Why it never ends

Chapter 1182 Refutation
Chloe ran up the stairs. She knew that Kovicki was very strict with his daily routine, so it was impossible for him to rest in his bedroom at this time. She went to Kovicki's study first, then to his studio, and finally found him on the swing in the back garden.

Kovicik was reading a book. In this deserted garden, he was lying on a bench suspended in the air, leisurely turning the pages of the book, and then he heard a scream that pierced the sky -

"Koveshik!"

He looked up and watched in disbelief as Chloe sprinted down the stairs, almost taking three steps with each step, leaping down from the height.

"Leon!" Kovicik almost jumped up from the swing immediately. He shouted the name of the butler angrily. On such a beautiful afternoon, these servants actually put Chloe directly into the Duke's Mansion, and no one came to inform him. "Leon! Where are you!"

The servant approached from a distance: "What do you want?"

"Why did she--how did you let her in here!"

"I just got the news, too, sir," the butler replied respectfully, "I'll go and help you drive her away now."

"What's the point of chasing her away now!" Kovicik was furious. To deal with a difficult person like Chloe, he had no other choice except to block her from the door at the beginning by saying that "the Duke is not at home".

Kovicik put down the book and pretended to be indifferent as he watched Chloe approaching from afar. He decided to use his old trick again and say some embarrassing words to make this overly enthusiastic girl give up.

"I have... I have something very important... to tell you!" Chloe gasped, "very important."

Kovicik let out a chuckle from his throat: "Miss Chloe, do you still remember who you are? I can't believe that a lady would run around in someone else's yard so arrogantly, you——"

"…It's about Hesta!"

Kovicik's eyes moved slightly, and he swallowed the teasing that was about to come out of his mouth: "Oh, it's about our Inspector..."

"She despises you!"

Kovicik was stunned, as if he was hit hard by these unexpected words.

Chloe took a deep breath. "Last night, she openly belittled you in front of some of her good friends, mocking you for being obsessed with her. Her friends used you to make fun of her, and she herself acted ashamed of being in a relationship with you—Koveshik...Kodie! Can't you see that she doesn't love you at all? She can't be with you. She's teasing you and using you. She's a bad woman—"

With every sentence Chloe said, Kovichik's face turned paler. Chloe walked closer to him step by step. Just when she was about to grab Kovichik's hand, Kovichik finally came to his senses from his shock and anger. "Shut up - what are you talking about!" Kovichik shook off Chloe's hand with force, as if shaking off a piece of mud. "Do you think... do you think you can alienate me and my inspector with such a despicable means? Don't you girls like to scheme and gossip behind people's backs? She and I... she... she would never treat me like that!"

"It's true! If you don't believe me, just ask—" Chloe turned around and found that there was no one behind her. She turned around angrily, "I was not the only one at the scene. My friends also heard it. They saw it with their own eyes and heard it with their own ears—"

Kovicik's lips couldn't stop trembling, his eyes full of contempt: "Your friends? A bunch of idle, gossiping women! Of course they obey you! I really shouldn't expect to hear any serious news from you, isn't it just jealousy? I've seen a lot of your tricks! Because you can't get it yourself, so you want to destroy it-"

Before Kovicik could finish his words, he suddenly felt a black screen in front of his eyes and a buzzing sound in his head - Chloe grabbed the book that was spread out beside him with both hands, raised it high above her head, and then suddenly slapped him in the face.

Kovicik took two steps back and fell to the ground, covering his forehead with his hands: "Why did you hit someone..."

"You insulted me..." Tears welled up in Chloe's eyes, but she held them back with a ferocious expression, not letting them fall. "I'm telling you the truth, and you actually... insulted me with such a vulgar prejudice?"

"Don't you know whether it's an insult or not—"

"Koveshik!"

Chloe suddenly yelled his name, her voice was so harsh and unyielding that Kovicik couldn't help but tremble all over.

Kovicik stared at the young Chloe standing there, even forgetting to stand up. Chloe's jaw trembled repeatedly, as if she was chewing her own anger, and her tears were still in her eyes, so her eyes were brighter than ever.

"You've never really loved anyone, have you?" Chloe's voice was a little hoarse, and the muscles on the side of her nose twitched slightly. "So you also despise my feelings for you, because you think it's nothing great..."

In the distance, Lu Qizhen and Jia Heduolei ran from behind the flower bed. They finally got rid of the servants of the Duke's Mansion and walked into the corridor from the reception room. The two were worried that the Duke's Mansion was too big and it would be troublesome to find someone, but as soon as they entered the corridor, they heard Chloe's loud shout that echoed throughout the mansion. They quickly locked the direction of the back garden and soon saw Chloe's figure in their sight.

"You think that I love you just because of a little girl's childish feelings, just because you have a pretty face..." Chloe walked forward and looked down at Kovichik's eyes, "Yes! Kovichik, you are indeed good-looking, and I really like your face - but do you think that's all the reason why I love you?"

Kovicik held his breath. He had never seen Chloe like this before. He was so frightened that he dared not move and just kept looking up. The impatience he had just felt disappeared completely. He looked at Chloe and dared not take his eyes off her.

"That's...that's why." Kovicik murmured in a low voice, his voice weak, but with a certain curiosity.

"The first time I saw you, you were not Duke Schiller at all. It was at a martial arts competition held by the late emperor. I spotted you in the crowd and pointed to the Schiller family's stand and asked my mother, 'Who is that blue-eyed boy? Why have I never seen him before?' My mother told me your name, and then one of your brothers - of course now I know he is not Duke Schiller at all - challenged you in public and asked you to come on stage to compete."