‘Why……?’
Ariana racked her brain, wondering if she had missed something.
It seemed like there was talk of the Duke of the North visiting the capital during this time in her previous life, but she remembered that he had never actually visited.
‘Yes, there was a time when Helena was excited that she would surely seduce the Duke of the North if he met her, only to be disappointed. She was angry when the Duke of the North cancelled his visit to the capital, thinking that he was ignoring her.’
It was such a trivial matter that she had forgotten about it.
The Duke of the North was so distant to Ariana.
As soon as she snapped out of her reverie, her heart tightened.
The fact that Cyrus was hiding in the Bronthe mansion at this time was definitely not a good thing.
‘Had the Duke of the North been hiding like this before? Did I not run into him then because I was locked in my room?’
She felt a chill down her spine.
The fact that Cyrus, who had been secretly doing something, revealed himself meant that he might intend to kill Ariana to silence her.
The Cyrus that Ariana knew was that cruel a man.
Her breath was caught in her throat because of the unexpected situation. His bloody eyes were oppressive even though he was just a few steps away.
Ariana slowly closed her eyes.
‘It’s fine. What’s the worst that can happen, dying? It’s a life I gained for free anyway, so there’s nothing to regret if I die now.’
When she opened her eyes again, Ariana’s blue eyes did not waver.
Cyrus was watching Ariana with an unreadable expression. In the dim light, he stood motionless like a wellcrafted statue.
“I did not expect Your Grace, the Duke of the North, to visit the Duke Bronthe’s mansion at this hour. If I had known, I would have gone out to greet you.”
Ariana’s calm tone made Cyrus come closer and crouch down. She was a little taken aback by his unexpected behavior but maintained a nonchalant expression and met his gaze.
“How do you know me?”
“Silver hair with red eyes is permitted only to the Carha family, and currently, the one who inherited the Carha Castle is Duke Cyrus Carha of the North.”
“Hmm.”
“Moreover, I heard you are as beautiful as a painting. You make women’s hearts beat uncontrollably, and indeed, you do.”
“Really? Your heart doesn’t seem to be beating that way.”
“How could it not? If my heart doesn’t beat, I would die.”
“Ah, that’s true.”
Ariana carefully examined Cyrus’s eyes, but she could not figure out what he was thinking.
She expected him to threaten her not to tell anyone what she had seen here or to kill her if she told someone, but he was just sitting in front of her.
“Did I interrupt your meal?”
“If Your Grace joins me, it is a great honor.”
“You have a talent for speaking insincere words as if you mean them.”
“There’s no insincerity. Don’t you see that I don’t know what to do with myself, having the opportunity to behold Your Grace’s presence, which I had only heard of?”
He looked like he wasn’t going to leave, even though she had indirectly told him to get lost because he was keeping her from eating.
The longer this went on, the more anxious Ariana became.
She wanted to quickly take some food and return to her room.
Ariana hesitated for a moment before speaking.
“Let’s pretend that today never happened. I hope Your Grace will do the same.”
“So you’ll ignore me if I ignore your excellent dining manners?”
“You are truly extraordinary.”
Ariana’s soft words made Cyrus’s eyes widen for a moment.
“That’s the first compliment like that I’ve heard since I was five.”
“It’s surprising that no one has complimented you like that, being as clever as you are.”
“Aren’t you afraid of me?”
“Why should I be afraid of Your Grace? I haven’t done anything wrong to you.”
Women usually show me two reactions. They either fear me or try to act cute because they want to look good to me. But you seem to neither fear me nor want to look good to me.
“Why would that be? I’m quite afraid of Your Highness and I’m trying to look good to you. If Your Highness does not feel that way, it must be my fault.”
Cyrus was still staring at Ariana with inscrutable deep eyes.
Seeing his eyes up close, Ariana was a little taken aback.
According to Ariana, Cyrus was now 20 years old, just 4 years older than the current Ariana.
But his red eyes were so deep and dark that it was hard to guess their depth. They were not the eyes of a 20yearold young man.
‘I’ve come back in time, but what on earth did this man experience…?’
Without realizing it, Ariana reached out to Cyrus’s eye, but stopped before her fingers touched.
But Cyrus did not ignore her action.
“Are my eyes so attractive that you want to touch them without knowing?”
Caught off guard by the unexpected question, Ariana’s eyes widened.
She had heard that Cyrus coldly dismissed women who tempted him, or killed them if they continued to annoy him.
“Your Highness, Duke of North, you are a bit different from the rumors.”
“What rumor did you hear?”
“That you are reticent and keep women at a distance.”
Male lead first thought she played hard to get, only to realize she
really disliked him
Short intro:
What she can’t stand the most is the streets full of effeminate men, especially that so-called top beauty whom she avoids at all costs.
Shen Yaoxing looks at Jiang Mingyue, who keeps approaching her with coy shyness.
Shen Yaoxing: Bro, don’t be like this, I’m really about to throw up!
She fears nothing in heaven or earth, except for him getting close to her.
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At first he thought she was just using the trick of feigning indifference to attract his attention. Later, he learned that she truly despised him.
This dealt a heavy blow to Jiang Mingyue, and he vowed to make her, like everyone else, fall at his feet in worship!
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Synopsis:
Before transmigrating, Shen Yaoxing only wanted to find a reliable man to spend her life with. Who knew that after transmigrating, she would become a reliable woman herself…
A forced misandrist, highly skilled, and reliable female lead
vs.
An initially aloof and arrogant, later morbid, obsessed male lead
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