Chapter 4The Snake Prince Next Door

"What do you want?"

The door opened. Julian looked impatient. "Knocking like that, do you want to die?"

I suddenly regretted trusting the floating text.

But he really did look... abnormal.

Clothes messy, face red.

To be blunt, he looked like he'd just been thoroughly ravished.

"What were you doing in there?"

I leaned forward, trying to peek inside.

Julian blocked me, anxious. "None of your business!"

"There's a weird smell," I sniffed. "Did your snake mate in there?"

"Chloe!"

See, anxious again.

I frowned. "Did you do something bad? Why are you panicking?"

[Girl, stop asking, he's gonna explode.]

[Let's go, let's go. I'm afraid he'll lose control and eat our girl.]

[LMAO, every sentence is a bullseye. The scheming man can't hide it anymore.]

Can't hide it?

I suddenly understood.

My face fell. I looked at Julian and said, "Bianca is in there, isn't she?"

He froze.

I turned my head away, continuing, "You did bad things with her, and you didn't even hide it from me. What am I to you?"

Julian was still frozen.

Reacting, he tried to close the door. "No, you..."

"Scumbag!"

I slammed the door in his face for him.

Cursed him out and left.

Back in my room.

I sat against the door, hugging my knees, burying my head.

I couldn't see the comments above me.

[Oh no, oh no, she misunderstood.]

[Good! Let her misunderstand so she can leave cleanly.]

[Yeah, let them misunderstand. The male lead has a toxic mouth anyway, why give him a wife?]

[...Am I the only one who wants to see the male lead force himself on her? She tries to leave, he just takes her... hehe.]

[Agreed with above.]

I sniffled.

Looking up, I only saw the last comment:

[So what? With Bianca the side chick around, our girl will always be wronged. If the scheming man doesn't fix it, he can get lost.]

Right.

Julian and I were betrothed since we were kids.

He loved snakes. I feared them. Every time he held a snake, I ran away crying, and he mocked me.

No matter how hard I tried, I couldn't overcome it.

Until I saw Bianca for the first time.

In Julian's snake greenhouse.

The girl wore a white dress, the snake wrapped gently around her. She smiled, and Julian watched her with gentle eyes.

That's when I understood.

I'm afraid of snakes.

But there are plenty of girls in the world who aren't.