Even last night, he dreamed that his house was being swept away in a flood, causing his whole body to ache.
“Father, you don’t look well.”
Theresa looked at her father with a worried expression.
The Viscount sighed and smiled.
Teresa’s fresh appearance was the Viscount’s pride, even if men’s eyes were fixated on the floor.
“Oh, Theresa. You look healthy today.”
The Viscountess, who appeared belatedly in the dining room, took her seat, and the meal began.
The three had breakfast in a cheerful atmosphere.
Little did they know about the storm that awaited in the afternoon.
The Viscount, enjoying afternoon tea, gazed out the window.
This time was special for him.
Sipping tea while looking at the picturesque garden had a unique taste.
At that moment, a sound shattered the peaceful afternoon.
No, something was actually shattering outside.
“What’s going on?”
The Viscount stood up reflexively.
“Well, wait a moment. It’s inconvenient if you act like this, Lower Duke!”
As the door swung open, a man who shouldn’t be seen inside the house appeared.
The Viscount instinctively moved the teacup he was holding and splashed tea on the man’s face.
“How dare you come in here!”
However, Maximilian didn’t bat an eye. He had already disregarded the Viscount’s rebuke.
He approached the Viscount and bowed his waist to apologize.
“I apologize for the rudeness. It’s an urgent matter, and I pressed on despite knowing it was inappropriate due to the circumstances.”
The serious and clear eyes were completely different from the previous vacant look.
The Viscount corrected his posture.
“Servant, go and bring a towel.”
And, to immediately take Maximilian out, he snapped at the servants who had gathered.
Alone in the reception room, Maximilian took a bundle of documents from his arms and showed them to the Viscount.
As the Viscount took the documents, his puzzled face grew more serious as he flipped through the pages.
“What… is this exactly?”
“A few weeks ago, it was discovered that Viscount Grovan was purchasing promissory notes of the Viscount’s estate under someone else’s name. It’s not yet threatening, but from what I know, the negotiated amount is quite substantial.”
The Viscount’s expression became grave.
Paying off the debt was not a difficult task.
However, the partners who had just learned about the movements of Viscount Grovan, who was currently carrying the weight of the emperor’s rule on his shoulders, were the problem.
They could withdraw or suspend the cooperation relationship for the time being.
Major business partners of Viscount Menisil were more sensitive to power dynamics changes because they were not nobles but commoners or gentry.
“What on earth does Viscount Grovan have to do with our family?”
“It seems that they are trying to use Theresa as a hostage from your family to proceed with the marriage between me and Viscount’s son.”
“What… What?”
The Viscount was about to shout in disbelief but restrained himself.
Maximilian kneeled down and bowed his head.
“No, Viscount, why are you like this? Apologizing to me now won’t resolve the matter.”
“I’m not apologizing. I will take responsibility.”
At Maximilian’s declaration, the Viscount’s eyes widened.
“How do you intend to take responsibility, Viscount?”
“Send Theresa to me.”
“That matter is considered closed. And Theresa already has no interest in the Viscount, right?”
“I will try to persuade her no matter what.”
Maximilian was determined.
This couldn’t be the end of the crazy siblings.
His sister, Diana, was obsessed with him, and Viscount Grovan held a grudge against Theresa.
“It’s done. Just go back. It’s something we can handle within our family!”
“The other party has the emperor’s favor on their side. If they treat the Duke of Winters as a commoner, can you handle it?”
The Viscount was not ignorant of those rumors either.
The story of the Duke, with a hot temper, making the Viscount wear a wig for a lifetime.
At that time, he simply thought it had nothing to do with him.
“Still, not my daughter. Have you forgotten what the Viscount did? We’ll consider today’s proposal unheard.”
At that moment, Theresa entered the room.
With a stern face, she looked back and forth between her father and Maximilian.
The Viscount stepped forward and said, “Theresa, you don’t need to worry about this.”
She glanced at Maximilian for a moment and then spoke.
“Wait, let’s talk for a moment.”
“Theresa!”
“It’s okay, Father. It’s my marriage, so I’ll decide.”
Theresa drew a firm line with a determined face.
In response to her command, Maximilian stood up from his seat.
They moved to a small sitting room next to Theresa’s bedroom.
Maximilian waited anxiously with a tense expression for Theresa to speak.
Originally, he had planned to persuade the Viscount first and then convince Theresa.
There was also the fear of facing her.
“Is it true that Viscount Grovan is targeting our family?”
“Yes.”
“For revenge?”
Maximilian shook his head.
“Just because Viscount Grovan is crazy. I have no face to you and the Viscount. I’ll make sure you never suffer any harm in the future.”
Theresa asked, tongue in cheek, “Then why should I marry you?”
“That’s…”
After hearing the news from Jaina, Maximilian urgently commissioned a renowned information guild.
According to the report obtained there, Anix had declared that he would make Theresa his concubine by frequenting the taverns.
Maximilian, recalling the vulgar proposal, bit his lips tightly.
When he heard that Anix planned to hire a magician to get her, he couldn’t stay in his seat any longer.
“Tell me exactly. I don’t want to be stupidly fooled without knowing anything.”
Maximilian thought Teresa had changed a lot.
The girl who had always been timid and watched his every move now confidently expressed her opinions, dazzling him.
“You’re right. Viscount Grovan wants revenge on you. I’ve heard he’s planning to hire a magician.”
Teresa, upon hearing the story, remained silent for a moment.
“While our family may have less influence than the duchy, it’s not entirely powerless. You don’t have to worry.”
In the face of Teresa’s composed words, Maximilian knelt down.
“You can curse me every day, even hit me. It’s okay if you don’t love me and hate me.”
Maximilian pleaded earnestly.
Losing Teresa in front of him was enough even in his dreams.
There was no more time.
“Don’t bother asking me to look at you.”
He had to win even a corner of Teresa’s heart with all his might.
The reason was not just to be happy with her again, not just to gain her love.
“Just let me protect you.”
Maximilian’s voice trembled faintly.
He desperately hoped that his feelings would reach her.
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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