I Won't Go Back To My Family Who Abandon Me novel Chapter 16

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While Leticia and the twin were out having a good time, Enoch received a letter. It was from the Achilles' property manager cautiously advising the closure of the pink diamond mine he owns.

˜The pink diamond mine...'

It was a mine that Enoch's father, the Duke of the Sun, paid too much for. It was one of the main things that led the Achilles family to ruin.

[The pink diamonds will now appear!]

When the Duke visited the mine with a young Enoch, he sang that pink diamonds would flood out one day.

In fact, buying a pink diamond mine wasn't such a bad idea.

Beautiful and brilliant pink diamonds are the rarest of all jewels and have a special meaning of ˜eternal youth and beauty' and ˜making wishes come true' in the Helios Empire.

The problem was that no pink diamonds had been found since purchasing the mine.

No, that's not completely true... some did come out.

They were full of impurities, and less valuable than stones lying on the ground.

In the end, it became a most troublesome existence now and it only took on debt.

˜It would be right to sort it out.'

Marquis Leroy had purchased a mine that produced a pink ore that could replace the pink diamonds.

˜Might as well sell it as soon as possible.'

It had been almost ten years since the mine had stopped producing diamonds.

With a brief sigh, Enoch wrote back to the property manager to sell off the pink diamond mine.

As soon as he started to put the letter in an envelope, he heard a carriage outside. He thought he heard wrong, but the sound got louder and louder.

˜Who is it?'

Enoch put the reply letter in the drawer and went outside.

When he opened the front door of the mansion, his eyes collided head-on with Levion, who was standing right in front of him.

"Not now."

Enoch said with a chill to his voice.

He had been rude to Enoch on his last visit, and seemed to have no sense of propriety.

Levion did not back down and approached Enoch.

"I came here to speak to you, Lord Achilles."

Enoch stopped himself from asking why he was here, because he could guess why Levion had come to see him.

"Follow me."

Enoch spoke indifferently and led him to his office. On the way, Levion glanced at the mansion and raised an eyebrow. They didn't encounter a single servant.

Levion had heard rumours about the Duke of Achilles in passing. It seemed to be true that their financial situation was not very good.

˜Why do you want to stay in such a place?'

He found it hard to understand Leticia, no matter how many times he thought about it.

What is she going to do in this empty mansion?

˜Will she be able to eat properly?'

Levion clenched his fists tightly, and kept quiet.

Soon after arriving at the office, Enoch dropped a cup of tea in front of Levion.

As if he had been waiting for this moment, Levion immediately launched into his reason for being here.

"I've come to ask a favor of Lord Achilles."

Enoch's eyes turned cold, but Levion didn't hesitate to ask him.

"Persuade Leticia."

"What persuasion are you talking about?"

"This is no place for Leticia."

She might have been expelled, but Leticia had been raised in a noble family all her life. He couldn't believe she's living in a house without a single servant.

It must have been uncomfortable and unpleasant.

˜I can't let her stay here anymore.'

On the day that Leticia said she would stay in this mansion, Levion spent time alone thinking about many things.

While there had been nowhere to go after being excommunicated by the Leroy family, she seemed to have met with Duke Achilles by chance and received help. He apparently said she could stay here, in return for his support she would help him.

Levion thought he understood her feelings, but he couldn't wait to remove Leticia from a family that she had only known for a short time.

He had to take Leticia with him at any cost.

But Enoch had no sympathy for him, and only stared at Levion with a dry expression.

˜You've always led a perfect life.'

Strangely, it bothered him every time Levion talked about Leticia so familiarly.

Enoch put that thought behind him and looked at the current situation. He felt himself become angry, little by little.

˜If you care so much for each other, then why?'

Why was Letisha left alone on the street that night?

No, what was he doing before she was excommunicated from her home?

There was no way he wanted to tell Letisha to go to a man like this.

"I think you're talking to the wrong person."

"What do you mean?"

"You have to persuade Miss Leroy, not me."

"Lord Achilles."

"I'm not going to do anything, no matter what you say."

˜I don't want to.'

After he finished speaking, Enoch took a sip of tea. He frowned because the tea tasted bad today.

Levion spoke sharply to Enoch.

"Why are you forcing yourself to hold on to that girl?"

Enoch was so stunned by Levion's words that he couldn't even laugh.

In particular, his heart stung when he heard the word ˜Forced'.

"Do you think I took her in against my will?"

"Lord Achilles."

"No one forced me and it was Miss Leroy's decision to stay here."

Of course, Enoch hoped Leticia would stay here, and that the wounds inflicted by her family would heal a little.

But he was more inclined to do what Leticia wanted than what he wanted.

That's why he was so happy when Leticia ˜threatened' him with staying a long time.

Levion couldn't seem to accept that it was Leticia's decision, so he spoke to Enoch as if he was to blame.

"She's a kind-hearted girl who can't abandon someone in need."

His implied meaning; she was only staying here out of a sense of pity.

Enoch showed no sign of displeasure, and faced him with a calm expression.

"It's not me who's trying to force Miss Leroy, it's you."

"What did you say..."

"Force."

Levion's face gradually hardened as he realized that Enoch had intentionally put strength into the word ˜Force'.