“Yes…?”
Rogelia’s heart sank. Closet also seemed tense, swallowing dry saliva in front of the easel.
The Marquis, who was staring intently at Rogelia in the awkward silence, suddenly turned his head and bluntly said, “I’m hungry.”
The expression on the Marquis’s face as he said this seemed nonchalant, as if he didn’t remember what he had said earlier.
“No, didn’t you say something a while ago… something else?”
“Me? What did I say?”
Instead of answering, the Marquis furrowed his brows and asked in an irritated tone, leaving Rogelia and Closet silent, just staring at each other.
After spending the morning at the Marquis’s residence, Rogelia, who sent Closet to the Duke’s residence first, was on her way to Nadia’s house.
Seeing Closet instructing Rogelia to come to the mansion as herself, it seemed that he had prepared another dress rehearsal.
Rogelia was already sighing at the thought of being covered in dress stains all afternoon.
Meanwhile, she had arrived in front of Nadia’s house without realizing it.
As the knock echoed, Nadia, who confirmed Rogelia’s face, opened the door wide without hesitation, wearing a welcoming smile.
“Today, it’s not Oppa?”
With a somewhat mischievous smile and casual words, Rogelia wondered if she had misheard something.
“What?”
“That look wasn’t bad either.”
“W-What are you talking about…”
Feeling pricked for no reason, Rogelia awkwardly laughed, and in response, Nadia responded with a meaningful smile.
“I’ve dealt with men for over ten years. Do you think I wouldn’t recognize a woman in disguise?”
Saying so, Nadia looked Rogelia up and down, then continued.
“I was a bit doubtful when we first met at the pub, but seeing you as a woman and then looking at Antonio again, I immediately understood, you know?”
It seemed that Nadia, who had dealt with countless men in her line of work, easily noticed.
With an embarrassed voice, Rogelia opened her mouth.
“Nadia, I’d appreciate it if you kept it a secret for a while…”
At Rogelia’s stiff voice, Nadia burst into laughter with a wry smile.
“Why would I gossip about it? Sometimes, come and play dressed as a man. It’s different and fun… hehe.”
As Nadia said this, she scanned Rogelia from top to bottom and added, “Though, I’m not telling anyone about this.”
In the midst of speaking, Nadia, who suddenly coughed harshly before finishing her sentence, made a rough expression.
“Nadia. Are you taking your medicine regularly?”
“Of course. I’ve been diligently going to the hospital these days.”
However, despite Nadia’s words, she didn’t seem to be in good health.
Come to think of it, in the original work, Nadia dies in less than a month.
But Nadia is taking her medicine and getting treatment in time…
“Has your condition worsened or something?”
With an anxious gaze, Rogelia asked Nadia with a worried tone, and Nadia responded casually, smiling slyly.
“It’s not like that. I’ve gotten so much better after the treatment. I’m just not feeling well today.”
Rogelia, trying to push away anxious thoughts, nodded her head. It seems she is too concerned about the original storyline.
Smiling at Nadia, Rogelia laughed, thinking that way.
After delivering sponsorship funds to Nadia, Rogelia went out to the street to catch a carriage heading to the mansion.
At that moment, a well-maintained carriage stopped in front of Rogelia with a loud noise.
Judging by the extravagant decorations on the carriage, it didn’t seem like a cheap transport.
As Rogelia looked at the carriage in confusion, the carriage door creaked open.
“Miss Rogelia.”
“Marquis Yukilliod?”
Rogelia looked at Johannes’s face, smiling broadly at her, with a puzzled expression.
“Get on. I’ll take you to your destination.”
“Oh… no, it’s okay.”
“If you refuse this much, I feel a bit disappointed…”
When Johannes spoke with a sad expression like a wet puppy, Rogelia couldn’t refuse any longer.
“Then, since I have some business with the Duke, please drop me off nearby.”
Seated opposite Johannes, Rogelia tried to ignore his burdened gaze and looked out the window.
Why is he staring at me with such a smiling face?
While Rogelia was feeling embarrassed internally, Johannes, who suddenly seemed to remember something, opened his mouth.
“Are you on your way to meet Duke Valtazar?”
Caught off guard by his suddenly stiff expression, Rogelia stumbled over her words for a moment.
“What? Oh, no… I’m going to see Antonio and greet Lady Closet.”
To outsiders, it might seem strange for a fallen aristocrat like her to be connected with Closet.
Upon hearing her answer, Johannes, with a stiffened expression, murmured thoughtfully.
“You have a good relationship with Young Master Yang, it seems.”
“Yes, well…”
Antonio is coming soon, well…
While Rogelia answered thoughtlessly, Johannes felt conflicted.
In fact, after becoming certain that Rogelia was his younger sister, he had even thought of taking Rogelia back to the homeland.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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