Breathless, a maid came running, and behind her, another maid appeared. On the young maid’s clothes was the emblem of the Empress’s palace.
“Since I’ve already made an appointment with the Crown Prince, please tell the Empress that I’ll visit her later,” Olivia said quietly. There was a dignity in her voice. The startled maid hastily added,
“That, that is, the Empress says she’s already sought the Crown Prince’s consent.”
Olivia laughed softly.
This wasn’t the first or second time the Empress had tricked Olivia like this.
There were times when she’d sent Olivia running around the palace all day, saying something like a leopard was there.
“Let’s verify it.”
Olivia quickly replied and called for Lady Sophron.
If a woman with purpose rather than a deceivable young maid goes, it would be clear.
It was quite timeconsuming, but Olivia waited patiently. The Duke remained silent beside her.
But the answer brought back by the lady who had ridden the carriage was that Leoford had left the palace early in the morning.
“There’s a message to have dinner early since he may be late.”
Lady Sophron conveyed Leoford’s words while watching Olivia’s reaction.
Olivia’s head turned cold at the words that assumed she would naturally wait. A cold smile circled her lips.
He had hastily sent a letter, and Leoford had broken our appointment again. Furthermore, the Empress, who had not even promised, had summoned me without caring about my schedule.
Especially since all this had been exposed in front of the Duke who was with me today.
Her exalted mood hit rock bottom with shame and humiliation. She felt the Duke’s gaze on her.
Olivia lifted her chin haughtily.
She smiled as if it was nothing. Wearing a mask was something Olivia was good at.
“I’ll have to step away for a moment. Please make yourself comfortable.”
“Miss.”
As Olivia was about to move, she looked back at the Duke. The Duke walked up to her with graceful movements.
Standing facetoface, he was a really tall man. He naturally extended his hand to Olivia.
“Surely you aren’t going to escort me all the way to the carriage?”
Olivia smiled quietly. The Duke, who had met her eyes, took Olivia’s hand and slowly kissed the back of her hand. At the touch of his soft lips brushing over her hand, Olivia’s eyes widened.
Someone exclaimed softly, but that sound wasn’t heard.
The Duke persistently met Olivia’s eyes. His deep red eyes seemed to mesmerize, shining brilliantly.
“……You know, I have always achieved only victory.”
The Duke’s voice was low. His mysterious eyes sparkled provocatively at Olivia for a moment.
“So my lady will be the same.”
His languid voice tickled her ear. And when the Duke removed his hand from Olivia’s, she turned and moved on.
No one walked more elegantly than Olivia, and as the Duke watched her back, he sensed.
That his whimsical words had worked very effectively on her.
[This is the time separator]Olivia, who had gotten out of the carriage, walked through the Empress’s garden.
The fully bloomed rose garden. Below the shade that blocked the warm sunlight, the Empress was sitting at a table.
There was one teacup, one snack plate, and even only one chair, the one the Empress was sitting in. Even the attendants were not close by.
With a clear intention of not receiving guests, Olivia looked at the Empress with cold eyes.
Feeling Olivia’s presence, the Empress raised her head and smiled brightly.
“It’s been a while, Lady. You are quite late.”
Contrary to her upturned lips, her blue seacolored eyes were filled with venom as she glared at Olivia. Olivia took a slow breath and approached the Empress.
“……I greet Your Highness, the Empress.”
“I sent a maid quite a while ago. I was almost upset that you did not come, Lady.”
The Empress made a disappointed face and pointed ahead.
Certainly! Here’s the translation:
“Oops. I thought you weren’t coming, so I put away the tea. Is rose tea alright?”
The eyes of the princess, looking at Olivia, were full of mockery.
Her emotions had been complex enough to make her hands pale just a moment ago, but now they were strangely calm.
When Olivia smiled gently, the princess glared at her fiercely.
Laughing? How dare you act so magnanimously in front of me when you’re only half a person?
The rustling of her breath grew louder. Looking at Olivia’s face, which smiled as if nothing was wrong, the anger that had not subsided surged violently.
The second princess had felt so good when she returned to the mansion with a fallen face. It was the same when the rumor went around that Olivia had been driven away.
Now that wretched halfperson won’t be able to lift her face properly. She must have finally suppressed her giggling.
Reyna had enjoyed the rumor with a clear mind.
As the rumors about Olivia, who had disappeared without a trace, became more and more disorderly, Reyna spread the rumor more eagerly.
What will running away do? Olivia Madelleine will eventually come back to me, the princess, begging for forgiveness.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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