Christoph, about to speak, closed his mouth silently and followed her. The quiet sound of footsteps unreasonably grated on her nerves.
“Argh!”
She suddenly got angry. At Christoph, who had never paid attention when she had given him many chances, and now was teasing her.
With a swoosh, she turned and glared at Christoph with furious eyes. Facing her angry expression, he made a helpless face like a lost child.
A face that was extremely fragile and pitiable.
“…….”
Eventually, Marianne turned her back again without a word. She moved on with a spirited, angry stride, completely unbecoming of Mrs. Schneider.
The persistent footsteps followed her like a shadow.
(This is a time separator.)
“Good morning.”
Marianne, who had entered the office with a bright greeting, slowly stopped her steps, sensing an unusual atmosphere. Nicolas, Maxim, Florian, and even Yan. The whole team had arrived.
Was she late? It couldn’t be.
Glancing out the window, she cast her eyes back into the office. The air was heavy.
Marianne, feeling an inexplicable pressure, could not easily fit in with them and stood still, looking at the four men.
Maxim shot her a sharp look, Florian coldly turned away from her, Yan watched the other three just like her, and Nicolas…
“Marianne Habek.”
“Yes, Detective Nicolas.”
Marianne replied with a somewhat uplifted voice. Nicolas, perched on his desk, crossed his arms and stared at her intently.
His blue eyes took on an increasingly puzzled look at that moment.
“How on earth did you know?”
“Know what?”
At her counterquestion, Nicolas slightly frowned. Yan, who was beside him, whispered, “The jewel thief we caught yesterday.”
“Half of the stolen jewels were found at his place. We couldn’t recover all of it. The rest seems to have been squandered.”
Only then did Marianne nod and say, “Ah,” scratching her cheek nonchalantly. A frivolous action that Mrs. Schneider would never do, but it was natural for Marianne.
“It was easy to recognize after seeing the montage.”
Her cool response was followed by another brief silence. An uncomfortable silence, sharp as thorns. Prick, prick, her cheek stung.
Nicholas recalled the face of the jewel thief trapped in the detention center. It was an appearance difficult to recognize at a glance, no matter how many times he saw the montage.
Even seasoned men like Maksim and Florian would have found it challenging. He had to admit that her keen eye was something special. Perhaps even more than he had expected.
–Let’s see what Marianne can do here.
He remembered what Chief Simon had said on the day she first came here.
What she can do. Perhaps.
“Damn.”
Unable to contain himself, Maksim abruptly stood up from his seat and stormed out of the office, cursing. Florian was still gazing out the window with a cold expression.
Nicholas spoke in a noticeably softer voice.
“You noticed that her appearance has changed a lot. Well done.”
Well done.
He felt a faint warmth in those words. Marianne looked at him with astonished eyes for a while before she finally licked her lips and said, “Thank you.” Her cheeks flushed hotly.
Nicholas looked around at his team members, detaching himself from the desk.
“Now, let’s work hard today, too. Florian will report on the current progress of the investigation, and Yan will go fetch Maksim. And Marianne.”
“…….”
Marianne stared at him with expectant eyes, sparkling. Her turquoise pupils glowed like stars.
Nicholas pointed to the desk piled with documents.
“I need you to take care of those documents today.”
“…Yes.”
With slumped shoulders, she trudged off, her steps drained of energy. “Ah, before that,” Nicholas called to her. Marianne turned her head with a sullen face.
“See the doctor first.”
“The doctor? Oh.”
She touched her forehead. There was a throbbing pain, but it was bearable.
“It’s nothing, Inspector.”
“It’s probably not just there you’re hurt.”
Marianne’s eyes widened at Nicholas’s words, as if he could see through even the hidden wounds beneath her clothes.
Inspector, can he see the hidden scars?
“Yan told me. You threw yourself at the criminal. Made a tremendous noise, didn’t you? Is your bone okay?”
“……Yes.”
Marianne subtly averted her gaze, nodding. Afterward, she thought that there had been no need to do so.
But at that moment, no other way had come to mind.
“If you want to do this job for a long time, you need to know how to take care of your body. There’s a small clinic a block away from here. A lot of the officers go there, so if you say you’re from the police station, they’ll take good care of you. The doctor is quite a good person.”
“Yes.”
Marianne nodded. As she watched Nicholas’s receding back, she quietly repeated his words.
“To do this job for a long time.”
Suddenly, a faint smile crossed her lips.
(This is a time separator.)
“Marianne Habeck, please come in.”
Following the nurse’s guidance, she opened the door to the consultation room. The small, neat clinic seemed newly established, exuding a tidy atmosphere. Instead of the smell of disinfectant, there was the odor of notquitedry paint.
“Marianne Habeck… Ma’am?”
The seated doctor cast a friendly gaze at her. Marianne could not hide her surprise, and her eyes widened.
He had a charming smile and a kind demeanor. The gentle atmosphere surrounding him eased the patient’s tension. He felt very different from the authoritative doctors she had met before.
Especially compared to the stiff head physician of the Schneider family.
“My name is Liam Cluuk. You can call me Dr. Cluuk. What brings you here? Any pain?”
Marianne unconsciously touched her forehead.
“Oh dear.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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