“Yes. I will bring it right away.”
Lina hurriedly brought warm water and filled the new glass.
“Then, enjoy your meal…”
“This time, the water is too hot.”
‘This man is really…’
“……Yes. I’ll bring it again.”
Lina, trying to suppress her boiling anger, brought new water and poured it into the glass.
‘Is it done now?’
“Then. Enjoy your meal…”
“Salt.”
“What?”
“Bring the salt.”
‘Duke, the salt is within your reach, isn’t it?’
Biting her lips and suppressing words that almost escaped her mouth, Lina picked up the salt and set it down in front of the Duke.
‘How on earth has he been eating all this time?’
She had to take care of everything for the Duke, from one to ten.
Thanks to that, Lina had to stand by his side throughout his meal.
After being tormented by the Duke all day, Lina plopped down on the kitchen chair and gulped down water.
“Lina, is the work too hard? You look unwell.”
At Mei’s worried voice, Lina took out a mirror from her pocket and looked at it. Her face showed clear signs of fatigue.
“Mei… why do people eat three times a day…?”
“Huh? What are you talking about?”
‘Even a child wouldn’t ask for everything from one to ten like this.’
Thinking about being tormented at every mealtime like earlier, Lina felt dizzy.
“I was happy when I was in the annex…”
Originally, different maids handled different tasks, so the roles were naturally divided.
But the Duke kept ordering Lina all day, and she was on the verge of collapsing from overwork and stress.
‘Does he think there’s no other maid in the mansion but me?’
It was clear that the Duke was determined to make her work without rest. Lina missed the quiet times when she was cleaning alone in the annex.
‘When I was asked to return a book to the library, I brought it back, and then he didn’t ask for another book.’
The events of the day flashed through Lina’s mind.
“He could have asked at once, it’s not like training a dog or anything!”
‘Doesn’t he ask me to fan him because it’s hot?’
Certainly, here is the translated passage following your guidelines:
“Don’t you have enough money to buy a temperature control device? Even a newborn baby wouldn’t be this troublesome!”
Before she knew it, to Lina, the Duke had become less than a newborn baby, having passed through being a child to being a noble young master.
Lina, who was mumbling to herself without realizing that Mei had left, came to her senses at the sound of her name being called.
“Lina! The Duke is looking for you.”
Lina did not doubt that her name would be the most called name at the Duke’s residence throughout the day.
[This is the time separator]“You look quite tired.”
“Yes, I’m extremely tired, enough to fall asleep as soon as I lay my head down. So stop calling me, you damn Duke.”
Despite her intense thoughts, the perfect response for a superior flowed from her lips.
It was a moment when the social skills she had honed shone brightly.
“I am not tired at all, Your Grace.”
“Well, that’s good. I have a lot of work, so my shoulders are stiff and I’m very tired. Come and massage them.”
Although something broke with a thud in Lina’s mind, she was able to endure it with 400 years of cultivated patience.
“If you’re tired, how about taking a warm bath?”
“A bath?”
“Yes. If you dissolve essential oils in warm water, it will relieve much of your fatigue.”
The Duke, who had been staring at Lina with sharp focus, soon nodded in agreement.
“That’s good too.”
“Then I will prepare the warm water right away.”
‘I have to get the water quickly and rest. It’s getting late, so he’ll probably go to sleep right after the bath.’
Lina hurried to draw the water so that she could rest even a little sooner. When the hot water filled the bathtub, she led the Duke to the bathroom.
“Your Grace, the bathwater is ready.”
“Okay.”
“Then I will prepare the clothes for you to change into. Rest comfortably.”
It was when Lina, who had bowed, reached for the bathroom door handle to leave.
“Where are you going?”
“What?”
A languid voice grabbed Lina’s ankle.
“We need to go in together.”
“……What?”
“Isn’t it the maid’s job to assist with the bath?”
Lina blinked her eyes to grasp the situation.
It was natural for a maid to assist the person she served with their bath.
‘But an unmarried nobleman receiving a bath from a young maid?’
This was an incident that could easily be misunderstood. Lina could not hide her bewilderment at the man’s overly confident attitude. She licked her lips and stammered.
“But, but……”
The Duke’s hot breath was suddenly felt as he came close, not even a hand’s breadth away.
“You said you’d repay me, with your body.”
An Indifferent Woman is the One Men Desire the Most
One-line summary: The female lead is actually cold-hearted and extremely rational. She has stage-by-stage relationships and won’t two-time, but there will always be someone who secretly likes her.
This novel has the following triggers, so if you’re sensitive to these, please don’t read:
1. The female lead has had many relationships, but she treated each one seriously and broke up properly.
It’s just that the men unilaterally pestered her incessantly. For the female lead, when she doesn’t like someone anymore, she simply doesn’t like them.
(This applies to her relationships with Male Lead 1, 2, 3, and 4 as well, but she’s loyal in each 1-on-1 relationship!)
2. In this novel, Male Lead 2 and the female lead kiss in a car, and Male Lead 1 sees it and beats up Male Lead 2.
The female lead calls the police and sends both Male Lead 1 and 2 to the police station! Male Lead 1 begs the female lead not to break up with him.
3. Male Lead 1 has a gentle appearance but an obsessive personality.
Male Lead 2 has a delicate and soft appearance, slightly green tea-like (two-faced).
Male Lead 3 is a youthful college student and a smart person who has secretly liked the female lead for a long time.
Male Lead 4 is the female lead’s father’s special assistant, a business elite with deep, hidden thoughts.
4. At the beginning of this novel, the female lead has already broken up with Male Lead 1 (Chapter 4) and gotten back together with Male Lead 2 (ex-boyfriend).
5. Enter with caution if you have triggers!!!
