“What’s happening? Has the Duke just proposed to Princess Madelleine?”
“No. Seeing that he asked the Emperor for permission for the marriage, the proposal must have already been made and even accepted, right?”
“Anyway, the princess never behaves for even a day.”
The nobles were murmuring. As always, at the end of the murmurs was Olivia. Olivia tried habitually to think of something else.
It’s okay, it’s nothing. Thinking so made it really okay.
So when warmth touched her hand, Olivia was slightly surprised. The Duke laid his hand over hers, which was folded on his arm. As if it was nothing, the Duke slowly tapped her hand and looked far off at the nobles.
The noises that had been clamoring freely died down. When the ballroom was quiet again, the Duke looked at Olivia.
“…No matter how I think about it, that dress suits you very well today?”
The quiet words were out of the blue. Olivia, without realizing it, loosened her stiff expression and smiled a little.
But her hand tensed again when she saw a man approaching from a distance.
“Duke. Did you just propose to my fiancée? How dare you?”
It was Leopold.
Leopold looked at the Duke with a furrowed brow. Standing tall like a partner to Olivia, Duke Vicander faced him tautly.
Leopold’s eyes sharpened.
Edwin Lowell Vicander. The Duke was his father’s dog. In other words, he could become his dog once he ascended to the throne. How dare such a dog not only desire a marriage with his fiancée but also stand up to him as if to compete?
The Duke still did not know his place. He behaved as if he didn’t know that the most beautiful and precious lands and trophies that the Duke had acquired, roaming the battlefield like a dog, always ended up being handed over to Leopold.
Leopold took a step forward with a mocking smile. Leopold reached out to Olivia.
“Come here, Liv.”
But Olivia merely looked at his hand and did not move closer.
It was strange. Leopold furrowed his brows. She had granted the Duke the first dance at the last ball, and now she was ignoring him. Suppressing his anger, Leopold added in a low voice.
“…What’s with the dress? Come here first. There will be extras.”
Though Olivia, in her white dress, looked quite beautiful, that was not important. The priority was to separate Olivia and the Duke, who looked like a couple in black and white.
As Leopold took another step towards the unresponsive Olivia, the Duke blocked his way as if to stop him.
“You don’t need to send dresses to Princess Madelleine anymore, Your Highness.”
“What?”
Responding as if flabbergasted, the Duke raised his lips and answered leisurely.
“The same goes for the jewels. Choosing jewels that suit the princess and gifting them is one of my greatest pleasures.”
“Duke!”
Finally, Leopold lost his temper. Everyone flinched, but the Duke remained steadfast, guarding Olivia’s side. And he spoke quietly to Olivia.
“You remember what I said?”
“…”
“Look only at me.”
The Duke smiled broadly. Seeing his strong demeanor, Olivia recalled the past few busy days preparing for today.
[This is the time separator]“I keep telling you. I am ready to do anything for you at any time.”
The words were true.
The dress boutique that took two months even with a reservation, the large pink diamond, the perfectly fitting beautiful shoes. They were prepared as if it was obvious, right in front of Olivia.
Last night, when everything was ready, the Duke told Olivia.
“I will propose to you with the wish granted by the Emperor.”
Caught off guard by the unexpected words, Olivia swallowed a gasp. The way the Duke casually addressed the Emperor was surprising, but Olivia focused on his words instead of pointing that out. She had expected the Duke to pull some strings for her, but she hadn’t anticipated that he would propose marriage.
“Ththe proposal, um, later on,”
Her words tangled, Olivia stammered. The Duke’s eyes twinkled as if amused.
“Aren’t you too surprised? I’m trying to be upset here.”
“I am. Truly a bit surprised.”
“It’s the most efficient way. A way for you to distance yourself from the royal family and the house of Madeleine.”
The Duke added with a slight smile,
“Well. You know there’s some selfishness mixed in there.”
“But I……”
Olivia trailed off. The Duke’s favor, the fact that the Duke saw her in a positive light, and the issue of her, the Crown Prince’s fiancée, marrying the Duke were separate matters.
No matter how she sorted her feelings, she was still scared. It was a heart untouched even by the family she’d long admired, by Leopold.
Can I really trust and love someone wholeheartedly?
But the Duke smiled lazily, as if he’d read Olivia’s thoughts.
“Don’t worry in advance. I won’t force you into anything using this proposal.”
“…Why?”
Olivia asked genuinely. Why is the Duke so kind to me? Is he willing to do anything? The Duke paused to think before speaking,
“Um. It’s funny to call it an exchange, but I do have a request.”
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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