Celebrity Lady

Chapter 22

Chapter 22

“S-Sir Victor?”

“Brother?”

Seeing Victor who suddenly appeared, Kedrick and Lillia were astonished.

Victor stared at the two with cold eyes for a long time, then reached out his hand to me.

“Can you get up?”

“Oh, mm...”

I tried to hold his hand and bit my lip, frowned as if I was still in pain.

Of course it’s just an act. It wasn’t so painful that I couldn’t get up.

Shocked, Victor gritted his teeth and suddenly leaned over.

“B-Brother?”

He stood up, with an arm on my back and the other under my knees.

Seeing Victor holding my body, which weighs quite a lot, without any effort, I realized that Victor was a natural ‘kind’ person.

[T/N: 무골 which literally means “spineless” or if applied to someone, it can imply a “yes man”, someone who agrees with any opinion. Another source implies it can also mean someone who is kind or gentle to everyone. In this case she probably wants to say that Victor likes to help others]

Victor, who turned around while holding me, glared at Kedrick and Lillia.

“Are you crazy? What are you doing? You push people down the stairs?”

“Sir Victor, this is a misunderstanding. Rubette fell on her own, I didn’t push her on purpose.”

“You want me to believe that now?”

“No, if you don’t believe it...”

Kedrick, who swept his hair in frustration, narrowed his brows with an unpleasant look.

“Sir Victor, I understand you’re angry, but shouldn’t you be polite? We’re not even close to each other when we were young.”

“If our position were switched, I’m sure you’ll be arrogant too.”

“Huh...”

Kedrick, who was bewildered, soon chewed his lips.

Victor was hot-tempered, and when he got angry, he didn’t like nonsense. In other words, he’s the type of person who’d make his enemies tired in a fight.

“B-Brother Victor, it’s a real misunderstanding. Rubette really fell down on her own.”

Lillia, who passed by Kedrick and came down, clung to Victor’s arm, crying with a pretty face.

Swish. At the same time, Victor frowned and turned his body. Lillia’s eyes widened in surprise.

“Whether it was a mistake or not, I didn’t like the way he talked to Rubette. It’s the same with you, who didn’t even think about helping someone who fell down.”

“Oh! I-I... I-I was about to help her get up...”

Lillia, who could not tell which part Victor had heard from, shuddered with contemplation.

Victor, who was staring down at her, stared up at Kedrick.

“Apologize.”

“I didn’t even push her. Why should I apologize?”

“Brother.”

This is the time to intervene. I hugged Victor’s neck and made the most pitiful expression possible.

“It is true that I accidentally fell due to my carelessness. Don’t fight...”

“...”

This is what I said, but Victor didn’t believe it because he heard everything when Kedrick and Lillia mocked me after I fell.

Kedrick thumped down the stairs as if his pride was hurt by Victor.

“You heard it. She says she fell by mistake.”

“You bast—”

Victor was about to shout at Kedrick’s incitement, but I held his neck tighter to stop him.

“...”

And, Lillia’s, who was left alone, complexion was still pale.

As I spoke with a proud expression on my face, Victor, who was still for some reason, wrinkled his face.

“Why all of a sudden? Don’t tell me it’s because of that guy Kedrick...”

“Oh, no no no. Really. I’m not following Kedrick anymore. I’m just taking care of my health.”

Victor’s eyes narrowed as I waved my hand. He didn’t seem to believe it at all.

“Then give it to me. I’ll buy you something else. Is there anything you want?”

“No!”

I blocked Victor’s hand who was about to take the box of chocolates again, and held it in my arms.

“I have to lose weight, but my brother bought this for me on purpose, so I want to eat it. Wouldn’t one a day be okay?”

“...”

Victor, who was looking at me who was smiling playfully with my tongue out, turned his head and muttered.

“...Well, then.”

“Hehe. Thanks, Brother. But I didn’t know you were coming today. What’s going on? But I missed you so much, so it’s nice.”

“Ah.”

Victor, who was scratching his cheek, turned his eyes away for some reason.

“Umm... Actually, there’s something I want to tell you. A favor? Uh, yeah. I’m here because there’s something like that.”

“Mm? To me?”

“Mm-hmm, you know what? The prince...”

It was then.

Bang Bang Bang—!

Crack.

While waiting for Victor to continue, there was a cracking sound.

After three knocks that broke the door, the door opened without permission.

‘Brother Viego?’

The uninvited guest seen over Victor’s shoulder was an unexpected face, Viego.

“... Brother?”

When Victor turned around, he stood up in a daze and bewildered manner.

“What is it, Brother? Why do you open the door of a grown-up without permission?”

Viego had a very angry face for some reason. I glanced at him and quickly got up and followed Victor.

“You guys.”

A cold voice, as if covered in thin ice, called us.

‘Why are you so angry?’

No one is more frightening than Viego when he’s angry. Victor and I were startled at the same time.

He was infinitely tolerant of the twins, but he was harshly strict with his younger biological brother Victor, so our reaction was half understandable.

‘Did we do something that put us in trouble?’

I thought about it, but nothing came to mind. Even Victor just got home...

“I’ve told you so many times. Lillia and Ricky are like our siblings, so take care of them like a brother.”

“Ah.”

Don’t tell me...?

“Brother, what are you talking about all of a sudden...?”

I realized when I was guessing.

“Kgh.”

As expected. Behind Viego’s back, Lillia, holding the hem of his robe, poked her tearful face out.

Viego’s handsome eyebrows crumpled to a ferocious extent when he heard a whimper.

“By any chance, did you make her cry?