Behind Laches’ broad back, I could see a mirror. Thankfully, my irises were still light purple.
But every time I blinked, I thought I saw flashes of golden light in them.
I couldn’t tell if it was my actual eye color or just the reflection of the bedroom lights in my eyes.
“You’re surprised.”
Caught up in observing my reflection in the mirror, I didn’t respond, prompting Laches to gently release my chin, which he had been touching.
“I’ll go back.”
“……What?”
My anxious worries seemed pointless before his brief answer.
He always pushed forward as he pleased. Therefore, I naturally assumed he would do as he wanted to the end this time too.
But Laches simply gave up and began to tidy up the wine bottle and glass.
“The alcohol will probably make me sleep well.”
After a light farewell, Laches turned to leave without any hesitation. It seemed like he was really going to leave the room.
“……Are you really leaving?”
My faint murmur made Laches stop in his tracks. He turned his head back and smiled mischievously.
“Are you sad? Should I stay and sleep here? But the bed seems too small for me; we’d have to sleep in each other’s arms. Is that okay?”
His words instantly conjured the image of us lying together on that narrow bed, embracing each other.
It was a dangerous thought.
To imagine such a lowly thing in front of the person himself.
Embarrassed, my face grew hot.
“Don’t imagine me with that narrow bed. I won’t be able to sleep peacefully.”
“What strange thing are you talking about…!”
“I meant my sleeping habits are peculiar. Or did you think of something else?”
He saw right through what I was imagining. Unable to hide my burning embarrassment, I squeezed my eyes shut and shook my head.
A deep laugh resonated above me.
“Good night, Duke…….”
I bid him farewell, hoping he would leave. Laches burst into a faint laugh.
“Sleep well.”
A sweet scent wafted through his parted lips. Then, the door opened and closed.
Even after he left, the sweet scent lingered in the room, almost suffocating.
My cheeks burned. I took a deep breath and headed to the window.
Reflected in the window, my irises had turned golden.
‘A little longer, and it would have been a disaster….’
I was relieved he didn’t insist and left as he did.
I took out the prepared medicine, ate it, then opened the window to cool my heated face.
‘Have I ever felt this comfortable?’
Even after being reborn, I never had a peaceful day.
Trapped, waiting for an uncertain death, always anxious about survival.
‘This might be better.’
As just one of the maids in the Northern castle, not as Lady Niell.
Hiding my name, living like this might be more comfortable. No one knows who I am, so no one will try to kill me.
Certainly, when I read Laches’ memory of wondering if he should have killed Leferentia, I was shocked.
But that was all. He still treated me as the maid Leia, kindly bestowing lavish gifts on me.
‘Maybe, just maybe, I can survive like this.’
The cool breeze entering the small room helped dissipate the heat.
Then I saw someone walking hurriedly, their movements suspicious.
“……Detor?”
His face wasn’t clear in the darkness, but I recognized him. I had spent a long time with Detor.
Even if I didn’t want to, I could identify him by his gestures or gait.
‘But where is he going at this late hour?’
It seemed he was carrying something, but I couldn’t tell what.
It wasn’t proper for a guest to roam the mansion late at night.
Detor would know that. And since Delia wasn’t with him, it didn’t seem to be a casual stroll by a couple.
“Detor wouldn’t come here for anything good…….”
Detor always harbored feelings of inferiority towards Laches. Even when I saw him earlier, his pretentious demeanor when Delia showed interest in Laches clearly indicated he was still jealous.
Such a Detor wouldn’t be wandering around Laches’ mansion with good intentions.
“……You still haven’t come to your senses.”
Watching his back filled with malice, I quietly closed the open window.
In the numerous lives where I awoke again and again, I took my revenge.
But that doesn’t mean forgiveness is granted in this life.
I donned a thin robe and left the bedroom.
Laches strolled through the quiet corridor, the faint scent of the recently consumed wine accompanying his every breath.
At the same time, the face of the person with whom he had just shared the wine came to mind.
‘It feels like I’m taming a wild animal with strong defenses….’
The way they lit up their eyes after a sip, and how they kept sipping throughout our conversation, kept replaying in my mind.
‘Maybe next time I should offer something they’ve never tried before.’
What could it be? They probably tried almost everything at the Niell mansion in the capital. Something only available in the North and so delicious it brings an involuntary smile….
“……Who’s there?”
Lost in pleasant thoughts, Laches abruptly halted his steps.
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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