Philip let out a deep sigh. It was because he realized that no matter how good-looking he was, it was pointless if he didn’t match the other person’s taste.

“People should live the way they look.”

He looked out the window, lamenting his appearance for the first time since he was born.

Ellen, dressed in formal attire, was leading Blank, accompanying Mild through the boutique on their way to work.

“….”

Philip observed Ellen carefully. He couldn’t help but feel uneasy about Ellen and Mild recently spending time together alone.

With a refreshing look, Ellen and Blank boarded the carriage that Mild would drive.

No matter how Philip looked at it, Mild didn’t seem to have any special feelings for Ellen.

Philip felt relieved, but at the same time, he became melancholic.

Ellen seemed to pay no attention to the imminent divorce issue that was just a few days away.

“….”

After the carriage door closed, Philip’s gaze shifted to Mild. The Mild he knew always seemed to be tinged with a slight melancholy.

Philip knew that Mild’s nature wasn’t inherently evil. That meant he must have been stressed by the misdeeds he committed under Ellen’s orders.

However, these days, Mild’s expression seemed unusually bright.

Where did the perpetual sense of melancholy go?

In particular.

“….”

Philip soon found himself tensing up involuntarily.

Mild’s gaze towards Ellen, that happy expression, irritated him.

When Mild, who was about to climb onto the carriage, looked in Philip’s direction, a clear message was conveyed.

‘I don’t like it.’

Feeling the gaze meet his, Philip deliberately distorted his expression with a stern look.

Now it was time for Mild to fix his attitude and lower his head.

Snick.

“……!?”

Philip couldn’t believe it even though he saw it with his own eyes. Mild had clearly looked at him and raised one corner of his mouth.

It was only after Philip snapped out of his daze that he realized Mild was already pulling the carriage towards the outside of the mansion.

“That guy…”

A belated sense of frustration welled up. He felt an urge for retaliation.

‘Should I call him and pressure him as soon as he returns?’

However, even if Philip did that, he remembered that their employment relationship would end in a few days.

If he called to reprimand him, Mild might lower his head, but that would be just a superficial action.

Mild had nothing to regret.

Another form of retaliation was needed.

‘Then should I use Ellen’s past as an excuse and make him kneel?’

If he brought up Ellen’s past misdeeds, Mild would willingly kneel and apologize in her place.

Philip imagined Mild kneeling for Ellen.

At that moment, he involuntarily uttered a curse.

“What the hell, why would he kneel for my wife? On what grounds?”

He thought it would be refreshing, but it only worsened his mood.

“….”

Philip pondered for a moment about various ways to torment Mild.

However, no matter how much he thought, there was nothing he could do.

It wasn’t a job he could do, like grabbing him as Ellen did and whipping him.

Even Philip’s contemplation, where he lightly tapped the window frame with a clenched fist, was brief.
He found the optimal way to get what he wanted and take revenge on Mild.

Philip sat in front of the desk and took out the divorce documents from the second drawer.

Empty spaces for divorce confirmation and cancellation.

“I cancel this divorce.”

Philip stamped the cancellation space firmly!

At the same time, a feeling of clouds lifting and his vision brightening filled his mind.

Even though Ellen had stamped the divorce on the documents, there was still a way.

Philip thought that by using the method he just came up with, he could keep Ellen by his side and dismiss Mild.

As long as they were a couple, Mild was under Philip’s employment.

Even if Ellen tried to hire him separately, she needed Philip’s approval as her husband.

‘Once we reunite, there won’t be any need for approval. I’ll send him back as Count Renaud.’

After neatly organizing the documents, Domingo happened to come in carrying a newspaper on a silver tray.

“Master, today’s newspaper.”

“Is it properly featured?”

“Yes.”

Philip checked the front page of the newspaper.

The headline on the front page was quite satisfactory. The content was also in the direction he desired.

‘I did well to announce it to the newspaper.’

Philip’s mouth curved up in satisfaction.

‘With this level of coverage, Ellen’s boutique will surely be successful today.’

Meanwhile, Domingo looked at Philip and recalled the matter of Hyde.

Orphaned Hyde grew up under the care of the aged gardener of the mansion when he was young. Nevertheless, his growth period was not difficult.

Thanks to his innate appearance, he was well-liked not only by maids but also by the mistress and young ladies visiting the mansion.

If Hyde had probably used his appearance, he would have lived a prosperous life as someone’s consort.