Lorencia tilted her head in confusion. Normally, Teishar would have tried to persuade her to purchase at least one more dress. Thanks to that, she still had many dresses that she couldn’t even wear.

“It’s strange.”

“What is it, my lady?”

“Normally, you would have persuaded me to buy more dresses for myself, but you didn’t do that this time.”

“At first, the reason for that was because you needed several dresses, so I did that.”

“What about now?”

“Buying many debutante dresses as gifts has a different meaning from buying them because they are needed. You should only choose the red dress that you like and want to wear, Lady Lorencia.”

Ben smiled at the sight of the two men and women chatting happily with each other. Especially when he saw Teishar’s gaze strangely fixed on Lorencia rather than the dress, he nodded his head.

The way Teishar treated Lorencia looked just like an ordinary man treating a woman he was fond of. Lorencia also looked like a woman treating a man she was fond of. It seemed like there would be good news between the two of them soon.

“Ben. The third dress you showed earlier.”

“The third dress I showed you is a piece called ‘The First Blooming Rose’. As the name of the piece suggests, it captures the beauty and freshness of a rose blooming for the first time. It will suit you very well, Lady Lorencia.”

“It seems to go well with Lady Lorencia’s bright atmosphere.”

Teishar examined the dress Lorencia had chosen. The gradation dyeing of white and red with chiffon and lace was beautiful. Although the rose embroidery and jewels on the hem of the dress were splendid, the overall dress looked elegant yet simple.

“Then would you like to try it on? Lady Lorencia.”

“Yes. Ben.”

Ben took Lorencia away.

Teishar felt strange. It was as if he could see her wearing the red dress in front of his eyes. His heart raced madly. From the moment Lorencia said that she liked the color of his eyes out of all those colors, he kept feeling excited.

Lorencia’s words that she liked red and wanted to wear a red dress for her debutante were enough to make his heart flutter. Honestly, it was an answer he never expected. The irresistible feeling seemed like it would burst soon.

Despite having things to do, Teishar couldn’t focus on work at all. He kept thinking of Lorencia. How beautiful would Lorencia be in a red dress? He couldn’t miss that moment. So, despite having things to do, he asked Adrian for a moment’s understanding and ran to the reception room.

“I want to confess.”

Muttering quietly to himself, Teishar covered his face with both hands and lowered his head. He didn’t seem to be in his right mind.

In the changing room, Lorencia, wearing a red dress, looked at her reflection in the mirror.

“It suits you so well. You’re beautiful.”

Ben kept exclaiming in admiration. Her red hair and red dress might not seem to match well, but they matched perfectly like a red dahlia blooming under the bright summer sun.

“Shall we show Duke Spencer your beautiful appearance now as well?”

After walking out of the fitting room and looking in the mirror once more, Lorencia turned her body and looked at Teishar. As their eyes met, the corners of her mouth rose involuntarily.

Teishar looked at Lorencia walking towards him. He couldn’t take his eyes off her, with her white skin and red dress.

“How do I look?”

“Just looking at you makes me feel happy.”

He could understand why people admired beautiful jewels and paintings.

“Really?”

“You’re perfectly pretty. Lady Lorencia.”

“That’s too much praise.”

“I’m only sorry that there is no suitable expression other than beautiful.”

After that, she tried on several more dresses, but she liked the third red dress the most and decided to wear it on her debutante day.

Lorencia walked closer to the mirror and looked at it. She touched both cheeks with her hands. She could feel that her once dark face had become much brighter. The large and small acne that had covered her face had completely disappeared, and her skin had improved nicely.

Until then, she hated to look in the mirror even if there was one. She even tried not to look at her skinny reflection in the water. Even if she decorated herself with pretty things, she hated to look at herself. It felt awkward to see herself decorated prettily in the mirror. It was embarrassing. She didn’t easily get used to the unfamiliar decorations.

But.

Teishar’s praise gave her courage.

Now, when she looked at herself in the mirror, she felt happy. His words seemed to have a magical power. With a single word, confidence naturally arose. She felt beautiful, just as Teishar said.

Now, seeing herself in pretty dresses and accessories didn’t feel unfamiliar. For the first time, she looked at herself in the mirror with love.

“Do you like the dress?”

Teishar, who had been watching Lorencia spin around in front of the mirror, carefully approached and asked.

“When did you come in?”

“I came in just a moment ago.”

“You weren’t watching me the whole time, were you?”

Lorencia looked at Teishar, who was smiling at her, with narrowed eyes, her face red.

“I was watching the whole time.”

“If you came in, you should have made a sound. You saw me in an embarrassing state.”

“Embarrassing state? I thought a fairy was spinning round and round. It was cute.”

“Please don’t say that in front of others. They might misunderstand us as lovers.”

“Do you dislike being misunderstood as my lover, Lady Lorencia?”

“It’s not that I dislike it…”

It didn’t seem like it. But she was worried about what to say. Wouldn’t Teishar be upset if they were misunderstood as lovers? More than that, why did the conversation flow turn to them being lovers?

As Lorencia thought about various things, her mind became complicated.

“Wouldn’t Duke Teishar be uncomfortable if you were misunderstood as my lover?”

“Uncomfortable…”

“Yes. Uncomfortable.”

“Lady Lorencia, you don’t seem to know the real meaning of being uncomfortable.”

“Pardon?”

Teishar crossed his arms and embraced Lorencia, who was standing in front of him, as if pouncing on her, then slightly tilted his head to the side and said,

“This is what it means to be uncomfortable. Lady Lorencia.”

While Lorencia was stammering, Teishar pulled her face towards him.

“Would Lady Lorencia be uncomfortable if I got closer to you like this?”

“Th-that’s…”

Lorencia, who unknowingly stuttered, clenched her fists tightly.

“If I get closer to you like this, others will misunderstand us as lovers when they see us, right?”

“Your face is too close.”

A smile seemed to hang on Teishar’s lips. His gaze was fixed on Lorencia’s face. Her heart began to beat loudly. Embarrassment ran down her whole body to the point of confusion about what expression to make or what to say, and she felt like she was jumping high.

If Teishar approached her like this, it seemed like their noses would touch. She pondered deeply about how this situation came about. Strangely, her mouth seemed to be very dry. Then suddenly, a story to respond to him came to her mind.

“Duke Teishar.”

“Yes. Lady Lorencia.”

“Do you want to become lovers with me?”

Lorencia asked with a self-deprecating smile. Now the discomfort was Teishar’s turn. Imagining Teishar being uncomfortable for a moment, she felt like a pleasantly good laugh kept trying to come out.

“Since you asked, I will answer truthfully.”

“Truthfully?”

Teishar, whom she thought would be as flustered and red-faced as her, gave a completely different answer than she expected.

“I want to be lovers with Lady Lorencia.”

Lorencia’s violet eyes gradually grew wider.

“Since I answered, will you also answer me, Lady Lorencia?”

“Huh? About what?”

“The question I asked earlier.”

“What was the question again?”

Lorencia muttered as if squeezing her voice out, her ears also turning bright red. Her heart began to beat even more loudly than a little while ago.

“Then I will ask again. Please listen carefully and answer me.”

The corners of his eyes beautifully narrowed like a pretty crescent moon.

“Do you dislike being misunderstood as my lover?”

“It’s not that I dislike it…”

She had to say no, but her lips wouldn’t part. She could feel her heart trembling.

“Can I take that as meaning you don’t dislike it?”

When Lorencia nodded her head slightly with a bright red face, Teishar, who was covering his face with both hands, slowly approached and lightly kissed Lorencia’s forehead. Teishar lifted Lorencia in his arms and sat her on the sofa. Teishar knelt on one knee and kissed the back of Lorencia’s hand as if it were the most precious thing in the world.

“Will you be my lover starting today? Lady Lorencia.”

“Lovers?”

Teishar found Lorencia spinning around like dancing while looking in the mirror so cute that he secretly watched her. And he was going to lightly tease Lorencia, who was making a sullen expression.

But Lorencia, who approached him and grumbled with her pretty eyes raised, was so precious and cute that his emotions crashed down on his heart like a big wave.

In a word, he couldn’t control his emotions.

“You asked me this before. Why I treat you so well.”

“Yes.”

The day she asked that question was the day Brant pushed into Adrian’s office and made a scene, demanding them to hand over ‘my precious daughter. Lorencia.’

“It’s the question I asked you.”

“At that time, I said that when I found out why I treat Lady Lorencia well… When I found out what the feeling of treating you well without any gain was, I would answer then. Do you remember that as well?”

Lorencia nodded. The Teishar at that time had said he would sincerely find the answer and tell her.