After sorting out all the situations and making sure that Saint no longer had to worry about Deborah, Jen would explain everything. He would compensate Dia for not making Deborah worry about him.
So, right now, the priority is to make revenge successful.
Early the next morning, Jen looked for Dia. As Dia stood in front of the office desk, looking pale, Jen said as soon as he started speaking.
“I, I’m sorry…”
“I apologize.”
“……. ”
“Anyway, you must have been forced to come under the Baroness’s command.”
Dia’s large eyes swayed like a lake reflecting the windy morning.
“Dia Blaise.”
Jen called her name. Dia recalled the first time Jen visited her. He had called her by this name back then too, but the voice, or rather the gaze, was clearly different.
“First, let me make it clear. Everything I’m telling you now is a secret. You must not tell anyone, not even your family. Do you understand?”
Dia felt a burden from Jen’s oppressive attitude, but despite that, she nodded. She couldn’t refuse or ask questions.
Jen, not pleased with Dia’s hesitant attitude, decided to open his heavy lips.
“We are not going to get married. Never in the future.”
Dia’s eyes became silently wider. She didn’t want to marry Jen. But it wasn’t about her family.
“Mr. Glass, who visited me before, told me that the wedding was canceled, but he didn’t say that we wouldn’t get married. He clearly mentioned that you would come here and receive bride lessons… and engage in social activities.”
Todd handed a check from the Chris Bank, as if to guarantee it. And shortly after the Countess, who received the money later, enjoyed a brief moment of joy, she soon scolded Jen, saying that he intended to use Dia as an engagement partner without even holding an engagement ceremony.
[Even at this moment, the Blaise family might be selling the Blaise title in front of the nobles! We still live in this cold house, and he just gave us a few coins…!]She, who erupted like a fire, eventually sent Dia here. She didn’t even properly pack her belongings. She said the wealthy bourgeois would buy better things.
Jen, swallowing a sigh, said, “Since you came to this mansion, you should show yourself by my side in social activities since Lady Saint is watching. There’s no other way.”
“But I’ll try my best to avoid such things, and I have no intention of marrying you.”
“Th-then, I, I mean, we…”
Understanding the meaning behind the trembling voice, Jen replied, “It’s not about using and discarding. I will compensate you as I always have.”
Jen handed her some documents. Dia received them with trembling hands, but either due to tension or because the words written there were unfamiliar, she couldn’t read what was written there.
“These are the gifts I will bestow upon you after our hypocritical relationship ends.”
Jen dryly spoke about the mansion, and even a dozen such mansions, being purchasable with a large sum of money. He talked about assisting her in finding a new husband later. He believed that would be enough compensation for using her after their superficial relationship ended.
“It’s too sudden, and I can’t quite understand this story…”
“To put it simply, it means minimizing the damage caused by me as much as possible.”
“……”
Whether it was because money was a terrifying unit or because Jen’s words were all bewildering, she, who was too surprised to say anything, heard Jen say.
“It won’t take long. One year. I will finish everything within a year, so please, I beg you.”
“……. ”
“Todd, or rather, as I heard from Glass, while receiving bride lessons, let’s get married as per our original contract when we turn ninety. And until I say I finished first, no one should know about this.”
Dia’s pupils shook, but she did not avoid Jen’s serious gaze.
“Even the weed stepped on with bare feet shouldn’t know about this. If you do just that, I will never forget the favor I received from you.”
Dia couldn’t understand at all. When they first met, Jen confidently suggested marriage. But now, why was he so desperately begging for something much smaller?
‘Why use the word “favor”?’
Dia couldn’t understand anything, but she nodded her head.
As Dia opened the door, she saw Debra waiting for her outside.
“Ah…”
Debra slightly bowed to Jen in greeting and quickly fixed her gaze on Dia. The door naturally closed, and the footsteps of the two slowly faded away.
Alone again in the office, Jen raised his head and looked at the ceiling. Although one thing he had been concerned about seemed to be resolved, he didn’t feel good at all.
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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