The busy hand movements over the closed eyes of Rosé were still ongoing.
“Would you please lift your eyes slightly?”
At the touch of the employee tapping under my eyes, Rosé blinked.
“It’s done.”
She withdrew her hand from Rosé and smiled contentedly.
The employees exchanged glances and nodded their heads.
“Good work.”
“You too.”
They raised their thumbs and wore satisfied smiles.
Rosé’s eyes widened as she looked at her reflection in the mirror without much expectation.
Her fair skin stood out very much. Unlike usual, her very pure and transparent skin texture captivated Rosé’s eyes.
‘Wow… Was what I’ve been wearing not makeup?’
Rosé’s reincarnated face belonged to the beautiful category. Rosé, who usually focused on makeup that looked natural, felt different about herself today.
Rosé couldn’t help but admire her appearance.
It wasn’t just the skin. The eye lines were very clear and sparkling, and the lashes that had been weakly stretched out were raised like a doll’s.
Without knowing it, Rosé approached the mirror. Rosé, who was turning her head this way and that, stared at her face for a long time.
Then, the Grand Duke who had gone to buy a dress returned.
Rosé couldn’t take her eyes off the Grand Duke. After all, the Grand Duke, who had been wearing a robe, was now fully dressed.
People blushed as they looked at the Grand Duke. Although he was scary, his face was outstanding.
Behind the Grand Duke, the employees of the dress shop came in a line.
Each of them brought in several dresses. Rosé looked at the Grand Duke with widened eyes.
“What are all these?”
“I don’t know what you’ll like, so I brought everything.”
She blinked at the sight of at least twenty dresses.
They stood in a row in front of Rosé and held up the dresses so she could see them.
“How about the sky blue one in the middle?”
“What are you talking about. It’s definitely white.”
The employees who had been dressing Rosé also opened their eyes wide and whispered among themselves.
“Let’s remove the white one. I don’t want to look like I’m hung up on Eric.”
At Rosé’s words, several people holding white dresses put them down.
Then, Grand Duke Artem picked up a dress.
“How about this one?”
Rosé, who didn’t know what to choose, saw the dress in the Grand Duke’s hand and smiled brightly.
“That’s nice. I’ll wear that one.”
The dress, elaborately decorated with luxurious beads, shimmered subtly.
The dress, where sky blue and white harmoniously blended, looked very elegant at first glance.
As Rosé chose a dress, the store’s employees who had followed the Grand Duke took her in.
As they changed Rosé’s dress, they brought various glamorous accessories to Rosé’s neck and ears.
They asked for Rosé’s opinion and put on expensive necklaces and earrings.
“You’re so beautiful.”
Each of them praised Rosé’s beauty. They seemed to want to cheer Rosé up so she wouldn’t be discouraged at her exhusband’s wedding.
Rosé, who had finished dressing up, moved to where the Grand Duke was waiting. Rosé pushed aside the red curtain and spoke in a cheerful voice.
“It’s all done. Let’s go.”
The Grand Duke, who had been sitting on the sofa, couldn’t say a word the moment he saw Rosé.
He already knew that she had an exceptional appearance, similar to Libera, but the sight of Rosé after she finished dressing was so beautiful that it took his breath away.
He stared at Rosé with shaking eyes.
‘I thought she was just cute….’
It was so impressive that he couldn’t take his eyes off her. As the Grand Duke just looked at me without saying a word, Rosé trailed off.
“Is it strange…?”
I thought it was pretty, but does it not look so in the Duke’s eyes?
At Rosé’s words, the Duke’s pupils shook uncontrollably. He avoided Rosé’s gaze and spoke in a low voice.
“…You’re pretty.”
He was fumbling with his cheek as he glanced at Rosé.
“Let’s go to the temple now.”
Rosé’s eyes widened and she smiled. Grand Duke Artem subtly extended his arm.
With a smile on her face, Rosé carefully grabbed his arm.
As they left the store, a giant carriage appeared. It wasn’t the carriage they had come from the Serbiat Mansion, but a black carriage with the coat of arms of the Artem family.
Rosé looked at the Grand Duke with widened eyes.
“Hey, how did you get the carriage here? It should take more than 2 hours from the Artem territory.”
“It’s the one you rode when you came to the capital.”
Rosé nodded in agreement.
But there was one secret she didn’t know.
The carriage was the same one Rosé had ridden in.
The carriage she had ridden in had always belonged to the Grand Duke, it was merely altered to appear rundown by his magic.
Rosé, surprised by the carriage, was even more surprised once she climbed in.
This was because the carriage was filled with stacks of dress boxes.
The carriage was so crowded due to the stacks of boxes piled high.
‘What is all this?’
Following Rosé, the Grand Duke climbed into the carriage and spoke indifferently.
“They are all yours.”
The Male lead Always Seduces Her with His Beauty (Matriarchy)
Xin Jiao Zhou is the leader of the world’s premier sect. She has just experienced betrayal from all sides, was poisoned in an assassination attempt, and faced death squad attacks while the poison was taking effect. After finally clearing out the scum from her sect, she was drugged again while trying to detoxify.
After waking up from a night of unconsciousness, she gained a “beautiful and kind-hearted” husband.
Xin Jiao Zhou: “???”
He fell ill.
She came to see him, bringing breakfast.
As she put down the breakfast and was about to leave, his hand slipped while holding the spoon. “Clank!”
She turned around upon hearing the noise.
He looked up at her, his eyebrows drooping: “My hand… has no strength.”
“Shall I… feed you?” she asked tentatively.
He opened his mouth cheerfully: “Ah—”
Thinking she was drowning, he jumped in without hesitation to save her, but nearly drowned himself. In the end, it was she who swam over to rescue him, giving him air underwater.
After emerging from the water, his ear tips turned red. He lightly brushed his cheek, tucking his sideburns behind his ear, revealing delicate, pink-tinged ear tips. He lowered his gaze, too embarrassed to look at her.
Xin Jiao Zhou: He’s truly beautiful, kind-hearted, and adorable.
A certain someone when disciplining subordinates behind the scenes: “If they don’t obey, just kill them.”
What’s that? She might already have someone she cares about in her heart? A certain someone: Find out who it is, kill them, and then there won’t be anyone.
What? She met a man by the riverside? What? That man even hurt her? A certain someone: Whichever hand hurt her, chop off his entire arm.
Love at first sight without realizing it, gradually falling in love, slowly getting closer…
Family and national grudges, schemes and desires, good and evil, crime and punishment, she and he face the future together, seeking justice with passion!
A naturally dark female lead who could accidentally destroy the world but is actually an honest person VS a weak, pitiful, and helpless but skilled fighter, beautiful white-cut black male lead
My heart is not of stone, how steadfast is your love? — Tao Yuanming “Imitating the Ancients (No. 3)”
— Reading Guide —
Cold female lead & dramatic black lotus with hidden yandere traits male lead
