I, Who Was Betrayed By The People I Loved Most - Chapter 11
Julius bowed slightly and began to speak, choosing his words with care.
“Truthfully, my father has spoken to me about Lady Camille for some time now, and I had been looking forward to meeting her.
However… if you are carrying a child, then that life must come first.
And…”
He paused for a moment, exhaled softly, and shook his head.
“If you’ve done something that tramples on Lady Leticia’s kindness, after she raised you with such devotion…
Then honestly, I’m disappointed in you. Not just as a noble, but as a person.”
At his words, Camille’s face stiffened instantly.
“You don’t have any right to say that! You don’t know anything about me! I have my own reasons!”
The man she had been admiring moments ago, she now glared at with bitterness.
To change her attitude the moment she realizes she can’t marry him—how transparent.
I rose slowly from my chair, swallowing the storm within me, and spoke with calm clarity.
“I… will be filing for divorce.
And I will be leaving this house.”
“W–Wait, Aunt Leticia! Please don’t! That’s not what I wanted! I didn’t mean for this to happen!”
“Regardless of your intentions, my decision will not change.
You and Oswald must take responsibility and raise the child together.
That is my only wish.”
My words were cool and even—not out of spite.
But once a new life has been created from such a relationship,
Then I believe they must bear the consequences to the end.
“I can’t… I can’t do that… I never meant to drive you away, Aunt Leticia.
This isn’t what I wanted… Now I realize I need you…
Please, forgive me! It was just… just a fleeting romance! You understand, don’t you?”
Camille swayed on her feet, muttering desperately.
But even then, I couldn’t find it in me to feel sorry for her.
There was no sympathy left—only the cold recognition of a wall that now stood between us.
“I’m sorry. I don’t understand that… at all.”
The niece I once saw as a daughter now felt like a stranger speaking in a foreign tongue.
We had lived under the same roof, spent so much time together—
And yet, somehow… she had drifted unimaginably far from me.
It was then— “You mustn’t leave!”
The sudden voice came from Marie—my personal maid, who had remained silent until now.
Her voice trembled as she cried out, her eyes glistening with tears.
“My lady must stay! Please… I beg you, don’t leave this house…!”
Marie stepped forward, struggling to hold back her tears.
“You have no idea how much I’ve… how much I’ve sacrificed to protect you…”
I turned my gaze to Marie, momentarily speechless by the raw emotion in her eyes.
—And that was when I learned the second shocking truth.