“Is Hertian Casian?”
Recalling the springs I exchanged letters with Casian, I asked, knowing it wasn’t true.
There’s no way the Duke, who was roaming the battlefield, was Casian, who sent letters on colorful paper.
But Hertian, not understanding my joke, became stiff.
“It’s a joke.”
I giggled and pinched his arm. Just a light pinch. His body jerked as if rejecting it.
‘Did he feel uncomfortable because I touched him?’
He was just standing there, staring at nothing.
“Hertian?”
When I called his name, his wellcarved Adam’s apple moved downward.
Seeing his beastlike neck, I immediately apologized.
“I’m sorry for touching you at will.”
It seems that not liking women and hating physical contact are two different things, does he also hate being touched at all?
“I’ll be careful not to touch you in the future.”
Hertian reflexively turned his head.
“You don’t have to be careful. I was just lost in thought.”
He said that and offered his arm to me, as if asking me to pinch him again. But soon, he withdrew his hand.
“Perhaps it’s better if you don’t touch me today.”
“Why?”
“I’m feeling a bit odd.”
It was certain that he didn’t like to be touched. I burst into a giggle at his frank demeanor.
“Really. I think the Duke and I get along well.”
This is the first time I’ve felt such warmth from a man.
Is it because I’m sure he doesn’t love me?
The peace of this moment, walking through the yard without any conversation, was peaceful.
“But who is Casian?”
He asked after a while of walking.
“He’s a friend of mine whom I don’t know in person. We only correspond by letters.”
I described Casian as such.
“Are you close?”
“Yes. Very close.”
Because we were not a real couple, I spoke honestly.
Since he said he wouldn’t intrude into my private life, he wouldn’t say anything about my correspondence with Casian.
But it seemed he was curious about Casian.
“Is he someone precious to you?”
Seeing him ask such a question, I could tell.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]“Suddenly you have to send Anette to get married.”
Having suddenly gained Hertian as a soninlaw, the Count and Countess hand in hand, headed toward the glass garden.
It seemed that Anette and the Duke had a conversation to have, so they cleared the space.
The Count and Countess also wanted to share their views on Hertian.
When they stepped into the indoor garden made of glass, a sweet scent of flowers wafted.
“I met the Duke for the first time today, he seems like a good person.”
“I think so too. Just like Anette said, he’s handsome and kind. I think he’ll treat our daughter well.”
Countess Shwerly’s words were met with agreement from Lucas, who wore a relieved expression.
Anette’s demeanor had been concerning ever since she had slipped out of the banquet and stayed out all night. Suddenly, she wasn’t going to the guard squad, wasn’t she waiting for the mailman at the mansion entrance? Her strange behavior had all been about waiting for the Duke.
The Duke came with a proposal, and seeing her face light up and bounce around, I finally felt at ease.
“I had no idea Anette was so proactive.”
“Neither did I. Hehe. How cute she was. Did you see the Duke’s face when Anette said she had fallen in love at first sight?”
Schwelry recalled the incident with a pleasant smile.
“The Duke’s ears turned bright red. He was cuter than Anette.”
Hertian, as seen by an outsider, was a man undoubtedly in love.
Recently, Anette had been showing obsessive behavior towards marriage, and I was curious as to why. Meeting the two in person, it seemed clear.
“You two, doesn’t it feel like you’re seeing us from the past?”
Love that was set on fire at first sight, blazing passionately.
It seemed like they were in a state where they couldn’t see their surroundings because they were so blinded by love.
“When were we ever like that? At least, I made a promise and visited respectfully.”
Lucas stroked his chin, pretending to be polite.
“Oh my. I prefer the fiery type like the Duke. Maybe if you had come straight to me, I wouldn’t have been so evasive.”
She shot back and strode off first.
“Madam, that’s too much!”
Lucas followed her, and after a long time, the two of them laughed like old times.
“It seems that the Duke has completely captured Madam’s heart.”
“Did we get too excited? Thinking about dressing our beautiful daughter makes us happy.”
The corners of the broadly smiling Schwelry’s eyes started to moisten. Lucas also choked up and embraced his wife’s shoulder, and a breathless voice came from outside the glass door.
“Count, I accept!”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
