanticist since when.
So it was planned.
He made Roman drunk and persuaded the helpless collateral woman to act as if he had slept with Roman.
It was a strategy that Roman had no choice but to be defeated.
If you weren’t promiscuous in the first place, you wouldn’t know, but because Roman was promiscuous, he believed it was his fault.
and.
threatened Roman.
As planned, Roman chose to break off the marriage, and Antoni Barko knew what the finale of this plan would be.
‘Now the Lawrence family is completely cornered. But I will fight until the end to protect my pride. In this situation, what if Barko and Dmitri had an arranged marriage? The game is over. There is no force in the northeast area that can handle the power of Barko and Dmitri because they simply endured with willpower.’
It was perfect.
Swallowing a laugh inwardly, Antoni Barco spat out a flattering remark toward Roman, his puppet.
“Roman. The combination of Barko and Dmitri is a huge issue that will turn the Northeast area upside down. No one will be able to cross our iron fortress, and you can seize power over the entire northeast region. And as you know, my sister whom you will marry is a beauty that everyone knows. It’s an offer that you have no reason to refuse.”
It was sweet.
It was an offer that could only be deceptive for a man, and Antony Barco naturally assumed that Roman would accept it.
however.
Roman’s reaction was different from what he expected.
“I don’t think I need to accept an arranged marriage for that reason alone.”
“… what?”
Antony Barco’s expression hardened.
Thinking he had heard it wrong for a moment, he said it again.
“You seem to be mistaken, but this is not an either-or option. If you refuse Barko’s offer, I have no choice but to disclose to the world what happened in the locked room bed. Then what will be Dmitri’s status? You said you broke off the engagement with Lawrence, but people probably think the reason for the breakup is because of your flirtation with women. So think carefully. If you want to carry your face in the future.”
It was a threat.
Even facing Antony Barco’s ferocious face, Roman showed a smirk without the slightest agitation.
legs crossed
Then he looked straight at Antony Barco.
a few days ago.
Roman investigated the Barco family.
What kind of place Barco is and how strong they are.
and made a judgment.
“You just said that. Dmitri doesn’t have to accept Barko’s offer for such trivial reasons.”
the northeast area.
The boss here is not Barko, but Dmitri.
