That night.
“……?”
Arthur, upon returning to the bedroom, handed Reyna a bundle of documents.
His hair was wet, perhaps from washing, and small droplets of water fell from his not fully dried hair.
Reyna took the bundle with a shock and was startled wideeyed when she confirmed what it was.
The bundle contained documents related to his wealth.
Reyna, flustered, looked up at him.
“Ah… Sir Arthur? This is……”
Rubbing his head with a towel, Arthur pointed out each document.
“The documents related to the pension I mentioned. This is money from Julius. This is a reward set to be received from the royal family.”
“……”
“This is wealth obtained during the course of war. Mostly ransom for prisoners.”
“……”
“And this, a payroll statement for the knights under me.”
As Arthur pointed out the documents, he explained each one.
“……”
“You can open and inspect them.”
Although he said so, Reyna’s hand trembled and she couldn’t dare to unfold them.
Even without unfolding and just looking at what was written on the first page, she could fully grasp the scale of Arthur’s wealth.
Surprisingly, the money received from Julius wasn’t even his largest source of income.
Aren’t some of these classified?
It seems like documents I shouldn’t be looking at.
Reyna’s pupils wavered with confusion.
“And this is.”
“……”
Arthur, who had put down his towel, paused for a moment and smiled at Reyna.
Reyna became even more flustered at the sight.
【 Marriage Contract 】
Her heart sank.
“Our marriage contract.”
Arthur spoke with a composed smile.
“It includes a list of provisions that were confirmed with my return from war.”
Reyna’s face became flushed.
As soon as she saw the contract, her heart contracted and throbbed.
The price of this marriage contract was for Sir Arthur to go to war and marry Miss Christina,
But I stepped in and turned it into a sham marriage.
Arthur paused for a moment before continuing his words.
“I did not intend to lay everything out in such a pitiful way.”
Arthur slightly wrinkled his forehead as he fiddled with the towel.
Then, he lightly flicked Reyna’s forehead with his finger.
And then, as if embarrassed, he smiled.
“This is a small part of being my wife. As you may well know.”
“……”
Reyna, while absentmindedly touching her forehead, looked at him.
She could not comprehend why he, after seeing the marriage contract, was showing an expression that did not match what she was thinking.
Arthur gently smiled as he looked at her.
“You seem to not believe. This is proof.”
Reyna looked at the documents with a face devoid of reality.
“……”
You’re showing me this because you think I don’t believe in Sir Arthur’s wealth and proposal?
Not to condemn the sham marriage, but…
To gain my trust?
“……”
As he again rubbed his head with the towel,
Ah, Arthur seemed to remember something and added.
“The marriage contract is a copy.”
Reyna looked up at him in shock.
“The original on my side is kept by the royal family. And the duke’s copy, well…”
Arthur casually tossed the remark while sneakily looking at his own fingernails.
“Perhaps it’s in the duke’s safe?”
“……”
Arthur spoke as if it was nothing.
“You can take that. I have another copy.”
Reyna was taken aback.
“What?”
Arthur, flicking his wet hair slightly, spoke.
“You probably already know the contents. But it wouldn’t hurt to look again.”
Reyna didn’t know what to do with the documents in her hand.
She had signed the symbolic ‘marriage vow’ in front of the priest,
But this was the first time she was seeing the ‘marriage contract’ which contained the actual contents of the real marriage.
She hadn’t even imagined that she would be seeing this with her own eyes…
“……”
Reyna was simply holding the document, unable to think about flipping it open.
Arthur looked at her for a moment.
Then, after putting away the towel, he opened the marriage contract cover in front of Reyna, who was just staring at it, and smiled.
“Now, take a look and think about it. All the other documents as well.”
“……”
He gestured towards the documents again with a smile.
“Take a good look at the wealth I’ve accumulated over the past five years too.”
“……”
Although he said it was embarrassing to boast about his wealth list,
With his slightly damp hair tousled, he wore a somewhat proud and boastful smile.
[This is the time separator]Outside the Julius’s territory, at Tristan’s house.
Tristan was sitting in a chair, hunched over.
His interlocked hands rested on his furrowed forehead, casting a dark shadow.
“……”
The unusual atmosphere after putting their son to bed was broken when his wife approached and sat on a chair in front of Tristan.
“Honey.”
“…..”
“You seem different today. Why is that?”
Tristan was a loving husband.
For the past five years, as if trying to make up for the time he couldn’t spend with his child, he always stuck close to his fiveyearold son, Benjamin, whenever he returned home.
Why She Is Still Unmoved (Female-dominant)
One-line summary: He uses various methods to seek her affection, but she remains unmoved.
Synopsis:
Si Qingyu is a doctor who has saved countless lives and enjoys tranquility.
Luo Shaoxuan is ruthless, deeply scheming, and the top young master in the capital. He admires Si Qingyu.
Luo Shaoxuan: I want to be the only one in your eyes and heart.
Features a cold and calm female lead vs A noble and scheming male lead.
There will be both sweetness and torture towards the male after their marriage.
