Inside the carriage heading to the Clayton Baron’s house, Alicia was hearing about the Baron’s house from the Duchess.
“That house has two daughters. So, they stay in the capital during social season. The eldest daughter debuted the year before last and is a decent, quiet child. I think her main goal this year is probably to find a husband.”
“I see.”
“You don’t need to be too nervous. Besides, the people coming today are the ones you will be leading in the future, so they should be the ones feeling nervous.”
“Oh, yes.”
The Duchess’s unusually stern words actually made Alicia, who was already nervous, nod seriously. The Duchess smiled kindly.
In her view, Alicia was basically a kind and gentle child, and appeared too fragile to survive in the social jungle.
It would be difficult to fulfill the role of the Duchess of the Duchy like that.
‘No choice. I will have to take her around and teach her and let her gain experience. She’s a smart child, she’ll catch up soon.’
If Alicia knew what the Duchess was thinking now, she would have been in the dark, but she was just grateful for the Duchess’s worry and kind smile.
“Welcome. Thank you for coming all the way here.”
“Not at all. It’s an annual event. Seeing the Baroness makes me realize that the social season has started.”
“Oh, really? Is it that time already? Ho ho ho.”
Although she had hated the return of the social season because of her son, the Duchess’s mood was definitely different this year.
“Hello, Baroness.”
“I’ve heard a lot about you. Nice to meet you.”
“Oh my, has word about our Alicia spread that far?”
“Of course. Everyone is so curious. Oh, this is my eldest, Deborah, and my youngest, Mana.”
Deborah greeted gracefully, and Mana, although a little unsteady, greeted in her own way.
“Nice to meet you.”
“Hello.”
As soon as they exchanged greetings, Mana, with eyes full of curiosity, stared at Alicia, then grinned and hooked her arm in Alicia’s.
“Alicia, sister. Can I call you that?”
“Oh.”
The Baroness was already embarrassed by a slipup during the greeting in front of the Duchess, but was made even more embarrassed by her youngest daughter’s sudden closeness, and pulled her back by the ribbon on her waist.
“Oh, why.”
“You should behave, Mana?”
She kept quiet while scolding, and Mana reluctantly stepped back.
Then she locked eyes with Alicia and quickly smiled as if nothing was wrong.
Alicia found her cute and gave a short laugh, then nodded.
“You can call me whatever you’re comfortable with, Mana.”
“Oh, you’re generous. Let’s go in together, sister.”
Mana stuck out her tongue at her mother, the Baroness Clayton, then hooked her arm in Alicia’s and led her inside.
“That kid, really. I’m sorry, Duchess. She’s still immature. She’s been singing since she said she wanted to meet Miss Alicia and came to the capital, but she ended up making a scene.”
“Oh, it’s okay. She’s lively and nice to look at. Besides, it seems our Alicia likes her too.”
“I hope so. Now, come in.”
The momentarily flustered Baroness soon smiled brightly and led the Duchess inside.
[Star Icon][Star Icon][Star Icon] Conversations with the ladies, honestly, were boring.Occasionally, there were questions directed to Alicia, but the Duchess intercepted all the difficult ones, so there wasn’t much opportunity to speak.
So, while thinking about how much work had been postponed due to today’s gathering, she made eye contact with Mana sitting across the table.
While Alicia was smiling back at Mana, who was grinning and waving, someone entered with a knock on the door.
“Hello.”
A familiar, but unexpected voice. When Alicia turned her head, she saw Eric striding in.
Behind him, the butler from the Viscount’s house followed in a fluster.
“Alicia.”
He approached Alicia without hesitation, kissed the back of her hand and smiled.
The surprise was brief, a smile brighter than usual emerged due to the delight of his unexpected appearance in her dull time.
“I knew I was here to save you, but I didn’t know you’d be this pleased.”
“Uh.”
Embarrassed, she tried to pull her hand away, but Eric held on to it and helped her stand up from her seat.
“Why are you here?”
“I came to pick up Alicia.”
“We’re going to eat dinner.”
“Excuse me?”
“No, it’s okay. You can eat with us.”
Confused, Eric quietly asked Alicia.
“You didn’t mention dinner?”
“The plan changed the day before yesterday. The Viscount said the date of his trip to the capital had been postponed due to work, so we decided to have a relaxed dinner among us women.”
“Huh?”
“So, you are the only man here today.”
Eric quietly asked Alicia for a favor.
“Don’t leave me alone.”
“You said you came to save me?”
“Yes.”
“Ah, the ‘saving’ part is what I have to do?”
“Please.”
“Since you’re not saying you’re leaving, I’ll do my best because it’s a special occasion.”
“Thank you.”
Eric raised his head and turned his gaze to the table where the ladies were sitting.
“Then I’ll impose myself today, Viscountess Clayton.”
“Yes, of course. Don’t worry and relax.”
“We will sit here. Comfortably.”
“I, I.”
Upset by her son’s blunt remarks, she quickly regained her composure and sent the two to another table with a generous smile.
Leading a reluctantly following Alicia, he walked to the table where Deborah and Mana were sitting and sat down.
As soon as they sat down, he frowned at the surprised faces of Deborah and even more surprised Mana.
“Why.”
“It’s nothing. How have you been, brother?”
“Judging from your shiny skin, you seem to be doing well, brother?”
Unlike Deborah who greeted him gently, Mana greeted him with a smile.
“Right.”
Alicia asked hurriedly at Eric’s blunt answer.
“So, have the three of you not seen each other in a long time?”
“Hmm. It’s been a few years?”
“Brother, you don’t remember? We met last year?”
“Did we? I don’t remember.”
“Of course you wouldn’t. We didn’t talk much.”
“Why?”
“If you’re going to seal your lips with that expression, no one is going to speak.”
Mana shook her head at Eric’s grimacing face as if to ask what she was talking about.
“I thought you might have changed.”
“You’ve changed. You talk a lot.”
Eric replied indifferently and lifted his teacup with an expressionless face.
Mana seized the chance to speak, watching Eric’s cues.
Ever since coming up to the capital, there was something Mana wanted to ask the two of them.
She could have asked more comfortably if it was just Alicia, but since she didn’t know when the next opportunity would be, Mana asked bluntly.
“So, why did you two decide to get married?”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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