Until just a moment ago, her appearance was only slightly unfamiliar, but now, thinking about what Edwin would see, her mind went blank.
Really… beautiful?
In response to the sudden question, Olivia grinned. Somehow, she felt a bit, no, a lot more confident about what expression Edwin would have.
Thinking about how Edwin would react when he sees her, for some reason, Olivia felt like she looked even more beautiful in the mirror.
Observing the smiling young lady, Vesseni hurriedly stepped out of the room. The Duke, who had been leaning lazily against the door, slowly straightened up. Looking at his face, Vesseni firmly set her resolve.
“You should have a tremendous reaction as soon as you see her, Your Grace.”
Upon hearing those words, the Duke smiled gracefully.
“…It’s a natural thing to say.”
Late at night, Olivia adorned herself with the jewelry I had prepared for her. It was a thrilling moment that had actually happened inside this room, yet the lack of a tremendous reaction was more amusing.
The red eyes within the slender eye makeup twinkled brightly.
But when Edwin entered the room, he couldn’t say anything.
“…I hope it looked beautiful.”
The moment he heard the voice that flowed out like a sigh even before seeing her face, Edwin’s mind became a mess like tangled threads.
Already a beautiful young lady wanting to look beautiful to me.
And the next moment, when Olivia looked at Edwin.
Their gazes met. Edwin inadvertently held his breath.
At the moment Olivia’s eyes curved slightly, Edwin felt a sudden fear that the fairy-like young lady might disappear.
Jewelry or whatever, only Olivia was visible. Edwin forgot all the eloquent phrases he had prepared.
In the tense atmosphere, gazing at the face that looked at him with anticipation, immersed in the green eyes full of hope, someone poked him in the side. Edwin unconsciously muttered.
“…Even more beautiful than I imagined.”
Olivia burst into laughter.
Because even her laugh at these awkward words was beautiful, Edwin lowered his head deeply.
While the maids at his side raised their eyebrows, and Dian looked at Edwin in astonishment.
“Goodness, I didn’t expect you to be so speechless.”
Vesseni muttered quietly. Even her eyes seemed to contain laughter if it was a trap, then it was indeed a trap.
“We’ll tidy up the jewelry for a moment.”
With a dissatisfied look on her face, Vesseni led the maids and Dian out of the room.
Edwin looked a bit sulky. Olivia suppressed her mischievous playfulness. If she teased him now, Edwin would really be discouraged.
I wasn’t bad. In fact, it was good. It was even more beautiful than I had imagined. In Edwin’s eyes, I looked truly beautiful. Olivia touched her braided hair a little.
While Edwin, who hadn’t even made eye contact until now, spoke with some hesitation.
“…Um, Vesseni probably left it here.”
That can’t be. Olivia, who followed Edwin’s gaze, smiled a little when she saw the yellow jewelry box placed on the desk. Then, opening the box, she showed it to him.
“Oh, that’s a gift from Yennev Street. It’s a silk anklet.”
“A silk anklet?”
“Yes.”
A silk anklet that closely resembled the heirloom left by her mother, which she had lost.
Olivia swallowed her last words. She decided to keep the fact that this silk anklet might be related to the green eyes a secret until her guess became a bit more certain.
“Isn’t it pretty? Threads of various colors are skillfully woven together.”
It’s okay to brag a little instead.
Olivia brightly smiled. Edwin couldn’t help but show a hint of embarrassment at her appearance.
“Wow, even when I gave you the jewelry, I didn’t think you’d like it this much.”
“That can’t be true. Do you know how much I liked the jewelry Edwin gave me? This is different; it’s precious.”
“If it’s that precious, how about gifting it to me?”
“Well, that’s not possible. I received it as a gift too. Even if others can’t see it, it’s so pretty that I want to keep it for myself.”
Olivia joked, and Edwin’s gaze, focused on the silk anklet, lowered even more. Then, he stared through the dress, looking at the area around the ankle that was covered.
There was only one way to see the silk anklet hanging on the slender ankle. It was a moment when he harbored impure thoughts beneath his kind face.
With the sound of a firm knock on the door, Vesseni energetically entered the room.
“Miss, everything is organized.”
Miss.
Edwin swallowed a bitter smile.
As time went on, he found the title annoying.
It would be nice to be called ‘Duchess.’
Ever since he became able to kiss Olivia’s cheek, his desires grew day by day.
He wanted to do better, make her laugh more, let her do whatever she wanted. Now, he even wanted to get closer, to kiss her lips.
… Even if it meant indulging his desire more. He always hoped to make her smile as much as she did for him.
If their relationship deepened more and more…
Edwin hastily ran his fingers over his lips to hide his impatience.
His throat kept getting dry.
Male lead is a Divorced Husband
She said to him: “Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change it!”
Liu Changning transmigrated into a female cannon fodder character in a female-dominant novel.
After reading the first half of the novel’s plot, the first thing she did upon transmigration was to divorce the Pan Jinlian-style male protagonist she had just married.
She indulged herself, pretending to be ugly and poor.
But as time passed, the way that man looked at her became more and more unusual…
Liu Changning was dumbfounded: Tell me, what makes you like me? I’ll change!
――
This lifetime, Pei Yuanshao was rejected by the same woman twice!
The first time, she drove him away. Forced by the situation, he endured the waves of anger in his heart, yielding and humbling himself.
That person lay slanted on a rocking chair, her sallow face emotionless: “If you don’t want a divorce, go cook!”
Pei Yuanshao’s face was dark and gloomy: “You!”
The second time, after the crisis in Jinling City was resolved, the new emperor sent someone to pick him up. He turned around, stammering: “I… I have to go. If you keep me…”
That person lay on the kang bed, her back to him, as if she had long anticipated this day, crisp and clear: “Goodbye!”
Pei Yuanshao was so angry his fingers trembled: “You… you!”
The mission of family and country made him restrain himself, averting his eyes and turning to leave this broken household.
Two years later, they met again. Seeing her ethereal face, his body shook like a sieve.
“She was originally a ‘she’!”
At the Qionglin Banquet, the top scholar of the imperial examination, a talented person with exceptional speech and conduct, all the unmarried young gentlemen from aristocratic families looked at her with shy and timid eyes.
The peerless imperial official Pei Yuanshao felt the anger in his heart erupt. He pointed at the woman surrounded by the crowd at the Qionglin Banquet, his thin lips slightly curled: “Little sister, I wants that person to be the wife-master of my Mingde Prince Manor.”
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