‘How annoying,’ thought Deborah, pressing her lips together and sighing. In contrast, Jen opened his mouth.
“Deborah.”
Again, just like yesterday, he called her name in that beautiful voice. If Deborah now asked to be called Mrs. Johnson, would Jen growl that he makes the rules here?
While Deborah was lost in thought, Jen’s voice, heavy and damp like winter air, filled the room, “Nothing that happens inside this mansion leaks out without my permission.”
Had Deborah not read Dia’s story, she would not have believed him. How could he control the mouths of so many servants?
But in the story Deborah knew, Jen had done worse, and the servants had kept silent about everything. It was a remarkable loyalty.
‘No, more like the remarkable power of money.’
With an awkward smile, Deborah was about to speak when she heard footsteps in the corridor.
“I’m back, sir.”
The man, donning a thick black coat filled with chilliness, greeted warmly.
With his intelligent brown hair and gentle eyes reminiscent of a spring breeze, Deborah could guess who he was even without introduction.
“You’re early, Cedric.”
Cedric, the butler of the Baker family.
Typically, butlers were elderly gentlemen. While footmen needed to be tall and handsome, butlers should exude elegance and experience. They had to appear pleasant even without a smile and be respected yet unapproachable to other servants.
Yet, Cedric was exceptionally young and unusually gentle in appearance.
Despite not looking like a footman, his actions, voice, and even his appearance suggested a countryside nobleman, or at least a bourgeois.
“We need to return quickly. We can’t leave the mansion unattended for long.”
Cedric, with his courageous demeanor of smiling even at Jen, was one of Jen’s closest confidants, along with Todd. Officially a butler, he was a man of action in managing the mansion and various other areas.
So, Deborah had thought his recent outing must be business-related. What else would make the butler leave the mansion?
So, Deborah thought Cedric’s recent outing must have been business-related. After all, what other reason would there be for the butler to leave the mansion?
“But then…”
Deborah’s eyes kept drifting to the bag Cedric was holding. It definitely looked familiar.
‘Could it be?’
Sensing Deborah’s gaze, Cedric gently smiled and said, “Mrs. Johnson?”
With that short phrase, Deborah looked up and Jen’s face crumpled amusingly.
“Pleased to meet you for the first time. I’m Cedric Learford, the butler of the Baker family.”
Cedric extended his hand.
“Oh, yes. Nice to meet you.”
As Deborah extended her hand in response, Cedric gently grasped it and said with a smile, “Though I said it’s our first meeting, you’re not exactly a stranger to me. I’ve heard quite a bit about you.”
Deborah’s eyes widened slowly. Cedric, whom she met for the first time today, knew about her? Then…!
“Is this bag, by any chance, mine?”
“Ha ha. The owner recognizes it instantly. Stealing is not an easy job.”
Cedric replied with a light joke, but Deborah couldn’t laugh joyfully. Of course, her lips continued to form a smile.
The briefcase Cedric was holding was her deceased husband’s from Mrs. Saint’s house, a plain men’s briefcase with no distinctive features.
Deborah had thought it might belong to Cedric, but it turned out to be hers.
‘Why did the butler bring my luggage?’
At that moment, Jen’s words resonated heavily in Deborah’s mind.
[“Don’t worry, I’ll have someone even more meticulous than you bring everything down to the last speck of dust.”]It wasn’t just an empty promise.
Deborah looked up, meeting Jen’s gaze, which, whether for good or ill, assured her he was someone who kept his word.
However, the way Jen was looking at her seemed quite discontented.
‘Hmm, why is that?’
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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