I could thank him a hundred times for renting the best commercial building in the territory.
Anyway, everything seemed to be in order, so I added my signature and seal to the contract.
Then I called the real estate agent to make sure there was nothing wrong with the documents.
“The contract has been finalized.”
The real estate agent, bowing and scraping, handed one copy of the contract to him.
I thanked Alexander.
“Thank you very much for helping. I need to make progress in my business soon.”
“You, not the Count, are conducting the business?”
The question seemed really unexpected. His tone felt as though he was saying, ‘How could you run a business?’
Of course, that might be Ellen’s character, but it didn’t feel good to hear.
“So if not me, then who?”
“Then the Count has nothing to do with this?”
“Of course. It’s my business.”
At my reply, the man snapped his fingers.
“Oh…… really?”
“……?”
He, who had been fiddling with his pipe tobacco, nodded his head.
“It’s not decent to return to a ducal house, is it?”
His words were strange.
“……Yes?”
He grinned and took the contract.
“It seems I can’t avoid divorce this time.”
“……?”
“I heard rumors that the documents have been submitted to the court. It’s the contemplation period for divorce, isn’t it? By now, news of your intention to divorce must have reached your family home.”
It seemed that this man also knew that Philip and I were getting a divorce.
I reflexively wanted to ask how he knew, but then realized that since the people in the mansion knew, it was not a particular secret.
‘But? There’s no need to talk about it with this man.’
“You don’t seem like someone who would let go of that man…… are you really breaking up with him?”
“…….”
“I’m really curious.”
I didn’t need to answer, so I changed the subject.
“Wasn’t it time to talk about old memories?”
Alexander leaned back on the sofa, relaxing, hands clasped.
“It has something to do with the conversation we couldn’t have back then, doesn’t it?”
“……?”
“I clearly expressed my opinion that I wanted to marry you back then.”
“When I was twelve?”
“Even during our meeting, letters were exchanged.”
What’s he talking about? Ellen had clearly refused him back then.
“Anyway, I’m already married, aren’t I?”
“As for me, whether you’re a divorcee or a married woman, it’s fine.”
Slowly speaking, I saw in him an obsession and ambition toward Ellen.
Perhaps, but I asked to confirm.
“You’re not married?”
“I was engaged to the young Duke Rodrigo.”
It was past tense.
“……Did you break it off?”
“Yes. You managed to get married, but I just couldn’t do a strategic marriage.”
He spoke with his eyes. He hadn’t married because he was too attached to Ellen.
He felt like someone who would cling if given the opportunity.
Even if he was handsome, that wasn’t very pleasant.
“Nobility sees marriage as politics…… You’re immature.”
“I’ve often heard that, so Ellen.”
His eyes shone unusually.
“I don’t know what business you’re doing, but isn’t it a bit too much to manage alone?”
“What?”
“Shall I take care of it for you? You can comfortably enjoy the incoming wealth.”
What does this man see me as since earlier?
I laughed in disbelief.
“Didn’t I say that I’m considerate enough to avoid you? Can’t you avoid me even more?”
“Isn’t that only until the divorce is finalized?”
I couldn’t believe it. Now it seemed like he was waiting for me to get divorced.
“Your thinking is strange. Even if I divorce Philip, I won’t meet you.”
“The main house won’t stay still upon hearing the news of the divorce.”
“If I don’t return to the main house, isn’t that enough?”
“Don’t you know well what kind of people they are?”
“…….”
“I have enough wealth and power to protect you comfortably.”
I thought I knew why Alexandre hadn’t appeared as Ellen’s supporter in the novel.
No matter how powerful Alexandre was, he was a character who welcomed the divorce with Philip, so he wasn’t pleasant to Ellen.
Her life’s purpose was to throw the eyesores, Marlboro and Laila, into hell and take Philip’s love. Even if she tried to use Alexandre, the prince’s status was burdensome.
‘So even if Ellen goes all out, he’s totally discarded?’
Then I can comfortably discard him too. I’ll draw a line.
“I wonder, though. For me to take over this territory, will it be manageable? This territory is on the rather large side…….”
Alexandre closed his mouth for a moment. He didn’t seem to have expected that.
Of course, I plan to finalize the divorce very well.
But seeing a person who waits and thinks of someone else’s divorce as a joyous occasion, I felt disgusted.
“What do you think about Ellen that you know? Do you think she will divorce Philip quietly?”
He frowned and retorted.
“I heard the count has firmly made up his mind this time?”
“You didn’t hear enough of my rumor.”
“…….”
“Alexandre.”
At my call, Alexandre’s eyebrows twitched, losing words.
“Why not Arje? You were calling me Arje just a while ago.”
Although he spoke gently, his eyes were obsessive.
Top Celebrity Younger Brother Bears Her Child (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: Forced to live stream romance with a top celebrity in a female-dominant world.
Yan Jin transmigrated into a brothel, with a fellow transmigrated junior beside her.
Hearing the obscene words coming from outside, the unfortunate junior covered his ears tightly, his cheeks flushed red, and whispered to comfort her, “Don’t worry, I will definitely help you escape.”
“Don’t worry, I will definitely defend your chastity.” Yan Jin looked at the flawless and delicate features of the unfortunate junior and gently comforted, “Because we have transmigrated into a female-dominant world.”
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Top celebrity Yu Shu suddenly fell into a coma during a concert.
Research scientist Yan Jin fainted in the lab after working overtime.
Two people with no connection were rushed to the same hospital.
Three days later, neither of them had woken up.
Suddenly, the entire nation discovered that a live streaming app had been forcibly installed on their phones.
Upon opening it, they heard the two discussing how to escape from the brothel.
The entire internet was in an uproar.
After the two successfully escaped from the brothel, Yu Shu’s fan group rushed to make a banner and sent it to the hospital overnight.
“Big sister bravely took action to defend the chastity of our idol!”
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When Yu Shu was diagnosed with pregnancy, Yan Jin stared at his belly for a long time.
Covering his stomach, he muttered gloomily, “If you don’t like it, I’ll go get an abortion.”
“It’s not that I don’t like it.” Yan Jin hugged Yu Shu and said softly, “I just feel like I’m not human.”
Yu Shu comforted Yan Jin, “I was already an adult when we got together.”
Yan Jin hesitated, “But you won’t be of legal marriageable age even after giving birth to the child.”
At the same time, a flood of bullet comments appeared in the live streaming room that the two couldn’t see.
[Although it’s inappropriate, I also want a young and handsome boyfriend to have my child.]
①Male pregnancy (highlighted)
The female lead is five years older than the male lead, and the male lead is already an adult when he appears.
