“, I have had the opportunity to meet His Highness the Prince occasionally. Whenever I see His Highness, who is composed and calm, with an elegant demeanor even when extending his hand to offer a teacup, I find myself getting back to my senses, always gazing at His Highness.”
As if reading from a script, Cahillen couldn’t suppress his laughter at the mechanical voice. Covering his mouth with a fist and barely managing to suppress laughter, Renaula grinned and spoke.
“And I dared to harbor feelings. Although I knew it wasn’t appropriate, I tried to put away those improper feelings, but it just didn’t go my way.”
When asked about preferences to become a court lady, I wondered how it would come out.
He thought that by offering everything and laying out the cards, she would confess that she liked it. Confessing her feelings to a man who was cruelly grinding his teeth, was it audacity, recklessness, or something else?
Cahillen, with his hand covering his mouth, rolled his eyes and looked at Renaula.
Even though he seemed to be acting, perhaps because he knew it, it just looked shabby and cute. If he was going to confess that he had feelings, he should have hidden the expression that he wanted to take her out immediately.
“If that confession was true, it would have been nice.”
Even without that, Cahillen was quite enjoying the current situation.
“I was planning to tease you a bit more, but I can’t stand it anymore.”
Renaula, who was shrugging her shoulders, raised her head in surprise. Then, she immediately pursed her lips in amazement.
Smiling at her gaze, which was fixed on him without even blinking, Cahillen laughed. His lips were sealed in satisfaction because the cute expression was more satisfying than he had imagined.
“Can’t your mouth speak in front of someone you like?”
Absurdity. Resentment. Confusion. Various emotions mingled in the expression that was all mixed up. Looking at Renaula, Cahillen could deduce the thoughts rising in her little head.
“Darn. Why the heck is that bastard here?”
Laughing cheerfully as he looked at Renaula, who was tightly closing her eyes, Cahillen could deduce what she was thinking.
He laughed cheerfully and then approached her.
Seemingly wanting to escape, Renaula, who was looking back reluctantly, had her chin gently grasped by Cahillen, and their eyes met.
“Now that you’ve come all the way here yourself, you’re not thinking of running away, are you?”
In that case, it would be better to give up. Cahillen was not someone to let go of a person he had once grasped in his hand, and Renaula Violet was now more tempting to him than anything else. So.
“Feel free to tempt as much as you want.”
It was not pretending to hold back feelings but rather a genuine intention to tempt him with all her heart.
“Since you’re willing to give in willingly.”
And Renaula Violet naturally had to give in.
Cahillen narrowed his eyes.
Cahillen, concentrating, looked down at the focused green eyes. Renaula was now tying a cravat around his neck.
He usually ignored things like cravats because they felt stuffy, but since Renaula came to the palace, he stood in front of the mirror every morning with a cravat in hand.
The warmth coming close while tying the cravat, the white and slender fingers fidgeting on his neck, were delightful.
However, unlike the joyful Cahillen, Renaula’s expression showed discontent. Her eyes, clearly revealing thoughts like ‘Don’t you have hands?’ or ‘Don’t you have feet?,’ were impolite.
“If you want to win someone’s heart, please be gentle. Who would like it if you call them from dawn?”
She advised as if he would think it was torture. Cahillen felt a bit unjustly treated.
How gentle was he being? Once he realized it, he couldn’t take his eyes off even for a moment.
While watching Renaula, who was staring at him with a wrinkled forehead because the cravat wasn’t tying well as she thought, Cahillen stretched his back.
Renaula, who was holding her arms because of the height difference, glared at him resentfully. Then, she blinked innocently, pretending not to look at him. Cahillen swallowed his suppressed laughter.
“Your Highness, sorry, but could you lower it a bit? It’s hard to tie it properly.”
“Well, I’ve never bowed to anyone.”
Rather, Cahillen straightened his back even more, subtly lifting his heels.
Looking at him with a puzzled expression, Renaula raised her eyebrows. Then, she started tying the cravat with an indignant look.
With the threatening momentum as if he would choke his neck right away, Cahillen provocatively laughed.
Marquis and Rendols, who had come to watch him while looking for documents, made a grim expression. To think that their master would act so childish. Marquis let out a forced laugh.
“Reminds me of Louna.”
“Louna? Your cousin, right?”
“Yeah. He used to behave exactly like that in front of the person he liked.”
“…Was he nine years old this year?”
“Nine.”
With Machi’s words, Rendols nodded in understanding.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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