Luke nodded, indicating him to continue.
“One is a rumor that Miss Bonita is, in fact, a genius.”
“Really?”
Luke’s eyes widened in surprise. Of course, Bonita was cute, clever, and even kind. However, he hadn’t expected such a rumor to spread in the social circles already.
Meanwhile, Edgar spoke as if he considered it just another fanciful rumor about a newly emerged noblewoman.
He continued dumbfounded.
“It seems rumors started from the ladies who attended the social gathering at the Hyaacinth Marquisate. I haven’t heard the exact details, but it seems there are rumors circulating about the young lady being more mature and intelligent than her peers.”
Although calling her a genius might be an exaggeration, it was true that Bonita seemed more mature for her age.
‘I might need to find a tutor of a higher level than I thought.’
What if he taught her letters, and she mastered them in just one day?
Then, the fact that Bonita was cute, clever, smart, lovely, and kind would spread throughout the country.
It was the flow of thought typical of a doting father.
If Ed knew, he would probably be horrified, but fortunately, he couldn’t read minds.
“The second is related to Miss Hilton.”
“…Miss Hilton?”
Luke’s daydreaming that he was enjoying until now came to a halt.
He asked with a slightly stiff expression.
“What rumors could there be related to Miss Hilton?”
“Well…”
Before Ed opened his mouth, he observed Luke’s reaction.
‘Do I really have to say this?’
Luke’s expression had already become formidable at the mention of Aria’s story.
In most situations, he remained calm and rational, but when it came to his late wife, he lost his sanity.
As if she were someone else.
Facing that intense love, it felt strangely fascinating how a stern superior could love and miss someone so much.
“Speak up.”
“…There’s a rumor that His Lordship is secretly having an affair with Miss Hilton.”
The hands of the duke, who was sorting the letters, stopped.
Grip.
He slowly raised his head.
Sinister eyes flashed with a bloody light.
“Who spread such a rumor?”
“A rumor is always like that… There’s no way to know the originator for sure. If I had to guess, it might have started with the servants in the mansion… But…”
Cold sweat broke out on Ed’s back as he answered.
Luke, showing such a disgustingly hostile expression, was something he had never seen before. It even felt like a illusion that dark black magic was extending like tendrils from behind.
“Y-Your Grace?”
Ed’s voice trembled.
Right now, Luke looked like a brewing storm.
‘At this rate, it really might explode!’
Ed explained with a pale face.
“H-However, it’s just gossip in high society. As you know, even before Miss Hilton appeared, there were baseless rumors circulating. This time is just at that level…”
“Leave.”
“Yes?”
“I said, leave, Edward Serene.”
The duke called Ed’s full name in a tone that exuded a chilling atmosphere.
He rarely used full names, only when truly excited. And right now, Ed jumped up like a spring with surprise.
“Yes, yes! I understand!”
He quickly answered, closed the door, and disappeared. His heart pounded.
“Hoo, huu. I’m alive .”
Just as he was about to breathe a sigh of relief.
Thud! Thud! Thud!
Sounds as if someone was almost pounding on the closed office door reverberated. The nape of his neck shivered.
Edward grabbed his throat with both hands, trembling.
“Do you understand, Bentley?”
Oliver sternly admonished his son sitting across from him.
“Smile nicely in front of that child. Don’t cause trouble. It’s a message to look good in front of your grandfather.”
“Oh, I got it, Father. Why do you keep saying the same thing for the past few days?”
Oliver’s eldest son, Bentley, waved his hand as if annoyed.
“I got it! Did you really understand it properly?”
“No, what’s there to worry about?”
Bentley asked, puzzled, looking at his father acting tough.
“Anyway, Father also said that when the time comes, Grandfather will naturally adopt me. What’s the point of worrying about it?”
“You idiot!”
Oliver exploded in anger and slapped him.
“That was only when there was no Duchess. Now that the Duchess has suddenly returned, you’ll spend your whole life stuck on that tiny rural estate, living as a marquis. Do you understand?”
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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