The first thing I did after following Sophia to the room was to eat heartily.

“Young master, you must chew well and eat slowly. If you need more, I’ll give you more.”

Hearing Sophia’s words, I slowly scooped the soup and put it in my mouth.

If it hadn’t been for the cookies I had eaten earlier, I might have scooped the soup greedily with my hands because I was so hungry.

‘Delicious.’

I’m not sure how long it’s been since I had proper food.

I had starved for two days, and even before that, all I had was a nameless porridge made by boiling foxglove and mixing a little flour in water.

Even that, Rebecca didn’t fill a whole bowl for me.

‘What’s the big deal if such a tiny thing eats a lot.’

It was not only insufficient to fill my stomach but also lacked nutrition. It was not enough to ease even a moment’s hunger.

In stark contrast, the food Sophia gave me filled me up satisfyingly with just a few spoonfuls.

“Would you like some more?”

Sophia kindly asked. Instantly, my liking for Sophia skyrocketed.

“I’m okay.”

“But you seem to have eaten too little.”

“No, I’m full.”

I politely handed her the empty bowl. Then, Sophia’s expression softened, and her eyebrows drew together.

‘Oh, again.’

A similar expression to the one Yan made in the carriage.

It was an expression Rebecca never gave me.

‘She always scowled at me.’

In my previous life, too, there were many adults like that, so I thought everyone became that way with age.

But looking at Yan and Sophia, it seems not all are like that.

Sophia bathed me clean and gently laid me down on the bed.

Looking at her patting me, it seemed she was going to stay by my side until I fell asleep.

‘So soft.’

Normally, I wouldn’t have been able to fall asleep with someone else around, but with Sophia, it was comfortable.

Soon, I felt sleepy, and my eyelids grew heavy.

It was when I was halfasleep and drowsy. I kept lifting and lowering my heavy eyelids like someone with something to do.

“Can’t you sleep?”

Sophia asked with a smile. I sighed deeply.

“If I fall asleep.”

“Yes?”

“I feel like everything will disappear.”

In a dreamy state, I unknowingly blurted out my true feelings. Without realizing it, I clenched Sophia’s sleeve tightly.

It feels like it will all be a dream if I fall asleep now.

It feels like I’ll wake up at home if I close my eyes.

Waking from the dream, Mother again…

Sophia opened her mouth, patting my back gently.

“It’s not a dream.”

“……”

“It’s not a dream, baby.”

With Sophia’s words, I was finally able to let go.

It’s not a dream.

Being full and warm is not a dream.

None of this is a dream.

‘It’s a relief.’

Finally, I could let my heavy eyelids fall.

A child raised by a back alley butcher came to the duke’s house.

The news spread quietly among the servants inside the quiet duke’s house.

“Did you hear? The child that lady brought yesterday, the master only brought the child?”

“So, was that woman telling the truth?”

“Yeah, she brought the duke’s ring as evidence.”

The rumor spread quickly among all the mansion’s employees.

But none of them knew the truth.

That child was really the master’s hidden child, even though he had already adopted the dukes?

From the day this luxurious mansion was built in the desolate north, they had worked there.

Always quiet and isolated, their mouths moved nonstop as soon as a new rumor was heard.

“Anyway, they say the ring is a fake, and the child was taken out of pity.”

“So, the child won’t join the family?”

Between the whispering maids, a tall shadow suddenly interjected.

“I don’t know. The evidence was genuine though.”

“Ahh!”

The maids, unaware that someone was approaching from behind, jumped back in surprise. The person who joined the conversation was Phyllen, a young assistant who spent most of the day glued to the duke’s side.

The most cheerful maid among them spoke first.

“Sir Otul, does the genuine evidence mean that the woman wasn’t lying?”

“I don’t know, even if the evidence is genuine, that’s not all, is it?”

Phyllen replied lightly and then looked around cautiously. It seemed that he had something more to say. Another maid discreetly asked again.

“So, what that woman said isn’t to be dismissed as nonsense?”

“Yes, the master also seemed to be troubled.”

He answered reluctantly, his face showing concern. Finally, he admonished them again.

“You must never say that I talked about this.”

The maids nodded, their eyes twinkling.

Phyllen then returned to his main duties, assigned tasks to them, and turned away. The place he headed was none other than the office of the duke, the party involved in this rumor.

“Come in.”

A low voice was heard from inside, even before he knocked. As he opened the door and entered, he saw Caius looking over some documents.

“Have you come?”

“Yes, I’ve done as you instructed.”

“Good.”

Caius replied briefly, his gaze still fixed on the papers. Seeing Phyllen’s intention to stay, he looked up again.

“Is there anything else?”

“I wanted to ask about the reason for what you asked today. The genuine evidence is not false, right?”

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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