Didn't Plan to Become a Companion (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 53

The Duchess summoned Ricardo and me to the main manor simultaneously, right before making her final decision on the dress. She was far more meticulous about the gown for the banquet than the one for the engagement ceremony.

Since she wasn’t particularly busy, she spent a serious, lengthy amount of time choosing outfits, forcing me to change into six different sea-blue dresses—each subtly varying only in shade.

“You—you look pretty too.”

“I already know that.”

Sabrina grasped the hem of her deep green dress with both hands and spun around in a graceful circle. At the sight, laughter bubbled up again. It felt as if the heavy emotions weighing in the corner of the room had suddenly evaporated into the air.

“So, Lienne.”

“Hmm?”

“Let’s remember today like this.”

“How?”

“If someday far in the future, we look back on this day—let’s remember it as our debutante day.”

“Oh…”

Her deep, thoughtful sentiment made me bow my head instinctively.

She was worried—about me after everything ended, about the future days when I’d ache while recalling today.

Because in Sabrina’s eyes, I was so truly beautiful that she pitied the version of me who would someday miss this day with longing.

“A debutante attended by our mother herself—how’s that? Isn’t it too perfect?”

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