He had not even appeared in her dreams for years, so she didn’t know what to say to him suddenly entering her dream.
“How I missed you…”
Her heart ached to ask why he appeared only now, but her words trailed off in a sob.
As Viare regained her composure, a deep and calm voice resonated in the gallery.
“Are you done crying?”
‘……Dension?’
Viare stiffly lifted her head and, seeing the man before her, her eyes flickered with turmoil.
The man standing before her was not the Dension of the past but the current Duke of Berdeum.
Startled by this realization, Viare, still shaken, trembled slightly.
‘Could it be this wasn’t a dream?’
With tear stains yet to dry, Viare hurriedly wiped her eyes, not wanting to explain the situation.
“I didn’t expect the Duke to visit the gallery.”
In the past, Dension would visit the gallery to see Viare but had no interest in art.
So why was the man before her here now?
Viare looked at him curiously, but she couldn’t discern his intentions.
“……I just stopped by while I was nearby.”
Familiar as she should be with his indifferent tone, Viare was still not completely detached from the Dension of her memories.
With a heavy sigh, her mind cluttered with complex thoughts, she looked around.
Fortunately, it seemed he was the only visitor in the spacious area at this evening hour.
‘Is that a relief?’
The man across from her tilted his head, then looked around and asked.
“Are you personally guiding me?”
“Yes?”
At this, he whispered quietly, just loud enough for her to hear, seeming somewhat embarrassed.
“I don’t really know how to appreciate art. Could you help me, my lady?”
“Ah…….”
Viare was taken aback by his request, not expecting it, and he, noticing her discomfort, asked with a troubled expression.
“Is it too much to ask?”
Shaking her head, Viare tried to appear calm and looked at Dension, replying,
“Not at all. Please, come this way.”
Then, with a slightly nervous voice, Viare carefully explained the artworks in front of them.
“This is by Painter Markus. He used contrasting colors to effectively represent joy and sorrow.”
As she explained, Viare glanced at Dension, who appeared to be attentively focusing on the artwork.
‘I used to introduce these works to you here before…’
Explaining to the current Dension, Viare felt a new wave of tension.
While listening to her explanations, Dension asked questions, and Viare earnestly answered, making time pass quickly.
Eventually, employees who had finished their dinner entered the gallery, and Dension, putting on the jacket he had draped over his arm, glanced at her.
“I’m glad to see you’ve cheered up.”
“What?”
Looking at her and smiling subtly, Dension shook his head and said,
“Never mind. I should be going now.”
‘Did he start this conversation on purpose?’
When he casually asked for an introduction to the artwork, Viare, though startled, calmly explained to him.
Thinking he was genuinely curious as she responded to his intermittent questions, it now seemed he was just trying to uplift her spirits.
‘I shouldn’t feel this way…’
Watching him walk away, Viare stood there for a long time, overwhelmed by the pounding of her heart.
Male lead is a Destined Young Husband (Female-dominant)
One-sentence summary: Wife-master, listen to my explanation!
Li Ruantang, a young lady from a prestigious family, stumbled and fell. When she woke up, she saw a noble and beautiful young man sitting by her bedside, wiping away tears.
The young master had slightly reddened eyes, and his every move exuded charm.
The sight made Li Ruantang’s eyes hot and her heart flutter. After all, she had made a bet with the young master Meng from the neighboring family. If she couldn’t marry a husband before the end of the year, she would have to admit defeat and give up the jade she had worked so hard to obtain.
Outside the window, the flowers were in full bloom.
Rather than losing the bet, the jade, and her face, Li Ruantang calculated that it would be better to seek marriage with the young master in front of her, killing three birds with one stone.
…
Meng Jun never thought that an accident during a spring outing would lead to them rolling down a cliff and into a river, yet still survive.
Now they were trapped in an unknown village, and Meng Jun had overheard that the family who had rescued them had their own intentions.
After all, it was Li Ruantang who had lost her mind and sought marriage first. He was only trying to protect himself!
Glancing at Li Ruantang, who was listing her own merits, the young husband’s voice softened, and he blushed as he lied, “W-wife-master, Wife-master, don’t you remember me?”
The young husband’s voice was clear and handsome, coaxing Li Ruantang’s heart to be soft and sweet, and she spared no effort to protect him.
It wasn’t until they returned to the capital that Li Ruantang suddenly remembered.
When they had fallen off the cliff, in order not to implicate Wei Yunruo, whom he secretly admired, the young husband had instead pulled her, who was slightly farther away, down the cliff with him…
Short summary by Yuushi L: Initially, the male lead (ML) liked another girl, while the female lead (FL) liked the ML. Both fell off a cliff. The FL temporarily lost her memory, and the ML, fearing others might take advantage of him, claimed FL was his wife while they were staying in a village. Later, when they returned home, the FL regained her memories and remembered that the ML liked someone else, so she kept her distance from him. However, during their time living together in the countryside, the ML’s view of the FL had completely changed. From this point, his pursuit of the FL begins.
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