Despite the following words that clearly mocked him, Joseph did not respond, just staring at his caught hand.
“So don’t worry. Our hearts haven’t changed, so what’s the worry?”
Ines hurriedly pulled her hand away from him, feeling a terrible sensation as if she had touched a large bug. Then he quickly grabbed her hand.
“If that’s true, give me assurance.”
“Assurance?”
“Give me a kiss of vow, so that the goddess of water can watch over our love.”
At those words, Ines let out a snicker. A vow kiss? She shook off his caught hand and glared at him.
“Joseph, I’m really disappointed in you.”
“What?”
“Is this how you assure love in your way?”
“Ah, miss…….”
“Yes, if I’m still your miss, you have to protect my honor. Appearing abruptly in the middle of the night and demanding a kiss of love vow in the middle of the road, I really can’t believe it.”
He knelt down in front of her like a knight, bending one leg.
“I spoke rashly in my haste. Please forgive me.”
Ines slowly returned to the carriage, looking down at his head with cold eyes. With Susan’s help, she got into the carriage and opened a small window in the carriage wall.
“You can get up now.”
At Ines’s permission, Joseph straightened his bent body. His look was genuinely remorseful, and Ines laughed more.
“I’ll forgive you this one time. Next time, don’t disappoint me.”
“Yes, I will remember.”
“But Joseph, do you… really like me?”
“Do you have to ask?”
Hearing his answer, Ines nodded to signal to start.
“Why?”
“Because…….”
As the carriage started with a dull sound, he stuck to the window and began to follow her. Whatever he said, his voice was buried in the noise of the carriage.
Ines received a handkerchief from Susan and wiped her grasped hand. It was a ruined item with the wrong number of petals embroidered.
“If you like me that much, you can die for me.”
“Of course.”
“Alright, then.”
Ines held the handkerchief she had used to wipe her hands out the window, then lightly dropped it. The sight of him catching it and throwing himself down was so enjoyable. There was no need for a country drama.
(This is a time separator.)
Carson quickly adapted to the new territory.
Landhill was a small domain, but a place with endless possibilities. The reason he came to the territory of Landhill was, of course, because it was adjacent to Lusonia where his sister was, but there were two more neighboring domains other than Landhill.
Nevertheless, Carson chose this domain.
The capital of the Keynes Empire was slightly off to the left from the center. And Landhill was five days away from the imperial city by fast horse. It was quite a distant place, taking over a week to ten days by carriage.
Of course, his father said that the distance was fairly close, but Carson had no inclination to go to the imperial city frequently.
The vast grain field area and Lusonia, which had the empire’s largest port, were further south of Landhill, and to go to Lusonia by the shortest route from the imperial city, one had to pass through Landhill.
Even now, when the roads were not properly maintained, many goods were coming and going between Lusonia and the capital through Landhill. What if there is a faster way?
The money that could be brought in as a result would be beyond imagination.
“Did you look into the matter?”
“I will report as soon as you finish breakfast.”
“You sit too.”
Noah’s work usually started from Carson’s breakfast time. Carson ate and received various reports from Noah and issued instructions. But today was different from other days. It had been a long time since his younger brother expressed the wish to be with him.
“Where is Louie?”
This time, Carson asked the butler, not Noah. The Lord of Landhill wanted to keep the servants he had been keeping as is, and Carson, who did not particularly like to touch the hands of people, accepted him.
“He will be down soon.”
He wanted to ask what had happened during the past four years that he could not care for, but Louie did not let him by his side.
It was not that he was avoiding or resenting him, but he did not laugh much, nor did he speak much.
Since childhood, Louie had been tearyeyed. In Carson’s eyes, the child did not seem to have grown at all. Was it because he was left alone at the moment when warmth was most needed?
In the meantime, Louie had only changed from a tearyeyed child to a child who spoke little.
“He’s here.”
Louie moved his small body and sat neatly on the chair.
“Did you sleep well?”
“Yes, older brother.”
Carson was slightly relieved by the rather firm voice.
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
