Miss Pendleton (Update to C.222 END) - Chapter 74
It had been a week since Laura arrived at the manor.Mrs. Fairfax, who had been covertly observing Laura while pretending otherwise, began to feel the limits of her curiosity.Her desire to know more about the young lady Ian had taken a liking to had finally burst forth.
Up until now, she had left Laura alone to adjust to the manor,but she could no longer hold back.She invited Laura to have tea together in the morning during breakfast,saying she would introduce her to little Ian.
Laura gladly agreed, excited at the prospect of meeting little Ian.Mrs. Fairfax sat in the parlor and instructed a servant to bring little Ian from the nursery.
While waiting, Laura handed Mrs. Fairfax something wrapped in paper.Mrs. Fairfax unwrapped it.It was a small picture book.
“What’s this?”
Laura said with a shy expression,“I promised Mr. Dalton I’d give little Ian a gift someday.I made it a few months ago, but I’m only now able to give it.”
Right after learning that Mr. Dalton had a young nephew,Laura had taken time between her tasks to make a gift.It was a storybook she crafted by selecting the most interesting fables from La Fontaine’s Fables,which she had read while learning French in her school days.
Though it was completed months ago, various circumstances had prevented her from giving it.She had left it behind at the Pendleton estate,but remembered it just before leaving for Dunville Park and safely retrieved it through Ann.
Mrs. Fairfax couldn’t hide her amazement as she flipped through the storybook Laura presented.The book, bound in red leather, contained eight fables handwritten by Laura.One page had the original French text, the other Laura’s English translation,and beneath the large letters were watercolor illustrations Laura had drawn, charmingly filling the space.
Olivia, sitting nearby, leaned toward her mother to look at the book.She was greatly surprised by the beautiful French script on the paper.But outwardly, she asked nonchalantly, as if it were no big deal,“You know French too?”
Laura nodded.
“How much?”
“I can read it, speak it, and hold conversations.”
“Did you learn from a governess?”
“I learned it at school. I was close with a native teacher.”
The Villainous Demon Lord Laid an Egg for Her (Female-Dominated)
Several months after transmigrating into a book, Yu Wu found herself facing the demon lord Li You, who could no longer conceal his dragon horns. With one hand on her aching waist and the other gripping a sharp sword, she stared at him.
The demon lord’s eyes were red with fury:
“This is all your doing! Today, I won’t rest until I kill you!”
Yu Wu rubbed her temples. Putting aside the taboo against bloodshed during pregnancy, wasn’t it this very man who willingly walked into her trap that day?!
Warnings:
- Male pregnancy.
- Height ratios are set to mirror typical male-female height proportions.
- Characters include a foot-loving demon lord and an eldest daughter from an immortal family’s concubine lineage.
It’s progressing a bit slowly, but nicely… I hope there won’t be unnecessary distances between them due to misunderstandings.
I think this trip to Bath will be good to Laura. Meeting these women will inspire her to be more confident. I just hope her ex and Mr. Dalton don’t ruin it.
Each chapter leaves me in suspense for the future. Although the readers are given assurance from Laura’s feelings since the carriage kiss, I can’t help but doubt the next steps for this couple! Ian’s feeling are deep and tumultuous like waves against a cliff. I can only hope that when the two finally meet, he will remain level headed.