You Can't Catch the Wind (Completed Main Story) - Chapter 36

“Sigh…”

Elise opened her eyes in bed and let out a languid breath at the sound of birdsong and the breeze drifting in through the open window.

The first things she saw upon waking were the ornate ceiling frescoes and exquisite decorations.

Things she could never have seen in her own room back at the crumbling viscount’s estate.

Of course, even in that house, the viscount had spent money on Elise’s room—there were no stains on the wallpaper, and fine carpets covered the floor. But that was all. To Elise’s eyes, her old room had seemed endlessly shabby and plain.

‘But not anymore.’

Sitting up, Elise glanced at the space beside her. There remained traces of the Grand Duke, who had stayed there the previous night.

“How diligent he is.”

Elise fondly ran her fingers over the spot where the man who had claimed her the night before had lain.

In truth, Elise had been deeply disappointed when she first arrived here.

All the way here, she’d secretly hoped the carriage might take her straight to the Grand Duke’s residence, but since it bore no crest, it had dropped her off at a small villa deep in the woods instead.

Yet the moment she stepped inside the villa, that disappointment vanished as swiftly as spring snow melting away.

Despite its unassuming exterior, the villa’s interior was pure opulence—so lavish that even the chambers of the most renowned noble houses in the capital would pale in comparison, seeming little better than stables.

Every surface gleamed with gold, and even the furniture, casually arranged, represented the height of luxury.

When she saw the Grand Duke descending from the second floor in a half-loosened robe, Elise understood precisely what this villa was for—and why the Grand Duke had summoned her here.

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