And he recalled the charismatic figure of Lena, who had dealt with Swelden’s young lady. Just seeing that, she seemed fully qualified to lead the earldom.
How beautiful was her appearance? She was not lacking at all standing beside that incredibly handsome man.
Thinking so, there seemed to be no reason for Ines Swelden’s young lady not to be included in Carson’s list. It was only excluded from the list because her family had not completely belonged to Landhill.
The shame disappeared, and a sly smile crept onto his face.
He quickly followed Carson, feeling a premonition that a mistress might come sooner than expected.
(This is a time separator.)
Upon reaching the central stairs, Ines put strength into the hand holding his arm. Carson was responding to each of her small actions.
Hearing the murmuring of people, she became a little sensitive. Ines exhaled softly.
Feeling their gaze and looking up, Carson was looking down at her with an odd look.
“Are you nervous?”
“I’m not used to people’s gazes.”
After a moment, he frowned beautifully and laughed out loud. Carson recalled Ines, who had rushed into a madly running horse in the square. The way she had walked towards him without hesitation, even bleeding, was still vivid in his eyes.
Apparently, it was an exception when many people looked at her in astonishment.
“Oh, I behaved very rudely.”
Although apologizing, his voice mixed with laughter was unchanged. Ines then realized that he was joking.
Ines glared at him slightly, but he didn’t care at all.
“I haven’t attended many banquets so far.”
“I see.”
“And dancing with a man other than my father is my first time.”
At that, Carson abruptly stopped.
“First?”
Although it was not something to be said in the bedroom, it strangely stirred various emotions in his heart. Guilt and responsibility, perhaps?
“It may sound strange, I know. But there wasn’t much opportunity.”
He naturally led her and moved his steps again.
“I also had my debutante ball at sixteen. Then I danced with my father.”
Every woman in the empire has a debutante ball at sixteen unless there’s an exceptional circumstance. Afterwards, they attend many banquets for 2 years to build connections, and start getting married at 18.
“As far as I remember, I think I started liking Joseph from that age. I vaguely thought I would become a commoner’s wife.”
She expressed her memory of her debutante, the beginning of her connection with the world, and the complex emotions she had about it, including her feelings for Joseph. Carson listened carefully to her words, feeling the trust and intimacy building between them.
Carson’s eyes turned cold at the calmly delivered words as if telling someone else’s story.
4 years……. That was the time she had thought of him as a lover. It was not a fleeting emotion that had briefly flashed like a light. He oddly stretched his neck long once on each side, feeling strangely uncomfortable.
“So I didn’t attend most of the gatherings. It’s not fitting for a commoner’s wife to attend a gathering. Even if I had to attend, I did not dance. I thought that was being loyal to him.”
Ines found herself continually talking about herself without realizing it, yet strangely did not feel like stopping. As she spoke more and more, she felt her heart growing lighter, like a believer exposing their sins before the deity, wanting to receive forgiveness.
“My father did not particularly think about marrying me off early. Ah, but it seems like he has a mind to now.”
“What do you mean by that?”
“He told me recently that a marriage proposal had come in. Of course, it became nothing due to someone’s interference.”
As they conversed, the two reached the central staircase. As she had feared, all eyes in the hall were on them. Carson placed his hand on the back of her hand. The feeling of gently patting as if to console made all her tension disappear.
“Let’s save the rest of the story for next time.”
Ines nodded her head and turned her gaze, only to find the daughter of Earl Graham and Joseph staring at them. Defiantly, Ines raised her heel and pressed her lips closely to Carson’s ear.
“I meant to tell you that I’m clumsy at dancing, but I went on too long.”
Descending the stairs, he leaned his body towards her as much as possible. Then naturally, he placed his hand on her waist and pulled her into his embrace.
“Is that so?”
Looking at her, he perfectly raised both corners of his lips. Ines unwittingly followed him with a bright smile at his soft and pleasant curve that made even the onlooker feel good. The serious conversation they had just had felt very light at this very moment.
He spoke loudly, but Ines whispered back into his ear again.
“Yes, I might even step on your lordship’s foot.”
He took his hand off her and stepped down two steps ahead of her. Then he turned to face her at the same height and met her gaze.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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