The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love & The Missing Heiress - Chapter 298

Karl felt his knees suddenly go weak. It was as if Friedrich was the one standing in front of him, with his face filled with grief, begging him to stop.

Karl had lived with this hatred and malice for more than 30 years. He had even forgotten who he really was and lived with a new identity. He had even forgotten that his real name was Charles, not Karl.

He had lived as another person for a long time. He did everything for the sake of revenge that was rooted deep inside his heart.

And now … the only person that became the reason he kept going on with his revenge had asked him to stop?

Then, what else was he living for?

Ren seemed to be able to read Karl’s mind and he took a deep breath.

“Uncle … you still have a long life ahead of you. You can still start over. Go somewhere far and disappear,” he whispered.

Karl gave Ren a frantic look. For the first time in his life, in which he had almost turned fifty years on earth, he felt he was being swayed.

Was it really time to stop?

Before Karl could do anything, Ren’s door was smashed from the outside and several security guards pointed their guns at Karl. Ren had summoned them a while ago by pressing the secret button under his desk.

The security guards seemed very relieved that Prince Renald was still fine. However, they could feel the atmosphere inside this office was so tense.

“Don’t move! Otherwise, I’ll kill the prince!” threatened Karl. With great swiftness, he had moved behind Ren and pointed the gun to his temple. Everyone was shocked since they didn’t see this coming.

Ren smiled faintly seeing his uncle was still very alert even though he was in a dangerous situation. The prince waved his hand and gestured to his guards to lower their weapons.

“Sophia is in the penthouse. If you move fast, you can still save her life …” Ren said quietly. He was not worried that Karl would harm him. His uncle loved him too much to kill him.

He knew that Karl was deliberately ‘holding him hostage’ to distract the guards. Ren would let Karl go and turn all Alaric’s suspicions on to his uncle and Sophia.

After being ordered by Ren, the guards lowered their weapons reluctantly. However, they all remained on their guard and watched Karl with eagle eyes.

“Everyone! Throw your weapons on the floor!” shouted Karl at the guards.

“Follow his request, now!” said Ren.

The bodyguards looked at each other, but they had no other choice. Slowly, the five of them bent down to the floor and put down their weapons.

“Kick your guns to the corner!” Karl ordered in an impatient voice. “Watch out! Don’t test my patience!”

The bodyguards obeyed Karl’s orders and kicked all their weapons to the corner of the room. After Karl was satisfied, he then pushed Ren’s body to move through the door. The guards moved aside as he passed by them.

Karl, who saw an opportunity to escape, immediately pushed Ren to fall on his guards and ran as hard as he could to get out of Prince Renald’s office.

“Your Highness!” A bodyguard swiftly held Ren’s body from falling to the floor and immediately helped him stand up again. “We’ll chase him now!”

“No need,” said Ren, waving his hand. He felt that he did not need to deploy his bodyguards to catch Karl since John and his men were waiting at the penthouse.

Even if Karl escaped from John, there will still be Mischa and Elios that he needed to face.

‘I’m sorry, Uncle,’ thought Ren. ‘Now you are on your own.’

Ren pressed his tight chest and sat down quietly in his soft chair. His gaze was blank and his body felt so tired.

He was about to go home and lay down to rest his tired body and soul. However, he decided to send a message to Elios first.

[Karl Sotterham was trying to kill me. I thought about your words and tried to investigate who exactly was the man who had been around me. Maybe it made him feel threatened and he attacked me. I just want to let you know that he just ran away from my office, in case you want to directly interrogate him and find out the truth.]

After sending the message to Alaric, Ren put away his cell phone and took his coat, and walked out of the office.

“Where are you going, Sir?” asked one of his bodyguards as he walked along following Ren. “Do we need to get the police to go after Mr. Sotterham?”

“No,” said Ren. “Someone will take care of him.”

He continued walking out of his office and into the car. For the first time in years, this time he was driving by himself.

He refused it when his group of bodyguards wanted to follow from behind.

“I’m no longer the crown prince. You don’t have to escort me anymore,” said Ren. “From today onward, I am just an ordinary person.”

For some reason, Ren’s heart was filled with warmth the moment he said that sentence.

Ahh, that was right. Turned out, even Moravia’s throne which almost fell to his hands was of little importance to him. Just as his revenge was no longer his goal in life.

He would listen to Elios’ orders and return to SpaceLab.

He would start a new life with Vega, his wife. They would be able to become ordinary people, live happily like any other couple. Then, they would go back to building a family together once Vega was ready.

He had already imagined the children they would have in the future. He would love them, protect them, and do anything for them.

The happiness of Vega and their children was of the utmost importance.

And he would also be able to pursue his own dream which he shared with his father, to take humans to explore the universe. He would start by doing outer space exploration.

All this time, the only dream that was planted forcefully in his life by his mother and uncle was their goal for revenge. The hideous revenge and resentment that seemed to have no ending had ruined his life and his uncle’s life for decades.

What was it for? Everything they had done would never bring back his father.

***

Karl switched on his cell phone with great calm, even though at this time his life was on the line. During these decades, he had become accustomed to all odds and could always act with a cool head.

He understood that Ren wanted to sacrifice him and Sophia. That was why Ren pretended to be Karl and invited Sophia to come to Moravia from the Netherlands.

Even though Ren had asked Karl to kill Sophia, he knew that Karl won’t be able to do it because he had fallen in love with Sophia after ten years together. That was why he forced Karl to take action now.

If he wanted to save Sophia, Karl must act fast and find the girl before Ren’s men kill her.

[Sophia, you were tricked. You have to get out of there and run away.. Once you get away, let me know where you are.]