The Prince Who Cannot Fall In Love & The Missing Heiress - Chapter 304

Ren stared at Vega with a confused look. He didn’t understand why he said those words just now.

“Vega, I …” He swallowed hard.

Vega removed Ren’s hand from hers and moved away from the man on the sofa. “Do not touch me.”

Vega’s trembling voice pierced Ren’s heart. He looked at the woman with his heart breaking into a million pieces.

“I don’t want you to hate me,” said Ren with a tone of despair.

He respected Vega’s wish to stay away from him, so he didn’t force his way to come closer. He just looked at Vega from where he sat with teary eyes.

“I want to know … why,” said Vega as she rubbed her brown eyes that were streaming with tears. She steeled her heart and stared back at Ren closely.

She had dreamed of seeing Ren when the kidnappers were about to remove her memory. She didn’t remember what the man said to her at that moment, but she could remember his face now.

In her dreams, Ren looked much younger than now. His handsome face seemed so cold and filled with revenge. Many times Vega would wake up drenched in a cold sweat due to her nightmares, and her heart ached so much.

The first few days, she couldn’t believe that the person she saw was Ren. However, as her memory slowly recovered after Lauriel’s treated her with potions and hypnotherapy, Vega started to think that all the events that happened between her and Ren since they first met in the Rhine were too full of coincidences.

Finally, she decided to confront her husband. She secretly went back to Almstad to ask Ren the truth. Vega didn’t want to tell her parents because she was afraid that they would immediately punish Ren or intimidate him before the truth was revealed.

She asked for the veritaserum potion from Lauriel. Her grandfather was also the only person who knew the purpose of her going to Almstad.

Vega heard from Altaïr that Lauriel had various potions in his possessions. One of them was the veritaserum, which she could use to force people to speak the truth.

To avoid Ren’s suspicion, she gave the potion to Linda to serve it with tea so that Ren would drink it. Once he took the potion with his tea, Vega would confront her husband.

Even though she had her own suspicions … inwardly, Vega still hoped that her husband was innocent.

Even though Ren admitted that he couldn’t love her, Vega really loved this man. They had been together for nearly two years, and her feelings for Ren had been rooted deeply.

When she heard Ren’s words, which confirmed her suspicion that her husband was indeed involved in her kidnapping… Vega couldn’t help but shed tears again. Her heart ached as if it was being torn apart mercilessly.

“Honey …” Ren didn’t know what to say. He was afraid that he would say things he shouldn’t have said if he opened his mouth. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of the teacup he took earlier.

His mind immediately went to work, and he became suspicious that the tea he had been drinking was no ordinary tea. Did Vega put something in it that made Ren unable to lie?

Oh, God…

“Vega … please,” Ren raised his hand and tried to reach Vega, but the girl shook her head, and her body flinched in fear.

Seeing Vega’s terrified gesture, Ren spontaneously retreated. He didn’t want Vega to be scared of him.

“I’m not going to touch you … please, don’t be scared of me …” whispered Ren hoarsely. After he got away from Vega, he saw his wife started to look more relaxed.

Ren now realized that Vega was indeed scared of him. This devastated him.

They sat like that in silence for a few minutes. Ren’s chest churned with the worst possible scenario, while Vega felt very sad and devastated.

Finally, after she managed to steel herself, Vega asked more questions. She wanted to end everything today. She wanted to get answers and find out what happened in the past.

Then, she would know what to decide, what to do with her life and her marriage to Ren.

“Was it you who planned to kidnap me six years ago?” asked Vega again. “Please answer my question.”

Ren shook his head. “I didn’t plan it.”

“Who is it, then?” asked Vega urgently. “Are you involved?”

Ren didn’t want to answer these questions, but he seemed to have no other choice. His lips spoke. He couldn’t hold back his words.

“My uncle, Charles Neumann, planned everything. He asked me to wait for you to grow up, seduce you, and marry you …” Tears slowly trickled down Ren’s pair of honey-colored eyes. “All for revenge.”

He felt so remorseful for what he did to Vega, but so far, he did not dare to admit all his sins because he didn’t want Vega to hate him.

Now … when it was time for the truth to be revealed, Ren felt so sad, but at the same time, he also felt relieved. Finally, he could tell her the truth.

Finally, Ren could spill what was in his heart that he had buried so deep at the bottom of his heart.

“Revenge?” Vega bit her lip so hard that it started to bleed. She had already suspected that her kidnapping was related to someone’s grudge against her father.

Elios did have a very dark and violent past. He had killed or caused the death of so many people. It was no surprise that he now had so many enemies seeking revenge.

One of the ways they get back to Elios for their suffering was by hurting his family. Elios really loved his family, and if anything happened to them, he would be devastated and hurt.

And that was precisely what happened these past years. When Vega was taken from her family six years ago, Elios suffered for many years. The kidnappers’ goal was accomplished!

And now … it turned out that the kidnappers not only took Vega from her family, they also tricked her into a fake marriage. They tricked her into falling in love with the man who actually ruined her life.

Why?

“So … when we met at the Rhine, it wasn’t really a coincidence?” asked Vega in a trembling voice. “You guys planned everything?”

Ren was about to shake his head and lie, but his lips had answered honestly. “Yes. Everything was planned.”

“So, you took me from my family and placed me in a remote village to live in poverty … Then you came and pretended to fall in love with me and asked me to marry you …” Vega looked at Ren with disappointed eyes. “Why? Why did you do that?”

“I have to marry you to get into the Alchemist clan. That is the only way to enter. However, if we didn’t destroy your life … you would never accept me,” replied Ren honestly. His tears flowed even more profusely. “Even a prince is not worthy enough for Vega Linden. We have to uproot you and destroy your confidence so that you would feel lucky to marry someone like Ren Hanenberg …”

Vega already understood why Ren and his uncle did all that. They were right. If she had not been kidnapped and lived in poverty for years in a remote village and had her self-esteem ruined… she probably would not even give Ren a chance.

“What you did was evil …” Vega said in a hoarse voice. She couldn’t hold back her tears from streaming down harder. “You guys are truly heinous …”

“I know. We are indeed heinous … I am very, very sorry to have been involved in that atrocity .. I regret that I have made you suffer for years and ruined your life ..” Ren said honestly. “Please, Honey .. forgive me … I promise to make up for everything. I will devote my life to make you happy … I will take care of you and do anything for you until I breathe my last breath …”

He got off the sofa and knelt at Vega’s feet. His face was filled with regret, and tears kept streaming down hard from his eyes.

This time Vega did not flinch. She could see Ren’s eyes that looked as agonized as herself. Ren seemed very sorrowful and depressed.

“I am very disappointed and hurt by your actions,” said Vega in a low voice.. “I never thought that the man I love is actually so evil.”