When their eyes met, Lina’s body stiffened.
However, unlike Lina, Bliteus approached with a smile, as if he had found what he was looking for.
‘No way.’
Is he coming for her? Hoping her intuition is wrong, urging him not to come closer, she repeated this several times.
“What lady could have given this? Could it be a lady who secretly had a private meeting with the Second Prince?”
“It’s possible. He’s someone hidden behind a veil. He doesn’t engage in external activities at all. Besides, now that the Crown Prince is marrying a saint, the Empress Mama must be uneasy.”
“For a lady not to catch the Empress Mama’s eye, she must be from a notable family…”
The voices of women who were bowing to Bliteus reached Lina.
‘Yeah, maybe it was given by a lady who had secret meetings?’
It could have been just a handkerchief with a similar color. The golden handkerchief matched the color of the Second Prince’s hair quite well.
However, as Bliteus approached gradually, Lina’s thoughts began to waver.
Every step the Second Prince took made the handkerchief more vivid because of her clumsy embroidery. Lina let out a short breath as if struck by the unexpected sight.
‘What is this man thinking?’
When Lina was holding her breath in shock at the audacity of the man who boldly brought back the handkerchief she had lost.
“Oh, could the handkerchief you have, Second Prince, be made of golden silk?”
“That’s right. Actually, I was looking for silk woven with gold for this event. But I found out that it hasn’t been imported at all from Festius recently, so it’s currently unavailable in the Empire.”
“Then, could it be the daughter of Count Dartmouth? The top of the Dartmouth family monopolizes that silk.”
The ladies who noticed that Bliteus’ handkerchief was made of golden silk began to harbor suspicions.
‘No, if everyone finds out that it’s the handkerchief I made…’
As a woman already overflowing with all kinds of rumors, this could be a fatal investigation for Lina. And more than anything else.
Lina cautiously shifted her gaze to the side. Bellige, too, was looking intently at the Second Prince’s handkerchief.
‘Please, don’t notice.’
But, as always, her wish did not come true. Although his expression was indifferent enough to read no emotion, Lina could tell.
Bellige’s pupils were trembling noticeably.
What could the duke be thinking right now? Would he think the handkerchief is simply similar to the Second Prince’s?
Or…
At the time when Lina blamed her past self for losing the handkerchief. Bliteus, who had approached her without her noticing, stood in front of her.
“You’re here.”
Bliteus smiled and spoke.
“Duke Fermannes.”
“I greet the Second Prince.”
Seeing the Second Prince greeting the duke unexpectedly, Lina inwardly sighed.
“This way…”
“My fiancée.”
“Oh, the famous one…”
Bliteus’s behavior, as if meeting Lina for the first time, made her inwardly click her tongue at his naturalness.
But now that he was acting like he was seeing her for the first time, Lina was quite happy about it.
For the central nobles who had never properly seen the Second Prince and who had been commoners until recently, knowing each other was suspicious to anyone.
“I greet the Second Prince.”
“Nice to meet you, Miss Duthamis.”
As Lina greeted politely, the Second Prince kissed the back of her hand. Well, up to this point, it was ordinary noble etiquette.
But.
‘Why is this taking so long?’
Even though he was wearing gloves, Lina felt the man’s warm breath on her hand.
Bliteus let go of Lina’s hand only when everyone was about to become suspicious of the Second Prince’s actions. Then, with a strange smile, he looked at Bellige.
“Duke Fermannes, it’s been a long time. It’s quite embarrassing to exchange greetings now after doing something big for the country. It’s a bit late, but thank you for your hard work.”
“No, I just did what was expected.”
Watching the two exchange formalities, Lina felt relieved inwardly.
No, maybe she was being complacent.
“But. That handkerchief.”
Bliteus, swaying the handkerchief hanging from Bellige’s quiver, asked.
“Isn’t it a fantastic coincidence? That the handkerchief I received is so similar.”
Responding to the Second Prince’s provocation, Bellige, who had been looking at the handkerchief hanging from his quiver for a while, replied.
“Impossible, it seems to be just similar in color, not the same at all.”
As Lina observed the two men with a strange atmosphere, her lips felt uncomfortably dry. It felt like she had committed some significant mistake.
‘If he secretly took it…’
Lina clicked her tongue at Bliteus’s shameless attitude. Without even considering finding the owner of the item, he was even asking Bellige if it was not similar to his.
Lina wanted to explain right away that the Second Prince’s handkerchief was only the one she had lost, and it was not a gift to him.
How long did the silence linger? Sensing a strange atmosphere, the ladies who had been watching them began to speak up.
“But looking closely, isn’t Duke’s handkerchief also made of golden silk?”
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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