“Compared to an old man who’s about to die, I seem better. Sending your daughter off to an old man would be a welcome event with both hands, but you dislike sending her to me?”
“That’s not what I meant!”
Gibnen spoke, clearly showing his displeasure.
“Or is it because she’s a foster daughter?”
“…”
“Or is it that you fear what she might do the moment she escapes the control of the viscount?”
Ryan became contemplative. Regardless, Gibnen continued without changing his expression.
“You don’t seem in a position to pick a husband in the first place.”
Gibnen threw a newspaper in front of Ryan. A fresh paper from today with a 3D picture of Riley entering a hotel with him.
“The brat who ran away with Lady Riley didn’t tell you, I guess, that old man.”
Ryan unfolded the newspaper, looking flustered. There were two figures entering the hotel.
The man was this man right here. And… although the woman’s back was only photographed, he could tell for certain. It was Riley.
‘So the sudden insistence on a divorce…’
He thought the reason Count Ermaintz decided on the divorce was that Riley had behaved rudely towards him and fled.
He came in a fit of anger, informed her of the divorce without any mention of the reasons, stomped his foot, and left. He didn’t explain why, but she roughly guessed that it was due to the invisible Riley.
Riley had eloped with a man, and the subject was the tower owner of Horizon, and the scandal between the two splendidly adorned the gossip page. How could Riga know?
“Then… did you decide to marry just because you spent a night together?”
“Eventually, Lady Riley’s identity will be revealed.”
“…….”
“I wonder if Count Ermaints will accept her, having already spent a night with her.”
Ryan rubbed his throbbing forehead.
‘This is a mess.’
“Please give me a day. I will consult with my daughter… and family.”
“Understood.”
Gibnen stood up, smiling pleasantly.
“Please respond by tomorrow. I hope for good results.”
(This is a time delimiter.)
“You go ahead, Sack. I have someone to meet.”
At Gibnen’s words, Sack hesitated and cautiously asked.
“Is it really okay?”
“What?”
“……The marriage. Do you not regret rushing to decide without careful consideration? Moreover, proceeding unilaterally without consulting the elder…… The elder may be very angry.”
“Well, I think my father will welcome it with open arms.”
“……Yes?”
“If you think about who’s getting a bad deal, it’s certainly not me.”
“To anyone, it looks like a marriage that’s a loss for you, Master.”
“If it looks that way, all the better.”
“Are you going to Lady Riley?”
“Yes, she’s the one I’m marrying. Don’t we need to have a deep conversation before marriage?”
He hummed a tune and waved his hand. It was irritating, so it meant to get out of sight.
‘Why is he so cheerful, humming a tune at a proposal letter that used to make his skin crawl…… She looks like an ordinary girl from an ordinary family. Ew, it’s strange. He’s out of his mind. I have to quit after making some quick money.’
It’s only a day or two to put up with that unpredictable whim. Who can understand that crazy mind? It’s easier to give up understanding.
Sack turned around, sighing heavily. He struggled not to understand that man, who was beyond common sense, on a commonsense line.
(This is a time delimiter.)
KnockKnock[Dash]
Startled by the quite polite knock, Riley, who had dozed off, got up. Whether she was too tired, or relaxed with the tension, she had fallen asleep leaning against the door.
Expecting the latenight visitor to be an aunt or uncle or Claire, Riley hesitated for a moment and then opened the door.
Opening the door to an unexpected figure, Riley stood frozen, her eyes wide.
“Hello.”
As Gibnen casually greeted her, Riley, taken aback, didn’t think to open the door and stood blankly. Then he reached out and gently grabbed the door.
“Let’s talk for a bit.”
In a completely opposite atmosphere to what she had seen earlier, she wondered if it was the same person, he slowly opened the door and suddenly came in. Then he turned to Riley and smiled.
“Let me in, sister.”
My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
