Looking down at Lina with an arrogant expression, Valige stiffened as if he saw something.
Before Lina could notice the strange behavior of the man, he had quickly approached her.
“What happened to your arm?”
“Eh?”
Then he picked up her right arm, which was covered in dried blood, and growled.
He looked like he hadn’t even thought that she might be hurt.
Lina gently pushed away Valige’s hand that was holding her arm.
“It’s nothing serious.”
But her answer seemed to irritate the man more.
“Nothing serious.”
The Duke repeated Lina’s words quietly and then yanked her right arm.
“Duke Valige!”
Lina cried out, but it was too late. Her loose clothing already revealed the cut wound.
“Ha. Truly nothing serious, indeed.”
He said sarcastically, almost out of breath. A maid who had kept quiet until it got to this point now seemed foolish.
“This will heal quickly with medicine. So don’t worr……”
“Don’t worry?”
The man seemed to know what she was going to say, interrupting her.
“Right. Such a wound is nothing for a spy, is it?”
He still thought she was a spy. The unresolvable misunderstanding made Lina’s head ache.
“I’m really not what you think, Your Grace. I just had nowhere else to go. That’s why I only forged the recommendation letter!”
“We’ll see about that.”
‘He doesn’t listen to me at all!’
Her carefully crafted excuse did not get through to him at all. Lina bit her lip in frustration.
The Duke seemed to have something to say, wetting his lips, but in the end, he said nothing.
After contemplating her wound for a while, he finally let her go.
Then he whispered softly.
“Clean up and come to my room.”
And then, as if he had no more business, he left the room.
Bang
Staring at the roughly closed door, Lina seemed to relax and collapsed to the floor.
[Star Icon] [Star Icon] (())Meanwhile, Duke Valige grabbed the bell pull as soon as he entered the bedroom. And not long after, Emma knocked on the door.
“Your Grace, have you found it?”
“Go and get Hoaquin at once.”
Thinking of Lina’s injured arm and about to call Hoaquin, Duke Valige hesitated. Suddenly, he recalled how she had refused Hoaquin’s treatment.
After a moment of contemplation, the Duke opened his mouth, giving up the idea of calling the doctor.
“No, go and get the gauze and the medicine for the wound……”
Speaking to bring the medicine to treat Lina’s wound, he was once again at a loss for words, struck by a sudden thought.
‘Why me?’
Having decided to use her thoroughly, why was he so concerned about the maid’s injury?
That maid was right. He shouldn’t worry about it. But why?
‘Why am I so angry?’
Duke Valige quietly clenched his fist. He couldn’t understand why he was feeling this unpleasant emotion. As the Duke didn’t give any orders for a while, Emma cautiously asked.
“Your Grace, is there anything wrong……”
“No.”
Only then did Duke Valige seem to come to his senses.
“……It’s nothing. You may leave now.”
“……Yes, Your Grace.”
It was strange for the Duke to summon her at this late hour and not assign any task, but Emma couldn’t question anything.
She had no choice but to follow his command. The respectful Emma soon left the room.
Once the door was closed, Duke Valige brushed his hair back with an irritated gesture. Then he let out a short breath and slumped onto the sofa in the bedroom.
That maid is just a tool, so why am I so angry that she got hurt?
The feeling of something heavy on his mind caused Duke Valige to furrow his brow, leaning against the sofa as if he didn’t want to think about it anymore.
“Much better.”
He then realized that the headache that had been tormenting him for days had subsided. That pleasant fact seemed to improve his mood. Surely he could enjoy a comfortable night now.
It was peaceful.
There was no headpounding pain, no ringing in the ears. Just tranquility.
It was what he had longed for. And as long as that maid was with him, it would be an ongoing routine.
Had he been lost in thought for a while? The man suddenly looked at his hand.
“I merely touched her a little.”
Such a change from just a brief touch. Then, what if he shared something more substantial with that woman?
“What will happen then?”
A small question sprouted in Duke Valige’s heart. But soon, he shook his head as if it was a meaningless thought, and closed his heavy eyes.
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
