Chapter 1266

Hesper had never seen Rickard be so submissive, and for some reason, the calmness that he was emitting at this moment made Hesper feel inexplicably unsettled. When noon came, the sun shone into the villa, and on her hair, that was when Hesper suddenly realized and understood why it felt so surreal. It was as if she was in... a dream. With this feeling in mind, Hesper pinched herself and felt the pain in her cheek, which meant that the momentary thought was indeed only her imagination, and this was the reality. Hesper could not help but feel that she was worrying groundlessly and smiled speechlessly—— She seemed to be unwilling to believe that Rickard would really be so compliant and avoid stepping into the trap. Nothing much happened until the evening, and Rickard still had no intention of leaving the villa at all, so Hesper finally got to breathe a sigh of relief after worrying about it all day. "This is a promise. If you do something dangerous behind my back, I’ll never talk to