“Now… now it’s okay. Let go of me….”
“It’s fine.”
During the time the man, known only to be coldblooded, tenderly embraced my face and wiped my tears, I could only sit there, feeling powerless and uncomfortable.
“Why are you crying?”
“……Because it’s unfair.”
“What is?”
“……Everything.”
Cassard was perched on the edge of the bed, staring intently at the woman, whose face was still moist with tears.
I know he’s not a murderer. But if it’s so unfair to the point of crying…….
“Are you denying all the charges against you? So, even the one about being in a relationship with my father?”
Atilla had raised objections that Cassard’s father would not have been in government, but since relationships between men and women were known only to them, he had replied that he would not reach any conclusions until he had questioned them directly.
Atilla, you’re a real cold bastard, he’d said, whether he was joking or not.
So, even when he saw that glance, seeming as if it had heard unpleasant words, he had to hear an answer for his indignation to be appeased.
“Answer me.”
“No.”
“Really? The incident report said you were coming and going from the villa like it was your regular dining place.”
“I went about once a week to drop off medication. I left it in the drawer and never met him face to face.”
“I see.”
Staring intently at her as she explained with an angry face, Cassard let out a sarcastic, meaningless laugh.
“So, you weren’t in a relationship and you didn’t kill him either.”
The woman nodded her head, looking at him with anxious eyes.
“Then… you must want to get out of here right away.”
“Naturally…….”
“How about I teach you how to get out?”
Cassard, still looking anxiously at her, lowered his gaze slightly further down and curled his fine lips.
She was looking at the long scar he had engraved on a woman’s body four years ago, a day she couldn’t even remember.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon]Get proper sleepwear?
At past midnight, called to his lordship’s bedroom, Peron was fulfilling the Duke’s order to get proper female sleepwear, unknowingly presenting Miss Iriel’s red silk slip.
Miss Iriel had enjoyed hunting and vacationing in Lindkomm, occasionally visiting while his lordship was at the military academy.
With Lindkomm’s beautiful forests and the lush Rennebag river crossing through, indeed, it was worthy of the old Ebern kingdom’s beautiful capital. Thanks to this, even without a mistress, the mansion still had quite a bit of women’s clothing.
But as Peron, who secretly thought Miss Iriel would become the future lady of Blahnath, he couldn’t decide if he dared to take the future lady’s underwear to his lordship.
But what to do if he doesn’t take it? It’s the Duke’s order, after all.
And to ask for ‘proper sleepwear’ at this time.
Considering what his lordship had done to hide the prisoner’s body from Peron’s eyes last night…… it was clear he wanted to spend a hot night with the new housekeeper.
“Um, your Grace. I’ve brought it, but… since I remember mentioning these were Miss Iriel’s cherished clothes… Will it be alright?”
Though a noble lady from one of the ten great houses like Iriel wouldn’t have said such words to a servant, Peron hoped that his words might at least bring back a tiny bit of his lordship’s cool reason.
But… his lordship’s indifferent eyes, set far above Peron’s, looked coldly down, much further below. Peron swallowed dryly and retreated quietly.
His lordship’s chilly eyes seemed to say what does that matter, and without fail, the door slammed shut, bang.
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The Duke’s proposal was simple.
Not to run away even when not handcuffed. Not to act suspiciously and he would allow her to leave the mansion. Of course, this applied even in the bedroom, which was the problem.
So, asking for proper female sleepwear, not his gown that slid off with a slight wriggle, was not an unreasonable request…. At least, she thought so, until a moment ago.
“Um…….”
The woman, who had been in the bathroom for a long time, called me in a crawling voice, and Cassard put down the papers he was reading and went to her.
The woman clutching the bathroom door, peeping out only her face, looked up at him with a bewildered expression. She seemed to have changed her clothes, but why wasn’t she coming out?
As Cassard cocked his head, the hesitant woman finally opened her mouth.
“Is what you prepared proper nightwear…? It seems a bit different from what I meant…”
He had clearly told the butler what the woman wanted. To prepare ‘proper nightwear.’ What didn’t she like about it?
“I didn’t check the design. You don’t like it?”
“It’s not the design… Well, it is the design… But this doesn’t seem right.”
“You’re picky.”
After the kingdom’s destruction, Ska, who never complained even while wandering the slums, did something she would never normally do, enraged by the Duke’s single word.
She took off the men’s gown she had been clutching as if it were a lifeline.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
