Nelia blinked slowly, failing to understand the Duke’s words.
‘…Is he asking me to feed him now?’
As his words gradually registered, Nelia, startled, quickly retreated her upper body.
“Why…why! Your feet, I understand, but your hands are perfectly fine!”
“I’m hurt.”
His monotone voice didn’t feel like that of an injured person.
‘A lie.’
Nelia glared at Duke Hart with a doubtful gaze. Then, he explained while lowering his long eyelashes.
“It’s true. Last night, while climbing the stairs, I stumbled… and sprained my right hand.”
‘If he hadn’t hurt his foot, this wouldn’t have happened…’ Duke Hart left his sentence hanging.
Nelia unhappily looked at Duke Hart’s right hand.
‘Is it really…?’
He had previously asked for assistance like holding his hand when moving, or leaning on her, but asking to be fed was a first.
She could not verify if it was true, but she was the cause that made his foot in such a condition, and she also had to bear some responsibility for any derived accidents, so she complied with his request without much resistance.
The same happened this time.
‘Well, feeding him isn’t a difficult task.’
However, she would keep a keen eye on whether he uses his right hand today.
Nelia lifted the pie and extended it to his mouth. As he took a bite, half of the tart disappeared at once.
The Duke chewed the pie slowly. Suddenly, the movement of his jaw seemed somewhat elegant.
“Do you…like it?”
“It’s not bad.”
Watching him eat was visually splendid.
‘Even his eating manners are so elegant.’
Nelia thought Duke Hart was truly a noble from heaven.
His mannerisms, which seemed trained, were cultured and overflowing with elegance.
It was always her who watched him eat, but it was the first time for the roles to be reversed.
Nelia took a moment to admire him enjoying the food.
Then, their eyes met.
“….”
Unlike her startled expression, he smiled beautifully, enchanting like a fox.
There might be no one but Duke Hart who could smile so elegantly even while eating.
The palmsized apple pie disappeared in no time.
‘Eating food with the villain this cordially.’
It was somewhat overwhelming.
She had a lot of negative perceptions about him, and she did not intend to be close to him.
These days, when Nelia thought about her relationship with the Duke, she realized something was odd.
‘…No, are we close?’
It seems like he’s trying to raise me…?
He’s always bringing delicious food, which she’s thankful for, but she doesn’t know if he’s fattening her up to eat her.
One thing she was grateful for was that Nelia’s body, after the spirit possession, did not gain weight no matter how much she ate. Then, she could let down her guard a little about being eaten by him.
Nelia exhaled, thinking her imagination was absurd.
“What are you thinking about, Nelia?”
When he asked as if curious, Nelia shook her head.
“It’s nothing.”
Nelia’s gaze landed on his face. His pale skin looked even whiter today.
“Duke, you look a bit pale today.”
“I guess I’m a little tired, I stayed up late last night because I had a lot of work.”
That makes sense.
The workload of Duke Hart she saw was simply tremendous.
The massive amount of documents on his desk alone was astonishing, not to mention the daily visitors who also stole his time.
“Do not mind. This happens sometimes.”
Duke Hart flashed a smile. Yet, the sight of him felt somehow pitiful.
‘Hang in there…… The cogwheel of the empire……!’
Nelia decided that today, she should do her utmost to assist him.
Time passed quietly as usual.
Laundry.
If there was anything different from usual, it would be the sound of rain knocking on the window.
The Andrian Empire mostly enjoyed clear weather, but as the afternoon arrived, rain started to fall lightly.
And, just like the slowly darkening weather, Duke Hart’s complexion gradually worsened.
“I simply can’t go on.”
It was only in the afternoon that Duke Hart surrendered.
Nelia approached Duke Hart. Up close, his complexion was pale.
“Is there anything I can help you with……?”
Duke Hart groped in the drawer under his desk.
He took out a small glass bottle containing pills. There were pills inside it.
‘When I first arrived here, I saw Count Clint give these pills to the Duke…….’
As Nelia quietly observed the pill, Duke Hart spoke.
“Could you bring me some water?”
“Oh, yes!”
Nelia quickly moved, pouring water from the table and bringing it to Duke Hart.
“Here.”
“Thank you.”
Duke Hart swallowed a pill and water.
After taking the medicine, he held the empty glass, standing still as if he were a computer caught in an error.
‘This is the first time I’ve seen him like this.’
He was always a relaxed and leisurely person.
“……Nelia, I think I need to catch some sleep.”
“Yes, that seems like a good idea.”
In his current state, he wouldn’t be able to clearly perceive a single letter.
“Shall I escort you to your room?”
“No, I’ll just sleep at my desk for about ten minutes.”
Nelia nodded her head.
“I’ll wake you up in ten minutes.”
“Thank you, Nelia.”
When yandere male lead believes she loves him — but she never did
“How dare you!”
“How dare you make me love you, only to cast me aside as nothing more than a friend?!?
“I will never accept that.”
“I will never let you return to him.”
“Even if I have to burn myself to ashes.”
“Even if I must shatter my purity, my dignity, my very soul.”
“I will never let you escape me!”
This was the first novel that introduced me to the matriarchal genre. I’ve read it three times already!
At first, the male lead despised the female lead. Later, he misunderstood that she liked him, so he condescendingly and reluctantly reciprocated her feelings.
Then, he suddenly discovered that she was kind to everyone in the same way, and there was already someone she cherished in her heart, and that person was not him.
The male lead couldn’t believe it, he became angry and crazy. He was determined to capture her body and heart by any means necessary.
Synopsis:
Want to see how a green tea bitch male lead falls in love with the female lead?
Want to see how he flirtatiously pursues the female lead?
Want to see how he gets slapped in the face repeatedly?
The male lead is a green tea bitch, a poisonous lotus, jealous, ruthless, unscrupulous, with a venomous heart, and he’s also a delusional maniac.
The female lead is righteous, positive energy-filled, kind, a holy mother.
Let’s see how two people with extreme personalities come together~
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