Contract Marriage with the Devil Duke (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 93
Podeon couldn’t follow Dimidius when he headed to Geranium to find Orentia. It was because Dimidius had realized Podeon’s body hadn’t fully recovered yet and ordered him to remain at the ducal castle.
That incident had left Podeon feeling deeply aggrieved. Had he heard even slightly later that Orentia and Dimidius had arrived safely at the ducal residence in Geranium, he might have disobeyed the order.
Podeon had become so emotionally sensitive, missing Orentia terribly. He couldn’t tell whether this feeling was pure loyalty or something else mixed in.
While waiting for Orentia at the ducal castle, Podeon was engulfed in great turmoil.
Yet the moment Orentia arrived at the ducal castle, seeing her standing beside Dimidius made his chest flutter uncomfortably.
Podeon unconsciously made a gloomy expression.
‘Why am I acting like this…? Get a hold of yourself.’
It felt as though something utterly impossible had happened to him.
How could he dislike seeing his liege lady Orentia together with Dimidius? How could he wish to be alone with her? Had he finally lost his mind?
Although he had always found it odd that Dimidius referred to Orentia as “Lady” rather than his wife, the two clearly loved each other deeply. That fact remained unchanged, which only made Podeon more bewildered by his own emotions.
‘I need to return to how I was. This isn’t like me.’
Podeon had always taken pride in his life as a knight of the Belial Order. Therefore, he intended to suppress these slowly emerging feelings as much as possible. Otherwise, they might overflow without his noticing and be discovered by Orentia—something he couldn’t bear to imagine.
Gathering his tangled emotions, Podeon knelt before Orentia.
“I have already confessed my failure to His Grace the Grand Duke, but I am a sinner who failed to protect you, my Lady. If His Grace does not punish me, then please, my Lady, impose a punishment yourself.”
He simply wanted to be punished right away. Enduring pain might help him regain his senses. But Orentia bent down and tried hard to lift Podeon up by his arms.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
What about her cousin Sokor? It might explain his personality changes.