It was a response that could be taken as either modesty or sarcasm. Mayana swallowed the thought and suddenly felt the gradually slowing speed of the carriage.
‘What could a sevenyearold living in such a place think?’
She suddenly became tense. Her heart started to beat irregularly, and it was almost necessary to catch her breath. However, the carriage did not wait for Mayana’s mind to settle.
Very slowly, the wheels that had been slowing down finally stopped. Mayana could see about ten servants outside the window. The door of the carriage opened, and the face of an elderly male servant appeared. His carefully trimmed beard was impressive.
“Welcome, Master.”
Though the servant saw Mayana inside the carriage, he did not even look at her. The Duke merely nodded his head and signaled Mayana to get out first.
Mayana, who had wrapped the hem of her dress around her hand, carefully descended from the carriage. She felt the gazes of the waiting servants all focus on her. Suspicion, curiosity, and a bit of hostility.
When the Duke got out after her, a middleaged woman in a long dress buttoned up to her chin approached. She had twisted her hair, which was beginning to gray, in a classic style, and her face looked expressionless and sharp.
She seemed like a ‘Mrs. Danvers,’ Mayana thought.
The woman, like the servant who opened the door of the carriage earlier, did not even look at Mayana. She bowed deeply to the Duke and said,
“Have you returned, Your Highness?”
Mayana was momentarily startled. ‘Your Highness?’ Wasn’t that a title for royalty?
However, Valterminster Duke just nodded his head without any other reaction. He glanced once at Mayana, who was hesitating a few steps behind, and Mayana quickly realized what he intended and stepped forward.
“Mayana Dawson,”
The Duke said.
“She has been hired as Ariante’s personal maid from today. Dawson, this is the housekeeper, Jocelyn Stafford. If you have any questions, ask her.”
The housekeeper?
Mayana was inwardly shocked. She thought the man who opened the door of the carriage earlier was the housekeeper…
Jocelyn then looked Mayana up and down slowly. Her gaze was haughty and arrogant, more like the Duke’s mother than a housekeeper.
The Duke asked,
“Where is Ariante, Jocelyn?”
Jocelyn answered,
“The young lady is taking a nap.”
The Duke’s brow slightly furrowed.
“A nap at this time?”
“It was supposed to be lesson time. But she wanted to sleep, so there was nothing I could do.”
For a moment, Mayana saw the Duke make a very subtle expression. It was hard to tell whether he was angry or simply annoyed.
After a moment of thought, the Duke said,
“Then let’s leave her alone for now and show Dawson to her room first.”
“Will Your Highness be staying at the mansion today?”
“I will be here until tomorrow. But I must soon return to the capital. There are still tasks left by His Majesty.”
The Duke finished speaking and entered the mansion with another servant. The other hired staff scattered silently, and in the vast garden, only Jocelyn and Mayana were left.
“You’re the young lady’s personal maid?”
Jocelyn said. Mayana, who had been lost in the garden’s scenery and the majestic appearance of the Duke’s mansion, came to her senses.
“Yes, that’s right.”
“I see… I wonder how it will be this time.”
Mayana looked puzzled.
“What do you mean by that?”
“Only ask questions about work. And ask Kosha for trivial matters. She’s a chambermaid.”
“I understand. But who is Kosha…?”
“Follow me.”
Jocelyn swiftly turned her body, then began to walk away at an unbelievably fast pace. Mayana Dawson, taken aback, followed her, clutching her hem as she had when she got off the carriage.
It was a matter one could guess simply by appearance, but the interior of Valterminster Duke’s residence was truly breathtaking.
The floor of the hall, where differentcolored marbles were pieced together like a puzzle to create a huge pattern, not to mention the countless complex staircases and corridors, and the luxurious tapestries and paintings decorating the walls of those corridors…
Mayana barely managed to suppress her dizziness, focusing all her energy on not losing sight of Jocelyn. If she took her eyes off for even a second, she could become lost in this expansive mansion.
‘Compared to this, the Povec Marquis’ place was almost a singlestory house…’
She thought.
Jocelyn followed the stretchedout corridor on the third floor and stood in front of a door, elaborately embossed with waves and mermaids. As the soft, light dovecolored door opened, sunlight poured in, striking Mayana headon.
“This is Princess Arianthe’s room.”
Mayana, blinking her eyes, looked at Jocelyn cautiously.
“……There’s no bed?”
Jocelyn frowned as if asking if she was serious.
“This is the living room. Inside, there’s the bedroom. And to the right, it connects to the study and the library. The small door to the north is the princess’s dressing room. It’s also connected to the toilet room, but since she’s still young, she doesn’t use it.”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
*
At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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