“Already going home?”
“We’ll leave in 10 minutes.”
“Then let’s finish this quickly in the next 10 minutes! I’ve almost finished coloring.”
That’s how it went.
Nevertheless, the children who were drawing began to move their hands busily compared to before.
“This should be a masterpiece!”
“Masterpiece? What’s a masterpiece?”
“Well, you see? My mom used to say this when she saw a well-drawn picture…”
Five minutes after the steward arrived, the voices of the mistresses began to be heard from outside.
“Ah…!”
Bonita, who was watching Maya draw, suddenly lifted her head.
“I need to check for a moment.”
“Bonita?”
Maya stood up with a bewildered expression. In the meantime, Bonita, among the children, was the first to dash towards the entrance.
Click.
The door of the gingerbread house opened.
Bonita’s face brightened upon spotting Aria inside.
“Oh my, I wonder who will come out first.”
Hazel, hearing the words of the Countess of Ruvigny, turned her gaze toward the door of the gingerbread house.
Clunk.
The door, made of chocolate, creaked open, and she could immediately tell who had opened it. Actually, anyone would have.
Because a girl with pink hair like that was the only one in the kingdom.
Hazel observed Bonita, who rushed towards Aria, with a slightly surprised look. Aria extended her arms and hugged her immediately.
“Aria!”
“Yeah, Bonita.”
The mistresses, watching the two embracing, felt a strange sensation.
Despite the fact that Aria and Bonita didn’t look alike at all, they seemed like a harmonious mother and daughter.
Wearing silk gloves, Hazel thought to herself.
‘It’s been quite unusual since earlier.’
She didn’t exactly know the reason for the current situation, but Aria would likely be the lady-in-waiting for the Lady of the Renaissance. It was natural for noble children to have attendants, especially if there was no birth mother. So, it shouldn’t be anything strange…
‘Is it because of Miss Hilton’s atmosphere?’
Hazel concluded that Aria Hilton was causing this discomfort.
In reality, Aria Hilton was a truly peculiar woman.
“Raising a child is not an easy task.”
“Don’t even mention it. They don’t listen at all, and the servants are always complaining.”
“It’s about time to hire a governess. I’m wondering what to teach first.”
When the noble ladies, raising young children, shared their grievances about parenting, Aria Hilton simply listened quietly, sipping her tea.
She was so quiet that it reached the point where one embarrassed lady approached her directly.
“Miss Hilton, Miss Hilton, since you have a seven-year-old, how do you think you should handle it when she keeps asking for something?”
At that time, the conversation was already revolving around the topic of dealing with children throwing tantrums.
It was just a light topic.
If you were a parent of a seven-year-old, especially one who had grown up as a little tyrant in the household, being pampered by servants all your life, you would have your own opinions.
However, Aria answered like this.
“Well, that… Hmm, I’m not sure. Bonita has never demanded anything, so…”
“Oh my. Well, children who are mature like Cassis don’t throw tantrums at all either.”
As the initiating lady summarized the situation, the subsequent conversation flowed smoothly. Aria Hilton remained silent whenever the topic returned to the children.
Seeing that sight, the Countess of Ruvigny thought she looked more like someone who had recently adopted a seven-year-old child rather than someone who had raised a child until the age of seven.
Of course, such a delusion would be absurd. However, what can one do about the feeling that it evokes?
The peculiar thing was not just that.
When discussing topics beyond the child, such as fashionable trends or accessories, Aria often vividly shared stories as if she had experienced them just a short while ago.
How could someone who seemed to have lived secluded in some countryside for a long time not know the ways of the world?
It’s common for people who have distanced themselves from the glamorous life of the capital to long for and reminisce about past glory. However, Hazel was convinced that Aria Hilton was definitely not that type.
On the contrary, she seemed…
As if she had been in a long, deep sleep for a long time.
So, unaware of the events during that time, she vividly recounted events from the distant past, like someone reliving recent experiences.
“…….”.
Hazel’s brown eyes turned towards Aria and Bonita.
The daughter of a beloved friend and a maid.
What exactly was the relationship between these two?
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
