It would be even more so since it was Katarina’s side that started the rumor linking Lizeina and Walter.
So did Walter Ertman intend this from the beginning?
Katarina’s face slowly twisted.
Unable to frown, she smiled instead.
“……Since it has come to this, there’s no choice. Let’s go. There’s no good word to hear here.”
Katarina got up from her seat, and Lizeina followed her.
The shadow leading through the silent corridor spoke coldly to the shadow following.
“Lizeina. If you are disgraced by this, His Majesty will not only dislike me but also your brother.”
Then, Blake’s chances of pushing Cedric aside and becoming the crown prince would be even more remote.
“It shouldn’t happen. Right? You are my daughter, after all.”
“……Yes.”
“I’ve left you alone so far, but if you can’t help your brother, don’t get in the way. I won’t forgive you then.”
Katarina gave a cold reprimand and left Lizeina behind.
The short conversation was simple for Lizeina.
‘You must not lose Duke Ertman to Odette…….’
How humiliating to feel a sense of competition against someone like Odette!
Lizeina’s hand trembled with shame, and a following maid spoke with concern.
“Er, Your Highness. Are you all right…….?”
“Does this look alright to you!”
After shouting, Lizeina took a few breaths to calm down, then opened her mouth in a quieter tone.
“Summon Count Saviere. I must remind Odette what happens if she forgets the warning.”
[This is a time separator.]It’s the worst.
Truly the worst.
It’s as bad as the day when she was invited to Lizeina’s tea time, accidentally bumped into a maid on the way back, and got splashed with dirty mop water.
Why did her feet have to slip there, why did her foot have to twist again?
‘And why did Walter Ertman have to be the one to help me?’
If it had been anyone else, she could have been purely grateful, though embarrassed and sorry.
Having to end up in the arms of the man she considered the worst and had decided never to see again.
Odette closed her eyes tightly, then opened her mouth.
“……What do you want from me?”
“What are you talking about?”
“I mean, you don’t need to provoke jealousy by using me. Lizeina likes you anyway.”
At Odette’s words, Walter didn’t respond immediately.
When she slowly opened her eyes, she could see Walter rolling his eyes as if perplexed.
Of course, he had to quickly close his eyelids again as the water quickly splashed into his eyes.
“I have no interest in the third princess. It’s not my business what she thinks.”
“Liar.”
“What do I gain from lying to you, Princess? I am the man who proposed to you.”
Proposal.
The word caused Odette’s eyes, which had been tightly closed, to snap open.
And they met his eyes directly.
“Are you finally in the mood to open your eyes?”
“……Did you say that on purpose to make me open my eyes?”
“I don’t often have the chance to see your eyes up close, and it’s a bit disappointing when you keep them shut like a clamshell. Is that not allowed?”
With those words, Balter smiled faintly.
The way his face relaxed, drawing a smile, was truly charming, and Odette found herself at a loss for words without realizing it.
“……Your Grace, how many people have you said that to?”
“Said what?”
“That you feel disappointed.”
And smiled so charmingly at them.
“You are the only one.”
“I highly doubt that.”
Odette snorted.
The moment she saw his smile just now, she was certain.
‘This man is a player.’
He must know how to appear attractive.
It wouldn’t be too difficult for him, being so handsome.
‘If anyone else had experienced this, they would surely think that Duke Ertman is interested in me.’
Even Odette, who had locked away her heart, was feeling confused. How much more so for others?
From the moment he suddenly proposed, she couldn’t escape the thought of ‘Could he possibly like me…?’
But not Odette.
She already had the bitter experience of being badly played before.
She could perceive that Balter was deliberately trying to seduce her now.
Realizing that fact, Odette became very uncomfortable.
“Just be honest. You want to marry the third princess, but it won’t be easy because of His Majesty, so you’re trying to use me, who looks vulnerable, to overcome His Majesty’s opposition.”
At Odette’s words, Balter raised an eyebrow.
“……I don’t know why you keep thinking that way, but I never lied.”
“A common excuse for liars.”
“Didn’t I tell you from the beginning that what I want is you?”
“And I told you from the beginning that you are the worst.”
That thought had slightly faded over a few days but became clear again just now.
The moment she guessed why Balter was trying to seduce her.
“I won’t love you no matter what you do.”
As she was about to say to stop trying to drag her in vain.
Balter’s hand tightened, and a harsh voice flowed out.
“……Is it because you love Louis Clovis?”
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!!!
