“Come quickly.”
Ines and Joseph always had their meetings in a secluded spot in the mansion’s backyard. The weather was incomparably clear, following a recent rain. The surrounding flowers and trees bore soft colors, and the wind was moderately cold, refreshing their moods.
However, Ines’s smiling heart ached as if being stabbed with a redhot iron poker. She was overtaken by the urge to grab anything she could and lash out at her body.
“I wanted to see you.”
Ines, as if paying homage, deliberately wore the dress she had worn 12 years ago on that day.
As the sun began to tilt, a red sunset colored the sky behind her.
At his sincere expression of longing, Ines barely managed to lift the corners of her mouth and smile. The smile, illfitting for her young face, created a sense of discord, but Joseph had no perception to notice this.
Ines took a seat in the prepared chair and motioned for Joseph to sit with her hand.
Once seated, he began to fumble in his pockets. Ines couldn’t help but chuckle at his actions. She knew what he was trying to pull out.
“I’ve written a letter.”
“You intend to read it here?”
Joseph’s face briefly showed a look of bewilderment at her unavoidable sarcasm, but soon he followed her smile.
“Yes, I have no other way to convey my feelings entirely.”
Ines, of course, had the letter he intended to read memorized in its entirety.
How his heart had fluttered the day he met Ines, how he came to love her, and such contents were written.
It was a letter she would hold and recite like scripture every time she accepted his proposal and heard harsh words from her father. While she was lost in thought, his verbose and monotonous confession of love was coming to an end.
“So, to the beautiful and noble Lady Ines Swelden, this lowly and humble Joseph Brnoa now…….”
He abruptly stood from his seat, then knelt before Ines and thrust forth a small box he had taken from the opposite pocket where he had put the letter.
The moment she saw it, a gagging sensation washed over Ines.
It was a ring with a small and shoddy gemstone embedded. A toomeager object to swear eternal love, but the man’s face holding it was full of pride.
Ines wore this ring until the moment she died.
“I wish to propose.”
A breeze blew, and she closed her eyes for a moment.
Then, trying to conceal the corners of her mouth that kept trying to turn down, she covered her face with both hands. To him, it must have seemed like the action of a woman overcome with emotion.
Joseph, too, waited with a chestswelling expression for Ines to compose herself. His face was confident, without a hint of worry about rejection.
She rose from her seat as she had on that day. Her ivory dress fluttered in the wind once, reflecting the red sunset.
If she reached out to accept this ring now, the war between him and her would begin from this moment.
She could take Joseph Brnoa’s name, hear his proposal, and be dragged to Romfield. If not, this time, she might hear not his falsehood but a real proposal.
Seeing his smiling face, sure of acceptance, Ines slowly approached. Ines faced him and smiled more brightly than ever before.
Then she reached out and snapped the lid of the ring case shut with a bang.
More surprised by her action than Joseph was the maid, Susan, who had been standing by her side.
“Stand up, Joseph.”
He couldn’t even rise from his seat, just staring at Ines’s face in dismay.
“Come on.”
When she gently urged him, he finally pulled his awkward hand back and barely took a seat before Ines.
“You’re refusing…?”
“No way.”
“Then why…?”
“Joseph, I received a marriage proposal today.”
As she said ‘marriage proposal,’ Joseph made the face of a man truly wounded by love.
“A marriage proposal…?”
“Right. I was proposed to from a family that suits our house.”
Although it might sound rather unpleasant to hear, he was not in a state to judge that at the moment. Ines reached out and lightly overlapped her hand on the back of the hand of the man who was holding the ring case.
At that, she felt him startle.
“But don’t worry.”
Joseph raised his head while looking at his own hand that Ines had overlapped.
“I’m thinking of refusing the marriage proposal. Just…”
“Just…?”
“I need some time. As you know, my father will never allow our marriage. You understand that, right?”
He bowed his head, avoiding her eye contact. If it was the old Ines, she would have felt pity for him and cried for three days and nights.
“You understand?”
At her subtle urging, he reluctantly nodded his head. But it seemed like he regained his composure, as he soon made a slightly upset face.
“How long do I have to wait?”
“Well…”
Ines detached her hand from him without hesitation and stood up straight.
“Joseph has already entered the count’s house, so try to make a great contribution there. Although you’re a commoner, you can still be granted a title of junior count.”
“….”
“You’re not thinking of making me the wife of a commoner, are you?”
Joseph said nothing and only rolled his big eyes.
Male lead is a clingy little husband
One-line summary: The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
Introduction:
One day, Lu Yuner’s soul transmigrates into a female-dominant world. She enters the Imperial Academy and takes up the position of a doctoral instructor, teaching classes and grading schoolwork.
One day, she encounters the young prince Su Qingwan secretly skipping class from the male academy.
As a result, Su Qingwan is punished.
From then on, Su Qingwan sees Lu Yuner as a “thorn in his side”.
But before long, this “thorn” becomes the person he cherishes most, and he goes to great lengths to win Lu Yuner’s affection.
Mini scene 1:
One day, the sun is high in the sky but Su Qingwan still hasn’t gotten up for class.
Servant Xiaoyuan: “Young prince, it’s time for class. You’ll be late otherwise.”
Su Qingwan says arrogantly: “I’m not going. I am the esteemed prince, my status is so noble, why should I suffer this hardship? Besides, isn’t learning all this just to please women? Hmph, they’re not worthy!”
Mini scene 2:
After Su Qingwan falls for someone, he completely changes. He no longer skips class and diligently learns how to be a good husband and father. But he discovers that Sister Yuner is always surrounded by admirers.
Drunk and overcome with jealousy one day, he clings to Lu Yuner, crying beautifully like a pear blossom in the rain.
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan likes Sister Yuner.”
Lu Yuner: “Young prince, you’re drunk.”
Su Qingwan: “Qingwan isn’t drunk. Qingwan likes Sister Yuner, likes you so much, likes you to bits…” Before he can finish, Lu Yuner’s eyes flash with emotion and she leans in closer.
[Reading Guide]
1. The female lead is gentle, gracious, humble and polite but not weak. The male lead is initially an arrogant, noble, love-deprived brat, later a cute, clingy, scheming little jealous one.
2. 1v1, a bit torturous in the beginning but definitely sweet later on.
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