Certainly. Below is the translation of the provided passage, keeping in mind the character names and guidelines you’ve provided:
“Why the door…?”
Lina stammered in a trembling voice. But the Duke seemed not to care at all, reaching out. His eyes still fixed on her.
Swish.
With the sound of fabric brushing, the ribbon tied to her clothes slipped from his hand. A small piece of cloth that was once pure white lay sprawled on the worn wooden floor.
Was it simply a threat? Or perhaps.
[Make it real.]The words the man had spoken moments before echoed in her mind.
‘Really… me.’
Through the slightly opened collar, Lina’s snowwhite neck shone. And the Duke’s open lips slowly approached Lina’s mouth, now tightly closed.
Just like that man on the last summer night.
“Duke… ah.”
As if possessed, Lina, who had been standing blankly, seemed to regain consciousness, attempting to push the Duke away at that moment.
Lina grasped her forehead as her vision wavered for a moment.
‘My head suddenly…’
Barely holding onto her fading consciousness, she suppressed a bursting cough, and said to the Duke.
“Duke… cough… Sir. Just a moment.”
Was her body too hot? Even her exhaled breath seemed to burn.
It was then that Valige seemed to notice that something was seriously wrong with Lina, as he placed his hand on her forehead.
Lina’s body was hot as fire, and thick sweat droplets fell like raindrops.
“Your body…!”
And the moment she opened her mouth to speak, a dizzying vertigo came, ringing like a large bell in her head.
“Li… n…!!”
The desperate voice of the man was heard. But she couldn’t understand what he was saying.
Lina, who had been looking at the Duke, slowly lost focus, and soon her body collapsed into his arms.
[This is the time separator]The physician of the Permanence family, Hoakin, was in a very flustered state. He had rushed over, thinking that the Duke was unwell at the call of Collen.
But what he was met with was not a sick Duke but the Duke’s fierce reprimand.
He looked at the maid lying in bed, sweating.
‘It seems the rumor was true after all.’
Recently, there had been rumors that the Duke had taken a young maid as his wife.
‘And moreover, this place is…’
The place where the maid was lying was the Duke’s bedroom. Hoakin, who glanced around the room, swallowed dryly.
The voice of the Duke came from behind Hoakin, who was examining Lina.
“How is she?”
“It’s just a simple cold. You don’t have to worry too much.”
Hoakin reassured the Duke that he didn’t have to worry. But the Duke looked no more comforted, his face still dark.
“……Alright. Good job. You can leave.”
“Yes, Your Grace.”
And before the door closed behind Hoakin, another man entered the room.
“Your Grace.”
It was Lawrence, the Duke’s assistant, who had gone to the south to inquire about Lina last time.
Valige, still unable to take his eyes off the lying Lina, asked:
“What about the thing I asked you to check?”
Lawrence handed the Duke a bunch of documents. The Duke began to scrutinize them.
“What was written in Lina’s recommendation letter was true. There indeed was a girl named Lina between a maid and a coachman working at the estate of Earl Anthony, and it has been confirmed that her parents died in an accident when she was young. But…”
The Duke, taking his eyes off the paper, asked back.
“What is it?”
“Both her parents had dark brown hair. And their daughter also had brown hair, they said.”
“Brown hair?”
Valige looked at Lina’s hair, lying as if dead on the bed. Ashgray hair with a hint of gray. It was clearly not brown.
The Duke, who had been staring at Lina for a while, exhaled a short breath and said.
“Are there any relatives of Lina living there?”
“No. It seems there are no relatives.”
“Are you sure?”
Certainly! Below is the translated passage in accordance with your guidelines:
“Yes. What I found out as soon as I got there was Lina’s adoption relationship. But Lina’s parents were said to be orphans.”
“Having no family at all……”
The Duke muttered what Lawrence had said.
“There is a man to marry in her hometown.”
“As I told you, there was no one to connect with there. Of course, there was no fiancé either.”
“……Okay. Good work. Let’s get out of here.”
“Yes.”
As Lawrence left, the Duke approached the bed where Lina was lying. And he sat down at the head of the bed and stroked the sleeping maid’s hair.
“There’s no fiancé……?”
Valige’s mouth twisted. Somehow, this fearless maid seemed to have lied to leave the mansion.
Brazenly.
[This is the time separator]“Ugh……”
Lina, who had been writhing, opened her eyes.
“Where is this……”
The familiar scenery unfolded before Lina’s eyes, who was looking around to grasp the situation.
Gorgeous decorations and paintings above the ceiling. It reminded her that this was the Duke’s bedroom.
“Lina! Are you conscious?”
“……May?”
Her voice was cracked as she hadn’t spoken for a long time.
“You fainted. Remember?”
“……I did?”
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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