No Way I’m in Love with My Enemy

In a single night, my family was killed and my noble house was destroyed. The fire that reduced everything to ashes was no accident. It was the work of Karta, the most notorious criminal in the Kingdom of Enswiden—the man responsible for the tragedy that took everything from me. “I’ll find him. No matter what it takes, I’ll make him pay.” From that day on, my life had only one purpose: revenge. “The man with the red eyes. The one who mu*dered them all.” But everything changed when, among the ruins of my burned estate, I saved a dying stranger. Ruben was suspicious from the very beginning. “You never ask anything about me.” “Is there something I need to know?” “I think you’ve gotten the wrong impression of me.” We were never meant to be anything more than strangers. He was only supposed to act as my temporary guard. Yet he kept saying things that made it sound as though protecting me was the only thing that mattered to him. “No matter what happens, I’ll protect you.” I tried to keep my distance. “You should leave now. You’ve done enough as my guard.” Of course I couldn’t trust him. But by then, it was already too late. “I can’t seem to stay away from you. No matter how hard I try. What about you? Are you really going to leave?” My resolve slowly crumbled, and I was forced to admit the truth. I could no longer keep him at arm’s length. “Ritzhaian, even death won’t keep me from your side.” His unwavering devotion finally broke down the walls around my heart. And just as I began to accept my feelings for him… I discovered the truth. The man I had fallen for was the very person I had been searching for all along— my sworn enemy.